Marcelle (musical)

[2] It was created as a starring vehicle for Louise Gunning who portrayed the title role in the original Broadway production.

Childless and afraid of being evicted, Baron von Berghof sends his dimwitted servant Dumm to procure a male actor to masquerade as his long lost son.

The story ends happily with Marcelle marrying Karl von Berghof after he agrees to let the Baron continue to live in his home for the remainder of his life.

[2] Another musical highlight of the production was the song "My Little Lamb" whose performance by Lawrence Wheat as both a singer and dancer was praised widely in the press.

[1] Several theatre historians, including Dan Dietz and Gerald Bordman, have noted a comedic highlight of the production as a scene in Act 2 in which the Baron and the lawyer Klug are both trying to outwit the other by trying to covertly get the other one drunk without their knowledge.