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Line 30: ==Parody== ''La Chauve-Souris'' inspired a parody called ''No Sirree!'' written and performed by [[Robert Benchley]] and other members of the [[Algonquin Round Table]] for one night only in April 1922. ''No Sirree!'', staged for one night only in April 1922, was a take-off of a then-popular European touring revue called ''La Chauve-Souris''.<ref>{{cite book \| last =Kunkel \| first =Thomas \| authorlink = \| coauthors = \| title =Genius in Disguise: Harold Ross of The New Yorker \| publisher =Carroll & Graf Publishers (paperback) \| date =1995 \| location = New York \| page =81 \| url = \| doi = \| id = \| isbn = 0-7867-0323-7}}</ref> ''No Sirree!'' had its genesis at the studio of [[Neysa McMein]], which served as something of a [[Salon (gathering)\|salon]] for Round Tablers away from the [[Algonquin Hotel]]. Acts included: "Opening Chorus" featuring [[Alexander Woollcott]], Toohey, [[George S. Kaufman]], [[Marc Connelly]], [[Franklin P. Adams]], and Benchley with violinist [[Jascha Heifetz]] providing offstage, off-key accompaniment; "He Who Gets Flapped," a musical number featuring the song "The Everlastin' Ingenue Blues" written by [[Dorothy Parker]] and performed by [[Robert Sherwood]] accompanied by "chorus girls" including [[Tallulah Bankhead]], [[Helen Hayes]], [[Ruth Gillmore]], [[Lenore Ulric]], and [[Mary Brandon]]; "Zowie, or the Curse of an [[Zoe Akins\|Akins]] Heart"; "The Greasy Hag, an [[Eugene O'Neill\|O'Neill]] Play in One Act" with Kaufman, Connelly and Woollcott; and "Mr. Whim Passes By - An [[A. A. Milne]] Play."<ref>Altman, p. 203</ref> ==Phonograph record==