Battling Buttler
Musical, composed by Philip Braham, premiered in 1922 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the musical. For the Buster Keaton silent film adaptation, see Battling Butler.
Battling Buttler is a musical in three acts with music by Philip Braham and a book and lyrics by Stanley Brightman, Austin Melford and Douglas Furber, which opened in London in 1922. It was then greatly revised by Walter L. Rosemont (music) and Ballard MacDonald (book and lyrics) and produced on Broadway in 1923 after tryouts in Detroit and Chicago.
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Music | Philip Braham (American version by Walter L. Rosemont) |
Lyrics | Stanley Brightman Austin Melford Douglas Furber (American version revised by Ballard MacDonald) |
Book | Stanley Brightman Austin Melford Douglas Furber (American version revised by Ballard MacDonald) |
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The farcical story concerns a man who pretends to be a championship boxer whom he resembles, until the two men are confused with one another, with humorous results.