Moonshine is a musical comedy composed by Silvio Hein with lyrics by Edwin Milton Royle and George V. Hobart. It opened at the Liberty Theatre, New York, on 20 October 1905.
Dramatis Personæ
LORD DUMGARVEN (of the Home Office) | Mr. Roy Atwell | |
HON. LIONEL LONGACRE (in the Diplomatic Service) | Mr. Dick Temple | |
LADY GWENETH (his sister) | Miss Frances Gordon | |
EARL OF BROADLAWNS (his father) | Mr. J. Ward Kett | |
COUNTESS OF BROADLAWNS (late of the "Belle of New York") | Miss Leona Anderson | |
MOLLY "MOONSHINE" (formerly of the U.S. Secret Service) | Miss Marie Cahill | |
SADIE SHORT (her secretary) | Miss Sadie Harris | |
"PLUNGER" DAWSON | Mr. William Ingersoll | |
(late of Sheepshead Bay, posing as a mystic) | ||
MARCEL BARBIER | Mr. George Beban | |
LOLA CHARMION | Miss Clara Palmer | |
TERENCE O'FOGG | Mr. H. R. Roberts | |
GENERAL MOROFF (Russian Ambassador) | Mr. H. Guy Woodward | |
BARON HOSAKI (Japanese Minister) | Mr. Frederic Paulding |
ACT I - Heather Banks, near Henley-on-Thames, during Lord Dumgarven's
houseboat party.
- No. 1 - Praeludium and Opening Chorus - "Henley, Henley, place that means joy and delight..."
- No. 2 - Ensemble - Principals - "There isn't a thing that's new, they say, beneath the sun today..."
- No. 3 - Song - Lionel and Chorus - "This is the tale of a couple romantic who wished to elope but who didn't know how..."
- No. 4 - Duet - Lola and Marcel - "In Paris on the Boulevard I dearly love to stroll..."
- No. 5 - Song - Molly - "It's a good many thousand miles from here to the South Sea Isles..."
- No. 6 - Trio and Chorus - "The English girl is one who always means to fascinate..."
- No. 7 - Duet - Lionel and Molly - "If I were newly made Papa, Oh, bliss without alloy..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I - "Up with the flag! Follow the flag, wherever it leads on sea or land..."
ACT II - An evening in the Rose Pergola at Lord Dumgarven's country place,
The Terraces.
- Nos. 9 & 10 - Opening Chorus - "There once on a day was a Gypsy, they say, who tried to tell fortunes and sing..."
- No. 11 - Song - Molly - "De sunflower ain't de daisy, and de melon ain't de rose..."
- No. 12 - Song - Lola - "Did you ever hear tell of Fleurette, the star of the Folies Bergere..."
- No. 13 - Trio - Lord Dumgarven, Lionel and Molly - "Oh, I love the farm, and I love the folks; from the city I'd like to flee..."
- No. 14 - Song - Marcel Barbier - "My heart is sad, I feel so bad when I read about Napoleon Bonaparte..."
- No. 15 - Song - Molly - "Mose Lee he loaned ten dollars to a friend one summer's day..."
- No. 16 - Finale Act II - "Foolish well, I should smile..."
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