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Miss Simplicity is a musical comedy by R. A. Barnet with music by Harry Lawson Heartz. It opened at the Casino Theatre, New York on 10 February 1902 for a run of 56 performances, but had been seen in Boston a year earlier.
ACT I - The Square in Sauterelle.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus, with Fouché - "Oh, citizens of Sauterelle, all loyal men are we! ..."
- No. 2 - Song - Rosalie and Chorus - "Aunt says a King Cophetua, a dear, unmarried King, once saw a lovely beggar girl..."
- No. 3 - Song and Duet - Claire and Patty - "A maiden and her lover have a falling out one day..."
- No. 4 - Ensemble - Montfort, Lord Bob, Lady Dorothea, Tammons and Girls - "We are three swells from London Town! ..."
- No. 5 - Song - Claire with Chorus - "Alone, unfriended, through the town, I stray in grief and fear! ..."
- No. 6 - Duet - Montfort and Claire - "Some like to walk at noon day; some like to walk at night! ..."
- No. 7 - Song - Blossoms - "Some folks get quickly worried if they get a little shock..."
- No. 7½ - Song - Blossoms and Chorus - "From the glittering lair of the polar bear to haunts of the gay kangaroo..."
- No. 8 - Double Quintette - Tammons, Margery and English Party - "Come, let me tell you something new and old..."
- No. 9 - Ensemble - "At last our curiosity will soon be satisfied!..."
- No. 10 - Song - Blossoms, Rosa, Patty and others - "A good little boy was a-walking down street, just out of Sunday School..."
- No. 11 - Song - Claire, Montfort and Chorus - "In the dark and mystic ages, very many years ago..."
- No. 12 - Finale Act I - "King elect of Sauterelle! Sauterelle! Hear the coronation bell! Hear the bell! ..."
ACT II - The Grand Hall in the Chateau Loinville.
- No. 13 - Entr'acte and Opening
- No. 14 - "Foreign Ditties" - Blossoms, Rosa and Chorus - "While I've travel'd 'round the world I've learn'd a song or two!"
- No. 15 - Song - Michel, with Plotsky and Chorus - "Politeness, let me tell you, is a very gentle art..."
- No. 16 - Song - Rosalie - "I am not full of wisdom on the Women's College plan; it's a fact that I'm consider'd rather slow..."
- No. 17 - Song - Blossoms, Rosalie and others - "There was once a girl and she was a pearl by the common name of Mamie..."
- No. 18 - Duet - Montfort, Claire and Chorus - "Last night a vision came to me while lost in sleep I lay..."
- No. 19 - Duet - Lord Bob, Lady Dorothea and Chorus - "The good old times! The bloomin' days! Of health and good digestion!..."
- No. 20 - Song - Claire and Chorus - "In nursery days we children play'd at soldiers big and grand..."
- No. 21 - Quartet - Plotsky, Rosa, Nan and Jean - "Mrs. Wimple has a daughter, and the daughter has a gift..."
- No. 22 - Song - Montfort and Chorus - "There is a girl, the sweetest one in all this world, and she is wond'rous fair..."
- No. 23 - Duet - Tammons, Margery and English Party - "Love me a little, love me long, love me, sweetheart, in sweet song..."
Nos. 7, 17 and 21 were composed by Clifton Crawford.
Nos. 20 and 22 were composed by Edward W. Corliss.
Page modified 13 March 2017