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Moonshine is a musical comedy composed by Silvio Hein with lyrics by Edwin Milton Royle and George V. Hobart. It opened at the Liberty Theatre, New York, on 20 October 1905.
Dramatis Personæ
| LORD DUMGARVEN (of the Home Office) | Mr. Roy Atwell | |
| HON. LIONEL LONGACRE (in the Diplomatic Service) | Mr. Dick Temple | |
| LADY GWENETH (his sister) | Miss Frances Gordon | |
| EARL OF BROADLAWNS (his father) | Mr. J. Ward Kett | |
| COUNTESS OF BROADLAWNS (late of the "Belle of New York") | Miss Leona Anderson | |
| MOLLY "MOONSHINE" (formerly of the U.S. Secret Service) | Miss Marie Cahill | |
| SADIE SHORT (her secretary) | Miss Sadie Harris | |
| "PLUNGER" DAWSON | Mr. William Ingersoll | |
| (late of Sheepshead Bay, posing as a mystic) | ||
| MARCEL BARBIER | Mr. George Beban | |
| LOLA CHARMION | Miss Clara Palmer | |
| TERENCE O'FOGG | Mr. H. R. Roberts | |
| GENERAL MOROFF (Russian Ambassador) | Mr. H. Guy Woodward | |
| BARON HOSAKI (Japanese Minister) | Mr. Frederic Paulding | |
ACT I - Heather Banks, near Henley-on-Thames, during Lord Dumgarven's
houseboat party.
- No. 1 - Praeludium and Opening Chorus - "Henley, Henley, place that means joy and delight..."
- No. 2 - Ensemble - Principals - "There isn't a thing that's new, they say, beneath the sun today..."
- No. 3 - Song - Lionel and Chorus - "This is the tale of a couple romantic who wished to elope but who didn't know how..."
- No. 4 - Duet - Lola and Marcel - "In Paris on the Boulevard I dearly love to stroll..."
- No. 5 - Song - Molly - "It's a good many thousand miles from here to the South Sea Isles..."
- No. 6 - Trio and Chorus - "The English girl is one who always means to fascinate..."
- No. 7 - Duet - Lionel and Molly - "If I were newly made Papa, Oh, bliss without alloy..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I - "Up with the flag! Follow the flag, wherever it leads on sea or land..."
ACT II - An evening in the Rose Pergola at Lord Dumgarven's country place,
The Terraces.
- Nos. 9 & 10 - Opening Chorus - "There once on a day was a Gypsy, they say, who tried to tell fortunes and sing..."
- No. 11 - Song - Molly - "De sunflower ain't de daisy, and de melon ain't de rose..."
- No. 12 - Song - Lola - "Did you ever hear tell of Fleurette, the star of the Folies Bergere..."
- No. 13 - Trio - Lord Dumgarven, Lionel and Molly - "Oh, I love the farm, and I love the folks; from the city I'd like to flee..."
- No. 14 - Song - Marcel Barbier - "My heart is sad, I feel so bad when I read about Napoleon Bonaparte..."
- No. 15 - Song - Molly - "Mose Lee he loaned ten dollars to a friend one summer's day..."
- No. 16 - Finale Act II - "Foolish well, I should smile..."
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