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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/PardonMyEnglish.jpg/200px-PardonMyEnglish.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/70/PardonMyEnglish.jpg/300px-PardonMyEnglish.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/PardonMyEnglish.jpg 2x" data-file-width="336" data-file-height="296" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">1993 studio cast recording</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Music</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Gershwin" title="George Gershwin">George Gershwin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lyrics</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ira_Gershwin" title="Ira Gershwin">Ira Gershwin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Book_(musical_theatre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Book (musical theatre)">Book</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Fields" title="Herbert Fields">Herbert Fields</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Morrie_Ryskind" title="Morrie Ryskind">Morrie Ryskind</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Productions</th><td class="infobox-data">1933 <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a><br />2004 <i><a href="/wiki/Encores!" title="Encores!">Encores!</a></i> <br /> 2009 <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Pardon My English</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical</a> with a book by <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Fields" title="Herbert Fields">Herbert Fields</a> and <a href="/wiki/Morrie_Ryskind" title="Morrie Ryskind">Morrie Ryskind</a>, lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Ira_Gershwin" title="Ira Gershwin">Ira Gershwin</a>, and music by <a href="/wiki/George_Gershwin" title="George Gershwin">George Gershwin</a>. Set in 1933 <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Farce" title="Farce">farcical</a> plot <a href="/wiki/Satire" title="Satire">satirizes</a> the <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition</a> era. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production_history">Production history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pardon_My_English&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Production history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Producers Alex A. Aarons and <a href="/wiki/Vinton_Freedley" title="Vinton Freedley">Vinton Freedley</a> approached the Gershwins to create a showcase for the talents of English <a href="/wiki/Music_hall" title="Music hall">music hall</a> star <a href="/wiki/Jack_Buchanan" title="Jack Buchanan">Jack Buchanan</a>, and linked them with Fields and Ryskind, whose book required the actor to appear in dual roles, lower-class German thug Golo Schmidt and upper-crust British nobleman Michael Bramleigh. The sophisticated Buchanan had no problem portraying Bramleigh but was unable to capture the essence of Schmidt. The show opened in Philadelphia to critical pans. </p><p>Rather than proceed to <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a>, the creative team added characters and expanded the role of police commissioner Bauer, played by radio's "<a href="/wiki/Baron_Munchausen" title="Baron Munchausen">Baron Munchausen</a>", <a href="/wiki/Jack_Pearl" title="Jack Pearl">Jack Pearl</a>. The revised production opened in <a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a> on January 2, 1933, but it was obvious that Buchanan was still a major problem. He bought out his contract and the producers replaced him with dialect comedian George Givot.<sup id="cite_ref-sanfran_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sanfran-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The production opened on Broadway on January 20, 1933, at the <a href="/wiki/Majestic_Theatre_(Broadway)" title="Majestic Theatre (Broadway)">Majestic Theatre</a> and ran for 43 performances. The book was directed by John McGowan, the production was staged by producer Vinton Freedley, and the musical numbers were staged by George Hale. In addition to Givot and Pearl, the cast included Josephine Huston as Bauer's daughter Ilse and musical-comedy star <a href="/wiki/Lyda_Roberti" title="Lyda Roberti">Lyda Roberti</a> (her speciality was a "polyglot of Polish, German, and near-Hungarian")<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as Gita Gobel. According to <a href="/wiki/Ben_Brantley" title="Ben Brantley">Ben Brantley</a>, "By the time it hit Broadway it was a desperately stitched patchwork that ran for 33 performances before exiting into oblivion. It was, Ira Gershwin later wrote, 'a headache from start to finish'."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The critics unanimously condemned it.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1982, a producer discovered a number of the musical's <a href="/wiki/Manuscript" title="Manuscript">manuscripts</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Brothers</a> warehouse in <a href="/wiki/Secaucus,_New_Jersey" title="Secaucus, New Jersey">Secaucus, New Jersey</a>. The score was pieced together and performed at the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> in concert in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra Records</a> released a studio <a href="/wiki/Cast_album" class="mw-redirect" title="Cast album">cast album</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/John_Cullum" title="John Cullum">John Cullum</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Katt" title="William Katt">William Katt</a> in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Center" title="New York City Center">New York City Center</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Encores!" title="Encores!">Encores!</a></i> presented a staged concert in 2004, with a revised book by <a href="/wiki/David_Ives" title="David Ives">David Ives</a>. Directed by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Griffin_(director)" title="Gary Griffin (director)">Gary Griffin</a> and choreographed by <a href="/wiki/Rob_Ashford" title="Rob Ashford">Rob Ashford</a>, it featured <a href="/wiki/Brian_d%27Arcy_James" title="Brian d'Arcy James">Brian d'Arcy James</a> as Golo/Michael, <a href="/wiki/Emily_Skinner_(actress,_born_1970)" title="Emily Skinner (actress, born 1970)">Emily Skinner</a> as Gita, <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Laura_Thompson" title="Jennifer Laura Thompson">Jennifer Laura Thompson</a> as Frieda (originally Ilse), and <a href="/wiki/Rob_Bartlett" title="Rob Bartlett">Rob Bartlett</a> as Bauer.