Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
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Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines is an opera in three acts by Jack Beeson written in 1975 to a libretto by Sheldon Harnick after the 1901 play of the same name by Clyde Fitch. The play had previously been adapted for a 1916 silent film.
For the 1916 film adaptation, see Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (film).
The world premiere was September 20, 1975 at the Lyric Theater, Kansas City, Missouri directed and choreographed by Jack Eddleman and conducted by Russell Patterson. It was produced by the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.[1] A recording of the original cast was published in 2010 by Albany Records.[2]