Three Twins is a musical in two acts composed by Karl Hoschna, lyrics by Otto A. Hauerbach and book by Charles Dickson, based on the farce Incog. by Mrs. R. Pacheco. It opened at the Herald Square Theater, New York, on 15 June 1908 and subsequently transferred to the Majestic Theater whe it closed after a run of 289 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
NED MORELAND (in love with Isabell) | Jack Henderson |
GENERAL STANHOPE (a martyr to dyspepsia) | Joseph Allen |
TOM STANHOPE (his father's heir) | Clifton Crawford |
KATE ARMITAGE (Tom's sweetheart) | Doris Goodwin |
ISABELL HOWARD (an heiress, the General's ward) | Florence Willarde |
MRS. WINTERS (in search of her husband) | Frances Kennedy |
MOLLY SOMMERS | Bessie McCoy |
DICK WINTERS | George S. Christy |
HARRY WINTERS (Molly's expected bridegroom) | Willard Curtiss |
MATTHEW (an attendant) | Tom McMahon |
DR. SIEGFRIED HARTMAN (B.U.G.N.U.T.) | Ralph Locke |
BESSIE WINTERS (Dick's daughter) | Maurie Madison |
RICHARD WINTERS (Dick's son) | Marjorie Cogan |
ACT I - On the beach at Sea-View.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Reading, reading, reading, reading, reading all the day..."
- No. 2 - Song (soloist unspecified) - "I bought a hat for Hattie, from Millie the milliner..." (three verses)
- No. 3 - Duet - Tom and Kate - "I'll play on my tinkling guitar, my dear, but if I might venture so far, my dear..."
- No. 4 - Crying and Laughing Duet - Mrs. Winters and Mrs. Summers - "I can't forget the day my Dick proposed..."
- No. 5 - Song - Kate - "On the summer shore, where the breakers roar, lovers sat on the glist'ning sand..."
- No. 6 - Finale Act I - "What in name of thunderation is this foolish agitation..."
ACT II - Reception Room of Dr. Hartman's Sanitorium.
- No. 7 - Opening Chorus - "Here is nothing quite so gay, as gay inspection day. We're dressed up to a man..."
- No. 8 - Broadway Song - "I seemed ailing, sadly failing, dumpy and blue and ready to fight..."
- No. 9 - Song, with girls - "Haven't you while out strolling seen a curious ship come bowling down the avenue..."
- No. 10 - Hypnotic Kiss
- No. 11 - Song, with chorus - "Laughing and jolly and happy, the crowd wandered out in the park..."
- No. 12 - Yama-Yama Song - Molly Sommers - "Ev'ry little tot at night is afraid of the dark, you know..."
- No. 13 - Finale Act II - "Cuddle up a little closer, lovey mine..."
Note: The vocal score doesn't identify the soloists in items 8, 9, nor 11.
The lyrics of No. 12 are by Collin Davis.
MIDI Files
- External Links
- Vocal Score at UR Research
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