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Piff! Paff! Pouf! is described as "A Musical Cocktail". The book is by Stanislaus Stange, the lyrics by William Jerome and the music by Jean Schwartz. It opened at the Casino Theatre, New York, on 2 April 1904 and ran for 264 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| DICK DAILY | Mr. Harry Stuart |
| LORD GEORGE PIFFLE | Mr. Templar Saxe |
| MACARONI PAFFLE | Mr. John Hyams |
| BEDELIA | Miss Abby Stange |
| AUGUST MELON | Mr. Thomas Q. Seabrooke |
| MRS. LILLIAN MONTAGUE | Miss Alice Fischer |
| NORA MELON | Miss Mabel Hollins |
| CORA MELON | Miss Grace Cameron |
| ENCORA MELON | Miss Hilda Hollins |
| ROSE MELON | Miss Frances Gibsone |
| PETER POUFFLE | Mr. Eddie Foy |
| JOE SILVER | Mr. Fred Mace |
| MISS COTTON, of New Orleans MISS SLOW, of Philadelphia MISS TURTLE, of Baltimore MISS DELAWARE, of Washington MISS BACON, of Chicago MISS BEAN, of Boston MISS WEST, of San Francisco MISS TRUST, of New York |
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Miss Evelyn Marlow Miss Beatrice Liddell Miss Seppie McNeil Miss Lizette Hawman Miss Dorothy Marlowe Miss Louise Hawman Miss Carrie Poltz Miss Ada Robertson |
ACT I - Board Walk, Atlantic City. In front of Casino. Easter time.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Under the shade of our lovely umbrellas we're waiting and longing for good looking fellows..."
- No. 2 - Song - Piffle and Chorus - "A sunbeam in a garden fair, quite sad at heart one day fell victim to a blushing rose..."
- No. 3 - Song - Paffle and Chorus - "You've heard about Marconi, Macaroni, that's my name..."
- No. 4 - Song - Augustus Melon and Bathing Girls - "Loyal Germans may cheer, yes, and glorify beer..."
- No. 5 - Concerted Number - Mrs. Montague and Melon Family - "When Father Adam first was introduced to Mother Eve..."
- No. 6 - Song - Nora and Easter Girls - "The love bird sat in the goo-goo tree, singing an amorous song..."
- No. 7 - Song - Augustus Melon and Chorus - "They may sing in praise of farms, country life and rustic charms..."
- No. 8a - Pixies' Entrance and Song - "Wake, sandman, wake! Troubles without number..."
- No. 8b - Song - Pouffle and Pony Ballet - "Don't shake with fear as I draw near, I'm just a harmless creature..."
- No. 9 - Song - Rose - "Vainly all my life I've waited, waited for an unkissed man..."
- No. 10 - Finale Act I (before Marriage) - "What's the matter? What's the matter? Hearts are going pitter patter..."
ACT II - Grounds of Mrs. Montague's House, "Fairmount-on-Hudson."
- No. 11 - Chorus of Girls and "Ponies" - "Beautiful stars in the deep blue sky, winking at me, oh, fie! ..."
- No. 12 - Song - Piffle and Chorus - "When the girls and boys are cooing, cooing like the turtle dove..."
- No. 13 - Song - Melon and Chorus - "Sure me brain's in a whirl through a smart Irish girl, sweet Cordalia Malone is her name..."
- No. 14 - Song - Rose and Chorus - "Have you heard of Doctor Cupid? You have heard of him of course, what a question..."
- No. 15 - Song - Paff and Chorus - "On the East side of town, where the Germans live down there's a nice little grocery store..."
- No. 16 - Song - Pouf - "Just gaze upon a happy man without a single care enjoying all the dainties of the world's great bill of fare."
- No. 17 - Song - Cora and Chorus - "Dolly Dimple's in the chorus, she had served her time..."
- No. 18 - Song - Melon - "Listen dear, I've something nice to say to you, something you may really like to hear..."
- No. 19 - Radium Dance - Pony Ballet
- No. 20 - Marching Song - Nora and Cora, with Chorus - "The English love their dear old flag, its colors make them cheer..."
- No. 21 - Finale Act II - "For you, oh, yes for you there's nothing, dear, I wouldn't do..."
- External Link
- Vocal Score at the Internet Archive
Page modified 11 February 2017