MusicalComedy OperettaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Sep 27, 1934
Closing Date
Dec 08, 1934
Performances
10
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, The Yeomen of the Guard, Ruddigore, Patience
Theatres
Martin Beck Theatre
(Sep 27, 1934 - Dec 08, 1934)
Description
An opera in a prologue and two acts
Setting
Pavilion in King Hildebrand's Palace. Garden of Castle Adamant. Castle Adamant Court.
Comments
Opened 9/27/34, closed 9/29/34 after 4 perfs.; re-opened 11/1/34, closed 11/3/34 for 4 perfs.; re-opened and closed 12/8/34 for 2 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
    Maisie Baxter
    Chloe
    John Dean
    Cyril
    Doreen Denny
    Lady Psyche
    Muriel Dickson
    Princess Ida
    Marjorie Eyre
    Melissa
    Darrell Fancourt
    Arac
    Radley Flynn
    Scynthius
    Kathleen Frances
    Sacharissa
    Dorothy Gill
    Lady Blanche
    Sydney Granville
    King Hildebrand
    Martyn Green
    King Gama
    Elizabeth Nickell-Lean
    Ada
    Derek Oldham
    Hilarion
    Leslie Rands
    Florian
    Richard Walker
    Guron
  • Songs
    music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
    Act 0
    Sung By
    Search throughout the panorama
    Florian and Chorus
    Now harken to my strict command
    King Hildebrand and Chorus
    Today we meet, my baby bride and I
    Hilarion
    From the distant panorama
    Chorus
    We are warriors three
    Ada, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus
    If you give me your attention
    King Gama
    P'raps if you address the lady most politely
    Act 1
    Sung By
    Towards the empyrean heights of every kind of love
    Lady Psyche, Melissa and Chloe
    Mighty maiden with a mission
    Chorus of Girls
    Minerva! Minerva! Oh hear me
    Princess Ida
    Come mighty Must!
    Lady Blanche
    Gently, gently, evidently, we are safe so far
    Hilarion, Cyril and Florian
    I am a maiden cold and stately
    Hilarion, Cyril and Florian
    The world is but a broken toy
    Princess Ida, Cyril, Hilarion and Florian
    A lady fair, of lineage high
    Lady Psyche, Hilarion, Cyril and Florian
    The woman of the wisest wit
    Lady Psyche, Melissa, Hilarion, Cyril and Florian
    Now wouldn't you like to rule the roost
    Melissa and Lady Blanche
    Merrily ring the luncheon bell!
    Lady Blanche and Cyril
    Would you know the kind of maid
    Cyril
    Oh! Joy, our chief is sav'd
    Act 2
    Sung By
    Death to the invader!
    Melissa
    I built upon a rock
    Princess Ida
    When-e'er I spoke sarcastic joke
    King Gama and Chorus of Girls
    When an anger spreads his wing
    Chorus of Ladies and Soldiers
    This helmet, I suppose, was meant to ward off blows
    Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus
    This is our duty plain
    Chorus
    With joy abiding, Together gliding
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
Maisie Baxter
Chloe
John Dean
Cyril
Doreen Denny
Lady Psyche
Muriel Dickson
Princess Ida
Marjorie Eyre
Melissa
Darrell Fancourt
Arac
Radley Flynn
Scynthius
Kathleen Frances
Sacharissa
Dorothy Gill
Lady Blanche
Sydney Granville
King Hildebrand
Martyn Green
King Gama
Elizabeth Nickell-Lean
Ada
Derek Oldham
Hilarion
Leslie Rands
Florian
Richard Walker
Guron
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by William S. Gilbert
Act 0
Sung By
Search throughout the panorama
Florian and Chorus
Now harken to my strict command
King Hildebrand and Chorus
Today we meet, my baby bride and I
Hilarion
From the distant panorama
Chorus
We are warriors three
Ada, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus
If you give me your attention
King Gama
P'raps if you address the lady most politely
Act 1
Sung By
Towards the empyrean heights of every kind of love
Lady Psyche, Melissa and Chloe
Mighty maiden with a mission
Chorus of Girls
Minerva! Minerva! Oh hear me
Princess Ida
Come mighty Must!
Lady Blanche
Gently, gently, evidently, we are safe so far
Hilarion, Cyril and Florian
I am a maiden cold and stately
Hilarion, Cyril and Florian
The world is but a broken toy
Princess Ida, Cyril, Hilarion and Florian
A lady fair, of lineage high
Lady Psyche, Hilarion, Cyril and Florian
The woman of the wisest wit
Lady Psyche, Melissa, Hilarion, Cyril and Florian
Now wouldn't you like to rule the roost
Melissa and Lady Blanche
Merrily ring the luncheon bell!
Lady Blanche and Cyril
Would you know the kind of maid
Cyril
Oh! Joy, our chief is sav'd
Act 2
Sung By
Death to the invader!
Melissa
I built upon a rock
Princess Ida
When-e'er I spoke sarcastic joke
King Gama and Chorus of Girls
When an anger spreads his wing
Chorus of Ladies and Soldiers
This helmet, I suppose, was meant to ward off blows
Arac, Guron, Scynthius and Chorus
This is our duty plain
Chorus
With joy abiding, Together gliding
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