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'''''The Ooolah''''' is an 1889 [[comic opera]] which starred [[Francis Wilson (actor)|Francis Wilson]] and [[Marie Jansen]] on Broadway.
'''''The Ooolah''''' is an 1889 [[comic opera]] which starred [[Francis Wilson (actor)|Francis Wilson]] and [[Marie Jansen]] on Broadway.


The play is an adaptation of [[Charles Lecocq]]'s ''La Jolie Persane'', with a liberal adaptation of the libretto by [[Sydney Rosenfeld]],<ref name="opens"/> and revisions by [[J. Cheever Goodwin]].<ref name="wilson">[[Francis Wilson (actor)|Wilson, Francis]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kM0sAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false Recollections of a Player], pp. 56-63 (1897)</ref> Jansen's rendition of the song, "Be Good", was considered too suggestive by some.<ref name="july150">[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1889-06-29/ed-2/seq-3/ "The Oolah" Will Have Fiftieth Performance], ''The Evening World'' (noting that 50th show will be Monday July 1, 1889; citing most popular songs as The Little Peach, a Wilson-Jansen duet; "Nobody Knows"; and "Be Good", "Marie Jansen's much discussed effort.")</ref>
The play is an adaptation of [[Charles Lecocq]]'s ''La Jolie Persane'', with a liberal adaptation of the libretto by [[Sydney Rosenfeld]],<ref name="opens"/> and revisions by [[J. Cheever Goodwin]].<ref name="wilson">[[Francis Wilson (actor)|Wilson, Francis]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kM0sAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false Recollections of a Player], pp. 56-63 (1897)</ref><ref name="cheever2">(Dec. 1896). [https://books.google.com/books?id=jiwAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA371#v=onepage&q&f=false The Stage], ''Munsey's Magazine'', p. 371</ref> Jansen's rendition of the song, "Be Good", was considered too suggestive by some.<ref name="july150">[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1889-06-29/ed-2/seq-3/ "The Oolah" Will Have Fiftieth Performance], ''The Evening World'' (noting that 50th show will be Monday July 1, 1889; citing most popular songs as The Little Peach, a Wilson-Jansen duet; "Nobody Knows"; and "Be Good", "Marie Jansen's much discussed effort.")</ref>


It opened at the [[Broadway Theatre (41st Street)|Broadway Theatre]] on 41st Street on May 13, 1889, Wilson's debut as a manager of his own company, and as the star of a show.<ref name="opens">(12 May 1889). [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A0DEED61330E633A25751C1A9639C94689FD7CF Mr. Wilson's New Venture], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref><ref name="opensun">(13 May 1889). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1889-05-13/ed-1/seq-6/ Advertisement], ''[[The Sun (New York)]]'', p. 6, col. 4 (advertisement for opening night)</ref><ref name="eveworld1">Dale, Alan (14 May 1889). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1889-05-14/ed-2/seq-3/ "The Oolah" (review)], ''The Evening World''</ref> It had a successful run of 154 performances and 22 weeks,<ref name="bigrun">(6 October 1889). [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D07EEDC1130E633A25755C0A9669D94689FD7CF Francis Wilson, Manager; The Career of "The Oolah" and its Coming Tour in the Country], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> closing on October 12.<ref name="closed">(12 October 1889). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1889-10-12/ed-1/seq-3/ Advertisement], ''The Evening World'' (advertisement for "farewell night")</ref>
It opened at the [[Broadway Theatre (41st Street)|Broadway Theatre]] on 41st Street on May 13, 1889, Wilson's debut as a manager of his own company, and as the star of a show.<ref name="opens">(12 May 1889). [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A0DEED61330E633A25751C1A9639C94689FD7CF Mr. Wilson's New Venture], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref><ref name="opensun">(13 May 1889). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1889-05-13/ed-1/seq-6/ Advertisement], ''[[The Sun (New York)]]'', p. 6, col. 4 (advertisement for opening night)</ref><ref name="eveworld1">Dale, Alan (14 May 1889). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1889-05-14/ed-2/seq-3/ "The Oolah" (review)], ''The Evening World''</ref> It had a successful run of 154 performances and 22 weeks,<ref name="bigrun">(6 October 1889). [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9D07EEDC1130E633A25755C0A9669D94689FD7CF Francis Wilson, Manager; The Career of "The Oolah" and its Coming Tour in the Country], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> closing on October 12.<ref name="closed">(12 October 1889). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1889-10-12/ed-1/seq-3/ Advertisement], ''The Evening World'' (advertisement for "farewell night")</ref>

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The Oolah
Marie Jansen as Tourouloupi in The Oolah
Written byCharles Lecocq's La Jolie Persane, English libretto by Sydney Rosenfeld and J. Cheever Goodwin
Date premiered13 May 1889
Place premieredBroadway Theatre (41st Street)
Original languageEnglish
Genrecomic opera

The Ooolah is an 1889 comic opera which starred Francis Wilson and Marie Jansen on Broadway.

The play is an adaptation of Charles Lecocq's La Jolie Persane, with a liberal adaptation of the libretto by Sydney Rosenfeld,[1] and revisions by J. Cheever Goodwin.[2][3] Jansen's rendition of the song, "Be Good", was considered too suggestive by some.[4]

It opened at the Broadway Theatre on 41st Street on May 13, 1889, Wilson's debut as a manager of his own company, and as the star of a show.[1][5][6] It had a successful run of 154 performances and 22 weeks,[7] closing on October 12.[8]

Original Broadway cast

  • Boolahgoolah, the Oolah by Francis Wilson
  • The Prince of Eriven by Hubert Wilke
  • Akhalzakek by Charles Plunkett
  • Nejef by Thomas H. Persse
  • The Cadi by Harry MacDonough
  • The Fig Dealer by Benjamin F. Johnson
  • The Barber by Carlo Segelini
  • The Tailor by W. Carr
  • The Watchman by Henry Hoffman
  • The Baker by H. Ledbury
  • Darinoora by Laura Moore
  • Bampoora by Elma Delaro
  • Altoora by Ida Fitzhugh
  • Shimrana by Ida Kissing
  • Velis by Josie Winner
  • Tourouloupi by Marie Jansen[2]

References

  1. ^ a b (12 May 1889). Mr. Wilson's New Venture, The New York Times
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Francis. Recollections of a Player, pp. 56-63 (1897)
  3. ^ (Dec. 1896). The Stage, Munsey's Magazine, p. 371
  4. ^ "The Oolah" Will Have Fiftieth Performance, The Evening World (noting that 50th show will be Monday July 1, 1889; citing most popular songs as The Little Peach, a Wilson-Jansen duet; "Nobody Knows"; and "Be Good", "Marie Jansen's much discussed effort.")
  5. ^ (13 May 1889). Advertisement, The Sun (New York), p. 6, col. 4 (advertisement for opening night)
  6. ^ Dale, Alan (14 May 1889). "The Oolah" (review), The Evening World
  7. ^ (6 October 1889). Francis Wilson, Manager; The Career of "The Oolah" and its Coming Tour in the Country, The New York Times
  8. ^ (12 October 1889). Advertisement, The Evening World (advertisement for "farewell night")
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