Rip Van Winkle (operetta)

Rip Van Winkle is an operetta in three acts by Robert Planquette. The English libretto by Henry Brougham Farnie was based on the stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving after the play by Dion Boucicault and Joseph Jefferson.

The operetta opened at the Royal Comedy Theatre in London on October 14, 1882, adapted by Dion Boucicault, and ran for a very successful 328 performances, starring Fred Leslie, W. S. Penley, Lionel Brough, Rose Moncreiff and H. B. Farnie. Others who joined the cast during the run included Fred Billington. There was also a brief New York run in 1882 starring J. H. Ryley, Richard Mansfield and Selina Dolaro. It also toured internationally.

It was adapted as Rip with a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille and given at the Folies-Dramatiques in Paris, opening on November 11, 1884 for a long run.

The following cast changes occur as children in Act I later become adults:'

Act I

Act II - Scene 1

Act II - Scene 2

Act III - Scene 1

Act III - Scene 2

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