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The Red Rose is a musical comedy in three acts with book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith and music by Robert Hood Bowers which opened at the Garrick Theatre, Philadelphia, on 2 May 1911 before transferring to the Globe Theatre, New York on 22 June1911 where it ran for 76 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| LOLA (an Artist's Model) | Valeska Suratt |
| DICK LORIMER (the Model's Artist) | Wallace McCutcheon |
| ALONZO LORIMER (an American Millionaire) | Alexander Clark |
| SILAS PLANT (a Millionaire American) | John Daly Murphy |
| HON. LIONEL TALBOYS (who cannot check his love) | Ernest Lambart |
| DAISY PLANT (his love who has the checks) | Lillian Graham |
| RAPHAEL SPIEGLE (a picture dealer) | John E. Hazzard |
| MME. JOË JOYANT (next to the dealer) | Flavia Arcaro |
| M. DUPREZ (Master of the Studio) | Henry Bergman |
| ANDRÈ (His Master's Voice) | Craig Campbell |
| GYP (her own master) | Carrie Reynolds |
| BARON LEBLANC (looking for his daughter) | Louis Casavant |
| MAXIME DUPONT (looking for the Baron) | Henry Bergman |
| TITA CELESTE MARIE ROSALIE DENISE ELAINE LOUISE FLANE |
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Beatrice Doane Bessie Holbrook Eleanore Boyce Marjorie Dayton Laura Gaynelle Dorothy Langdon Nellie Feltes Adelaide Warren |
ACT I - The Art School of M. Julian Duprez in Paris.
- No. 1 - Opening Scene - "La, la, la..." etc. (whistles) "Sh! Taisez! ... Oh, Andrè! Please be quiet! Do stop that row! Be still! We cannot draw a thing..."
- No. 2 - Duet - Lola, Dick and Chorus - "In Bohemia's kingdom, three rulers belong. We acknowledge them all, boys - wine, women and song..."
- No. 3 - Posing Scene - Lola and Chorus - "Lola, Lola, you must come and pose for us. You're the model we like best; you are diff'rent from the rest..."
- No. 4 - Spanish Song - Lola - "Fair land full of old romances where all the nights are gay with dance and song; dark eyes that with ardent glances reveal the love..."
- No. 5 - Song - Lorimer and Chorus - "When a thoroughbred American like me ... Just like you ... Is inspired to take a journey over sea ... As they do..."
- No. 6 - Duet - Lionel and Gyp - "There are many ways to win a man, and countless the arts that please; ... And ever since the world began, he's surrendered..."
- No. 7 - Dance Duet - Zoë and Spiegel - "I still can hear that music so entrancing, when I went bounding out upon the stage, with my skirt a lace umbrella..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I - "So come along, ma cherie, come along with me, and we'll drop in at Maxim's or the Café de Paris. A chansonette entrancing..."
ACT II - The Baron's Chateau - six months later.
- No. 9 - Opening Scene and Song - "To the Baron's charming villa we have been invited, and of course we have accepted, only too delighted..."
- No. 10 - Duet - Zoë and Spiegel - "Let's go upon a honeymoon to Venice, city fair, where all the gondoliers their love songs troll. The poets say no other town..."
- No. 11 - Song - Lola and Chorus - "I read of the fads of society, of the real smart set; I know of the wide notoriety that the folks there get..."
- No. 12 - Hammock Song - Lionel and Bridesmaids - "We men know how to treat you, so no girl will refuse us ... Won't you tell us what it is you do..."
- No. 13 - Waltz Duet - Lola and Dick - "In salons in realms of fashion we no doubt shall meet some day, where there's no such thing as passion..."
- No. 14 - Trio and Dance - Lorimer, Plant and Gyp - "I've always heard about the fun for anyone with lots of mon', in giddy old Paris, so frolicsome and free! ..."
- No. 15 - Finale Act II - "For your insult, Monsieur, you shall answer to me ... My dear boy, don't waste time on such fellows as he ... He has lost a rich wife..."
ACT III - The Ball of the Four Arts.
- No. 16 - Opening Ballet and Galop
- No. 17 - Song - Dick, Alonso and Chorus - "When I left the old home, here in Europe to roam, I declared I would quiet and good be; and I got on the ship..."
- No. 18 - Students' Glide - Turkey Wing Dance
- No. 19 - Song - Lola and Men - "Men are necessary evils... Woman, cause of all upheavals... Men are selfish and conceited... Women wed us and we're cheated..."
- No. 20 - Confetti March
- External Links
- Vocal Score at UR Research
- The Red Rose at The Guide to Musical Theatre
Page modified 20 February 2017