# Yes, Uncle!

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{{Infobox Musical
|name= Yes, Uncle!
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|image= Yes,Uncle2.jpg
|caption= Lolita, Bobby and Diablo
|music= [Nat D. Ayer](/source/Nat_D._Ayer)
|lyrics= [Clifford Grey](/source/Clifford_Grey)
|book= [Austen Hurgon](/source/Austen_Hurgon) <br> [George Arthurs](/source/George_Arthurs)
|basis= 
|productions= 1917 [West End](/source/West_End_theatre)
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thumb|right|upright|Sheet music cover
'''''Yes, Uncle!''''' is a [musical comedy](/source/musical_theatre) with a book by [Austen Hurgon](/source/Austen_Hurgon) and [George Arthurs](/source/George_Arthurs), music by [Nat D. Ayer](/source/Nat_D._Ayer) and lyrics by [Clifford Grey](/source/Clifford_Grey). The story is based on the farce ''Le truc du Brésilien'' by [Nicolas Nancey](/source/Nicolas_Nancey) and [Paul Armont](/source/Paul_Armont), and the musical takes its title from the catch-phrase used by Bobby Summers and Mabel Mannering, addressing Uncle Brabazon Hollybone. It was produced by [George Grossmith, Jr.](/source/George_Grossmith%2C_Jr.) and [Edward Laurillard](/source/Edward_Laurillard) and opened at the [Prince of Wales Theatre](/source/Prince_of_Wales_Theatre) in London on 16 December 1917 and ran for a very successful 626 performances.  The piece starred [Fred Leslie](/source/Fred_Leslie) as G.B. Stark, Margaret Bannerman as Joan and [Leslie Henson](/source/Leslie_Henson) as Bobby Summers. Later, [Madge Elliott](/source/Madge_Elliott_(dancer)) and [Cyril Ritchard](/source/Cyril_Ritchard) starred in the musical.

''Yes, Uncle!'' was one of a number of very successful musical hits of the London stage during [World War I](/source/World_War_I) (the others include the [revue](/source/revue) ''[The Bing Boys Are Here](/source/The_Bing_Boys_Are_Here)'' (also with music and lyrics by Ayer and Grey), the musical ''[The Maid of the Mountains](/source/The_Maid_of_the_Mountains)'', ''[Chu Chin Chow](/source/Chu_Chin_Chow)'', a mixture of [comic opera](/source/comic_opera) and [pantomime](/source/pantomime), ''[The Happy Day](/source/The_Happy_Day)'' (1916), ''[Theodore & Co](/source/Theodore_%26_Co)'' (1916) and ''[The Boy](/source/The_Boy_(musical))'' (1917).  Audiences wanted light and uplifting entertainment during the war, and these shows delivered it.<ref>[http://www.vam.ac.uk/users/node/9014 "Chu Chin Chow"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803121415/http://www.vam.ac.uk/users/node/9014 |date=2012-08-03 }}, Victoria and Albert Museum, accessed 22 October 2011</ref>

==Principal characters and original cast==
*Mabel Mannering – Julia James 
*Joan – Margaret Bannerman
*Bobby Summers – [Leslie Henson](/source/Leslie_Henson)
*G.B. Stark – [Fred Leslie](/source/Fred_Leslie)
*Gustave – Victor Gouriet
*Nichette – Lily St. John
*Lolita – Alexia Bassian
*Diablo – Robert Nainby
*Uncle Brabazon Hollybone – [Davy Burnaby](/source/Davy_Burnaby)
*Gapour – Henri Leoni

==Synopsis==
thumb|right|300px|Scene at the Four Arts Ball
In Paris, Bobby Summers and Mabel Mannering frequently address their Uncle Brab with the catchphrase, "Yes, uncle!".  Bobby is trying to help his friend, the artist George Stark, to disentangle his amatory affairs, and for that purpose, Bobby is temporarily impersonating George, with Mabel pretending to be Mrs. Stark. 

The couple have a quarrel about whether to attend the Four Arts Ball, and Bobby goes on his own, disguised as a French count, in which guise he successfully deceives both Mabel and an old flame, Lolita. Lolita successfully makes a play for rich Uncle Brab. 

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.stagebeauty.net/th-frames.html?http&&&www.stagebeauty.net/th-longr.html List of longest running plays in London and New York] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613222559/http://www.stagebeauty.net/th-frames.html?http&&&www.stagebeauty.net%2Fth-longr.html |date=2020-06-13 }}
*[http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/special/icons/playbills/playdat2.htm Cast list and other information about ''Yes Uncle!'']

Category:1917 musicals
Category:West End musicals
Category:Musicals by Clifford Grey
Category:Musicals set in Paris
Category:Adaptations of works by Nicolas Nancey
Category:Musicals based on plays

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