The Earl and the Girl by Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 ? 6 April 1949), with music by Ivan Caryll (12 May 1861 ? 29 November 1921). First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, on 10th December 1903. The caption is ?The Minuet?. In the conservatory at Stole Hall, Jim Cheese is in ermine and wearing a coronet because he is impersonating the Earl. His dance partner, Virginia Bliss, stands over him. (Act II). Touring to the Theatre Royal, Brighton, on 31st October 1906.