The 'Mind the Paint' Girl: A Comedy in Four Acts

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The published play did not include music for the title song ( Mind the Paint ), sung in Act I.
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Copyright 1912 by Arthur Pinero
This play was produced in London, at the Duke of York’s Theatre, on Saturday, February 17, 1912 ; in New York, at the New Lyceum Theatre, on Monday, September 9, 1912 ; and in Germany, at the Stadttheater in Mainz, on Monday, January 13, 1913
The action of the piece takes place in London—at Lily Parradell’s house in Bloomsbury, in the foyer of the Pandora Theatre, and again at Lily’s house.
The curtain will be lowered for a few moments in the course of the Second Act.
The following advertisements are to appear conspicuously in the programme.
MIND THE PAINT (the complete song), words by D’Arcy Wingate, music by Vincent Bland, as originally sung by Miss Lily Parradell at the Pandora Theatre in the Musical Play of “The Duchess of Brixton,” may be obtained from Messrs. Church and Co. (Ltd.), Music Publishers, 181 New Bond Street.
After the Theatre. Catani’s Restaurant, 459 Strand. Best cuisine in London. Milanese Band. Private Rooms. Urbano Catani, Sole Proprietor. Tel.: 10,337 Gerrard.
The scene is a drawing-room, prettily but somewhat showily decorated. The walls are papered with a design representing large clusters of white and purple lilac. The furniture is covered with a chintz of similar pattern, and the curtains, carpet, and lamp-shades correspond.
In the wall facing the spectator are two windows, and midway between the windows there is the entrance to a conservatory. The conservatory, which is seen beyond, is of the kind that is built out over the portico of a front-door, and is plentifully stocked with flowers and hung with a velarium and green sun-blinds. In the right-hand wall there is another window and, nearer the spectator, a console-table supporting a high mirror; and in the wall on the left, opposite the console-table, there is a double-door opening into the room, the further half of which only is used.