MusicalOperettaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Jan 29, 1951
Closing Date
Mar 03, 1951
Performances
8
MusicalOperettaRevivalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

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Theatres
St. James Theatre
(Jan 29, 1951 - Mar 03, 1951)
Description
A comic operetta in two acts

After a tour in the U.S. and Canada, The D'Oyly Carte Company began a four-week engagement in New York before sailing home.
Setting
Courtyard of Ko-Ko's official residence. Ko-Ko's garden in Titipu.
  • People
    Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
    Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
    Staged by Eleanor Evans
    Scenic Design by Charles Ricketts; Costume Design by Charles Ricketts
    Darrell Fancourt
    The Mikado of Japan
    Joan Gillingham
    Pitti-Sing
    one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
    Martyn Green
    Ko-Ko
    Lord High Executioner of Titipu
    Neville Griffiths
    Nanki-Poo
    son of Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstrel
    Ella Halman
    Katisha
    an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo
    Donald Harris
    Go-To
    a Noble Lord
    Margaret Mitchell
    Yum-Yum
    one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
    Alan Styler
    Pish-Tush
    a Noble Lord
    Richard Watson
    Pooh-Bah
    Lord High Everything Else
    Joyce Wright
    Peep-Bo
    one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
  • Songs
    music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by W. S. Gilbert
    Act 1
    Sung By
    If You Want to Know Who We Are
    Chorus of Men
    A Wand'ring Minstrel I
    Nanki-Poo and Chorus
    Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
    Pish-Tush and Chorus
    Young Man, Despair, Likewise Go To
    Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush
    And Have I Journey'd for a Month
    Nanki-Poo and Pooh-Bah
    Behold the Lord High Executioner
    Ko-Ko
    As Some Day It May Happen
    Ko-Ko and Chorus
    Comes a Train of Little Ladies
    Chorus of Girls
    Three Little Maids From School
    Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing and Chorus
    So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret
    Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah and Chorus
    Were You No to Ko-Ko Plighted
    Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo
    I Am So Proud
    Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah and Pish-Tush
    With Aspect Stern and Gloomy Stride
    Company
    Act 2
    Sung By
    Braid the Raven Hair
    Pitti-Sing and Chorus of Girls
    The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
    Yum-Yum
    Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day
    Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush
    Here's a How-de-do! If I Marry You
    Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko
    Mi-ya-sa-ma-mi-ya-sa-ma
    Chorus
    A More Humane Mikado Never Did in Japan Exist
    The Mikado of Japan and Chorus
    The Criminal Cried as He Dropped Him Down
    Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah and Chorus
    The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
    Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing and Pooh-Bah
    Alone, and Yet Alive
    Katisha
    On a Tree by a River, a Little Tom-tit Sang Willow, Tit-willow
    Ko-Ko
    There Is a Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast
    Katisha and Ko-Ko
    For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum
    Company
Produced by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Written by W. S. Gilbert; Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan; Musical Director: Isidore Godfrey
Staged by Eleanor Evans
Scenic Design by Charles Ricketts; Costume Design by Charles Ricketts
Darrell Fancourt
The Mikado of Japan
Joan Gillingham
Pitti-Sing
one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
Martyn Green
Ko-Ko
Lord High Executioner of Titipu
Neville Griffiths
Nanki-Poo
son of Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstrel
Ella Halman
Katisha
an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo
Donald Harris
Go-To
a Noble Lord
Margaret Mitchell
Yum-Yum
one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
Alan Styler
Pish-Tush
a Noble Lord
Richard Watson
Pooh-Bah
Lord High Everything Else
Joyce Wright
Peep-Bo
one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko
music by Arthur Sullivan; lyrics by W. S. Gilbert
Act 1
Sung By
If You Want to Know Who We Are
Chorus of Men
A Wand'ring Minstrel I
Nanki-Poo and Chorus
Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
Pish-Tush and Chorus
Young Man, Despair, Likewise Go To
Pooh-Bah, Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush
And Have I Journey'd for a Month
Nanki-Poo and Pooh-Bah
Behold the Lord High Executioner
Ko-Ko
As Some Day It May Happen
Ko-Ko and Chorus
Comes a Train of Little Ladies
Chorus of Girls
Three Little Maids From School
Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing and Chorus
So Please You, Sir, We Much Regret
Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing, Pooh-Bah and Chorus
Were You No to Ko-Ko Plighted
Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo
I Am So Proud
Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah and Pish-Tush
With Aspect Stern and Gloomy Stride
Company
Act 2
Sung By
Braid the Raven Hair
Pitti-Sing and Chorus of Girls
The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
Yum-Yum
Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day
Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing, Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush
Here's a How-de-do! If I Marry You
Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko
Mi-ya-sa-ma-mi-ya-sa-ma
Chorus
A More Humane Mikado Never Did in Japan Exist
The Mikado of Japan and Chorus
The Criminal Cried as He Dropped Him Down
Pitti-Sing, Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah and Chorus
The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring
Nanki-Poo, Ko-Ko, Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing and Pooh-Bah
Alone, and Yet Alive
Katisha
On a Tree by a River, a Little Tom-tit Sang Willow, Tit-willow
Ko-Ko
There Is a Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast
Katisha and Ko-Ko
For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum
Company
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