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The Storks is described as "a Musical Fantasy". The music is by Frederic Chapin and the lyrics by Guy F. Steeley. The vocal score was published in 1902.
Dramatis Personæ
| THE BUNGLOO OF BAKTARIA | Richard Carle |
| SLIMGUFF (Court Shoemaker and Philosopher at large) | Gilbert Gregory |
| MALZADOC (a sorcerer) | Henry Norman |
| HENRICO (his son) | Edmund Stanley |
| FIZZLEWITZ (Royal Repository of Hard Luck Tales) | William Rock |
| LIMBOLIOO (a jailer) | Abbott Adams |
| GLUMPHIZZ (the power behind the throne) | George Romain |
| GAZABO GAZZAZUS GEEZER |
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(Court Wise Men) | { { { |
Frank Randall Melville Baldwin William Butters |
| NABAKER (the poundmaster) | Felix McClure |
| HELEN (the Bungaloo's sister) | Ruth White |
| VIOLET (the poundmaster's daughter) | Harriet Standon |
| PENELOPE (Slimguff's wife) | Josie Intropidi |
| PEGGY (her inquisitive daughter) | Lillian Lancaster |
| CATHERINE (companion to Helen) | Ida Stanhope |
| ANGELICA GERALDINE FELICIA CHRISTINE ASTORIA CYMBELINE GUINIVERE |
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(Court ladies) | { { { { { { { |
Eula Jensen Lena Francis Kitty Young Alberta Hays Ethel Intropidi Violet Stanley Ollie Sullivan |
| PANSY ROSY PINKIE DAISY LILLIE POPPY HOLLY PEONY |
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(Flower girls) | { { { { { { { { |
Anne Evans Lou Brackett Jessie Stanley Rose Leslie Bessie Van Nye Nellie Waters Anna Kilduff Hattie Brenner |
ACT I - Gardens of the Bungloo's Palace.
- No. 1 - Prelude and Opening Chorus, with solo - Violet - "Roses dainty, roses fair, sparkling with the dew of morning..."
- No. 2 - Song - Slimguff and Chorus - "I've discovered the fount of eternal youth, 'tis called Homeopathy..."
- No. 3 - Duet - Helen and Henrico - "The whip-poor-will sings a plaintive song; his heart is bowed with grief..."
- No. 4 - Entrance of Bungloo in Portable Throne - "Pleasant morning high and noble ruler excellent and kind..."
- No. 5 - Duet - Bungloo and Violet - "Oh, a bachelor king is a singular thing, tho' bachelor kings there be..."
- No. 6 - Song - Malzadoc and Peddlers - "We're a roving band of peddlers and our stores are on our backs..."
- No. 7 - Song and Chorus - "Now Gertie was a modest little maid, but alas you couldn't make the people think so..."
- No. 8 - The Chewing Gum Song - Bungloo and Wise Men - "Mary had a stick of gum, it was of rubber made..."
- No. 9 - Finale Act I, with Bungloo, Helen and Henrico - "You've made a great mistake. Forbear, for pity's sake..."
ACT II - Scene 1 - A glade in the forest near the old ruin.
- No. 10 - Prelude and Opening Chorus - "We are rollicking hunters so jolly and gay, with nothing of worry and care..."
- No. 11 - Song - Violet - "Sorrow is mine with no one to cheer me, and vain are my pleadings, no one can hear me..."
- No. 12 - Song - Helen and Chorus - "Near a sunny island in the pearly spray on a reef sat a mermaid fair one day..."
- No. 13 - Conversation Picnic Song - "Can we help you, pray? ... Yes indeed you may; while the cloth we spread..."
- No. 14 - Song of the Night - "The stars are peeping from the sky, the sun has lowered in the west..."
- No. 15 - Change of Scene
ACT II - Scene 2 - The Sorcerer's Banquet Hall in the old ruin.
- No. 16 - Song - Malzadoc & Chorus of Mystic Sorcerers - "In the mystic halls of revelry, with powers born of deviltry..."
- No. 17 - Song - Malzadoc(?) & Chorus - "When ever you hear a thunder bolt crack..."
- No. 18 - Song - (soloist unspecified) - "A cuckoo lived in a clock on the wall in the home of an ancient maiden..."
- No. 19 - Song - (soloist unspecified) - "When the evening shadows 'round about are hovering, and lulling zephyrs blow..."
- No. 20 - Finale Act II - "Hurroo!! Hurroo!! Great honor is certainly due to a highly imperious, sorrowful, serious ruler..."
- External Link
- Vocal Score at the Internet Archive
Page modified 28 March 2017