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Bitter Sweet
Full-Length Play, Drama / 12w, 2m plus ensemble
Book, Music and Lyrics by Noël Coward
Everything that wealthy London society had to offer a properly brought-up girl lay at the feet of little Sarah Millick in 1875; but she fell so desperately in love with her handsome young singing master that she threw it all away in order to be with him.
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Cast Size
12w, 2m plus ensemble -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours) -
Subgenre
Period -
Target Audience
Adult

Details
Summary
Everything that wealthy London society had to offer a properly brought-up girl lay at the feet of little Sarah Millick in 1875; but she fell so desperately in love with her handsome young singing master that she threw it all away in order to be with him. In Vienna, five poverty-stricken years later, her adored Carl is killed in a duel. But his music lives on as the self-reliant Sarah earns fame throughout Europe with her singing. Finally returning to England, she marries the elderly Marquis of Shayne who has waited so patiently for her. Years later, at a madly bright party in the late 1920s, she tells her story, winning the grudging admiration of the smart young set. The Marchioness, they decide, must have been a gay old bird.
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Performing Groups
- Time Period 1920s
- Features Period Costumes
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
ON BREAKING CHARACTER
Music
- Musical Style Operetta
- Dance Requirements Easy
- Vocal DemandsDifficult
- Orchestra Size Large
- Chorus Size Large
Licensing & Materials
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