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The School Girl is a musical play, in two acts, composed by Leslie Stuart (with additional songs by Paul Rubens) with a book by Henry Hamilton and Paul M. Potter, and lyrics by Charles H. Taylor and others.It was first produced on 9 May 1903 by George Edwardes and Charles Frohman at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London where it ran for 333 performances.
Dramatis Personæ
| LILLIAN LEIGH | Miss Edna May |
| MOTHER SUPERIOR | Miss Violet Cameron |
| MARIANNE (a French Bonne) | Miss Marianne Caldwell |
| NORMA ROCHESTER MAMIE RECKFELLER YOLANDE VIOLETTE MIMI FIFINE |
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(American Girls) | { { { { { { |
Miss Norma Whalley Miss Billie Burke Miss Pauline Chase Miss Maude Percival Miss Ethel Negretti Miss Mamie Stuart |
| SAAEFRADA (a Model) | Miss Clarita Vidal |
| KATE MEDHURST | Miss Mildred Baker |
| JESSIE CAMPBELL EVELYN SOMERS MABEL KINGSTON |
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(School Girls) | { { { |
Miss Mary Fraser Miss Evelyn Bond Miss Alice Coleman |
| MISS YOST (the Typewriter) | Miss Lulu Valli |
| MRS. MARCHMONT | Miss Barbara Huntley |
| CICELY MARCHMONT (her Daughter) | Miss Marie Studholme |
| SIR ORMESBY ST. LEGER | Mr. G. P. Huntley |
| GENERAL MARCHMONT | Mr. George Graves |
| PETER OVEREND (of the Open Stock Exchange) | Mr. J. A. Warden |
| CORNER (his Clerk) | Mr. Gilbert Porteus |
| JACQUES DE CREVERT (Clerk) | Mr. Frank Walsh |
| TUBBY BEDFORD | Mr. James Blakeley |
| GEORGE SYLVESTER ADOLPHE DELAPOIS JACK MERRION EDGAR VERNEY |
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(Artists) | { { { { |
Mr. Charles Hampden Mr. Murri Moncrieff Mr. Talleur Andrews Mr. J. Edward Fraser |
Musical Numbers
ACT I - Scene 1 - The Convent Lawn.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Gaily rings the bell for recreation, occupation we willingly pursue..."
- No. 2 - Song - Cicely and Chorus - "I'm going to be a Honeymoon Girl, and leave my spinster days behind..."
- No. 3 - Song - Mother Superior and Chorus - "When I was a girl like you, little girls, little girls..."
- No. 4 - Song - Lilian - "We've formed a small battalion on a military plan, for none defeats a man as lovely woman can..."
ACT I - Scene 2 - The Open Stock Exchange.
- No. 5 - Opening Chorus - "We're going to be busy today, for the market is changing and chopping today..."
- No. 6 - Entrance of American Girls - "We say to you, good day to you, flotationers - Chickoo! chickoo! chickoo! ..."
- No. 7 - Song - Sir Ormesby - "There's a girl they call Belinda whom I met one day..." (four verses)
- No. 8 - Song - Tubby - "She had read Marie Corelli, and emphatically swore that she'd never wed a man..." (four verses)
- No. 9 - Song - (singer unknown) - "The world has maidens sweet and pretty where'er we go; the gay grisettes of Paris city..."
- No. 10 - Song - Lilian - "If you'd like to know what waiting is, then you may coquette with me..."
- No. 11 - Finale Act I - "We're going to be at least a nine days wonder, the rise is in 'Jumping Jacks' today..."
ACT II - Edgar Verney's Studio.
- No. 12 - Opening Chorus - "Étudiant des Beaux Arts, what though posterity may give unto your honour'd name..."
- No. 13 - Song - Mamie Reckfeller - "Mamie, if you've nothing else to do, ma Mamie girl, I'm goin' to give an invitation..."
- No. 14 - Song - Lilian - "Clytie is so unsophisticated; she has a modest smile, a drooping eye..."
- No. 15 - Duet - Lilian and Verney - "Can't you see that I'm in love,and only wait till I can prove that I've been true? ..."
- No. 16 - Quartette - "There's nothing like a wife, they say, for driving worries and cares away..."
- No. 16a - Tarantella, Valse and Cake Walk
- No. 17 - Song - Tubby - "I've been in love since seventeen, of course that's nothing new..." (four verses)
- No. 18 - Song - Lilian - "Our good Monsieur le Maire at a town that I come from in France was choosing out La Rosière..."
- External Links
- Vocal Score at the UR Research
- The School Girl at Wikipedia
Page modified 9 March 2017