The Maid of the Mountains
Music by Harold Fraser-Simson and James W. Tate Lyrics by Harry Graham, F. Clifford Harris and 'Valentine' Book by Frederick Lonsdale
Music by Harold Fraser-Simson and James W. Tate Lyrics by Harry Graham, F. Clifford Harris and 'Valentine' Book by Frederick Lonsdale
The Finborough Theatre presents The Maid of the Mountains, a successful First World War musical that explores themes of love and betrayal in a story of a governor, a brigand leader, and the titular character who unwittingly gets caught in their conflict.
About The Play
About The Play
The multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre continues its Finborough Gaieties season, celebrating British Musical Theatre 1870-1918, with The Maid of the Mountains – one of London’s most successful musical hits of the First World War. It follows the first two productions in the series: Florodora starring Olivier Award nominee Rosemary Ashe, and Lionel Monckton’s Our Miss Gibbs in its first professional London revival in nearly a century – which both sold out and received critical acclaim.
The Maid of the Mountains opened in London in 1917 where it ran for 1,352 performances, and has been unseen professionally in London since 1972. The score includes such hits as Love Will Find A Way and A Bachelor Gay Am I. The local Governor faces ousting from his post because of the activities of Baldassaré, a brigand leader who terrorises the entire country. In a last ditch attempt to retain his power, the Governor captures the “Maid of the Mountains” Theresa who is hopelessly – and unrequitedly – in love with Baldassaré. After many adventures and betrayals in the end it becomes clear that “Love Will Find A Way” and the story ends happily ever after…