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/42nd_Street_Moon" title="42nd Street Moon">42nd Street Moon</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, California, presented a staged concert in November 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-sanfran_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sanfran-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The European premiere took place on November 29, 2009, at the Dresden State Operetta in <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> translated by Wolfgang Adenberg, directed by Holger Hauer and conducted by Ernst Theis.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_synopsis">Plot synopsis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pardon_My_English&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot synopsis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In order to promote the sale of beer and wine, the <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> government bans the sale of all non-alcoholic beverages. In retaliation, Golo Schmidt opens Club 21, a <a href="/wiki/Speakeasy" title="Speakeasy">speakeasy</a> where patrons can imbibe such forbidden drinks as <a href="/wiki/Cream_soda" title="Cream soda">cream soda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ginger_ale" title="Ginger ale">ginger ale</a>. Police Commissioner Bauer makes it his mission to shut down the illegal operation. </p><p>Golo decides to disrupt a birthday celebration for Bauer, but while en route to the party he is struck by a car and knocked unconscious. When he awakens in Bauer's home, he believes he is Michael Bramleigh, a wealthy, sophisticated member of <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">British</a> society. He eventually falls in love with Bauer's daughter Ilse and proposes marriage. </p><p>A birdhouse falls on Bramleigh, and his memory returns. Golo once again, he has no memory of his relationship with Ilse and returns to Club 21 and his sweetheart Gita Gobel. Hearing Bauer's daughter is about to marry, he plans to <a href="/wiki/Kidnap" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidnap">kidnap</a> the bride and hold her for <a href="/wiki/Ransom" title="Ransom">ransom</a>. At the wedding, Golo locates Ilse, who naturally thinks he's her fiancé Michael, and the two escape to an inn in <a href="/wiki/Schandau" class="mw-redirect" title="Schandau">Schandau</a>. </p><p>Golo, inexplicably thinking he's Michael once again, returns to Bauer's house and apologizes for missing the wedding. The two plot to find Ilse and save her from her kidnapper. Recognized as Golo by some and Michael by others, the hero becomes involved in a series of comic misadventures. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Song_list">Song list</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pardon_My_English&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Song list"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output 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<li>I've Got to Be There</li> <li>The Dresden Northwest Mounted (Reprise)</li> <li>He's Not Himself</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Other songs </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freud" class="mw-redirect" title="Freud">Freud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jung" class="mw-redirect" title="Jung">Jung</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Adler" title="Alfred Adler">Adler</a>/He's Oversexed (Viennese Sextet)</li> <li>Watch Your Head (*)</li></ul> <p>(*) Would be modified as "Comes the Revolution" in <a href="/wiki/Let_%27Em_Eat_Cake" title="Let 'Em Eat Cake">Let 'Em Eat Cake</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pardon_My_English&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sanfran_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sanfran_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Connema, Richard.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/sanfran/s842.html">"The Gershwins' 1933 Farce, Pardon My English, An Infectious Musical"</a>, talkinbroadway.com, November 2, 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jablonski, p. 239</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brantley, Ben.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=1&res=9C0DE4D81330F934A15750C0A9629C8B63">"Theatre Review: It's Springtime for Dresden In a Bubbly Era of Inhibition"</a> <i>The New York Times</i>, March 27, 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jablonski, p. 240</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Holden, Stephen.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/18/theater/concert-2-by-gershwin.html?pagewanted=1">"Concert:2 By Gershwin"</a>,<i>The New York Times</i>, May 18, 1987</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=6522">" 'Pardon My English' listing</a> broadwayworld.com, accessed February 9, 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Murray, Matthew.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.talkinbroadway.com/ob/03_25_04.html">" 'Pardon My English', Theatre Review"</a>, talkinbroadway.com, March 25, 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.germerica.net/dresden-gershwin-revive-germerica">"Dresden to Revive 1930s Gershwin Musical"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110723134255/http://www.germerica.net/dresden-gershwin-revive-germerica">Archived</a> 2011-07-23 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, germerica.net, October 17, 2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.kulturpur.de/en/deutschland/buehnen/buehne/staatsoperette%2Bdresden/spielplan/2009-11/stueck/pardon%2Bmy%2Benglish&ei=hmxxS7XhKsSW8AaZx_G8Cw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CAwQ7gEwATgK&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Dresden%2BState%2BOperetta%2522%2B%2522Pardon%2BMy%2BEnglish%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN%26start%3D10">Listing</a> kulturpur.de (translated from German), accessed February 9, 2010</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pardon_My_English&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jablonski, Edward. <i>Gershwin: With A New Critical Discography</i> (1998), Da Capo Press, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output 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