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Orange Blossoms is a musical comedy with book by Fred de Grésac based on the play La Passerelle by Fred de Grésac and François de Croisset, lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and music by Victor Herbert. It opened at the Fulton Theatre, New York, on 19 September 1922.
Dramatis Personæ
| KITTY | Miss Edith Day |
| HELENE DE VASQUEZ | Miss Phyllys Le Grand |
| BARON ROGER BELMONT | Mr. Robert Michaelis |
| LAWYER BRASSAC | Mr. Pat Somerset |
| TILLIE | Miss Queenie Smith |
| NINETTA | Miss Nancy Welford |
| AUGUSTE | Mr. Robert Fischer |
| JIMMY FLYNN | Mr. Hal Skelley |
| OCTAVE | Mr. Maurice Darcy |
| CECILIA MALBA CHRISTIANE DE MIRANDOL JULIE BRESIL YOLANDE DU PONT PAULETTE DE TREVORS SIMONE CARRICK REGINA MARNAC VALENINE VANDOME |
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(Brassac's Clients) | { { { { { { { { |
Miss Evelyn Darville Miss Alta King Miss Dagmar Oakland Miss Emily Drange Miss Fay Evelyn Miss Diana Stegman Miss Eden Gray Miss Vera de Wolfe |
| MR. THOMAS FITZPATRICK MR. FRANK CURRAN MR. OLIVER STEWART MR. DENNY MURRAY |
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(Gentlemen in the Case) | { { { { |
Mr. Abner Barnardt Mr. Jack Whiting Mr. Gayle Mays Mr. Clinton Merrill |
ACT I - A Lawyer's Office in Paris.
- No. 1 - Ensemble - "He's late, he's late, I'm in an awful state! This lawyer's very charming but he shouldn't make me wait..."
- No. 2 - Song - Roger - "It's true that I'm susceptible to ladies; it's true that I've a weakness for their charms..."
- No. 3 - Song - Kitty - "I recall the mad delight of a lovely dance, and a stroll into a night, trembling with romance..."
- No. 4 - Duet - Jimmie and Tillie - "Ev'ry now and then I get the blues ... For old New York? ... Yes, old New York..."
- No. 5 - Duet - Roger and Helene - "These days are trying, but they can never last; worry will soon be buried in the past..."
- No. 6 - Quartet - Helene, Roger, Brassac and Cecelia - "You're wonderful! ... You're beautiful! ... Think so? ... I do! ..."
- No. 7 - Song - Kitty - "There's a maiden named Katina in the town of Hennequeville, and she one day went to Paris..."
- No. 8 - Reprise - Kitty - "Oh, that kiss in the dark was to him just a lark, but to me 'twas a thrill supreme..."
ACT II - Kitty's villa at Cannes.
- No. 9 - Opening mime (in which the butler tries to hit a mosquito with a duster)
- No. 10 - Chorus - "On the Riviera, on the Riviera, where the balmy breeze intoxicates you like Madeira..."
- No. 11 - Song - Jimmy Flynn - "In all history there has never been a sleuth so keen and clever..."
- No. 12 - Song - Kitty - "This house in roomy, and ought to do me; yet it seems gloomy to me where'er I roam..."
- No. 13 - Quartet - Roger, Brassac, Kitty and Nanette - "You don't know how I've missed you..."
- No. 14 - Duet - Jimmie and Nanette - "All you ever need to be successful is quite a lot of speed! ..."
- No. 15 - Song - Kitty and Men - "We are all in love with you ... You had better run along and play..."
- No. 16 - Duet - Helene and Roger - "Such a scene as I just made is really not like me, I hope that you forgive me..."
- No. 17 - Finale Act II - "Ever since I came to see you, since I kissed you and you kissed me, life for me has just begun..."
ACT III - The Garden of Kitty's villa at Cannes.
- No. 18 - Moonshine, Mosquitos' Ballet, and Bachanale
- No. 19 - Song and Dance - Kitty - "I once heard a legend, with a promise of bliss; it's the legend of the glow-worm..."
- No. 20 - Jersey Duet - Tillie and Jimmie - "When we marry it's a question where to settle down..."
- No. 21 - Chorus - "Though we hate to disparage such an institution as marriage, we believe that it's all wrong..."
- No. 22 - Reprise - Roger - "Though I've always played about, I can say without a doubt, this time it's love! ..."
- No. 23 - Finale Act III - "Oh, that kiss in the dark was to him just a lark, but to me 'twas a thrill supreme..."
- External Link
- Vocal Score at IMSLP
Page modified 4 February 2017