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Presented at the Casino Theatre, New York, on January 7th, 1907.
Cast of Characters
| KING OTTO XXX (of Vagaria) | Eddie Garvie |
| PRINCE KARL (his only son) | Robinson Newbold |
| COUNT ROLLO (Karl's friend) | George Tennery |
| CASPER (Elaine's Father) | Guy B. Hoffman |
| HANS VON SPRUDEL (an Insurance Doctor) | Edward M. Favor |
| BARON LOMBARDO (a Financier) | Stanley H. Forde |
| ERNINA (Baron Lombardo's Daughter) | Helen Marvin |
| ANTICKIA (the royal housekeeper) | Edith Sinclair |
| ELAINE (a girl from the woods) | Paula Edwardes |
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EDITHA of England MARGARET of Scotland KATHLEEN of Ireland JOSEPHINE of France HELENE of Greece ZULEIKA of the Orient DOLORES of Castile GRETCHEN of Prussia |
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(The Beauties) |
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Ruth Gould Hazel Troutman Grace Madison Ella Rock Julia Gloss Mazie Folette Edith Daniels Grace Walton |
| ADELA | Amy Forsslund |
| FREIDA | Anna Oltman |
| CAROLINE | May Guyer |
| MAJOR DOMO | J. S. Bergman |
| MAX | Frank Lladdis |
| FERDINAND | Albert Wilson |
MIDI Files
ACT I - Throne room in King Otto's Palace.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus, and Song - Prince - "Greeting with elation is in course of preparation; make ready an ovation, pleasure evince 'tis some hours since..."
- No. 2 - Entrance of the King - "I'm a King whom things perplex, for the mystic letter X represents the heart of my son who'll start if he meets the weaker sex..."
- No. 3 - Entrance of Beauties - "Beautiful maidens are we ... We agree ... Grand are the gowns we wear ... They are fair ... Come for his highness to see..."
- No. 4 - Song and Chorus (soloist unspecified) - "A Rook and a Robin sat high on a bough and they looked on the world as they sat..."
- No. 5 - Song - Baron Lombardo and Men - "A King in Lydia once there dwelt, and Midas was his name. No craving keen for art he felt, and not artistic fame..."
- No. 6 - Entrance of the Queen - "All hail the Queen, our future Queen, altho' her birth of course is mean, comes fate for her to intervene; all hail..."
- No. 7 - Duet - Ernina and Rollo - "I never knew this morning that I'd meet my fate, I never knew that happiness could be so great, but since my eyes first saw you..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I - "The palace is surrounded, we're perfectly astounded; let all take heed of such a deed, the treason is unbounded. We're all incarcerated..."
ACT II - Hermitage on the Island of Ferns.
- No. 9 - Opening Chorus - "Our work is now before us; we step with lively tread and sing our matin chorus while some lie a-bed. In forest fresh and vernal..."
- No. 10 - Solo - Prince Karl - "When lovers told their rhapsodies I smiled. I may have seemed to fancy them beguiled; have even with amusement and surprise..."
- No. 11 - Song - Elaine and Chorus - "The rain is heavily falling, and pattering on the leaves; the clouds look quite appalling, no doubt of it..."
- No. 12 - Duet - King and Hans - "How doth the little busy bee ... Delight to bark and bite ... To gather honey all the night ... And eat it all at night..." (4 verses)
- No. 13 - Song - Elaine and Chorus - "In the twilight as I wander, and I hear the faint sound of the bells, mem'ry wakens and I ponder o'er the scenes of the past..."
- No. 14 - Song - Lombardo and Male Chorus - "Two woodmen swung their axes keen, by birth the two were brothers; they hewed down fine trees day by day..."
- No. 15 - Trio - Hans, Elaine and King - "I'm a hermit old and rude, and I've lived in solitude for nearly half a century or less ... I'm another and it's queer..."
- No. 16 - Song - Ernina and Chorus - "I know of a flow'ret small and bright, with heart that is golden and petals white, that holds up its head from the lawn so gay..."
- No. 17 - Finale Act II - "Too late! too late, I can't be wed, my wealth and my estates have fled ... They all belong to me ... That's plain as plain can be..."
MIDI Files
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