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Musicals or Musical Theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The music is often romantic and light-hearted. This genre came into prominence in the late 19th century beginning with the operettas of Offenbach and Johann Strauss II, to the satirical English musical comedies of Gilbert and Sullivan and then to the Romantic comedies of the roaring twenties.

The Quaker Girl is an Edwardian Musical. The Edwardian Musical is a British Musical form which started at the end of the Victorian period, just after the success of the Gilbert and Sullivan period, and lasted until the rise of the American Musical. The Father of the Edwardian Musical is George Edwardes, who took over a musical theatre and spawned a new genre of musicals. These musicals often feature a herione, and the word "Girl" often feature in the titles of the Edwardian Musical.

Lionel John Alexander Monckton (1861 – 1924) was an English writer and composer of musical theatre. He became Britain's most popular composer of Edwardian musical comedy in the early years of the 20th century. His music remained popular until the end of WW2, when the American Musicals took over as the main musical trend.

The song in "The Quaker Girl" that is still remembered today is "Come To The Ball", which forms the main waltz in this medley of waltzes, and the waltzes begin and end with this waltz.

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