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The Grand Mogul is a musical comedy with a book and lyrics by Frank Pixley and music by Gustav Luders which opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, on 25 March 1907.
Dramatis Personæ
| HON. JOSEPHUS WALKER (Provisional Governor of Hawaii) | John Dunsmure | |
| LIEUT. COMMANDER NEWTON | George Moore | |
| (in command of U.S. Gunboat "Yorktown") | ||
| LOFTY BALDWIN (an aeronaut with soaring ambitions) | W. H. Macart | |
| PROF. MUGGS, F.R.G.S. (traveling in the interest of science) | Sager Midgeley | |
| JACK MARLIN (skipper of the schooner "Kate Flyaway") | J. K. Adams | |
| HANNIBAL (colored body servant to Governor Walker) | A. Seymour Brown | |
| YU LI (celestial assistant to Baldwin) | Eugene Moulan | |
| THE GRAND MOGUL (ruler of the Island of Inde) | John Dunsmure | |
| LUMBAGO (the Mogul's Prime Minister) | A. Seymour Brown | |
| RUTH WALKER (daughter of Governor Walker) | Maud Lillian Berri | |
| LOLA (a half-caste Kanaka girl) | Edith St. Clair | |
| DOLLY MUGGS (daughter of Prof. Muggs) | Carrie Reynolds | |
| FUZZYWUDGE (the Mogul's wife) | Phoebe Coyne | |
| MIDDY (messenger to Newton) | Pauline Thorne | |
| G. WASHINGTON BARKER (a former circus side-showman) | Frank Moulan | |
ACT I - Grounds of the Royal Palace at Honolulu.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus and Entrance of Governor - "Gently through the palms the breeze is blowing..."
- No. 2 - Song - Hannibal - "Said Parson Jones when he preached last night: Let me this truth impress..."
- No. 3 - Ensemble and Song - Barker - "What do you mean? Stand back I say, and let this stranger have at least fair play..."
- No. 4 - Aloha Chorus - "Little sweetheart, alas, I now must leave you, but sunshine will surely follow rain..."
- No. 5 - Song - Newton - "What if the day be dark and dreary, what if the skies be dull and grey..."
- No. 6 - Duet - Barker, Lola and Hula-Hula Girls - "I know a dainty maiden, with cheeks of olive hue..."
- No. 7 - Finale Act I - "The bugle call is forward all, at once we must obey..."
ACT II - Throne Room of the Grand Mogul's Palace, on the Island of Inde.
- No. 8 - Opening Chorus, with Fuzziwudge and Lumbago - "Hear us, oh great Buddha! ..."
- No. 9 - Song - Ruth and Men - "If you turn the musty pages of the history of ages to determine who the heroes were of old..."
- No. 10 - Song - Dolly - "It doesn't really matter if a maiden's eyes are blue, or hazel, black or brown, or modest gray..."
- No. 11 - Duet - Ruth, Barker and Chorus - "A pink shirt waist and a plain white vest in a laundry met one day..."
- No. 12 - Finale Act II - "With one accord most joyously each loyal voice we raise to greet our ruler great and good ..."
ACT III - Fortified Square, outside of the Grand Mogul's Palace. The next morning.
- No. 13 - Song - Barker - "Long years ago, when anyone felt any pain or ache, a single dose of castor oil was all he used to take..."
- No. 14 - Song - Ruth - "Sweetheart, each hour seems an age till once again we shall meet..."
- No. 15 - Entrance to Drill
- No. 16 - Finale Act III - "Love, ah, love is a monarch whom all obey..." & "Come and nestle closely by my side..."
MIDI files
- External Link
- Vocal Score at UR Research
Page modified 11 December 2016