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Princess Ida Castle Adamant

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

Martin Beck Theatre, (9/27/1934 - 12/08/1934)

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Opening Date:	Sep 27, 1934
Closing Date:	Dec 08, 1934	Total Performances:	10

Category: Musical, Comedy, Operetta, Revival, Broadway

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.

Opening Night Credits
Songs

Production Staff
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

Cast

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 1	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