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TF]ttrtsOY FRItrND
A JVewMusical Comed2
of the rgzo's
SANDY WMSON
PUBLISHED BY
ACT I
The Drawing Room of the Villa Caprice,
Madame Dubonnet's Finishing School, Near Nice.
Morning
INTERVAL
ACT II
The Plage
Afternoon
INTERVAL
ACT III
The Terrasseof the Caf6Pataplon
Night
" The
Boy Friend " was originally presentedat the
Players' Theatre on l4th April, 1953. The first
public presentation was at $Tyndhams Theatre on
l4th January, 1954,when the cast was as follows:
VIOLETTA
I DENISE HIRST
MARIA CHARLES
JOAN GADSDON
JULIET HUNT
ANNE ROGERS
STEPHEN UTARIOflICK
PIERRE JACK THOMSON
ALPHONSE GEOFFREY WEBB
MADAME DUBONNET JOAN STERNDALE BENNETT
BOBBY VAN HUSEN I-ARRY DRE'JS
PERCIVAL BROIfNE HUGH PADDICK
TONY ANTHONY HAYES
LORD BROCKHURST JOHN RUTLAND
LADY BROCKHURST BERYL COOKE
GENDARME HUGH FORBES
A IJTAITER ALAN DUDLEY
PEPE \ SpecialityJ STEPHEN ITARWICK
L6LITA J t5orrrrt" \
JOAN GADSDON
GUESTS .. STELLA CHAPMAN
ELEANOR McCREADY
ROBERT HARGREAVES
The part of Percival Browne was taken over in
May 1954by Fred Stone
ACT I
" "
2 Csonus or Gtnrs (Wtith Solo-Hortense). Perfect Young Ladies 5
ENsrMsrr (Polly, Dulcie, Fay, Maisie, Girls and Boys) . . " "
The Boy Friend
Meonnr DugoNNrr's ENrntNcr l f
l0 Frnsr lHGruussroN 34
ACT II
" "
ll ENsrlasrr: Sur Le Plage 36
tz Dvnr (Tony and Polly) " A Room in Bloomsbury"
SoNc (Horrense wirh Ensemble)
" It's Nicer in Nice " 48
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SoNe (Madame Dubonnet and Perciaal\ The You-don't-want-to-play-with-mc Blues 56
l5 SoNc (Mar'sie and Boys) " Safety in Numbers " 62
l6 FrNarr-Acr II 68
l6a Dretocur ovrn Musrc 69
l6b Drerocur CoNrrNurs 70
l6c ENo or Acr II 70
L7 SrcoNolNrrnurssrorl 72
l8 OpElrrqc-Acr III 74
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Ifg I OVERTURE
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la - dies Who hope to at tract - A hus-band whose cre - dit is
blesse. per - fect young la- dies Pre Par rng to make-
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Dulcie,Fay,Maisie,Girls andBoys)
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P ol l y
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P o l l y& G i r l s
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We sigh
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P o l l y& G i r l s
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Worit
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Charles - t o n - w i t h
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'FANCY FORGETTING"
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too, Fan - cy, just fan-cy you for - get-ting.
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" TIIE BoY FRIEND"
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C f l a , ( H o R T E N s E ) , r A n d I ' m r e r y p r o u do f i t , t o o J t , .
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In Am- ster-dam or
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THE' you-DoN'T-wANT-To-pl,Ay-w I TH-ME' BLUEs"
"Yes,
Cue: (PnRcIvAL) nost definitely"
Blues tempo
Mme. 0ubonnet ( s p o k e na d l e ' b )
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Doritwant-to - stay-with-me b l u e s .
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At spreadingmirth and
Percival
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C u e ; G O L L Y )" W h a r d i d I s a y ? "
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Polly?"
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Bobb & M a i s i e
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maid - en ia-dies who wear lorg - nettes Have
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DANCE
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N9 19? REPRISE
..THE
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L'istosso
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Get on thedancefloor, get the swing, This is the time for hav-ing a f ling.
Clap-a yourhandsand slap on yourthighs, Grinlike a goon and roll up your eyes,
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the bright young things and their bright young
their gig -
Ev -'ry-bod-yts do-ing
(Chord for
(Almost Segue)
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N9 2 1 4 REPRISE
" IT's N E V E R T O O L A T E
TO FALL IN LOVE''
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Ev - 'ry night the ers meet Just as the clock strikes nine
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Cna.'(une. D U B oN N E T ) " P i e r r ohta s n o t f o r g o t t e na f t e r a l l "
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N9 25 FINALE-ACT III (Ensemble)
A Ensemble
not_ to have t h i n g c a ll e d
blue- with-out, do- with-out, Our dreamsjust *on't come true- with-out
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