The Game of Love is an English-language musical based on the German plays Anatol and Anatols Größenwahn ("Anatol's megalomania") by Austrian playwright Arthur Schnitzler. It is set in late 19th century Vienna, and chronicles the many shallow and immature relationships of bourgeois playboy Anatol. The musical is based on the translation of the play by Tom Jones. The lyrics are written by Jones, and the music is by Jacques Offenbach, with musical arrangements and additional music by Nancy Ford.
Productions Jones and Ford began work on the musical in 1965.
The musical had its Off-Broadway premiere in 2012.
A production of the musical was staged at Station Theater in Champaign, Illinois in 2012 and at the University of Miami in 2016.
Musical numbers
In Vienna - Max I Love To Be In Love - Anatol, Max The Hypnotism Song - Cora, Anatol, Max The Music Of Bavaria - Annie, Fritz Finishing With An Affair - Anatol, waiters The Oyster Waltz - Annie, waiters Come Buy A Trinket - Peddlers There's A Room - Anatol, Gabriele Anatol's Last Night - Anatol Love Conquers All - Ilona, Anatol, Max Listen To The Rain - Ilona Seasons - Max It's For The Young - Anatol, Max Menage-A-Trois - Baron Diebel There's A Flower I Wear - Annette The Game Of Love - All
Main characters
Anatol - the protagonist Max - Anatol's friend Cora - a love interest of Anatol Annie - a love interest of Anatol Gabriele - a former lover of Anatol Ilona - a love interest of Anatol Annette - a love interest of Anatol Baron Diebel - an aging playboy
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