Die geschiedene Frau

Die geschiedene Frau (The Divorcée), is an operetta in three acts by Leo Fall with a libretto by Victor Léon based on Victorien Sardou's Divorçons!.

[3] The 1910 English adaptation, The Girl in the Train, was produced in two acts by George Edwardes at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, with lyrics by Adrian Ross, and ran for 340 performances.

[7] In the English version, Gonda Van Der Loo, a young actress travelling on a train in Holland at night, is unable to secure a berth.

However, after many complications and much time spent in the divorce court, Raalte and his wife are reunited, while the Judge finds romance with the actress.

A musical version was made in 1953 under the original title Die geschiedene Frau, but it was released in Britain, France and the United States as The Divorcée.

Programme for a performance in Munich on 22 April 1910