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The Girl from Utah is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts with music by Paul Rubens, and Sidney Jones, a book by James T. Tanner, and lyrics by Adrian Ross, Percy Greenbank and Rubens.
The story concerns an American girl who runs away to London to avoid becoming a wealthy Mormon's newest wife. The Mormon follows her to England, but she is rescued from a bigamous marriage by a handsome actor.
The piece opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 18 October 1913 and had an initial run of 195 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| LORD AMERSHAM | Mr. Alfred de Manby |
| POLICEMAN P.R.38 | Mr. Albert Sims |
| COLONEL OLDHAM-PRYCE | Mr. Douglas Marrs |
| PAGE | Master Michael Matthews |
| COMMISSIONAIRE | Mr. David Hallam |
| DETECTIVE SHOOTER (of Scotland Yard) | Mr. F. W. Russell |
| LORD ORPINGTON | Mr. Harold Latham |
| ARCHIE TOOTH | Mr. William Bambridge |
| DOUGLAS NOEL | Mr. Harry R. Drummond |
| BOBBIE LONGSHOT | Mr. Sydney Laine |
| TRIMMIT (of Brixton Rise) | Mr. Edmund Payne |
| SANDY BLAIR (Leading Man at the Folly Theatre) | Mr. Joseph Coyne |
| UNA TRANCE (The Girl from Utah) | Miss Ina Claire |
| CLANCY (Miss Manners's Maid) | Miss Gracie Leigh |
| LADY AMERSHAM (Lord Amersham's Mother) | Miss Bella Graves |
| MISS MONA WEST MISS SYLVIA PAGET MISS LYDIA SAVILE MISS ALMA CAVENDISH MISS VIOLET VESEY MISS ROSIE JOCELYN |
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(Actresses at the Folly Theatre) | { { { { { { |
Miss Heather Featherstone Miss Gertie White Miss Dorothy Devere Miss Kitty Kent Miss Isobel Elsom Miss Queenie Vincent |
| A WAITRESS | Miss Gladys Kurton |
| LADY MURIEL CHEPSTOWE | Miss Cynthia Murray |
| HON. MISS ST. AUBYN | Miss Valerie Richards |
| LADY MARY NOWELL | Miss Helen Rae |
| MRS. PONSONBY | Miss Beatrice Guiver |
| DORA MANNERS (Leading Lady at the Folly Theatre) | Miss Phyllis Dare |
MIDI Files
ACT I - Dumpelmeyers.
- No. 1 - Opening Double Chorus - "Have you booked our table, Number Four?..."
- No. 2 - Song - Lord Amersham (to Lady Amersham) - "There's a little maid, and I dream about her everywhere I go..."
- No. 3 - Chorus and Entrance of Actresses - "Oh, what a party is coming to tea now!..."
- No. 4 - Song - Dora & Chorus - "Truthful men, you are hard to find - lovers, husbands or brothers..."
- No. 5 - Song - Sandy - "I remember quite clearly the time I was born, it was one gloomy day in December..."
- No. 6 - Duet - Clancy & Trimmit - "I've had enough of this very swagger place, I feel that I'm quite de trop..."
- No. 7 - Song - Una & Chorus - "Where do you think I've come from?..."
- No. 8 - Quartet - Una, Dora, Clancy, & Sandy - "I know a Mormon who wants to marry me..."
- No. 9 - Duet - Dora & Trimmit - "Heart of my heart, life would be blank were we to part..."
- No. 10 - Duet - Una & Sandy - "If my cunning foes lay traps about, well, I may get caught some day..."
- No. 11 - Finale Act I - "We really must go; we've taken, we know, a terrible time for tea..."
ACT II - Scene 1 - A Street in Brixton.
- No. 12 - Barcarolle - Dora, Clancy, Amersham, Trimmit & Sandy - "Where can Una, Una, poor little Una be?..." (very quiet)
ACT II - Scene 2 - A Mormon's House.
- No. 13 - Song - Una & Girls - "In the street, down below, there's a voice that I seem to know..."
- No. 14 - Trio - Una, Sandy & Trimmit - "Oh, the front door's bolted and the front door's barred, so we can't get along out..."
ACT II - Scene 3 - The Arts Ball.
- No. 15 - Opening Chorus - "It's the Ball of the Arts, quite a feast of fancy dress..."
- No. 16 - Song - Dora & Chorus - "If you're a girl and on the stage you go, you'll think it lovely for a month or so..."
- No. 17 - Song - Clancy - "I belong to the Emerald Isle, and the Emerald Isle's all right..." (four slow verses and a dance)
- No. 18 - Tango
- No. 19 - Waltz Duet - Una & Sandy - "It is hard just to say what's the right time of day..."
- No. 20 - Song - Trimmit & Chorus - "Oh, if you come to Brixton there are lots of sights to see..."
- No. 21 - Duet - Dora & Amersham - "When two hearts in perfect harmony sing a song of love..."
- No. 22 - Russian Dance
- No. 23 - Concerted Number - Una, Dora, Clancy, & Men (whistling) - "Our Dear Little Friends, the Ladies."
- No. 24 - Finale Act II - "She's a girl from Utah, in the U.S.A., but on an early day she'll marry dandy Sandy!..."
- External Links
- Vocal Score at UR Research
- The Girl from Utah at Wikipedia
- The Girl from Utah at The Guide to Musical Theatre
Page modified 9 May 2017