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The Three Musketeers (McGuire)

Full-Length Musical, Drama  /  2w, 6m

Rudolf Friml, Clifford Grey, P.G. Wodehouse, William Anthony McGuire, Alexandre Dumas

Music by Rudolf Friml / Lyrics by Clifford Grey and P.G. Wodehouse / Book by William Anthony McGuire / Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, père

Based on Alexandre Dumas' classic 1844 novel, The Three Musketeers
is an operetta recounting the
adventures of d'Artagnan, a young man who becomes a Musketeer of the Guard during the reign of the French king
Louis XIII.

The Three Musketeers (McGuire)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 6m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adventure, Adaptation (Literature), Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for All Audiences
The Three Musketeers (McGuire)

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Summary
Based on Alexandre Dumas' classic 1844 novel, The Three Musketeers is an operetta set in France and England in 1626. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a Musketeer of the Guard during the reign of the French king Louis XIII. The three men of the title are his friends Athos, Porthos and Aramis.
History
The Three Musketeers opened on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre on March 13, 1928, starring Dennis King as d’Artagnan, Douglass R. Dumbrille as Athos, Detmar Poppen as Porthos, Joseph Macaulay as Aramis, Clarence Derwent as Louis XIII of France, and Reginald Owen as Cardinal Richelieu. The production played for 318 performances. Dennis King also starred when the operetta was mounted in London’s West End in 1930 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, where it played for 242 performances.
Cast Attributes
Keywords
  • Time Period 17th Century
  • Setting
    France and England. 1626.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Stage Combat
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

Music

  • Musical Style Operetta
  • Dance Requirements Moderate
  • Vocal DemandsDifficult
  • Orchestra Size Piano Only
  • Chorus Size Medium

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Authors

Author

Rudolf Friml

Author

Clifford Grey

P.G. Wodehouse

P.G. Wodehouse

P.G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) and Guy Bolton (1884-1979) were both born in England. They were introduced by Jerome Kern, and he suggested they all work together. They did, tirelessly, and in the beginning of their collaboration wrote nearly one show per month: the famed Princess ...

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William Anthony  McGuire

William Anthony McGuire

WILLIAM ANTHONY McGUIRE was born in Chicago on July 9, 1885. Although he wrote and directed a few non-musical plays, he was best known for his musicals, especially those produced by Ziegfeld. Three of them – all big hits – opened in 1928: Rosalie, starring Marilyn Miller, The ...

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Author

Alexandre Dumas

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