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High Jinks is described as a musical farce in three acts with music by Rudolf Friml and book and lyrics by Otto Hauerbach. It was produced at the Lyric Theatre, New York, on 10 December 1913 and had a run of 213 performances.
ACT I
- No. 1 - Overture
- No. 2 - Opening Chorus - "We've come to talk to our affable Doctor, his wife gives us afternoon tea..."
- No. 3 - Song - Dick and Chorus - "Beyond the Himalaya mountains, where flows the great Tsanpo..."
- No. 4 - Song - Adelaide - "When I get thinkin' of Jim, handsome and strong and so trim..."
- No. 5 - Song - Sylvia - "Feelings all unknown, what can they be? Suddenly to start my poor heart..."
- No. 6 - Finale Act I - "It's time to start, we must depart, or we shall surely miss the train!"
ACT II
- No. 7 - Opening Chorus of Guests and Waiters - "I want to give my order! I want to give my order! ..."
- No. 8 - Song - Adelaide - "I've played life's gambol o'er and o'er, with lots of hits and misses..." (three verses)
- No. 9 - Duet - Chi-Chi and Dick - "So my little romance has been ended ... One more volume's done! ..."
- No. 10 - Duet - Madame Rabelais and Dr. Thorne - "My woman's heart is all aglow with gratitude I long to show..."
- No. 11 - Duet - Sylvia and Rabelais - "If you only were Parisienne, my lady! ... If it were true, what would you do? ..."
- No. 12 - Recit. and Song - Dr. Thorne - "Away with gloomy care! Away with grisly spectres..."
- No. 13 - Duet - Adelaide and Jeffries - "Looks like ready money... By Jove, a Beaut!... He's got physique and style to boot..."
- No. 14 - Finale Act II - "We're very, very sorry to detain you, but since you have to go, and are off for your trip..."
ACT III
- No. 15a - Opening Valse Melos - Tango
- No. 15b - Ballet-Music
- No. 16 - Incidental Dance
- No. 17 - Song - Chi-Chi - "Spun from the mists of a dream, with rare tints from rainbow lands, a bubble of silver you seem..."
- No. 18 - Song - Florence and Chorus - "Sammy went to Paris to have a jubilee..."
- No. 19 - Concerted Number - Adelaide, Thorne, Dick, Jeffries, Slaughter & Rabelais - "There's no friend like an old friend..."
- No. 20 - Finale Act III - "Something seems tingle-ingle-ingle-ingle-ingle-ing so queer..."
Items 2, 10, 12, 16 and 19 were composed by Howard Talbot.
MIDI files
- External Links
- Vocal Score at the Internet Archive
- Rudolf Friml at Wikipedia
Page modified 11 December 2016