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The Princess Pat is an operetta in three acts with music by Victor Herbert and book and lyrics by Henry Blossom. After an Atlantic City, New Jersey tryout in August 1915, it premiered on Broadway on 29 September 1915 at the Cort Theatre where it ran for 158 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| MARIE | Miss Leonora Novasio |
| THOMAS | Mr. Martin Hadyn |
| BOB DARROW | Mr. Sam B. Hardy |
| TONY SCHMALZ, Jr. | Mr. Robert Ober |
| SI PERKINS | Mr. Alexander Clark |
| GRACE HOLBROOK | Miss Eva Fallon |
| GENERAL JOHN HOLBROOK | Mr. Louis Casavant |
| ANTHONY SCHMALZ | Mr. Al. Shean |
| PRINCESS DI MONTALDO (nèe Patrice O'Connor) | Miss Eleanor Painter |
| PRINCE ANTONIO DI MONTALDO | Mr. Joseph R. Lertora |
| BERTIE ASHLAND | Mr. Ralph Riggs |
| GABRIELLE FOURNEAUX | Miss Katherine Witchie |
| ANNE WINTHROP | Miss Clare Freeman |
| BELLA WELLS | Miss Charlotte La Grande |
| CORALIE BLISS | Miss Doris Kenyon |
| DOROTHY PRYME | Miss Lyn Donaldson |
| ELSIE SMITH | Miss Kathleen Erroll |
| FRANCES HEDGES | Miss Una Brooks |
| HESTER LISLE | Miss Clara Taylor |
| MAUDE VAN CORTLANDT | Miss Lilian Charles |
| REGGIE CALTHORPE | Mr. Est Morrison |
| SIDNEY GREY | Mr. Jack Hagner |
| DUNCAN ARTHUR | Mr. Sven Eric |
| TEDDY THORNE | Mr. William Quinby |
| LEE BAINBRIDGE | Mr. Carl Drury |
| JACK WICKHAM | Mr. William Collins |
| NAT FRANKLIN | Mr. Irving Fask |
| ACHILLE MAZETTI | Mr. Mario Rogati |
ACT I - Garden of General Holbrook's Home.
- Overture
- No. 1 - Opening Prelude
- No. 2 - Duo - Marie and Thomas - "Jealous? That will never do! Ever I desire that men admire! If I'm going to marry you..."
- No. 3 - Song and Dance - Grace and Ladies - "Love's a game, as you can see; gambling game, no doubt! ..."
- No. 4 - Song - Tony Schmalz - "This life has many secrets that I do not seek to know, but there is one..."
- No. 5 - Chorus - Arrival of "Pat" - "Sing hey, for the hunters at morn, the dawn of a beautiful day..." (quiet beginning)
- No. 6 - Aria - Princess "Pat" and Ensemble - "Ah, when the world is so fair, 'tis a joy to live!"
- No. 7 - Duet - "Pat" and Grace - "Ah, if we could only read our future from a mystic creed like some old magician! ..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I - "Lunch! Lunch! Isn't it ready yet? ..."
ACT II - Living-room of General Holbrook's Home. (Evening of the same day.)
- No. 9 - Entr'act
- No. 10 - Opening Prelude and Waltz
- No. 11 - Neapolitan Long Song - Prince "Toto" - "'Tis ev'ning and the sun is at rest, the shadows now fall..."
- No. 12 - Song - Mr. Schmalz and Girls - "I don't know where the charm is; I don't know where the harm is..."
- No. 13 - Flirting Song - "Pat" - "Hearts that are happy and free, hearts that in pain seek but in vain..."
- No. 14 - Fox Trot
- No. 15 - Love Duo - "Pat" and Prince "Toto" - "Dear one! why has cruel fate conspired our hearts to sever! ..."
- No. 16 - Finale Act II - "Now we are drowsy, we'll all go to rest! And at Morpheus' behest sleep the sleep of the blest! ..."
ACT III - Smoking-Room at the Westmorland Hunt Club. (The Following Night.)
- No. 17 - Entr'act II
- No. 18 - Men's Chorus, with General and Prince - "What joy we find as after we have dined we puff with pride a fine cigar..."
- No. 19a - Ballet - Suite
- No. 19b - Encore - Waltz
- No. 20 - Quartette - Pat, Darrow, Tony and Grace - "In a little world for two, there'll be naught to do but love..."
- No. 21 - Song - Perkins - "My wife was her first husband's better half! She married me, and now she's the whole thing!..."
- No. 22 - Song - Pat - "Whether young man or old man, or timid or bold man, there's one thing he cannot resist..."
- No. 23 - Finale Ultimo - "All for you! All for you! My heart will e'er be true! ..."
- External Links
- Vocal Score at the Internet Archive
- The Princess Pat at Wikipedia
Page modified 10 February 2017