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A Gaiety Girl is an English musical comedy in two acts by Owen Hall (book, on an outline by James T. Tanner), Harry Greenbank (lyrics) and Sidney Jones (music). It opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London, produced by George Edwardes, on 14 October 1893 (later transferring to Daly's Theatre) and ran for 413 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| CHARLES GOLDFIELD | Mr. C. Hayden Coffin |
| MAJOR BARCLAY | Mr. Fred Kaye |
| BOBBIE RIVERS | Mr. W. Louis Bradfield |
| HARRY FITZWARREN | Mr. Leedham Bantock |
| ROMNEY FARQUHAR | Mr. Lawrance D'Orsey |
| SIR LEWIS GRAY | Mr. Eric Lewis |
| LANCE | Mr. Gilbert Porteous |
| AUGUSTE | Mr. Fitz Rimma |
| DR. MONTAGUE BRIERLY | Mr. Harry Monkhouse |
| ROSE BRIERLY | Miss Decima Moore |
| LADY EDYTHA ALDWYN | Miss Kate Cutler |
| MISS GLADYS STOURTON | Miss Marie Studholme |
| HON. DAISY ORMSBURY | Miss Louie Pounds |
| LADY GREY | Mrs. E. Phelps |
| ALMA SOMERSET | Miss Maud Hobson |
| CISSY VERNER | Miss Blanche Massey |
| HAIDEE WALTON | Miss Ethel Selwick |
| ETHEL HAWTHORNE | Miss Violet Robinson |
| MINA | Miss Juliette Nesville |
| LADY VIRGINIA FOREST | Miss Lottie Venne |
ACT I - The Cavalry Barracks at Winbridge.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "When a masculine stranger goes by, array'd in a uniform smart..."
- No. 2 - Chorus & Song - Sir Lewis - "O sing a welcome fair to Mr. Justice Grey." & "I'm a judge..."
- No. 3 - Song - Goldfield - "Beneath the skies of summer sweet I linger where two pathways meet..."
- No. 4 - Chorus & Concerted Piece - "Here come the ladies who dazzle Society..."
- No. 5 - Song - Lady Virginia & Chorus - "I am favourably known as a high-class chaperone..."
- No. 6 - Concerted Piece, with Girls & Major - "To the barracks we have come..."
- No. 7 - Duett - Dr. Brierly & Rose - "Oh, my daughter, there's a creature known as man..."
- No. 8 - Trio - Lady Virginia, Sir Lewis & Dr. Brierly - "When once I get hold of a good-looking He..."
- No. 9 - Song - Dr. Brierly - "Little Jimmy was a scholar and his aptitude was such..." (five verses)
- No. 10 - Waltz
- No. 11 - Song - Goldfield - "Oh, we take him from the city or the plough..." (four verses)
- No. 12 - Finale Act I - "To my judicial mind there's not a doubt..."
ACT II - On the Riviera.
- No. 13 - Introduction and Opening Chorus - "Here on sunlit sands daintily we figure..."
- No. 14 - Concerted piece - "That ladies cannot bathe, if so they please, without encount'ring creatures such as these..."
- No. 15 - Trio - Rivers, Fitzwarren & Goldfield - "Buck up, buck up, old chappie!..."
- No. 16 - Song - Mina - "When your pride has had a tumble, and you've set your cap too high..."
- No. 17 - Trio - Sir Lewis, Dr. Brierly & Lady Virginia - "When in town you're safely landed, and the doctor far away..."
- No. 18 - Duet - Rivers & Rose - "Unlucky the morn on which I was born the youngest of several brothers..."
- No. 19 - Trio - Lady Edytha, Gladys & another - "We're awfully anxious to join in the fun..."
- No. 20 - Carnival Chorus - "Let folly reign supreme today, for carnival is holding sway..."
- No. 21 - Song - Rivers & Chorus - "Mesdames, messieurs, je suis Pierrot. (I'm nothing of the sort, you know...) "
- No. 22 - Song - Goldfield - "Sunshine above, and sunshine in my heart! Laughter and love hold carnival today..."
- No. 23 - Finale Act II - "I find it's really better far to keep my pranks for Bench and Bar..."
- External Links
- Vocal Score at UR Research
- A Gaiety Girl at Wikipedia
Page modified 4 December 2016