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The Cherry Girl is an Edwardian musical comedy in two acts with book by Seymour Hicks, lyrics by Aubrey Hopwood and music by Ivan Caryll. It opened at the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End on 21 December 1903.
Dramatis Personæ
Act I
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ACT II.
| HAPPY JOE (a Knight of the Road) | Mr. Seymour Hicks |
| THE SQUIRE (of Homewood Hall) | Mr. Courtice Pounds |
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GRAB SNATCHEM |
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(two Beadles) |
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Mr. Stanley Brett Mr. Murray King |
| ROSE OF THE RIVIERA | Master Valchera | |
| (Happy Joe's Stable Boy) | ||
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WHITE SURREY (his Horse) HECUBA (his Dog) |
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Mr. Edward Sillward |
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ROBIN ROY ROBIN ME ROBIN ANYONE |
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(Happy Joe's Men) |
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Mr. Frank Carrol Mr. Robert Wilkes Mr. William Hay |
| IKESTEIN (his Irish Servant) | Mr. Charles Trevor |
| MILLICENT (Lady of Homewood Hall) | Miss Carmen Hill |
| TIP-TOE (Happy Joe's Wife) | Miss Kate Vesey |
| THE SPIRIT OF DAWN | Miss Barbara Deane |
| A SUNBEAM | Miss Nellie Lonnen |
| CLOTILDE | Miss Phyllis Canton |
| 1ST. COUNTRY BELLE | Miss Clair Marsden |
| 2ND. COUNTRY BELLE | Miss Lilian Burns |
| 1ST. FLOWER | Miss Jessie Lonnen |
| TRUTH | Miss Decima Brooke |
| THE QUEEN | Miss Ellaline Terriss |
ACT I - "Once upon a Time ..."
| Scene 1 | - A Street in Carnival Time (Night). |
| Scene 2 | - On the Housetops (Pierrot-Land). |
| Scene 3 | - The Throne Room of the Queen. |
| Scene 4 | - Moonshine's Studio. |
| Scene 5 | - Dreamland. |
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Revelry riots when Carnival's King wickedly wielding his sway..."
- No. 2 - Watchmen's Chorus - "Good folk who here rejoice, take heed the passing hour..."
- No. 4 - Chorus - "Skipping round a chimney stack, flue by flue; racing up the roof and back, two by two..."
- No. 5 - Song - Moonshine & Chorus - "There's a great little man, who sleeps when he can..."
- No. 6 - Chorus - "Hail, Her Majesty the Queen! Beloved of loyal nation..."
- No. 7 - Song - The Queen & Chorus - "A Queen may rule a loyal land, and wear a crown of gold..."
- No. 8 - Chorus & Dance - "Painting! Painting! Talented as we can be..."
- No. 9 - Song - Sylvia & Chorus - "Long ago, so the nursery legends tell, in the dim 'once on a time'..."
- No. 10 - Entrance - Picture Buyers - "Fashionable girls of high degree, moving in the best Society..."
- No. 11 - Song - Moonshine - "I very often wonder if there'll come a time when content is overflowing from my cup..."
- No. 12 - Duet - The Queen & Moonshine - "Though I have to stop at home, I should love abroad to roam..."
- No. 13 - Song - Starlight & Chorus - "Sleeping or waking, there's one little face haunts me where'er I go..."
- No. 14 - Finale Act I - "Elements all, waiting my call, prepare!..."
ACT II - "A Hundred Years Ago ..."
| Scene 1 | - A Village Green in Old England. |
| Scene 2 | - The Garden Gateway. |
| Scene 3 | - The Purple Garden. |
| Scene 4 | - Homewood Hall. |
| Scene 5 | - Moonshine's Studio again. |
- No. 15 - Opening Chorus - "When the birds begin to sing in the gladness of the spring..."
- No. 17 - Song - Moonshine & Chorus - "A ragged little urchin wheeled a barrow down the street..." (five verses)
- No. 18 - Song - Queen - "Supposing that I were the Queen of your heart, and you were my lover true..."
- No. 20 - Song - The Squire - "The wind is moaning drearily, the night has spread her shroud..."
- No. 22 - Song - Spirit of Dawn, & Chorus - "All the world is wrapped in slumber deep..."
- No. 23 - Song - Queen & Chorus - "I'm a little girl you see, Miss Innocent my name is, that's who I am..."
- No. 24 - Finale Act II - "God save her Majesty, and grant she may attain peace and prosperity throughout her royal reign..."
- External Link
- The Cherry Girl at Wikipedia
Page modified 31 October 2016