 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
San Toy; orThe Emperor's Own is described as "A Chinese Musical Comedy". It was written by Edward Morton, has lyrics by Harry Greenbank and Adrian Ross and music by
Sidney Jones. The show opened at Daly's Theatre, London, on 21 October 1899, and played for 768 performances, making it the most successful of the Sidney Jones musicals.
San Toy is the daughter of a mandarin but she has been raised as a boy to evade the consequences of a law drafting young ladies into a female regiment serving the Emperor. Her femininity is no secret, however, to Captain Bobby Preston, her naval lover, nor to Fo Hop his would-be Chinese rival. An elopement is forestalled by a new law drafting the sons of mandarins into the army. Rather than be called up, San Toy admits her sex and is put into the ladies' corps where she attracts the amorous attentions of the Emperor. But the stars conveniently decree that he should wed Wun Lung, a large perpetual corporal of the female guard, so San Toy is left free to wed her Bobby.
Dramatis Personæ
| San Toy - Daughter of Yen How | Miss Marie Tempest |
| Captain Bobbie Preston - Son of Sir George Bingo Preston | Mr. Hayden Coffiin |
| Yen How - A Mandarin | Mr. Rutland Barrington |
| Sir Bingo Preston - British Consul at Pynka Pong | Mr. Fred Kaye |
| Sing Hi - President of the Board of Ceremonies | Mr. Colin Coop |
| Lieut. Harvey Tucker | Mr. Lionel Mackinder |
| Fo Hop - A Chinese Student | Mr. Scott Russell |
| Fang - A Boatman | Mr. McLean |
| Jewellers of Pynka | |
| Hu Pi | Mr. S. Arrington |
| Wai Ho | Mr. Murphy |
| Tartar Guards | |
| Li Hi | Mr. T. H. David |
| Li Lo | Mr. F. Vigay |
| Old Mandarin - At Court of Peking | Mr. Ackerman May |
| Li | Mr. Huntley Wright |
| Poppy - Daughter of Sir Bingo | Miss Hilda Moody |
| Dudley - Her Maid | Miss Gracie Leigh |
| Chu - A Widow | Miss May Buckley |
| Wun Lung - Perpetual Corporal of the Emperor's Own | Miss Gladys Homfrey |
| Ko Fan - Of the Emperor's Own | Miss Madie Hope |
| Wives of Yen How | |
| Yeng Shi | Miss F. Collingbourn |
| Me Koui | Miss Marie Fawcett |
| Siou | Miss M. Roche |
| Shuey Pin Sing | Miss F. Allen |
| Li Kiang | Miss Ethel Hope |
| Hu Yu | Miss Mary Collette |
| Trixie | Miss Topsy Sinden |
| Mrs Hartley Streeter | Miss Alice Davis |
| Hon Mrs Hay Stackporle | Miss K. Francis |
| Miss Mary Lambkin | Miss Ada Carter |
| Lady Pickleton | Miss Hilda Coral |
- Plot Summary — includes links to MP3 files of excerpts from five of the songs from this show.
- MIDI Files and Lyrics — a full set of MIDI and MIDI Karaoke files.
- A San Toy Poster Gallery — fourteen colour advertising posters for San Toy.
- Comments on San Toy by W. MacQueen-Pope from his book Carriages at Eleven, The Story of the Edwardian Theatre.
- External Links
- Libretto at the Internet Archive
- Vocal Score at the Internet Archive
- San Toy at Wikipedia
- San Toy at The Guide to Light Opera and Operetta
Page modified 22 February 2017