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The Boy Friend (Theatre)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Boy Friend is a 1954 musical by Sandy Wilson, and is a pastiche of the musicals of The Roaring '20s. Set in the 1920s in Nice, France, it follows the story of a seventeen-year-old British young lady named Polly Browne and her friends at Madame Dubonnet's Finishing School. All of Polly's friends have, or at least claim to have, a boyfriend, but Polly herself does not. Her father practically forbids her to have a boyfriend because she is incredibly rich and he fears that any boy that courts her will be after her wealth. Thus, Polly makes up a boyfriend, feeling as if she may never find true love. That is, until she meets a handsome young British messenger boy named Tony...The musical also has subplots featuring an American boy named Bobby van Husen attempting to court Maisie, another perfect young lady at the Finishing School; the reunion of Madame Dubonnet and Percival Browne, Polly's father; and the antics of Lord and Lady Brockhurst, a rich British couple vacationing in Nice at the time of the plot, which all happens in one day.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })It has a far less well-known sequel called Divorce Me, Darling!, set ten years later and a pastiche of 1930s musicals. Everyone is in Nice again, and happen to meet up. Madame Dubonnet's finishing school no longer exists, and many of the characters have completely different lives than before. The main plot is that Polly and Bobby, after meeting up, are accused of having an affair due to a series of misunderstandings from their respective mates.It was adapted into a film in 1971, directed by Ken Russell and starring Twiggy as Polly Browne. | |
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Heroic BSoD | |
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Heroic BSoD: When Polly believes, after Tony runs away from his parents and is assumed a thief, that Tony was only after her wealth, she decides not to come to the Carnival Ball, too brokenhearted to go. When she does go, she simply sits the whole time, not dancing or talking to anyone. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Glenda Jackson as Rita the leading lady with an Broken Leg. | |
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Dance Sensation | |
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Dance Sensation: "The Riviera". | |
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May–December Romance | |
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May–December Romance: Lord Brockhurt and Dulcie, in a way. They don't actually wind up together, but they do sing "It's Never Too Late to Fall in Love". | |
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Pastiche | |
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Pastiche: Of 1920s musicals, of course. | |
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Dirty Old Man | |
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Dirty Old Man: Lord Brockhurst. | |
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Official Couple | |
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Official Couple: Lord and Lady Brockhurst, Bobby and Maisie, Percival and Madame Dubonnet, and, of course, Tony and Polly. | |
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The Eleven O'Clock Number | |
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The Eleven O'Clock Number: "Poor Little Pierette". | |
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| The Boy Friend (Theatre) / int_42f01532 | type |
Love Theme | |
| The Boy Friend (Theatre) / int_42f01532 | comment |
Love Theme: "I Could Be Happy With You" for Polly and Tony. | |
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Large Ham | |
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Large Ham: Most of the Theatre's cast. | |
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Masquerade Ball | |
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Masquerade Ball | |
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Boy Meets Girl | |
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Boy Meets Girl: Tony and Polly. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: The show's leading lady breaks her leg and so Polly due to having the same name as the character is forced to be the lead, some parts she doesn't know and has to tape the script in one scene to some flowers. In the cast is Rosie who plays Hortense the maid, however during the show her boyfriend's wife comes on stage attacking them both much to the audience's entertainment. | |
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All for Nothing | |
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All for Nothing: The cast try their best to impress the Producer, they even stab each other in the back to try and impress him, however they all fail as he leaves them all with egg on their faces. Maise was packed and ready, however Cecil B. De Thrill realises that Tommy is his long lost son,they leave together even Maise can laugh at it. One of the girls that tries to flirt with De Thrill even tries to learn French only at the last minute to find out he's German, she also reveals that Polly has been chosen to become a star in Hollywood but she leaves with Tony to London. | |
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Show Within a Show | |
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Show Within a Show: The Boyfriend is set up as a musical inside a Theatre. | |
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Dances and Balls | |
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Dances and Balls: The third act takes place at the Carnival Ball. Masquerade Ball | |
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