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The Maid and the Mummy is a musical farce in three acts with book and lyrics by Richard Carle and music by Robert Hood Bowers which opened at the Garrick Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, on 30 May 1904 and transferred to the New York Theatre, New York, on 25 July 1904.
Dramatis Personæ
| WASHINGTON STUBBS | Fred Lennox |
| BOLIVAR | John C. Slavin |
| DR. ELISHA DOBBINS | George A. Beane |
| LORD TIVERTON | Edgar Morton |
| REV. ADOLPHUS PLUM | Tom Hadaway |
| MACSWAT | Louis Wesley |
| ROB | George Le Roy |
| ROY | Louis Christy |
| ALFALFA MIKE | Jess Cain |
| VAN RENNSALAER MCGOVERN | George Mackay |
| INSPECTOR WISE | Frank Ridsdale |
| FLO DOBBINS | Violet Dale |
| TRIXIE EVERGREEN | Pearl Andrews |
| ASTORIA DOBBINS | Mrs. Annie Yeamans |
| MUGGSY | Janet Priest |
| TIGER | Madge Vincent |
| MISS PRINT MISS LAY MISS TRUST MISS CONSTRUE MISS FIT MISS DEAL MISS TAKE MISS BEHAVE |
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(Seminary Girls) | { { { { { { { { |
Jessie Stanley Viola Vallori Julia Grant Adele Rowland Jeanette French Margie Eastman Jack Bontwall Inez R. Bauer |
| EDDY REDDY TEDDY FREDDY |
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(Apprentices) | { { { { |
Selina Harris Aileen Donahue Daisy Yost Olive Roberts |
| MR. SLEEPLESS MR. CARNEGIE AIKEN PAINE MRS. MCSHANE SOL M. BLUE PHOEBE PHILLIS MR. SAPHEAD |
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(Patients) | { { { { { { { { |
H. Koldovsky Franklin Dale G. D. Wynn Eleonore Tourisse H. J. Rabou Minna Schwartz Annie Pelham James J. Flynn |
ACT I - Curio shop on Fifth Avenue, New York.
- No. 1 - Introduction and Opening Chorus - "To properly acquire any trade demands a very steady application..."
- No. 2 - Song - Dr. Dobbins and Chorus - "I'm a living exponent of all that is new, from airships to automobiles..."
- No. 3 - Duet - Lord Tiverton and Flo Dobbins - "Oh, what delight! To hug so tight a tiny human toy! ..."
- No. 4 - Song - Trixie and Girls - "No doubt you have ev'ryone heard of my fame, for a popular actress am I..."
- No. 5 - Duet - Trixie and Stubbs - "Letters are a nuisance, you'll agree, particularly when you have to answer..."
- No. 6 - Trio - Stubbs, Bolivar and Lord Tiverton - "When you're sad and lonely, do you ever get the blues? ..."
- No. 7 - Poster Specialty - "Two little poster maids you see, hungering for a change are we..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I - "Now let us hasten to the seminary... seminary... and see if my elixir stands the test..."
ACT II - Laboratory in Dr. Dobbins' Seminary. Next afternoon.
- No. 9 - Chorus of School Girls - "Hustling, bustling, all of us tussling in this well-conducted school..."
- No. 10 - Song - Flo and Girls - "In childhood days of innocence, when youthfulness shed lustre..."
- No. 11 - Trio - Trixie, Flo, and Doctor - "A lion enraged at being encaged resented his cruel imprisonment..."
- No. 12 - Song - Mc.Swat and Chorus - "I've had hallucinations and uneasy dreams at night..."
- No. 13 - Song - Stubbs and Girls - "It is said that men are usually fickle, and for my part I confess I think it true..."
- No. 14 - Song - Boliver and Chorus - "In the town of Tuscarora lived a maiden who was known as Julia..."
ACT III - Ballroom in Dr. Dobbins' Seminary. Same evening.
- No. 15 - Opening Chorus - "Hail to this very ancient dummy, dummy, dummy. Bow to this old Egyptian mummy..."
- No. 16 - Song - Flo and Chorus - "Locked inside the showcase of an old tobacco shop lay a pack of Turkish cigarettes..."
- No. 17 - Song - Trixie - "Maggie was a servant who, 'tis very strange to say, could never seem to keep a situation..."
- No. 18 - Song - Bolivar - "You've heard of mummies who have slept since Pharoah was a king..."
- No. 19 - Quintet - Stubbs, Bolivar, Plum, Tiverton and Doctor - "The prices on all things increase ev'ry year..."
Nos. 13, 14 and 18 were composed by Richard Carle.
- External Links
- Robert Hood Bowers at Wikipedia
- Vocal Score at Musopen
Page modified 31 January 2017