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The Gingerbread Man, described as "a fanciful fairyesque" has book and lyrics by Frederic Ranken and music by A. Baldwin Sloane. It was first performed at the Liberty Theatre, New York, on 25 December 1905.
Dramatis Personæ
| KRIS KRINGLE, known as Santa Claus | George H. Palmer | |
| MACHEVALIUS FUDGE, | Homer Lind | |
| dealer in Black Art, Second Hand Curses and Evil Omens | ||
| GOOD FAIRY, a very fair Fairy Queen | Ross Snow | |
| KING BUNN | Gus Weinberg | |
| WONDROUS WISE, a Solomon in Judgment | W. H. Mack | |
| JACK HORNER, a baker's apprentice | Helen Bertram | |
| SIMON SIMPLE, | Joseph Welsh | |
| known as Simple Simon, author of Nursery Rhymes, his friend | ||
| TAFFY | Lillian Leon | |
| THE GINGERBREAD MAN, | Eddie Redway | |
| mere outline, but in danger of being obliterated | ||
| THE FIERY DRAGON | H. L. Zeda | |
| MAZIE BON-BON, | Almyra Forrest | |
| a Confectioner's Sales Girl; afterwards Princess Sugar Plum | ||
| MARGERY DAW, the Village Tomboy | Nellie Lynch | |
| SALLY LUNN | Harriet Burt | |
ACT I - A Street in Santa Claus Land.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Hail to the morrow, away with all sorrow, let happiness reign today..."
- No. 2 - Entrance of Fudge - "What strange mysterious man is this with baleful evil eye..."
- No. 3 - Quartet - "The Evil Eye" - "In days of old, a witch I'm told had a most mysterious power..."
- No. 4 - Song - Jack Horner and Chorus - "Of all the flowers that ever grew in Cupid's garden fair..."
- No. 5 - Song - Mazie Bon-Bon - "I dreamt my little bed afloat upon a sea of melody..."
- No. 6 - Incantation - Fudge, Mazie and Gingerbread Man - "Now all ye awful bad-luck hoodoos, your duty do not shirk..."
- No. 7 - Song - Gingerbread Man and Fairies - "Come gather 'round, ye little kids, and listen unto me..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I - "Come one, come all! ... He is demented ... Obey my call! ... I much lament it..."
ACT II - The dividing line between the Realms of King Sugar Plum and King Bunn.
- No. 9 - Choruses of Sugar Plums and Buns - "We are the subjects of Bon-Bon land ... And we of the great King Bunn..."
- No. 10 - Reprise of Song no. 9 - King Bunn - "Old Rameses died about three thousand years ago..."
- No. 11 - Song - Fudge - "If you could hear what in them lies my love, my lips would tell of passion long concealed..."
- No. 12 - Nursery Rhymes - Margery Daw and the Gingerbread Man - "I've heard of Miss Muffet, who once on a tuffet..."
- No. 13 - Moon Song - Jack Horner and Chorus - "Moon, moon, shine on oh! silv'ry moon, gleaming over the dark lagoon..."
- No. 14 - "Santa Claus" Song - (singer unspecified) - "Oh, history is full of famous people by the ton..."
- No. 15 - Sextet - Margery, Sally, Taffy, King Bunn and others - "Give us your attention while some facts we mention..."
- No. 16 - Song - Gingerbread Man and Chorus - "Way back there in pastryland where I was born..."
- No. 17 - Finale Act II - "John Dough, John Dough, they are looking for me high and low..."
MIDI files
- External Links
- Alfred Baldwin Sloane at Wikipedia
- The Gingerbread Man, the original story, at Wikipedia
Page modified 7 December 2016