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A Chinese Honeymoon is a musical comedy in two acts by George Dance, with music by Howard Talbot and additional music by Ivan Caryll and others, and additional lyrics by Harry Greenbank and others. The piece opened at the Theatre Royal in Hanley, England, on 16 October 1899 and then toured extensively. After that, it played at the Royal Strand Theatre in London, managed by Frank Curzon, opening on 5 October 1901 for an astonishing run of 1,075 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| HANG CHOW (Emperor of Ylang Ylang) | Mr. Picton Roxborough |
| CHIPPEE CHOP (Lord Chancellor) | Mr. E. Boyd-Jones |
| HI LUNG (Lord High Admiral) | Mr. Percy Clifton |
| TOM HATHERTON | Mr. Leslie Stiles |
| MR. PINEAPPLE | Mr. Lionel Rignold |
|
FLORRIE VIOLET MILLIE GERTIE |
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(Mrs. Pineapple's Bridesmaids) |
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Miss Fay Wentworth Miss Blanche Thorpe Miss Rosie Edwardes Miss Florence Burdett |
| MRS. BROWN (The Official Mother-in-Law) | Miss M. A. Victor |
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YEN YEN SING SING |
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(Soo Soo's Maids of Honour) |
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Miss Jessica Lait Miss Fanny Wright |
| MI MI (A Waitress) | Miss Madge Temple |
| SOO SOO (The Emperor's Niece) | Miss Beatrice Edwards |
| MRS. PINEAPPLE | Miss Marie Dainton |
| FI FI (Waitress at Hotel) | Miss Louie Freear |
ACT I - The Gardens of the Hotel at Ylang Ylang.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "In Ylang Ylang where the ruby river rolls its billows..."
- No. 1a - Chorus Exit - "It's Roly Poly, Roly Poly, o'er the sea once more..."
- No. 2 - Song - Soo-Soo & Chorus - "In the days of the ancient long ago in a quaint little Chinese town..."
- No. 3 - Chorus - Entry of the Emperor, and Song - "Hail, hail, hail all hail!..." (starts very quietly)
- No. 3a - Reprise for Exit - "And this is the hand that seeks a mate..."
- No. 4 - Sextette - Mr. & Mrs. Pineapple & Bridesmaids - "Three months ago we stepp'd aboard a great big ocean ship..."
- No. 5 - Song - Mrs. Pineapple & Chorus - "The à la girl is an English girl with lots of à la ways..."
- No. 6 - Nursery Rhymes Sextette - Tom, Fi Fi, Hi Lung, Mrs. Brown, Yen Yen and Mr. Pine - "Sing a song of sixpence..."
- No. 7 - Song - Fi Fi & Chorus - "I'm awfully partial to music, so I bought a piano one day..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I - "Gather, gather, man and maiden come with bridal blessings laden..."
ACT II - Room in the Emperor's Palace.
- No. 9 - Opening Chorus - "With weary hearts we wait about, the bride to greet..."
- No. 10 - Song - Fi Fi & Chorus - "Some people sigh for beauty and some yearn for this and that..." (five verses)
- No. 11 - Song - Soo Soo & Chorus - "Dolly was a baby just as others may be, with a pair of eyes of blue..." (three verses)
- No. 12 - Song - Mr. Pineapple - "I dreamed a dream the other night, I thought that I had flown..." (three verses)
- No. 13 - Octette - Emperor, Yen, Tom, Soo Soo, Mr. & Mrs. Pineapple, Fi Fi & Hi Lung - "There's nothing like a little pat..."
- No. 14 - Chorus - "Welcome, official mother-in-law, let the cymbals clang..."
- No. 15 - Duet - Soo Soo & Tom - "Along the way where lovers go the roses red are twining..."
- No. 16 - Duet - Hi Lung & Mrs. Pineapple ("Marie") - "We'll give some little tit-bits from the plays..."
- No. 17 - Duet - Emperor & Fi Fi - "Now once there was a Mandarin, who for a sweetheart yearn'd..."
- No. 18 - Song - Fi Fi & Chorus - "You no doubt heard of the happy home where music is ador'd..."
- No. 19 - Finale Act II - "For he is the bridegroom and she is the bride..."
Supplementary items
- No. 20 - Sestet - Hang Chow, Mi Mi, Hi Lung, Yen Yen, Chippee, & Fi Fi - "The force of good example is a power beyond dispute..."
- No. 21 - Song - "Maidee of Ohio" - "I'se a coloured lady and I've just come up to town..."
- No. 22 - Song & Chorus (singer unspecified) - "While passing through the busy streets of busy London town..." (six verses)
- No. 23 - Cake Walk and Two-Step
- External Links
- A Chinese Honeymoon at Wikipedia
- A Chinese Honeymoon at A Guide to Musical Theatre
Page modified 11 December 2016