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The Red Widow is a musical version of Colonel Savage’s novel "His Official Wife" by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf, with a score by Charles J. Gebest. It was first produced at the Colonial Theater, Boston, on 2 September 1911, from where it went on to the Astor Theater, New York, where it opened on 6 November 1911.
Dramatis Personæ
| COL. CICERO HANNIBAL BUTTS (Manufacturer of C.H.B. Corsets) | Raymond Hitchcock | ||
| VIOLET BUTTS (his wife) | Jean Newcombe | ||
| OSWALD BUTTS (his son) | Harry Clarke | ||
| YVETTE (a Dancer) | Gertrude Vanderbilt | ||
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| BARON MAXIMILLIAN SCAREOVICH (His Assistant) | Joseph Allan | ||
| DICK GRAHAM (Manager of the Hotel d'l'Europe, St. Petersburg) | Lincoln Plumer | ||
| TANTUL POPOVA (A Waiter, and President of a group of Nihilists) | George E. Mack | ||
| CAPTAIN BASIL ROMANOFF (of the Imperial Body Guard) | Theodore Martin | ||
| PRINCESS SOPHIA COUNTESS ALEXANDRA |
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(Relatives of Butts by marriage) | { { |
Augusta Lang Clara Schroeder |
| A MANAGER | Ralph Harlowe |
| ADYK PASKOF KIRGLEG |
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(Three Nihilists) | { { { |
Stanley Fields Rokey Johnson Lee Carrier |
ACT I - The Foyer of the Alcazar Music Hall, London.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "I love you, dear, I love you near, I love you far away..."
- No. 2 - Song - Yvette - "When I went on the stage my own voice was my rage, but they started me out in the chorus..."
- No. 3 - Trio - Basil, Anna and Baron - "We are looking for a girl who looks like you..."
- No. 4 - Song - Oswald and Girls - "My home address is Yonkers, that's the burg where I reside..."
- No. 5 - Duet - Oswald and Yvette - "In far-off Bombay land, edging Cambay's coral strand where the mighty Ganges and Nerbudda flow..."
- No. 6 - Finale Act I - "Here's a weight of woe, sufficient quite to crush ya..."
ACT II - Private Parlor in the Hotel d'l'Europe, St. Petersburg.
- No. 7 - The Avenue of Palms - "Musical comedy chambermaids no doubt you recognise us..."
- No. 8 - Song - Butts - "Though the poet sings of the woe it brings, masculine to be without a girlie..."
- No. 9 - Quartet - Butts, Anna, Princess, Countess and Chorus - "Honor rare on us is falling when great ladies come a-calling..."
- No. 10 - Duet - Oswald and Yvette - "If we were married, you and I, we'd live on love and kisses..."
- No. 11 - Duet - Anna and Basil - "When all seemed sad and dreary, love, to me you came..."
- No. 12 - Finale Act II - "Monster! Villain! for this outrage you must pay! You will have to answer to the U.S.A."
ACT III - The Gardens of the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg (by night).
- No. 13 - The White Féte
- No. 14 - Song - Anna - "Sweet were the hours we spent together in our first love..."
- No. 15 - Song - Popova and Chorus - "We are Nihilists, please don't smile..."
- No. 16 - Ensemble - Anna, Basil and Chorus - "The Czar, the Czar, here comes his bodyguard..."
- No. 17 - Finale Act III - "Where the foes of Russia are, 'neath the Southern cross or Northern star..."
- External Links
- Vocal Score at UR Research
- The Red Widow at The Operetta Research Center
Page modified 20 February 2017