The Messenger Boy

The Messenger Boy is a musical comedy in two acts by James T. Tanner and Alfred Murray, lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank, with music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton, with additional numbers by Paul Rubens. The story concerned a rascally financier who tries to discredit a rival in love. After a tryout in Plymouth, it opened at the Gaiety Theatre in London, managed by George Edwardes, on 3 February 1900 and ran for a very successful 429 performances. Harry Grattan and Edmund Payne starred. Marie Studholme later joined the cast. It had a Broadway run of 128 performances from 16 September 1901 to 4 January 1902. The director was Herbert Gresham, and the musical director was Louis F. Gottschalk. The cast included Georgia Caine as Nora, Jobyna Howland as Lord Punchestown, May Robson as Mrs. Bang and Flora Zabelle as Isabel Blyth.

Rose Boote (professional name, Miss Rosie Boote), who also appeared in the London cast, so charmed Geoffrey Taylour, 4th Marquess of Headfort, that he married her in 1901. Rose Lady Headfort outlived her husband, dying in 1958. The young ladies appearing in George Edwardes's shows became so popular that wealthy gentlemen, termed "Stage Door Johnnies", would wait outside the stage door hoping to escort them to dinner. In some cases, as here, a marriage resulted.

Messenger

A messenger or courier is a person or thing that carries a message.

Messenger or Messengers may also refer to:

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Biology and chemistry

Electronics and computing

Transport

The Messenger (Matt Joe Gow and the Dead Leaves album)

The Messenger is the debut album from Melbourne based artist Matt Joe Gow, released in Australia on 18 July 2009.

Produced by Nash Chambers, the album features instrumental contributions from Jim Moginie of Midnight Oil and Bill Chambers.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Matt Joe Gow except Track 1, written by Grant-Lee Phillips. 

Performers

References

http://www.liberation.com.au/artists/release/The_Messenger

The Messenger (1918 film)

The Messenger is a 1918 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Messenger was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 1, four scenes of Billy looking at young woman with skirt raised exposing posterior and scene of Billy dropping trousers and standing in underwear.

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