The Little Cherub

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The Little Cherub is an Edwardian musical comedy in three acts with book by Owen Hall, lyrics by Adrian Ross and music by Ivan Caryll. It opened at the Prince of Wales' Theatre on 13 January 1906.

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Cover of the Vocal Score

Dramatis Personæ

EARL OF SANCTOBURY	Mr. Fred Kaye
ALGERNON SOUTHDOWN	Mr. Lennox Pawle
SHINGLE (Lord Sanctobury's Valet)	Mr. W. H. Berry
ETHELBERT	Mr. George Carroll
CAPTAIN HEREWARD	Mr. Spencer Trevor
MR. GRIMBLE (Landlord of Hotel at Dunbridge)	Mr. Henry Adnes
ALDERMAN BRIGGS (of Dunbridge)	Mr. Edmund Cooper
CRUMM (Footman)	Mr. Fred J. Blackman
SIR GEORGE MONTEITH	Mr. Ford Hamilton
INTERPRETER TO THE GRAND DUKE	Mr. Valentine O'Connor
BRICKS	Mr. Arthur Hope
HIS HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF BAKAVIA	Mr. Maurice Farkoa

LADY ISOBEL CONGRESS
LADY DOROTHY CONGRESS
LADY AGNES CONGRESS
LADY ROSA CONGRESS

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(Daughters of the Earl of Sanctobury)

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Miss Zena Dare
Miss Gabrielle Ray
Miss Lily Elsie
Miss Grace Pinder

MRS. BRIGGS	Miss Ida Lytton
LETTIE (Chambermaid at Hotel)	Miss Elsie Clare

MISS CUCKOO VANBLANE
MISS KITTY CRANBOURNE
MISS MAUDIE ROCHESTER
MISS MABEL DUCROSS
MISS NARY MACCLESFIELD
MISS OLIVE MANDERVILLE

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(Actresses)

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Miss Mildred De Vere
Miss Hilda Coral
Miss Stella Hammerstein
Miss Daisy Denville
Miss Amy Webster
Miss Blanche Thorpe

MISS MOLLY MONTROSE

Miss Evie Greene

MIDI Files

ACT I - Room in Lord Sanctobury's Town House.

No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "We're rehearsing, we're rehearsing, working very, very hard! ..."
No. 2 - Classical Chorus - Agnes, Rosa, Dorothy, Capt. Hereward, & Sir George - "We are little ladies of mythology..."
No. 3 - Quartet - Ladies Isobel, Rosa, Agnes & Dorothy, with Chorus - "Altho' we're an earl's four frivolous girls..."
No. 4 - Song - Shingle - "Altho' I serve a lord, a regular tip-topper, yet I know he must be bored by having to be proper! ..."
No. 5 - Octet & Solo - Molly - "Oh, it's jolly when the gods go wrong, we're worse than mortal man can! ..."
No. 6 - Song - Duke & Chorus - "I love to roam away from home, a restless rover I've always been..."
No. 7 - Finale Act I - Quartet & Chorus - "Off to Dunbridge 'on your own', all to see a play there..."

ACT II - Hotel at Dunbridge Baths.

No. 8 - Opening Chorus - "In the town of Dunbridge Baths, famed for its wonderful well..."
No. 9 - Duet - Mrs. Briggs & Duke, with Chorus - "Your Autocratic Highness, if that's the term in use..."
No. 10 - Duet - Letty & Ethelbert - "If I was the Honorable Miss Fitz-Jones ... And I was her friend Lord Arty..."
No. 11 - Song - Lady Isobel - "Girls have a rotten time! There's not the slightest doubt of it! ..." (three verses)
No. 12 - Song - Duke - "Oh! the girl that you take out to luncheon may be a saint or a dear little sinner..." five verses)
No. 13 - Quartet - Ladies Isobel, Rosa, Dorothy & Agnes - "Oh! what an unexpected sight..."
No. 14 - Song - Molly & Chorus - "Auntie sent me marketing on a morning in the spring; birds were twittering, tra la la!..."
No. 15 - Song - Alderman & Chorus - "Although I started bus'ness in a small provision line, Canadian Cheddar cheese..."
No. 16 - Duet - Molly & Duke - "Won't you take a pearl to make an ear-ring, or perhaps to deck your pretty neck? ..."
No. 17 - Finale Act II - "Seize on the wretch breaking the peace! Somebody fetch in the police! ..."

ACT III - Hall at Lord Sanctobury's.

No. 18 - Opening Chorus - "It's our latest universal grand rehearsal all in dress..."
No. 19 - Song - Shingle & Chorus - "I never was crusty or surly in all of my service before..." (five verses)
No. 20 - Song - Lady Dorothy - "Young Cupid had dropp'd his arrows, and bought a pretty little gun..."
No. 21 - Song - Molly - "Life is a play, done in a day, comic for laughter, tragic for tears..."
No. 22 - Song - Molly - "When Molly marries Polly, she'll leave off song and dance..."
No. 23 - Finale Act III - "His wife will be My Lady!..."

Addendum.

No. 24 - Extra Song - Duke & Chorus - "A host of friends has Charlie Brown with whom his time he spends..." (five verses)

Items 8, 11 & 20 were composed by Frank E. Tours.

MIDI Files

External Link: Vocal Score at MUSOPEN.

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