- Go-Bang
"Go-Bang" is an English musical comedy by
Adrian Ross andF. Osmond Carr . It was produced by Fred Harris and opened at theTrafalgar Square Theatre on10 March 1894 and ran for 159 performances. The show starredJessie Bond ,Harry Grattan ,George Grossmith, Jr. (the son ofGeorge Grossmith ), and dancerLetty Lind . The American child prodigy "Baby Costello " danced in the interval between acts."Go Bang" had a lot of competition in London in 1894, which saw the openings of "
The Chieftain " byArthur Sullivan andF. C. Burnand , "His Excellency " by Carr andW. S. Gilbert , "The Lady Slavey" byGustave Kerker and George Dance, a revival of "Little Jack Sheppard " byMeyer Lutz andH. P. Stephens at the Gaiety Theatre, "Mirette" byAndré Messager and Ross, and, perhaps most importantly, "The Shop Girl " by H. J. W. Dam,Ivan Caryll ,Lionel Monckton and Ross.A review of the piece spoofed the loose plot (though praising it) in the following verse::There is certainly not very much of a plot:In the musical farce of Go-Bang,:But, as someone remarks in the course of the larks,:Here the plot "doesn't matter a hang!":For the music is light, and the dresses are bright,:And the ladies are shapely and tall;:There is dancing and song, and the skirts aren't too long,:And there's frequently no skirt at all.
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In the story, Dam Row, the Boojam of Go-Bang had come over to England to find that he wasn't Boojam at all. The Boojam falls in love with a dancer after seeing her performance. However, he generally finds it difficult to grasp Western ways. He returns to Go-Bang as prime minister to the new chief, a humble greengrocer who is to be formally installed as Boojam at the palace in Go Bang. He must stand under the Golden Umbrella but finds himself married by mistake to three girls in as many minutes. Fortunately, the marriage decree is revoked.
External links
* [http://www.c20th.com/GSarchive.htm Information about "Morocco Bound" and "Go Bang"]
* [http://footlightnotes.tripod.com/20040619home.html Reviews of "Go Bang" with photos]
* [http://www.nodanw.com/london_shows_chronology/1894.htm List of shows opening in London in 1894]
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