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The Pied Piper is described as an "Operatic Fanatasy". The book is by Austin Strong and R. H. Burnside, the lyrics by R. H. Burnside and the music by Manuel Klein. It opened at the Majestic Theatre, New York, on 3 December 1908.
Dramatis Personæ
| THE PIED PIPER | De Wolf Hopper |
| HIS OFFICIAL ADVISER | William Cameron |
| HIS OFFICIAL REMINDER | D. L. Baker |
| THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN | W. L. Romaine |
| THE BAD BOY | Bert Delvin |
| WILLIE VAN CORTLANDT | John Phillips |
| SAMMY STRUGGLES | Edward Heron |
| LIZZIE DIZZY | Grace Cameron |
| THE HOUSEKEEPER | Ada Deaves |
| THE MODEL COUPLE | { { |
Frank Laddis Bonnie Farley |
| ROMANCE | Lillian Thatcher |
| POETRY | Elda Curry |
| SONG | Mabel Morduant |
| FATHER TIME | Warren Fabian |
| ELVIRIA | Marguerite Clark |
ACT I - Scene 1: - The Home of Father Time,
Scene 2: - Saint Valentine's Square in the City of Innocence.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "It's going to be a very busy day, so let us finish work without delay. All the Carpenters and Bakers, all the Tailors and Dressmakers..."
- No. 2 - Duet - Adviser and Reminder - "We're a couple of men who now and then are troubled with too much work, but we follow a rule they taught us at school..."
- No. 3 - Song - Piper and Chorus - "Woman is truly a wonderful thing; poets in praise of her constantly sing. All over the world 'tis the same as you know..."
- No. 4 - Song - Elviria - "Two little figures, once upon a time, dwelt upon a Dresden china plate. There amidst surroundings most sublime, they loved and lost..."
- No. 5 - Duet - Willie and Elviria - "I've met a lot of girls in ev'ry city, I've met a lot of girls I thought were fine; I have met a lot of girls I thought were pretty..."
- No. 6 - Duet - Piper and Lizzie - "Life's no joke, you're in trouble ev'ry minute! It's a cold hard world all the time that you are in it. Your existence seems..."
- No. 7 - Finale Act I - "What a happy, happy day! What a chance to laugh and sing; Let's be gay now while we may; let all grief and care take wing..."
ACT II - Scene 1: - The Pied Piper's Boudoir,
Scene 2: - The Nursery, Scene 3: - Saint Valentine's Square.
- No. 8 - Trio - Piper, Adviser and Reminder - "Some curious problems have vexed me of late, and if you will do so, I'd like you to state, since you are both paid..."
- No. 8a - 1st. Dance - Schottische
- No. 8b - 2nd. Dance - Waltz
- No. 8c - 3rd. Dance - Vivace
- No. 9 - Song - Elviria - "Once I knew a little boy, and Willie was his name. He went to a school in the daytime; with his little sweetheart he would play..."
- No. 10 - Duet - Elviria and Piper - "Why is it I wonder, when folks make a blunder, they never will take the blame? Why is it folks hurry, why is it folks worry..."
- No. 11 - Song - Lizzie - "I often wonder why it is that woman's always blamed, because this world's so bad, it really makes me feel ashamed..."
- No. 12 - Nursery Rhymes - Piper - "Old King Cole was a merry old soul, but his wife was a terrible shrew. That's the reason of course that he got a divorce..."
- No. 13 - Duet - Van Cortlandt and Elviria - "You're a dear little girl, but a queer little girl, so delightfully quaint and demure, love; You're a nice little girl..."
- External Link
- Vocal Score at UR Research
Page modified 11 February 2017