The Boy Friend

Ambassador Theatre

Previews Began: April 11, 1970

Opening Night: April 14, 1970

Closing Night: July 18, 1970

Music: Sandy Wilson

Lyrics: Sandy Wilson

Book: Sandy Wilson

A group of British girls studying at a finishing school in the south of France carry on romances with mistaken identities and other crises, as do the adults in their lives, in Sandy Wilson’s affectionate parody of silly 1920s musicals.

Musical Numbers

ACT ONE

Perfect Young Ladies……….Hortense, Nancy, Maisie,
Fay, Dulcie
The Boy Friend…….Polly, Maisie, Dulcie, Fay, Nancy,
Marcel, Pierre, Alphonse
Won’t You Charleston with Me?…………………..Maisie,
Bobby Van Husen
Fancy Forgetting……………………..Madame Dubonnet,
Percival Browne
I Could Be Happy with You…………………….Polly, Tony
Finale Reprise: The Boy Friend………………….Company

ACT TWO

Sur La Plage…………….Maisie, Bobby Van Husen, Fay,
Marcel, Dulcie, Alphonse, Nancy,
Pierre, Monica, Phillipe
A Room in Bloomsburry………………………….Polly, Tony
You Don’t Want to Play with Me
Blues……………..Madame Dubonnet, Percival Browne,
Fay, Dulcie, Nancy, Monica
Safety in Numbers…………..Maisie, Bobby Van Husen,
Marcel, Pierre, Alphonse
Finale………………………………………………………Company

ACT THREE

Riviera…………Maisie, Bobby Van Husen, Fay, Marcel,
Dulcie, Alphonse, Nancy, Monica,
Pierre, Phillipe
It’s Never Too Late to Fall in Love…Lady Brockhurst,
Dulcie
Carnival Tango……………………………………Peppe, Lolita
Poor Little Pierrette………….Madame Dubonnet, Polly
Finale………………………………………………………Company

CAST

OPENING NIGHT

Barbara Andres Hortense
Jeanne Beauvais Madame Dubonnet
Judy Carne Polly
Carol Culver Monica
Sandy Duncan Maisie
Harvey Evans Bobby Van Husen
Arthur Faria Pierre
Marcelo Gamboa Marcel
Pepe
Simon McQueen Dulcie
Ken Mitchell Alphonse
Marie Paxton Lady Brockhurst
Jeff Richards Gendarme
Lesley Secombe Nancy
Leon Shaw Percival Browne
Tony Stevens Phillipe
Waiter
David Vaughan Lord Brockhurst
Ronald Young Tony
Mary Zahn Fay
Lolita

Understudies: Paul Tracey (Percival Browne), Eleonore Treiber (Lady Brockhurst), Mimi B. Wallace (Maisie)