Tags: Musical.
Houp La! is an Edwardian musical comedy extravaganza with music by Nat D. Ayer and Howard Talbot lyrics by Percy Greenbank and Hugh E. Wright and a book by Fred Thompson and Hugh E. Wright. The story combines the comic financial troubles of a circus owner with a love triangle. The original production of the show was mounted by Charles B. Cochran at London’s new St Martin’s Theatre opening on 23 November 1916 and starring Gertie Millar George Graves Nat Ayer and Ida Adams.
