(Charles) Rudolf Friml
[pseudonym - Roderick Freeman] : American composer and pianist, of Czech birth.: born Prague, 7 December, 1879; died Los Angeles, 12 November 1972).
Music collection archived in the music library of the University of California at Los Angeles.
Stage Works
- O Mitake San (ballet) Dresden, 1905
- The Firefly (Comedy Opera; 3 acts; Book & Lyrics Otto
Harbach) Lyric Theatre - 2 December, 1912; Casino Theatre 30 December,
1912
- High Jinks (Musical Jollity (Comedy); 3 Acts; Book by Leo
Dietrichstein and Otta Harbach - Based on Les Dragées d'Hercule by Maurice Hannequin and Paul Bilhaud); Lyric Theatre - 10 December,
1913; Casino Theatre 12 January 1914 (213 perfs)
- The Peasant Girl (Musical Play; 3 Acts; Based on the original
Viennese Polenblut by Leo Stein, adapted by Edgar Smith. Music
by Oskar Nedbal. Additional music by Rudolf Friml. Lyrics by Herbert
Reynolds and Harold Atterbridge); 44th Street Theatre 2 March 1915
(111 perfs)
- Katinka (Musical Play;3
Acts; Book and Lyrics by Otto Harbach ) 44th Street Theatre 23 December
- You're in Love (Musical Play; 2 Acts; Book and Lyrics by
Otto Harbach and Edward Clark); Casino Theatre 30 June 1917 (167 perfs);
- Kitty Darlin' (Musical Romance; 3 Acts; Book and Lyrics
byy Otto Harbach. Based on the play Sweet Kitty Bellairs by
David Belasco and the novel by Edgerton Castle); Casino Theatre 7
November, 1917 (14 perfs)
- Sometime (Musical Romance; 2 Acts; Book and Lyrics by Rida
Johnson Young); Shubert Theatre 14 October 1918; Casino Theatre
11 November, 1918 (283 perfs)
- Glorianna (Play with Music; 3 Acts; Book and Lyrics by Catherine
Chisholm Cushing, based on her play A Widow By Proxy.); Liberty
Theatre 28 October 1918 (96 perfs)
- Tumble In (Comic Rhapsody in Two Raps and Four Taps (Musical
Comedy in 2 Acts, 4 scenes); Book and Lyrics by Otto Harbach. Based
on the farce Seven Days by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Acery
Hopwood) Selwyn Theatre 24 March 1919 (128 perfs)
- The Little Whopper (Musical Comedy Exquisite in 2 Acts,
5 scenes; Book by Otto A. Harbach based on the film Miss George
Washington. Lyrics by Bide Dudley and Otto Harbach) Casino Theatre
- June Love (Musical Play in 2 Acts; Book by Otto Harbach
and W.H. Post. Based on the story In Search of a Sinner by
Charlotte Thompson. Lyrics by Brian Hooker); Knickerbocker Theatre
25 April, 1921 (48 perfs)
- The Blue Kitten (Musical Comedy; 3 Acts; Book and Lyrics
by Otto Harbach and William Cary Duncan. Based on the farce Le
Chasseur de Chez Maxims by Gustave Quinson and Yves Mirande) Selwyn
Theatre 13 January 1922; Earl Carroll Theatre 1 May 1922 (140 perfs)
- Cinders (Comedy with Music; 2 Acts, 6 Scenes; Book and lyrics
by Edward Clark); Dresden Theatre 3 April 1923 (31 perfs)
- Rose Marie (Musical Play; 2
Acts, 10 scenes; Book and Lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein
II. Additional music by Herbert Stothart); Imperial Theatre
- The Vagabond King (Musical Play; 4 Acts, 6 Scenes; Book and Lyrics by Brian Hooker &
W.H. Post. Based on Justine McCarthy's play If I Were King adapted from the nivel by R.H. Russell); Casino Theatre 15 November
- No Foolin' (Musical Revue; 2 Acts, 31 Scenes; Comedy sketches
by P. McEvoy & James Barton); Globe Theatre 24 June 1926 (108
perfs)
- The Wild Rose (Musical Play; 2 Acts, 10 Scenes; Book and
Lyrics by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein II); Martin Beck
Theatre 20 October 1926 (61 perfs)
- The White Eagle (Musical Play; 3 Acts and Prologue; Book
and Lyrics by Brian Hooker and W.H. Post. Based on the play The
Squaw Man by Edwin Milton Royle); Casino Theatre 26 December
1927 (48 perfs)
- The Three Musketeers (Musical Play; 2 Acts, 12 Scenes;
Book by William Anthony McGuire. Based on Les Trois Mousquetaires by Alexandre Dumas); Lyric Theatre 13 March 1928 (318 perfs)
- Luana (Musical Romance of the South Seas; Book by H.E. Rogers
adapted from The Birds of Paradise by Richard Tully. Lyrics
by J. Keirn Brennan); Hammerstein Theatre 17 September, 1930 (21 perfs)
- Music Hath Charms or Annina (Play with Music; 2 Acts. 13
Scenes; Book and Lyrics by Rowland Leigh, George Rosener, John Shubert);
Majestic Theatre 29 December 1934 (25 perfs)