The Grand Mogul is a musical comedy with a book and lyrics by Frank Pixley and music by Gustav Luders which opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, on 25 March 1907.
Dramatis Personæ
HON. JOSEPHUS WALKER (Provisional Governor of Hawaii) | John Dunsmure | |
LIEUT. COMMANDER NEWTON | George Moore | |
(in command of U.S. Gunboat "Yorktown") | ||
LOFTY BALDWIN (an aeronaut with soaring ambitions) | W. H. Macart | |
PROF. MUGGS, F.R.G.S. (traveling in the interest of science) | Sager Midgeley | |
JACK MARLIN (skipper of the schooner "Kate Flyaway") | J. K. Adams | |
HANNIBAL (colored body servant to Governor Walker) | A. Seymour Brown | |
YU LI (celestial assistant to Baldwin) | Eugene Moulan | |
THE GRAND MOGUL (ruler of the Island of Inde) | John Dunsmure | |
LUMBAGO (the Mogul's Prime Minister) | A. Seymour Brown | |
RUTH WALKER (daughter of Governor Walker) | Maud Lillian Berri | |
LOLA (a half-caste Kanaka girl) | Edith St. Clair | |
DOLLY MUGGS (daughter of Prof. Muggs) | Carrie Reynolds | |
FUZZYWUDGE (the Mogul's wife) | Phoebe Coyne | |
MIDDY (messenger to Newton) | Pauline Thorne | |
G. WASHINGTON BARKER (a former circus side-showman) | Frank Moulan |
ACT I - Grounds of the Royal Palace at Honolulu.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus and Entrance of Governor - "Gently through the palms the breeze is blowing..."
- No. 2 - Song - Hannibal - "Said Parson Jones when he preached last night: Let me this truth impress..."
- No. 3 - Ensemble and Song - Barker - "What do you mean? Stand back I say, and let this stranger have at least fair play..."
- No. 4 - Aloha Chorus - "Little sweetheart, alas, I now must leave you, but sunshine will surely follow rain..."
- No. 5 - Song - Newton - "What if the day be dark and dreary, what if the skies be dull and grey..."
- No. 6 - Duet - Barker, Lola and Hula-Hula Girls - "I know a dainty maiden, with cheeks of olive hue..."
- No. 7 - Finale Act I - "The bugle call is forward all, at once we must obey..."
ACT II - Throne Room of the Grand Mogul's Palace, on the Island of Inde.
- No. 8 - Opening Chorus, with Fuzziwudge and Lumbago - "Hear us, oh great Buddha! ..."
- No. 9 - Song - Ruth and Men - "If you turn the musty pages of the history of ages to determine who the heroes were of old..."
- No. 10 - Song - Dolly - "It doesn't really matter if a maiden's eyes are blue, or hazel, black or brown, or modest gray..."
- No. 11 - Duet - Ruth, Barker and Chorus - "A pink shirt waist and a plain white vest in a laundry met one day..."
- No. 12 - Finale Act II - "With one accord most joyously each loyal voice we raise to greet our ruler great and good ..."
ACT III - Fortified Square, outside of the Grand Mogul's Palace. The next morning.
- No. 13 - Song - Barker - "Long years ago, when anyone felt any pain or ache, a single dose of castor oil was all he used to take..."
- No. 14 - Song - Ruth - "Sweetheart, each hour seems an age till once again we shall meet..."
- No. 15 - Entrance to Drill
- No. 16 - Finale Act III - "Love, ah, love is a monarch whom all obey..." & "Come and nestle closely by my side..."
MIDI files
- External Link
- Vocal Score at UR Research
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