The piece was originally titled Little Miss Raffles, but the composer died before finishing the score, notwithstanding the erroneous headline of November 30, 1921, in The New York Times: "Ivan Caryll dies as he finishes play – Noted Composer Stricken With Hemorrhage at rehearsal of Little Miss Raffles".
 The article went on to say, “His death came just a week before his latest 'comedy with music', as he liked to term his works, was to have its first performance in New Haven.
On December 1, 1921, the same newspaper reported that Little Miss Raffles would be presented at the Astor Theatre on December 13, 1921.
It further reported that it "will have Vivienne Segal and Lawrence Grossmith in the leading roles."
The show did not play at the Astor; after Caryll's death, it was completed, renamed The Hotel Mouse, and produced at the Shubert three months later with a different cast and with music mostly by Armand Vecsey.
The piece was originally titled Little Miss Raffles, but the composer died before finishing the score, notwithstanding the erroneous headline of November 30, 1921, in The New York Times: "Ivan Caryll dies as he finishes play – Noted Composer Stricken With Hemorrhage at rehearsal of Little Miss Raffles".  The article went on to say, “His death came just a week before his latest 'comedy with music', as he liked to term his works, was to have its first performance in New Haven. On December 1, 1921, the same newspaper reported that Little Miss Raffles would be presented at the Astor Theatre on December 13, 1921. It further reported that it "will have Vivienne Segal and Lawrence Grossmith in the leading roles." The show did not play at the Astor; after Caryll's death, it was completed, renamed The Hotel Mouse, and produced at the Shubert three months later with a different cast and with music mostly by Armand Vecsey.
The Hotel Mouse (musical)