Nymph ErrantOriginal London ProductionA Musical Comedy in Two Acts Tryouts began September 11, 1933 at The Opera House, Manchester, England Opened October 6, 1933 at the Adelphi Theatre, London SynopsisFresh out of boarding school, pretty young Evangeline is looking to lose her innocence. Her quest takes her to the beach at Neauville, the Cafe du Dome in Paris, a palazzo in Venice, and a harem in Turkey — without an ounce of success. Returning home dejected and defeated, she receives an unexpected and welcome proposition from the family gardener. CastGertrude Lawrence (Evangeline Edwards), Iris Ashley (Madeleine), Doris Carson (Henrietta Bamberg), Walter Crisham (Ben Winthrop), Austin Trevor (Andre de Croissant), David Burns (Constantine), Elisabeth Welch (Haidee Robinson), Queenie Leonard (Clarissa Parks), Moya Nugent (Miss Pratt), Ralph Roberts (Dr. Sandford, Kassim), Alexander Ivo (Alexei), Morton Selten (Count Hohenadelborn-Mantalini), Edward Underdown (Joe the gardener), Hella Kurty (Bertha), Norah Howard (Joyce Arbuthnot-Palmer), Margaret Emden (Aunt Ermyntrude), Winifred Oughton (Edith Sandford), Wilfred Caithness (Reverend Pither), May Agate (Mme. Arthur), Jean Davaut (Hercule), Jessie Busley (Mrs. Bamberg), Bruce Winston (The Eunuch), Betty Hare, Gerald Nodin, Annabel Gibson, and Kenneth Ware (Tourists) Musical Numbers
Act One Act Two Cut Songs
Original Cast Recordings"Experiment" / "The Physician" - Gertrude Lawrence
"How Could We Be Wrong?" / "It's Bad For Me" - Gertrude Lawrence
"Nymph Errant" - Gertrude Lawrence / "Solomon" - Elisabeth Welch
Nymph Errant - Original Cast Recording (includes the five Gertrude Lawrence recordings and adds her recordings from Lady in the Dark)
Contemporaneous Recordings"How Could We Be Wrong?"/ "It's Bad for Me"- Al Bowlly with Lew Stone and His Band
"Experiment"- Al Bowlly with Lew Stone and His Band
"The Physician" / "The Cocotte" - Cole Porter
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