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Mr. Pickwick is a musical comedy with book by Chas. Klein, lyrics by Grant Steward and music by Manuel Klein which opened at the Herald Square Theatre, New York, on 19 January 1903.
Dramatis Personæ
| MR. PICKWICK | De Wolf Hopper |
| SAM WELLER | Digby Bell |
| TONY WELLER | Henry Norman |
| ALFRED JINGLE | Grant Stewart |
| WINKLE | Louis Payne |
| SNODGRASS | George Chapman |
| TUPMAN | Augustus Colette |
| FAT BOY | Guy H. Bartlett |
| COL. BULDER | George Rolland |
| DR. SLAMMER | Philip Connor |
| MR. WARDLE | J. K. Adams |
| ARABELLA | Louise Gunning |
| MRS. BARDELL | Laura Joyce Bell |
| POLLY | Marguerite Clarke |
| MISS WARDLE | Grace Fisher |
| MISS TOMPKINS | Mary Davis |
| LIZA | Alice Maude Poole |
| SALLY SUE |
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(Mrs. Bardell's Nieces) | { { |
Marion Lee Ruth Halbert |
ACT I - Dingley Dell Arms.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "We gather at the Dingley Dell Arms to tell about the country's charms..."
- No. 2 - "Golden Rules" - Jingle - "Child at school -- copy book -- way that he should go..." (words spoken, not sung)
- No. 3 - Duet - Arabella & Polly - "When a maiden's all a-flutter, come and go the frequent blushes..."
- No. 4 - Trio - Polly, Weller & Sam - "Please tell me what is gratitude and where it can be found..."
- No. 5 - Entrance, and Song - Pickwick & Chorus - "What's the latest news from town?" & "Now a club to be successful..."
- No. 6 - Quintet - Pickwick, Arabella, Winkle, Snodgrass, Tupman & Chorus - "To ascertain the knowledge of the college..."
- No. 7 - Quartet - Arabella, Polly, Pickwick, Snodgrass & Chorus - "Some years ago a little bird as censor posed on men..."
- No. 8 - Octet - Mrs. Bardell, Liza, Sally, Sue, Pickwick, Tupman, Snodgrass & Winkle - "In spite of hate I bear to you..."
- No. 9 - Trio - Pickwick, Weller & Wardle - "Now I maintain in this here land, which as we know's a free one..."
- No. 10 - Lullaby - Arabella & Chorus - "When the red glow of the sunset has faded and gone..."
- No. 11 - Finale Act I - "What's the matter, we're dead with fright at being disturbed at this hour of night! ..."
ACT II - Manor Farm.
- No. 12 - Opening Chorus - "Hay, hay, a wagon of hay, it's easy to slide on and comfy to ride on is hay..."
- No. 13 - Song - Arabella and Female Chorus - "In cloudland once long years ago there dwelt a little Raindrop..."
- No. 14 - Song - Sam - "When I was a Boots at the White Hart Inn..."
- No. 15 - Madrigal - Arabella, Polly, Pickwick & Sam - "When Autumn fol'age tints the trees with mellowing glory there..."
- No. 16 - Song - Polly & Female Chorus - "There is no defensive armour 'gainst the glamour of the drama, I'll engage..."
- No. 17 - Finale Act II - "Boys will be boys, boys will be boys, the world may change and things seem strange..."
Addenda.
- No. 18 - Song - Arabella & Chorus - "A rosebud dreamed in a leafy dell; dreamed and nodded and swayed in the breeze..."
- No. 19 - Duet - Polly & Fat Boy - "Let me look into your basket, pretty youth, pretty youth..."
- External Link
- Vocal Score at UR Research
Page modified 11 February 2017