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Doctor De Luxe is a musical play in three acts. Book and lyrics by Otto Hauerbach and music by Karl Hoschna. Produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, on 17 April 1911 where it ran for only 32 perfromances.
Dramatis Personæ
| DR. DE PAW | Taylor Williams |
| MISS BARKER | Rena Santo |
| MISS ADA HOUSTON | Marion Ballou |
| SADIE | Polly Prim |
| DENNIS | Ernest Truex |
| KITTIE MELVILLE | Jeanette Childs |
| MRS. DOROTHY MELVILLE | Helen Robertson |
| DR. ROBERT MELVILLE | Harry Stone |
| MRS. CLARA HOUSTON | Georgie Kelly |
| MARGIE MELVILLE | Ethel Green |
| DONALD HOUSTON | Edward Nicander |
| JOHN TRUESDALE (otherwise known as Dr. De Luxe) | Ralph Herz |
| COL. HOUSTON | William Pruette |
| HATTIE HEARTSDALE | Lillian Berry |
| FRANCESCA FOOTE | Ethel Millard |
| ANNETTE ARMSWELL | Verna Dalton |
| LOTTIE LA NERVE | Bessie Muller |
| LILLIAN LEGGLESBY | Anna Hall |
| VERA VAN DENTINE | Ada Mitchell |
| LAURA LASHWOOD | Florence Campbell |
| TOODLUMS | Albert Lamson |
ACT I - Dr. De Paw's Pet Emporium, just off Broadway. A Summer Afternoon.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Oh, Doctor, Doctor, Doctor! I fear my little pet is ailing! ..."
- No. 2 - Song - Ladies and Children - "Please, Mamma! I want to talk to you. ... Some other time, not now..."
- No. 3 - Song - Kitty and Children - "Ev'ry little girl and boy should learn to study carefully just how to treat the fam'ly dog..."
- No. 4 - Duet - Dennis and Sadie - "I don't suppose my English is what you call au fait, my words are often strangers to Webster, so they say..."
- No. 5 - Spoken song - Truesdale and Chorus - "Ambition is a thing we all experience in life, it brings a lot of worry and it means a lot of strife..."
- No. 6 - Song - Colonel Houston and Ladies - "I've stood before the musket's roar, and heard the bullets singing..."
- No. 7 - Finale Act I - "For ev'ry boy who's lonely, there's a girl who's lonely too, a little girl who's pining, and it may be just for you..."
ACT II - Dr. Melville's Waiting Room and Private Office in the Hotel Lenox,
New York City. Toward evening of the same day.
- No. 8 - Opening Chorus, with Dr. and Mrs. Melville - "Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting for the Doctor..."
- No. 9 - Song - Truesdale and Chorus - "There were good old Doctor Brown, Doctor Bones of great renown, but none of these was good enough for Dolly..."
- No. 10 - Song - Margie - "For ev'ry lonely mountain whose head the skylines meet, some lonely little valley lies snuggling at his feet..."
- No. 11 - Finale Act II
ACT III - Summer Garden in the Court of the Hotel Lenox, and just below
Mrs. Houston's bedroom window. Evening of the same day.
- No. 12 - Opening Chorus - "Ev'rybody knows it well; it's the talk of the hotel. They cannot keep it quiet, Mrs. Melville's raised a riot! ..."
- No. 13 - Song - Margie and Children - "A spinning top all painted blue, with stripes of red and gold; what memories it brings to you..."
- No. 14 - Song - Sadie and Ladies - "If your sweetheart's inclined to be fickle and sly, and you think he is growing - well, colder..."
- No. 15 - Song - Kitty and Kiddies - "My disposition's awful bad, so says my ma and pa..." (4 verses)
- No. 16 - Finale Act III - "For ev'ry boy who's lonely, there's a girl who's lonely too..." (a chorus repeat of item 7)
Added Number.
- No. 17 - Song - Truesdale - "Love is a race that we all must run, a race where a girl is the prize..."
- External Link
- Vocal Score at UR Research
Page modified 19 November 2016