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The Tourists is a musical comedy in two acts with book and lyrics by R. H. Burnside and music by Gustave Kerker. It played at the Majestic Theatre, New York from 25 August to 8 December 1906, a total of 124 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| JOHN DUKE (registered at the Hotel Oriental as the "Duke of Plymouth") | Alfred Hickman | ||
| TIMOTHY TODD (his tutor and guardian) | Richard Golden | ||
| BENJAMIN BLOSSOM (an American millionaire) | Phil H. Ryley | ||
| GOPAL SINGH (Rajah of Rangapang) | William Pruette | ||
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| LOOFAH (proprietor of Hotel Oriental) | W. H. Denny | ||
| KALIH (John Duke's servant) | F. Kek Schilling | ||
| JAMBO REE (messenger from the Boojam of Bang-a-lore) | Albert Froom | ||
| DORA CAROLINE KATHERINE DOROTHY ELEANOR |
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(Mr. Blossom's Daughters) | { { { { { |
Julia Sanderson Anna C. Wilson Mabel Wilber Edna Chase Edna McClure |
| LEITITIA HEMMINGWAY (their governess) | Della Niven |
| PRINCESS CHOLULU (the Rajah's daughter) | Vera Michelena |
| ARCHIE LAWRENCE REGINALD WILBERFORCE GREGORY MARSTON THEODORE WALSINGHAM |
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(In love with Mr. Blossom's Daughters) | { { { { |
Jack Henderson Robert Algier Fred W. Cousins Philip Leigh |
ACT I - Countyard and Exterior of Hotel Oriental, Rangapang, Hindustan.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus and Song - Loofah - "Rangapang is justly famous for its healthy climate, so, if we're proud you cannot blame us..."
- No. 2 - Ensemble - "We're the marriageable daughters of a multi-millionaire, and we've come across the waters diff'rent countries to compare..."
- No. 3 - Trio - Blossom, Letitia and Dora - "I've been whirled 'round the world in the steamships and trains, I've travelled all over the earth..."
- No. 4 - Entrance of Todd - "What on earth can be the matter? Who is raising all this clatter? Who's making all this noise, we'd like to know..."
- No. 5 - Song - Dora and Girls - "I'm not at all inquisitive, but still I'd like to learn the meaning of a lot of things..."
- No. 6a - Entrance of the Rajah, and Song - "Clear the way now, and bow to the Rajah! Bow to the Rajah! ..."
- No. 6b - Askeema's Music - Entrance of the Court Physician
- No. 7 - Chorus of Tourists - "We've got a lot of sweethearts; Don't know which to choose. There isn't one amongst them we would like to lose..."
- No. 8 - Dancing Speciality - "We're the gnomes whose homes are down in the cellar where the wine's in cask..."
- No. 9 - Chorus of Natives - "Hist, hist, advance with care. This is the place, if we're not mistaken, hist, hist, for our work prepare..."
- No. 10 - Finale Act I - "He's gone! He's gone! Well, this is most annoying, our plan to rescue Dora thus destroying. Alas, it's true..."
ACT II - Interior of the Rajah's Palace, near Rangapang. Evening of the same day.
- No. 11 - Chorus of Girls, and solo - Princess - "With weary hearts we sit disconsolate, in Rangapang ... Sadly sighing we bewail our fate..."
- No. 12 - Duet - Captain and Princess - "When a youth falls in love with a pretty young maid, and he finds that her parents object..."
- No. 13 - Wedding Procession - "What a happy, happy day, what a chance to laugh and sing. Let's be gay while we may, let dull care and grief take wing..."
- No. 14 - Ensemble - "Life's a bubble, and you hurry, full of trouble, grief and worry through this vale of tears and sorrow, trying hard to look content..."
- No. 15 - Topical Song - Todd - "When you're up against trouble galore, and you're tired of fighting with fate, and you feel life's a terrible bore..."
- No. 16 - Song - Princess and Chorus - "There was once a little maid who was very much afraid of the dark, and her life was a sad one..."
- No. 17 - Song - Dora and Chorus - "In the spring a maiden's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love..."
MIDI Files
- External Links
- The Tourists at The Guide to Musical Theatre
- Vocal Score at UR Research
Page modified 17 April 2017