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The Tattooed Man is a comic opera in two acts with book by Harry B. Smith and A.N.C. Fowler, lyrics by Harry B. Smith and music by Victor Herbert. It ran for 59 performances at the Criterion Theatre, New York from 18 February to 15 April, 1907.
Dramatis Personæ
| OMAR KHAYYAM, JR. (astrologer, poet and sworn foe to temperance) | Frank Daniels | ||
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| ALGY CUFFS (a matineé idol) | Harry Clarke | ||
| HASHISH (janitor of the Shah's Harem) | Nace Bonville | ||
| MULEY (inspector of the mint) | George O'Donnell | ||
| ALI (court nuisance) | Gilbert Clayton | ||
| YUSSUF (bad news specialist) | Charles Drew | ||
| THE SHAH (who travels for his health until very late in the evening) | Herbert Waterous | ||
| A MUEZZIN (who calls people to prayer but they don't come) | Harold Russell | ||
| LEILA (beloved by Omar, but nothing doing) | Sallie Fisher | ||
| ALMA (daughter of Omar) | Gertie Carlisle | ||
| FATIMA (a wall flower) | May Vokes | ||
| MISS VANDERGILT, of New York MISS PENN, of Phildelphia MISS LAKESIDE, of Chicago MISS BEACON, of Boston MISS BRIDGE, of Brooklyn MISS FRISK, of 'Frisco MISS VINE, of St. Louis MISS CHARLES, of Baltimore MISS MINT, of Washington |
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(Imported American Bridesmaids) | { { { { { { { { { |
Maida Athens Jessie Richmond Almeda Potter Lottie Vernon Gertrude Doremus Josephine Karlin Jane Rogers Leila Benton Gene Cole |
| STAR OF EVENING BLUSH OF DAWN ROSE OF SUMMER BIRD OF PARADISE |
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(the translated Oriental names of Omar's four wards) | { { { { |
Reina Swift Mabel Croft Daisy De Vere May Field |
| MUTTI | Maida Athens |
| AHMED | Edna Birch |
| SELIM HASSAN CANEM |
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(Omar's nephews, educated in American colleges) | { { { |
Bessie Holbrook Claudia Cark Jessie Carr |
ACT I - Courtyard of the Regent's Palace in Persia.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Ah! The sunbeams drive the night away! Come to pray! Come to pray! Allah il Allah! ..."
- No. 2 - Quartette - Hashish, Muley, Yussuf and Ali - "As we through life are going, we must not be too knowing, to lots of things we have to close our eyes..."
- No. 3 - Entrance of Arabs, and Song - Abdallah - "Yaha! Yaha! Yaha! Trade with us if you like, cheat us too if you will. We take the money of Christian dogs..."
- No. 4 - Entrance of Omar - "Ah! Ah! Ah! Shout and sing, and laurels bring for our Regent Omar. Yes, rejoice with heart and voice to welcome him..."
- No. 5 - Song - Omar - "In Persia there once lived a sport very game, and Omar Khayyam was his curious name..."
- No. 6 - Chorus - "I've no doubt that you remember, if the years you scan, those fine mornings in September, when our school began..."
- No. 7 - Song - Abdallah and Girls - "Love laughs at lock-smiths, they say, in cottage or castle halls. Bars can't stay its way, and love always laughs at walls..."
- No. 8 - Song - Leila - "When the day is done, and the rest is won, then is slumber for you and me. And we sail away, in the twilight gray..."
- No. 9 - Finale Act I - "Noble strangers, give you greeting, 'tis indeed a joyous meeting. Each of you shall be a pet, I'm a friend of yours, you bet."
ACT II - The Rose Garden of the Shah of Persia.
- Nos. 10 & 11 - Opening and Song - Abdallah - "Noble stranger! Gentle guest, pray take your ease. You have but to make request, and we will strive to please."
- No. 12 - Song - Leila and Chorus - "The Rose who was king of a garden so fair fell madly in love with a Lily belle rare. A princess was she, very stately and tall..."
- No. 13 - Trio - Omar, Abdallah and Leila - "There is a certain knack most people seem to lack in making love ... in making love..."
- No. 14 - Quartet - Hashish, Ali, Yussuf and Muley - "Work has always seemed an awful waste of time to me ... I have never wasted any time..."
- No. 15 - Song - Fatima - "I visited the circus once, and after it was through, I went into the side show, as a lot of people do..."
- No. 16 - Duet - Algy, Alma and Girls - "I have loved full many a girl who liked me fairly well; my first sweetheart's name was Pearl, my second's name was Belle..."
- No. 17 - Entrance of Shah - "Ah! Ah! Ah! Shout and sing, and laurels bring for our Regent Omar. Yes, rejoice with heart and voice to welcome him..."
- No. 18 - Song - Omar and Chorus - "Do you believe in fairies? For if you do, I'll tell about a land, a distant land where none but fairies dwell..." 4 verses)
- No. 19 - Finale Act II - "Sing fol de me lol to you, Omar Khayyam, as a jolly old rounder you were not a sham..."
MIDI Files
- External Links
- Vocal Score at The Internet Archive
- The Tattooed Man at The Guide to Musical Theatre
Page modified 30 March 2017