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The Only Girl is a musical comedy in three acts with book and lyrics by Henry Blossom and music by Victor Herbert. It opened at the 39th Street Theatre, New York, on 2 November 1914 and transferred to the Lyric Theatre two weeks later.
Dramatis Personæ
| ALAN KIMBROUGH ("Kim" - a librettist) | Thurston Hall |
| SYLVESTER MARTIN ("Corksey" - a broker) | Richard Bartlett |
| JOHN AYRE ("Fresh" - a lawyer) | Jed Prouty |
| ANDREW McMURRAY ("Bunkie" - a painter) | Ernest Torrence |
| RUTH WILSON (a composer) | Wilda Bennett |
| SAUNDERS (Kimbrough's Valet) | John Findlay |
| BIRDIE MARTIN (Corksey's wife) | Louise Kelly |
| MARGARET AYRE (Fresh's wife) | Josephine Whittell |
| JANE McMURRAY (Bunkie's wife) | Vivian Wessell |
| PATRICE LA MONTROSE ("Patsy" - a soubrette) | Adele Rowland |
| RUBY VIOLET VIOLA PAULA PEARLE RENÉE |
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(Friends of Patsy) | { { { { { { |
Estelle Richmond Marjorie Oviatt Jane Hilbert Claire Standish Gladys Schultz Jeanne Darys |
ACT I - The Living Room in Kimbrough's Apartment, New York.
- No. 1 - Curtain Music
- No. 2 - Song - Patsy - "She said, Dear! What do I hear? That ev'ry pretty little skirt within a mile you try to flirt with..."
- No. 3a - The Love Theme
- No. 3b - Song - Ruth - "Though time may let us sometimes forget, until, with but a sigh, the mem'ries of a passionate love..."
- No. 4 - Unaccompanied Quartet - Fresh, Corksey, Kim and Bunkie - "Good friends are we, so careless and free..."
- No. 5 - Finale Act I - Ruth and Kim - "Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! We both have hit on a wonderful scheme..."
ACT II - The Same, six weeks later.
- No. 6 - Entr'Acte
- No. 7 - Song - Patsy and Girls - "Some people call 'acting' a labor exacting, and they pull this tiresome 'highbrow' stuff! ..."
- No. 8 - Song - Renée - "Pretty Antoinette! Dainty young soubrette, wore an angel face and baby stare! ..."
- No. 9 - Duet - Kim, Patsy and Girls - "Ah! See the soldier lad go marching to war! ... Altho' he has no idea what it is for! "
- No. 10 - Song - Jane - "Ah! when in sweet raptures of love you enfold me, close, close to your heart, dear..."
- No. 11 - Sextet - Bunkie, Jane, Corksey, Birdie, Fresh and Margaret - "I do confess I'm happy, boys..."
- No. 12 - Finale Act II - Ruth (reprise of no. 3b) - "Then when you're near me, there's naught that I strive to do..."
ACT III - The Dining Room, same evening.
- No. 13 - Entr'Acte
- No. 14 - Opening Scene - "Here is health! Here is wealth, and a great success! May they say that your play is a hit..."
- No. 15 - Song - Patsy - "It's terrible the way these authors cramp my style! By handing me a part to play like that! ..."
- No. 16 - Trio - Fresh, Corksey and Bunkie - "Bachelors don't learn a bit of sense from their married friends' experience! ..."
- No. 17 - Trio - Margaret, Jane and Birdie - "Ages ago, as you well know, we were slaves! ... Lived in caves - ..."
- No. 18 - Love Duet - Kim and Ruth - "Promise me, love, that we ne'er shall part! ..."
- No. 19 - Finale Ultimo - "When you are near me, there's naught that I strive to do, save to endear me more fondly..."
- External Link
- Vocal Score at the Internet Archive
Page modified 4 February 2017