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Morocco Bound is described as "A Musical Farcical Comedy" in two acts by Arthur Branscombe with music by Frank Osmond Carr and lyrics by Adrian Ross. It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 13 April, 1893 and transferred to the Trafalgar Theatre the following January. It ran for a total of 295 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| SPOOFAH BEY (an Irish con-man) | Mr. John L. Shine | ||
| SQUIRE HIGGINS (one of the nouveau-riche) | Mr. Charles Danby | ||
| VIVIAN HIGGINS (the Squire's eldest son) | Mr. Sydney Barraclough | ||
| DOLLY HIGGINS (another of the Squire's sons) | Mr. Alfred C. Seymour | ||
| JOSIAH HIGGINS (the Squire's brother) | Mr. Herbert Sparling | ||
| LORD PERCY PIMPLETON | Mr. George Grossmith Jr. | ||
| SID FAKAH (Moroccan Grand Vizier) | Mr. Colin Coop | ||
| MUSKET (a servant) | Mr. Douglas Munro | ||
| MAUDE SPORTINGTON (Dolly's girl-friend) | Miss Letty Lind | ||
| ETHEL SPORTINGTON (Vivian's girl-friend) | Miss Violet Cameron | ||
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| LADY WALKOVER (Maude's friend) | Miss Agnes Hewitt | ||
| RHEA PORTER (a Lady Journalist) | Miss Marie Studholme | ||
| EVA SKETCHLEY | Miss Eva Westlake | ||
| HILDA ADLETTE | Miss Ruby Temple | ||
ACT I - Mokeleigh Hall, an English stately home.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "England is diversified by eligible mansions..."
- No. 2 - Song - Musket - "I've serv'd the boards of 'aughty lords..." (three verses)
- No. 3 - Duet - Maude & Lady Walkover - "The latest social appetite, of course, you know..."
- No. 4 - Song - Ethel - "When maidens fair in days of old..."
- No. 5 - Song - Spoofah - "If I had cash to cut a dash, I'd run as straight as any..."
- No. 6 - Duet - Comtesse & Spoofah - "In pastoral seclusion how happily we'll fare..."
- No. 7 - Chorus - "Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah, hurrah for the Squire..."
- No. 8 - Song - Squire ("Honesty Jim") - "I never 'ad friends for to foster, or give me a show at a stall..."
- No. 9 - Chorus and Solos - Vivian & Squire - "Gladly greet our future master, welcome home our coming lord..."
- No. 10 - Song - Ethel - "If I were a royal lady, and he were of low degree..."
- No. 11 - Trio and Dance - Spoofah, Squire & Josiah - "The thought of ev'ry Englishman, who's not a Laboucherian..."
- No. 12 - Song - Vivian - "Stars come out in the skies that darken, silent above..."
- No. 13 - Pas Seul
- No. 14 - Duet - Ethel & Vivian - "There's a word, or possibly two..."
- No. 15 - Song - Spoofah & Chorus - "I have stay'd for a time at each palace sublime..."
- No. 16 - Finale Act I - "I'll tell you what I'll do..."
ACT II - The Palace of Spoofah Beh in Old Tangier, Morocco.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus Act II - "Fareshah! Fareshah! Fareshah! Mareshah! Chareshah oum!..."
- No. 2 - Song - Vizier, with Chorus - "I am the very Grand Vizier, to all the land extremely dear..."
- No. 2a - "Morocco Boot" - Grotesque Exit
- No. 3 - Scene and Song - Squire, with Chorus - "My lord, it comes..."
- No. 4 - Song - Vivian - "Light of love that only made my life so bright..."
- No. 5 - Chorus - "Once more we have the leave to enter in procession..."
- No. 6 - Song - Maude and Chorus - "I'm the queen of merry Monaco, known to all the visitors who go..."
- No. 7 - Drinking Song (singer unspecified) - "Oh, morning bids the hunter wake and blow the merry horn..."
- No. 8 - Song - Spoofah and Chorus - "I will tell you all that happen'd to the thranscendental plan..."
- No. 9 - Cymbal Dance - Pas Seul
- No. 10 - Duet - Squire and Spoofah - "If you go to a swell Music Hall..."
- No. 11 - Concerted Piece - Finale - The Red Morocco Boot - "If you should ask for our advice..."
Sketches of the characters.
- External Links
- Morocco Bound at Wikipedia
- Morocco Bound at The Guide to Musical Theatre
- Vocal Score at Musopen
Page modified 24 January 2017