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Produced by Mr. FRANK CURZON at Wyndham's Theatre on April 21st. 1906.
Dramatis Personæ
| CHARLIE CHETWYND | Mr. C. Hayden Coffin |
| GENERAL SIR WILKIE WILLOUGHBY | Mr. J. F. McArdle |
| VISCOUNT GUSHINGTON ("Gussie") | Mr. Lawrence Grossmith |
| MONSIEUR DUVAL (Proprietor of the "Maison Duval") | Mr. Fred Allandale |
| ADOLPHUS DUDD (Office Boy at the "Maison Duval") | Mr. Horace Mills |
| MILLIE MOSTYN (Manageress of the "Maison Duval") | Miss Violet Englefield |
| NINETTE (Head of the Millinery Department) | Miss Marie Dainton |
| SUSIE (Cashier at the "Maison Duval") | Miss Coralie Blythe |
| WINNIE WILLOUGHBY | Miss Isobel Jay |
Act I - The "Maison Duval."
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Hurry, scurry, to and fro..."
- No. 2 - Song - Duval and Chorus - "Oh! ze managère discreet, 'e is very 'ard to beat..."
- No. 3 - Song - Gussie - "It's jolly nice to be as deuced popular as I am..."
- No. 4 - Song - Winnie - "Why should a maid bestow her hand..."
- No. 5 - Duet - Dudd and Susie - "I mean to start a fancy shop..."
- No. 6 - Concerted Number - Customers and Chorus - "They've been shopping till they're dropping..."
- No. 7 - Song - Charlie and Chorus - "A land there is o'er the ocean wide..."
- No. 8 - Duet - Winnie and Charlie - "Won't you buy a spray, or a choice bouquet..."
- No. 9 - Song and Dance - Ninette and Chorus - "I'm a little lady who is rather fascinating..."
- No. 10 - Finale Act I - "Here's a situation! If her tale be true..."
Act II - The Baron's Court Exhibition. "The Rose Carnival."
- No. 11 - Opening Chorus Act II - "The Exhibition buildings are en fête tonight..."
- No. 12 - Song - Millie and Chorus of Girls - "In a sleepy country hamlet, in the drowsy vale of Kent..."
- No. 13 - Duet - Susie and Dudd - "We are orthodox types of an era gone by..."
- No. 14 - Duet - Ninette and Duval, with Chorus - "We paid our fares and climbed the stairs..."
- No. 15 - Song - General Sir Wilkie Willoughby,and Chorus - "In good Queen Bess's glorious time..."
- No. 16 - Duet - Winnie and Charlie - "When you are by my side a king am I..."
- No. 17 - Song - Charlie - "My heart is yours alone, dear..." (composed by Leslie Stuart under the name of Augustus Barratt)
- No. 18 - Duet - Millie and Gussie - "When you're my little wife..."
- No. 19 - Song - Dudd and Chorus - "If there hadn't been an apple on the tree." (by A. J. Mills and Bennett Scott)
- No. 20 - Song - Ninette and Chorus - "Come with me, if you are melancholic..."
- No. 21 - Finale Act II - "So come along, and join the merry throng..."
- Addendum No. 23 - Duet - Millie and Gussie - "I'm glad you take my wooing in this unromantic way..."
- External Link
- Synopsis at The Guide to Musical Theatre
- Vocal Score at the University of Rochester
- The Girl Behind the Counter at Wikipedia
Page modified 3 October 2016