The Beauty of Bath is a musical comedy with a book by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton, lyrics by C. H. Taylor and music by Herbert Haines; additional songs were provided by Jerome Kern (lyrics and music), F. Clifford Harris (lyrics) and P. G. Wodehouse (lyrics). Based loosely on the play David Garrick, the story concerns a young woman from a noble family, who falls in love with an actor. She then meets a sailor who appears identical to the actor and mistakes him for the latter. Her father objects to a marriage with the actor, but when it turns out that she really loves the sailor, all objections fall away. The piece was produced by Charles Frohman, opened at the Aldwych Theatre on 19 March 1906, moved on 26 December 1906 to the newly built Hicks Theatre and ran for a total of 287 performances. It starred Hicks and his wife, Ellaline Terriss. Zena Dare later joined the cast, replacing Terriss. Roles Betty Silverthorne - The Beauty of Bath - Ellaline Terriss Richard Alington - Lieutenant, R.N. - Seymour Hicks Mr Beverley - An Actor - Stanley Brett (from July 1906, Tom Terriss) Mrs Alington - Richard's Mother - Rosina Filippi Lord Bellingham - Betty's father - William Lugg Miss Truly St Cyr - An Actress - Maudi Darrell Sir Timothy Bun - Murray King Lady Bun - Mollie Lowell Mrs Goodge - Sydney Fairbrother Lemon Goodge - Master Valchera Jane - Topsy Sinden Tatersall Spink - Bert Sinden Notable musical numbers "The Beauty of Bath" "The Things you Never Learn at School" "The Frolic of the Breeze" Synopsis At the interval of a play, the fashionable audience mill about in the foyer, complimenting the new hit play and its leading actor, Mr. Beverley. Sir Timothy Bun, Lady Bun, and their large family of "adopted" daughters, "the twelve Bath Buns", are part of the crowd. An actress, Miss Truly St. Cyr, is courted by a young lord. Mrs. Alington, a widow, is eagerly anticipating the return of her naval lieutenant son, Richard, whom she has not seen for ten years. The lovely Betty Silverthorne has fallen in love with the dashing Beverley during Act I, to the chagrin of her father, Lord Bellingham. Six months before the present time, Mrs. Alington had sent her son a photograph of Betty, and the young lieutenant had fallen in love with the