# The Strollers

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'''''The Strollers''''' is a [musical](/source/musical_theatre) in two acts and a prologue with music by [Ludwig Engländer](/source/Ludwig_Engl%C3%A4nder) and a book and lyrics by [Harry B. Smith](/source/Harry_B._Smith). Set in [Austria](/source/Austria), the work is based on Leopold Krenn and [Karl Lindau](/source/Karl_Lindau)'s libretto for the 1899 operetta ''[Die Landstreicher](/source/Die_Landstreicher)'' by the composer [Carl Michael Ziehrer](/source/Carl_Michael_Ziehrer). The work premiered on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) at the [Knickerbocker Theatre](/source/Knickerbocker_Theatre_(Broadway)) on June 24, 1901. It closed at that theatre on August 31, 1901 after 70 performances. The Broadway production was directed by A. M. Holbrook and produced by  [George W. Lederer](/source/George_W._Lederer), [Sam Nixon](/source/Sam_Nixon) and J. Fred Zimmerman. The sets were designed by [D. Frank Dodge](/source/D._Frank_Dodge) and [Ernest Albert](/source/Ernest_Albert), and the costumes were designed by [Caroline Siedle](/source/Caroline_Siedle). The production starred [Francis Wilson](/source/Francis_Wilson_(actor)) as August Lump, [Irene Bentley](/source/Irene_Bentley) as Bertha, [Eddie Foy](/source/Eddie_Foy) as Kamfer, [Marie George](/source/Marie_George) as Mimi, Harry Gilfoil as the Prince de Bomsky, Wilmer Bentley as Rudi von Rodenstein, and Louise Lawton as Anna.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Dan|last1=Dietz|title=The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals|publisher=[Rowman & Littlefield Publishers](/source/Rowman_%26_Littlefield_Publishers)|year=2022|isbn=9781538168943|chapter=The Strollers|page=67-68}}</ref>

==Plot==
Two strollers, August Lump and his wife Bertha, discover a letter with a diamond necklace. When they use their finding to pay for a dinner, they arouse suspicions and are arrested by the police. They are imprisoned in a jail run by Kamfer. It is revealed that that letter and necklace were lost by the Prince de Bomsky and was a gift intended for his girlfriend, the ballet dancer Mimi. August and Bertha lure the Prince de Bomsky and Mimi into their cell and trick them into making their escape; still in possession of the necklace. Eventually the two couples run across each other again in a hotel at a mountain resort. A comedy of errors ensues involving mistaken identities and various deceptions. Eventually all ends well and the Prince presents Mimi with the necklace.<ref>{{cite book|page=136|title=Eddie Foy: A Biography of the Early Popular Stage Comedian|author=Armond Fields|year=2009|isbn=9780786443284|publisher=[McFarland & Company](/source/McFarland_%26_Company)}}</ref>  
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IBDB show|id=8367}}

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Category:1901 musicals
Category:Broadway musicals
Category:Musicals set in Austria
Category:Musicals set in hotels
Category:Musicals set in prison
Category:Musicals by Ludwig Engländer
Category:Musicals by Harry B. Smith

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