Little Hans Andersen is a musical fairy pantomime in two acts and seven scenes for children with lyrics by Basil Hood and music by Walter Slaughter.Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1900–1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel, Rowman & Littlefield (2014), p. 165
It was a revised version of Hood and Slaughter's pantomime Hans Andersen's Fairytales, based on the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen which had opened at Terry's Theatre in December 1897. After the last performance of the Savoy Opera A Princess of Kensington, produced by William Greet, the cast of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company dispersed and many of them moved to the Adelphi Theatre to appear in the new musical comedy The Earl and the Girl (1903), also produced by Greet; there they next appeared in Little Hans Andersen from 23 December 1903 to 16 January 1904 for 23 matinee performances. Greet followed this with other productions at the Adelphi in which many of the same cast members appeared.Basil Hood, The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, accessed 28 September 2020"Adelphi Theatre", The Times, 23 December 1903, p. 5
Cast
The Emperor Who Loved New Clothes – Walter Passmore Real Soldier – Henry Lytton Ole-Luc-Ole, The Dream Fairy – M. R. Morand King of the Copper Castle – Richard Temple Prince with the Magic Pipe – Robert Evett Little Hans Andersen – Master Roy Lorraine Han's Father, Merman – Powis Pinder Royal Footman – Reginald Crompton Royal Butler – Ernest Torrence Prime Minister – Charles Childerstone Two Wooden Soldiers – Reginald Crompton and Ernest Torrence Witch – Rudolph Lewis Princess Who Was Kissed by a Swineherd – Louie Pounds Princess Who Married the Soldier – Agnes Fraser Karen of the Red Shoes – Winifred Hart-Dyke Royal Governess – Alice Barth Queen – Rosina Brandram Princess Whom Prince Married – Olive Rae Mayor – Frank Elliston
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