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Very Good Eddie

Shows · Very Good Eddie

Meek Eddie Kettle and his domineering wife take a Hudson River boat trip with the honeymooning Darcys. When the couples get separated at a stop, timid Eddie is left alone with the attractive Mrs. Darcy while his wife ends up with Mr. Darcy, forcing Eddie to summon unexpected courage.

Opened
1915
Performances
341
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Jerome KernLyrics: Schuyler Greene, Herbert ReynoldsBook: Philip Bartholomae, Guy Bolton

Productions4 on Broadway

1915 Princess Theatre Original. December 23, 1915 · Frank Sadler 341 performances
1918 Palace Theatre Transfer.
1975 Booth Theatre Revival. December 21, 1975 · Bill Gile 304 performances
1976 Transfer Theatre not recorded.

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.

Licensing 2 entries

US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available
UK Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available

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In the literature33 passages

The final Kern musical of the year was Very Good Eddie (12/23/15; 341 performances). Schuyler Greene was the lyricist along with Herbert Reynolds. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p298

Kern wrote the score for the second Princess Theater show, Very Good Eddie (12/23/15; 341 performances). Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton contributed the book, and Herbert Reynolds and Schuyler Greene wrote the lyrics to Kern’s tunes. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p447

The show followed Bolton and Kern's Nobody Home and Very Good Eddie with Wodehouse joining the team for the first time. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p236

Victor Herbert’s Naughty Marietta (1910), Jerome Kern’s so-called Princess Theatre Shows (1915–1918) with books and lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton (especially Very Good Eddie and Leave It to Jane), Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy’s Irene (1919), Sigmund Romberg’s The Student Prince in Heidelberg (1924), Vin… book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p29

at least two of which, Very Good Eddie and Leave It to Jane, have been successfully revived in recent decades. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p50

Among the songs were “Isn’t It Great to Be Married?,” “Wedding Bells Are Calling Me,” “If I Find the Girl,” “Babes in the Wood,” and “Size Thirteen Collar,” the latter Eddie’s lament for his small size. “Babes in the Wood” became the biggest hit. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p402

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