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The Runaways is a musical comedy in two acts with book and lyrics by Addison Burkhardt and music by Raymond Hubbell. It opened in New York at the Casino Theatre on 4 May 1903.
Dramatis Personæ
| GEN. HARDTACK, U.S.A. | Mr. Alexander Clark |
| DAVE (his Son, a tout) | Mr. William Gould |
| BOB GRAY | Mr. Van Rensaleer Wheeler |
| FLEECEUM (A Patent Medicine Fakir) | Mr. Al Fields |
| BLUTCH (his Confederate) | Mr. Arthur Dunn |
| BEEF (Lord High Chancellor, Isle of Table D'Hote) | Mr. William Wolf |
| JOSIE MAY (a Prima Donna) | Miss Dorothy Dorr |
| DOROTHY MAYNARD (The General's Ward) | Miss Helen Lord |
| PRINCESS ANGEL CAKE | Miss Amelia Stone |
| BEATRICE WHEELER MARY ANN GARLAND |
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(Two Society Reporters) | { { |
Miss May Hengler Miss Flora Hengler |
ACT I - The Suburban. The club house and race track at Saratoga.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "With our captivating graces we are flocking to the races, and our costumes quite expensive to the public we'll display..."
- No. 2 - Trio - Wheeler, Garland and Bob Gray - "Quite often I've pondered of things I would be, if I were a bright little star..."
- No. 3 - Song - Josie May and Chorus - "One object in life we think sweet, and one we find hardest to stem, is to mingle among the elite..."
- No. 4 - Duet - Josie May and Bob Gray - "Tell me, sir, I pray, will you tell me, you who are so wise and know it all, an animated information bureau..."
- No. 5 - Song - Wheeler, Garland, Fleeceum and Blutch - "A demure country maiden felt dissatisfied, as demure country maids should feel..."
- No. 6 - Song - Dave - "Well, I'm just a plain tout, and I'm not heard about, but I'm there you can bet with the heart..."
- No. 7 - Entrance of General Hard Tack, and Song - "He's here at hand, the leader of our band; how grand his haughty bearing..."
- No. 8 - Song - Fleeceum and Blutch, with chorus - "A youth fell in love with a maid very coy; from the start he proposed matrimony..."
- No. 9 - Song - Dorothy and Chorus - "When you take your dainty, dimpled little darling a-strolling on the sea-shore for the air..."
- No. 10 - Finale Act I - "There's something in the air. Your jockey isn't there, and I for one believe there's danger lurking..."
ACT II - Salad Glen in the Isle of Table D'Hote.
- No. 11 - Scene - Princess, Lord Chancellor and Chorus - "Youth of the East land, for thee I'm sighing. Oh, to embrace thee when no eye is spying..."
- No. 12 - Song - Dave and Chorus - "There's a dainty little maiden, and she's cute as she can be; lives in a town of small renown..."
- No. 13 - Quintet - Josie May, Wheeler, Fleeceum, Garland and Blutch - "Come, listen to my sage remarks of Cupid and his bow, Is it love? ..."
- No. 14 - Song - Dorothy - "Love is an ailment no tonic can cure, the ill Cupid sends us we all must endure..."
- No. 15 - Duo - Bob Gray and Princess - "Oh, my heart's true mate, won't you fly with me? For I would be your Romeo and you my Juliet..."
- No. 16 - Dixie Land Song - Josie May - "When I gaze at night, up to the twinkling stars shining bright, then a vision divine comes to me..."
- No. 17 - Widows' Song - "Six lovely love-sick widows we, lovely as widows six can be. Oh, for a man to cheer us; Oh, just to have him near us..."
- No. 18 - Song - Blutch and Widows - "When on Sunday night, as the fair moonlight radiates Love's arrow in its flight, and your charmer fair heaves a sigh..."
- No. 19 - Finale Act II - Bob Gray, Princess and Chorus - "There is a land across the sea, land I love, ruled by the hand of liberty..."
- External Link
- Vocal Score at UR Research
Page modified 21 February 2017