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The French Maid was a musical comedy by Basil Hood and Walter Slaughter, originally produced at the Theatre Royal, Bath, under the management of Milton Bode on the 4th. April, 1896. It subsequently opened in London at the Metropole Theatre, London on 6 May 1896 and transferred to Terry's Theatre under the management of W. H. Griffiths on 24 April, 1897.
Dramatis Personæ
| ADMIRAL SIR HERCULES HAWSER | Mr. H. O. Clarey |
| GENERAL SIR DRUMMOND FIFE | Mr. Windham Guise |
| LIEUTENANT HARRY FIFE | Mr. Richard Green |
| PAUL LECUIRE | Mr. Herbert Standing |
| MONSIEUR CAMEMBERT | Mr. Eric Lewis |
| MAHARAJAH OF PUNKAPORE | Mr. Percy Percival |
| CHARLES BROWN | Mr. Murray King |
| JACK BROWN | Mr. Joseph Wilson |
| ALPHONSE | Mr. J. W. MacDonald |
| DOROTHY TRAVERS | Miss Louie Pounds |
| LADY HAWSER | Miss Kate Talby |
| VIOLET TRAVERS | Miss Hilda Jeffries |
| MADAME CAMEMBERT | Miss Lillie Pounds |
| SUZETTE | Miss Kate Cutler |
MIDI Files
ACT I - The Hôtel Anglais, Boulogne-sur-Mer.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Les femmes de chambre de cet Hôtel (Hôtel Anglais, Boulogne-sur-Mer)..."
- No. 2 - Song - Paul - "O pretty Suzette! Delightful Suzette, you're a bright little, slight little, sweet soubrette..."
- No. 3 - Entrance of Sir Drummond & Maharajah - "I'm General Sir Drummond Fife, V.C., K.C.B.,..."
- No. 4 - Duet - Sir Drummond & Prince, with Chorus - "In eighteen hundred and ninety-four the Maharajah of Punkapore..."
- No. 5 - Song - Charles - "I'm only a waiter today, but the thought is most exhilarating..." (three verses)
- No. 6 - Song - Suzette - "The sort of girl I am the gentlemen adore, although I am a Femme de Chambre..." (three verses)
- No. 7 - Song - Dolly - "With my pencil and paper (my sketch-block or book) I frequently caper to some quiet nook..."
- No. 8 - Duet - Dolly and Harry - "'Tis a law in Society's code that, whatever a damsel may do..."
- No. 8a - Song - Dolly - "There is a castle in the air, and Cupid holds the key..."
- No. 10 - Song - Jack and Chorus - "When quite a little chap, a-sitting on my mother's lap..." (three verses)
- No. 11 - Song - The Twin Duet - Charles and Jack - "Some twins are very much alike, but we are not a bit..." (four verses)
- No. 12 - Song - Jack and Chorus of Sailors - "The Admiral! Sir Hercules! Let every gal get off your knees..."
- No. 13 - Song - Admiral and Chorus - "I'm an Admiral of the Fleet, with character untarnish'd..."
- No. 14 - Finale Act I - "She's going with the Admiral, the Admiral, the Admiral..."
ACT II
- No. 15 - Act II Opening Chorus - "Tho' Englishmen in England may take their pleasures sadly..."
- No. 16 - Song - Harry and Chorus - "When Elizabeth ruled England, in the gallant days of yore..." (three verses)
- No. 17 - Chorus of Girls and Sailors - "It's gone eight bells, or, leastways, sev'n-- Ashore that spells half past elev'n..."
- No. 18 - Duet - Jack and Suzette - "You seem to say the proper way of making love's an art..."
- No. 19 - Trio - Charles, Jack and Paul - "We're bound to follow Nature's laws, whatever we may do..."
- No. 20 - Song - Charles and Chorus - "As a child my father told me of the good that people reap..."
- No. 21 - Song - Paul and Gendarmes - "When danger sounds the alarm, the bold Gendarme must nerve his arm..."
- No. 22 - Duet - Dolly and Harry - "No one I ever heard a sentence could compress..."
- No. 23 - Song - Admiral - "I'm as proud as a Plantagenet - you mightn't, p'raps, imagine it..."
- No. 24 - Song - Jack - "I ain't no famous 'ero of 'alf a hundred fights..."
- No. 25 - Finale Act II - "Ah! Ah! Ah! that's a way we have in France..."
Additional item.
- Song with Chorus - soloist probably Jack - "I ain't the sort of man as you meets now and then..."
- External Links
- Vocal Score at UR Research
- The French Maid at Wikipedia
- The French Maid at The Guide to Musical Theatre
Page modified 3 December 2016