Blue-Bell in Fairyland is a Christmas-season children's entertainment described as "a musical dream play", in two acts, with a book by Seymour Hicks, lyrics by Aubrey Hopwood and Charles H. Taylor, and music by Walter Slaughter. First produced at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, on December 18th, 1901.
Dramatis Personæ
The Play
Dicky (a Crossing Sweeper) | Mab Winnie |
(Blue-Bell's Little Sisters) | ||||
Mr. Joplin (a City Merchant) | ||||||
Will Wont |
(Mr. Joplin's Footmen) | Meg | ||||
A Rich Lady | ||||||
Policeman I. C. | Chamberlain | |||||
Peter (the Cat) | The Herald | |||||
Mrs. Hearty (Blue-Bell's Landlady) | Blue-Bell's Good Fairy | |||||
and | ||||||
Blue-Bell (a Little London Flower Girl) |
The Dream
The Sleepy King | The Sparrow | |||
The Owl | The Frog | |||
Blib | (Two Schoolboys) | The Black Rabbit | ||
Blob | A Doll | |||
The Reigning King |
Tommy (a Highlander) | |||
The Reigning Queen The Yellow Dwarf The Spirit of the Cup The Will O'the Wisp The Water Lily |
Two Dutch Sabot Girls The Dove The Fish The Kite The Thrush |
- Colin Johnson's MIDI Files
- External Links
- Blue-Bell in Fairyland at Wikipedia
- Blue-Bell in Fairyland at the Guide to Musical Theatre
Page modified 9 October 2016