Word: girofla
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Selection, "Girofle-Girofla," Lecocq...
...Selection, "Girofle-Girofla," Lecocq...
...Selection, Girofle-Girofla," Lecocq...
...2tNEXT Monday night, in "Girofle-Girofla," Mr. Richie Ling, Lillian Russell's leading tenor, will make his first appearance in Boston at the Castle Square Theatre. Mr. Ling's engagement at this theatre is for the summer. He is the foremost lyric tenor in the country. The other parts will be taken as follows: Girofle-Girofla, Miss Eissing; Aurore, Miss Gaillard; Don Bolero d'Alcarazas, Mr. Arthur Wooley; Mourzouk, Mr. William Wolff; Paquita, Miss Marie Mulle Bell; Pedro, Mr. Francis Gaillard...
...Girofle-Girofla" is full of fun and has a most ingenious plot capitally worked out. Don Bolero d'Alcarazas and his wife Aurore have twin daughters, Cirofle and Girofla, who are so remarkably alike that the only means of distinguishing them is by their clothes. One wears blue and the other pink. Aurore has contrived to appease two enemies by arranging a double marriage - Marasquin to marry Girofle and Mourzouk Girofla. Marasquin arrives attired for the bridal, and is informed that Mourzouk, owing to a toothache, is unable to come, and that the wedding must be postponed. But Marasquin insists...