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Miss Gibbs is a beautiful Yorkshire girl who sells sweets at Garrods store and is plagued by the attentions of young male customers, who are making themselves sick buying all her sweets. Miss Gibbs has fixed her heart on a handsome young bank clerk who - as one would expect - is in reality an Earl s son in disguise - Lord Eynsford. Miss Gibbs cousin, Timothy, complicates the situation further by becoming entangled with a petty criminal and inadvertently stealing the famous Ascot Gold Cup (which belongs to the Earl). The story reaches its climax at the Franco-British Exhibition in White City where the characters gather for the marathon race

Creatives/Company

Music(s): Lionel Monckton, Ivan Caryll
Lyrics(s): Adrian Ross, Percy Greenbank
Book by: J.T. Tanner