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DER MANN MIT DEN DREI FRAUEN

(The Man With Three Wives)

An operetta in 3 Acts; (Music by Franz Lehár: Book and lyrics by Julius Bauer)

Synopsis

A Viennese travelling salesman who loves his wife as much as his home acquires "wives" in London as well as in Paris. When the three "wives" discover his scheme they get together to teach him a lesson. The story ends with the penitent sinner returning to his Viennese wife.

Details below based on the American version

An Operetta in 3 Acts. Book by Agnes Bangs Morgan, Paul M. Potter and Harold R. Atteridge. (Based on the Viennese original Der Mann mit den drei Frauen, libretto by by Julius Bauer.) Music by Franz Lehár. (Lyrics by Harold R. Atteridge and Paul M. Potter.)

Weber and Fields' 44th Street Theatre, New York Opened 23 January, 1913, closed 8 March 1913 (52 performances)

CAST (in order of appearance):

• First Clerk
• Second Clerk
• Third Clerk
• Franz, Zifler's secretary
• Rosa, Lori's maid
• Baron Pickford, English director of the Pickford Tourist Agency
• Captain Adhemar, Third Hussars
• Lieutenant Loriot, Third Hussars
• Marie, Flix's wife
• Flix, tourist
• Blix, tourist
• Anna, tourist
• Hans Zifler, courier of the agency
• Wendelin, a country bridegroom
• Lori, Hans Zifler's wife
• Sidonie, a flirtatious bride
• Colette, instructress of ballet school
• Blanche, a pupil in school
• Suzette, Colette's maid
• Olivia, proprietress of the Geranium Inn
• Alice, Olivia's maid
• Cabby: Frank Hart

Tourists, Clerks, Officers, Pupils, etc.

Musical Numbers

1. Opening Chorus - Tourists
2. Love's Fairy Tales (Duet) - Rosa, Walter Smith
3. There's Always a Girl Who is Waiting - Captain Adhemar, Girls
4. The Temporary Widow (Quartette) - Lori, Hans Zifler, Rosa, Walter Smith
5. The Vale of Dreaming (Lullaby) - Lori, Hans Zifler
6. When You're Travelling - Hans Zifler, Girls
7. Tootsie Wootsie (Duet) - Sidonie, Wendelin
8. Man Is Faithful Till He's Caught (Duet) - Lori, Baron Pickford
9. Vengeance (Trio) - Lori, Rosa, Baron Pickford
10. Paris, Oh Festive Land (Finale Act 1) - Tourists
11. Ballet - Ballet Girls
12. The Poor Cadets - Ballet Girls
13. Rose of Yesterday - Colette
14. Kisses That I Have Missed (Duet) - Colette, Captain Adhemar
15. Tempo Di Gavotte (Ballet Rehearsal) - Scholars
16. Lullaby - Colette
17. Woman of Temperament (Trio) - Lori, Colette, Hans Zifler
18. Entrance of Ballet - Colette, Scholars
19. To London (Grand Finale Act 2) - Company
20. All in a Little Dance - Olivia, Maids
21. Hello, Hello (Duet) (Music by Al W. Brown. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge.) - Sidonie, Wendelin
22. Love's Flower Is Always Blooming (Trio) - Lori, Colette, Olivia
23. We Are Free (Sextette) - Lori, Colette, Olivia, Hans Zifler, Captain Adhemar, Baron Pickford
24. Cupids Soldiers (Finale) - Company

Principals:

2 Female, 3 Male, SATB Chorus.

Sets: 3

Scenes and Settings

• Act I: Office of Pickford Tourist Agency, Vienna.
• Act 2: Garden of Colette's ballet school, Paris
• Act 3: The Geranium Inn, suburb of London.

Orchestra: 2222/4231/Perc/Hp/Strings

Language Version: G