The Prince of Pilsen

• Original Broadway Production (1903)
  New York, NY
• London Production (1904)
  London, England
• Broadway Return Engagement (1904)
  New York, NY
• Broadway Return Engagement (1905)
  New York, NY
• Broadway Return Engagement (1906)
  New York, NY
• Broadway Return Engagement (1907)
  New York, NY
• Film Version (1926)
• Broadway Revival (1930)
  New York, NY
• Radio Production (1937)

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Original score

• Modern Pirate, The
• Welcome
• We Know It's Wrong to Flirt
• Artie
• Season at the Shore, A
• Hail to Our Noble Guest
  • aka Hans' Entrance [no note]
• Student's Entrance
• Message of the Violet, The
• Biff! Bang!
• Heidelberg
  • aka The Stein Song [no note]
• Widow, The
  • aka The Pretty City Widow [no note]
• Keep It Dark
• Pictures in the Smoke
• Auf Weidersehn
• Field and Forest, The
  • aka Fox Hunter's Chorus [no note]
  • aka Tally-Ho [no note]
• He Didn't Know Exactly What to Do
• American Girl, The
  • aka Song of the Cities [no note]
• Tale of the Sea Shell, The
• Back to the Boulevards
• Our Floral Queen
  • aka Flower Fete [no note]
• Fall In!
• Sweetheart, I'll Love You Ever

Added to 1904 revival

• Walk, Mister, Walk
• It Was the Dutch
• I'm on the Water Wagon Now
• In Zinzinnati
• Lucky
• How Far a Girl Should Go
• When You at Last Are Mine
• White Lies

Added to 1905 Revival

• Imagination

Added to 1930 Revival

• Song of the Nightingale, The

Recordings listed here were done in the studio specifically to release as recordings. They do not represent cast recordings of a particular production.

• Studio Cast (Excerpt) (February 8, 1905)
  J.W. Myers
• Studio Cast (Excerpt) (May 10, 1906)
  Harry MacDonough , Haydn Quartet
• Victor Light Opera Company Cast (May 23, 1912)
  Elizabeth Wheeler , Lucy Isabelle Marsh , Edith Chapman Goold , Marguerite Dunlap , Harry MacDonough

Hans Wagner, an American beer manufacturer traveling Europe with his daughter Nellie (and in Nice to meet up with son Tom, a naval officer) is mistaken for the Prince of Pilsen by a hotel concierge desperate to drum up business. Pilsen, by the way, is not only a city in Czechoslovakia, but also the root of the word “pilsner,” a light beer with a strong flavor of hops. And there lies the confusion. As can only be expected, the real Prince arrives with his friends from college, and decides to make the best of the opportunity by posing as a commoner.

"He Didn't Know Exactly What to Do" was changed with each new production (and performer). It was obviously a specialty spot for the character Hans and new numbers were put in to fit the performer.

"Sweetheart, I'll Love You Ever" is not in programs. From the score the Finale was only reprises unless it was changed after 1902.

"How Far a Girl Should Go", "When You At Last Are Mine", and "White Lies" have been traced to sheet music only. They may have been unused or cut prior to the New York opening.