Enter the Guardsman explained

Enter the Guardsman is a musical based on Ferenc Molnár's play The Guardsman, with music by Craig Bohmler, lyrics by Marion Adler, and a book by Scott Wentworth.

The story concerns an actor who tests his actress wife's love by sending her roses as a secret admirer and disguising himself as a guardsman to seduce her.

Enter the Guardsman won the first Musical of the Year competition in Aarhus, Denmark in 1996.^[1] The musical was then presented in 1997 at London's Donmar Warehouse, under a sponsorship between Donmar and the Useful Group.^[2] It was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1998. In 1999, Enter the Guardsman premiered in the U.S. at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival.^[3] A limited engagement of fifteen performances subsequently took place at the Dimson Theater in New York City in 2000.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Let's do the show in Aarhus . Rampton . James . 25 September 1996 . The Independent . Independent Digital News and Media Limited . 1 August 2023 . They eventually agreed that the not inconsiderable first prize of pounds 40,000 should go to Enter the Guardsman, a sophisticated musical reworking by Americans Scott Wentworth, Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler of Ferenc Molnar's play about an actor who disguises himself as a guardsman to seduce his own wife..
2. News: Enter the Guardsman. Wolf. Matt. 1997-09-28. Variety. 2017-11-03. en-US.
3. Book: Dietz, Dan . The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals . . 2019 . 84. 9781538112823 .
4. News: THEATER REVIEW; Bittersweet Marriage Caught in a Musical. Gelder. Lawrence Van. 2000-05-23. The New York Times. 2017-11-03. en-US. 0362-4331.
5. News: Enter the Guardsman. Hofler. Robert. 2000-05-23. Variety. 2017-11-03. en-US.