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The Strollers is a musical comedy by Harry B. Smith with music by Ludwig Engländer. The story closely follows that of an 1899 Viennese operetta, Das Landstreicher. It opened at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, on 24 June, 1901.
Dramatis Personæ
| AUGUST LUMP (a wandering philosopher) | Francis Wilson |
| KAMFER (a jailer) | Edwin Foy |
| PRINCE ADOLAR DE BOMSKY | D. L. Don |
| ROLAND (a magistrate) | Harry Fairleigh |
| RUDI VON RODENSTEIN MUKI VON MUGGENHEIM |
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(Lieutenants) | { { |
Wilmer Bentley Harry Stuart |
| BRATWURST (an inn-keeper) | James Darling |
| SPRAT (proprietor of a restaurant and leader of a singing society) | Fred Urban |
| ROLLO (a shopkeeper) | Fred Urban |
| MIMI (a ballet dancer) | Marie George |
| BERTHA (wife of August Lump) | Irene Bentley |
| ANNA (Roland's betrothed) | Louise Lawton |
| FRAU BRATWURST | Lizzie McCall |
| ELSA ORTRUDA SENTA SIEGLINDE ISOLDE WILHELMINA ERMINA GRETCHEN |
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(Show Girls from the Opera House, Vienna, on an automobile trip) |
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Ruby Reid Maud Thomas Lou Middleton Bernice Norcross Viola Carlstedt Maud Furniss Katheryn Pearl Mazie Folllette |
PROLOGUE - The village jail.
- No. 1 - Duet - Anna and Roland - "Now then, pris'ner at the bar, what have you to say?"
- No. 2 - Gossip Chorus and March - "What's the matter? What's the clatter? We have caught the tramps..."
- No. 3 - Duet - Lump and Bertha, with Chorus - "Roaming round anywhere, roving most ev'rywhere, strollers we..."
- No. 4 - Duet - Mimi and Prince - "Man is not meant to dwell alone ... That would be too distressing..."
- No. 4a - Melodrama
- No. 5 - Finale to Prologue - "Hello! What's this? Fine watch you keep! ... Excuse me, Judge, my foot's asleep ... "
ACT I - The mountain hotel.
- No. 5a - Prelude to Act I
- No. 6 - Opening Ensemble - "Hail to the bridegroom, all hail! Hail to the fair bride, all hail!"
- No. 7 - Song - Lump and Chorus - "By the blue Chicago ribber, whar de oleander's
green... " - No. 8 - Automobile Ensemble - Mimi, Lump & Girls - "You may talk about your horses, all your sport upon race-courses... "
- No. 9 - Song - Bertha and Officers - "Art is ever present in whatever may be pleasant, whether music or only love... "
- No. 10 - Song - Mimi, with Lieutenants and Chorus - "We're the Kaiser's bold Hussars, the army's pride and pet... "
- No. 11 - Song - Kamfer (see note below.)
- No. 12 - Finale Act I - "Hail to the bridegroom, all hail! Hail to the fair bride, all hail! ... "
ACT II - The Fête of the Fans.
- No. 12a - Prelude
- No. 13 - Opening Ensemble and Ballet - "In ev'ry age, in ev'ry clime since girls to flirt began... "
- No. 14 - Song - Lump and Chorus - "If you dance with a Miss, and then offer a kiss, she will turn up her nose like this... "
- No. 15 - Finale Act II - "Strollers we, and our life is free. We're happy-go-lucky, we're jolly and plucky as you can see... "
- External Link
- Vocal Score at Musopen
Page modified 28 March 2017