MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Sep 20, 1934
Closing Date
Dec 01, 1934
Performances
11
MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
This production played in repertory with The Gondoliers, Cox and Box, The Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, Trial by Jury, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado, Ruddigore, Princess Ida, Patience
Theatres
Martin Beck Theatre
(Sep 20, 1934 - Dec 01, 1934)
Description
An operetta in two acts
Setting
Tower Green. 16th Century.
Comments
Opened 9/20/34; closed 9/22/34 after 4 perfs.; re-opened 10/29/34, closed 10/31/34 after 4 perfs; re-opened 11/30/34; closed 12/01/34 for 4 perfs.
  • People
    Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
    Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
    Directed by James McRobbie Gordon
    Costume Design by Percy Anderson
    John Dean
    Leonard Meryll
    Muriel Dickson
    Elsie Maynard
    Marjorie Eyre
    Phoebe Meryll
    Darrell Fancourt
    Sergeant Meryll
    Kathleen Frances
    Kate
    Dorothy Gill
    Dame Carruthers
    Sydney Granville
    Wilfred Shadbolt
    Martyn Green
    Jack Point
    Samuel Mooney
    Second Yeoman
    C. William Morgan
    First Citizen
    Derek Oldham
    Colonel Fairfax
    Leslie Rands
    Sir Richard Cholmondeley
    Frank Steward
    Second Citizen
    Robert Wilson
    First Yeoman
  • Songs
    music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by W. S. Gilbert
    Act 1
    Sung By
    When a maiden loves she sits and sighs
    Phoebe Meryll
    Tower Warders, under orders
    People and Warders
    This is the autumn of our life
    Solo Warder
    When our gallant Norman foes
    Dame Carruthers and Warders
    Alas! I waver to and fro
    Phoebe Meryll, Leonard Meryll and Sergeant Meryll
    Is life a boon?
    Colonel Fairfax
    Here's a man of jollity
    Chorus
    I have a song to sing, O!
    Elsie Maynard and Jack Point
    How say you, maiden, will you wed?
    Elsie Maynard, Jack Point and Sir Richard Cholmondeley
    I've jibe and joke and quip and crank
    Jack Point
    'Tis done! I am a bride!
    Elsie Maynard
    Were I thy bride
    Phoebe Meryll
    Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true-
    Act 2
    Sung By
    Night has spread her pall once more
    Chorus
    Warders are ye?
    Dame Carruthers
    Oh! a private buffoon is a lighthearted loon
    Jack Point
    Hereupon we're both agreed
    Jack Point and Wilfred Shadbolt
    Free from his fetters grim
    Colonel Fairfax
    Strange adventure!
    Kate, Dame Carruthers, Colonel Fairfax and Sergeant Meryll
    Hark! What was that, sir?
    Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll, Dame Carruthers, Colonel Fairfax, Wilfred Shadbolt, Jack Point, Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Sergeant Meryll and Chorus
    A man who would woo a fair maid
    Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll and Colonel Fairfax
    When a wooer goes a-wooing
    Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll, Colonel Fairfax and Jack Point
    Rapture! Rapture!
    Dame Carruthers and Sergeant Meryll
    Comes the pretty young bride
Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Libretto by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
Directed by James McRobbie Gordon
Costume Design by Percy Anderson
John Dean
Leonard Meryll
Muriel Dickson
Elsie Maynard
Marjorie Eyre
Phoebe Meryll
Darrell Fancourt
Sergeant Meryll
Kathleen Frances
Kate
Dorothy Gill
Dame Carruthers
Sydney Granville
Wilfred Shadbolt
Martyn Green
Jack Point
Samuel Mooney
Second Yeoman
C. William Morgan
First Citizen
Derek Oldham
Colonel Fairfax
Leslie Rands
Sir Richard Cholmondeley
Frank Steward
Second Citizen
Robert Wilson
First Yeoman
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by W. S. Gilbert
Act 1
Sung By
When a maiden loves she sits and sighs
Phoebe Meryll
Tower Warders, under orders
People and Warders
This is the autumn of our life
Solo Warder
When our gallant Norman foes
Dame Carruthers and Warders
Alas! I waver to and fro
Phoebe Meryll, Leonard Meryll and Sergeant Meryll
Is life a boon?
Colonel Fairfax
Here's a man of jollity
Chorus
I have a song to sing, O!
Elsie Maynard and Jack Point
How say you, maiden, will you wed?
Elsie Maynard, Jack Point and Sir Richard Cholmondeley
I've jibe and joke and quip and crank
Jack Point
'Tis done! I am a bride!
Elsie Maynard
Were I thy bride
Phoebe Meryll
Oh, Sergeant Meryll, is it true-
Act 2
Sung By
Night has spread her pall once more
Chorus
Warders are ye?
Dame Carruthers
Oh! a private buffoon is a lighthearted loon
Jack Point
Hereupon we're both agreed
Jack Point and Wilfred Shadbolt
Free from his fetters grim
Colonel Fairfax
Strange adventure!
Kate, Dame Carruthers, Colonel Fairfax and Sergeant Meryll
Hark! What was that, sir?
Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll, Dame Carruthers, Colonel Fairfax, Wilfred Shadbolt, Jack Point, Sir Richard Cholmondeley, Sergeant Meryll and Chorus
A man who would woo a fair maid
Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll and Colonel Fairfax
When a wooer goes a-wooing
Elsie Maynard, Phoebe Meryll, Colonel Fairfax and Jack Point
Rapture! Rapture!
Dame Carruthers and Sergeant Meryll
Comes the pretty young bride
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