Florodora

A Musical Comedy in 2 Acts, 2 scenes. Book by OWEN HALL: Lyrics by ERNEST BOYD-JONES and PAUL RUBENS: Music BY LESLIE STUART.

Lyric Theatre, London - 11 November, 1899 (455 perfs)

Casino Theatre, New York - 12 November, 12 November, 1900 (505 perfs)

Cast and Original Performers

• CYRUS W. GILFAIN ... (Proprietor of the Perfume and of the Island of Florodora) ... Mr. CHARLES E. STEVENS
• FRANK ABEROOED ... (Manager for Cyrus Gilfain of the Island of Florodora) ... Mr. MELVILLE STEWART.
• LEANDRO ... (Overseer Of Farms) ... Mr. FRANK HOLT.
• CAPTAIN ARTHUR DONEGAL ... (4th Royal Life Guards—Lady Holyrood's Brother) ... Mr. EDGAR STEVENS.

(Clerks to Gilfain)

• TENNYSON SIMS ... Mr. Roy HORNIMAN.
• ERNEST PYM ... Mr. ERNEST LAMMART.
• MAX AEPFELBAUM ... Mr. ALFRED BARRON.
• Mr. FRANK HASKOLL ... REGINALD LANGDALE
• PAUL CROGAN ... Mr. SYDNEY MANNERING.
• JOHN SCOTT ... Mr. FRANK WALSH.

• ANTHONY TWEEDLEPUNCH ... (A Showman, Phrenologist, Hypnotist, and Palmist) ... Mr. WILLIE EDOUIN.
  

(Florodorean Girls, heads of the various Farms)

• DOLORES ... Miss EVIE GREENE.
• VALLEDA ... Miss NANCY GIRLINO.
• INEZ ... Miss LYDIA WEST.
• JOSÉ ... Miss LILY McINTYRS.
• JUANITA ... Miss FANNY DANGO.
• VIOLANTE ... Miss BLANCHE CARLOW.
• CALISTA ... Miss BEATRICE GRENVILLE.

• ANGELA GILPAIN ... MISS KATE CUTLER.

(Friends of Angela Gilfain)

• DAISY CHAIN ... MISS EDITH HOUSELEY
• MAMIE ROWE ... MISS JANE MAY
• LUCY LING ... Miss NORA MOORE
• CYNTH1A BELMONT ... Miss BERYL SOMERSET
• LOTTIE CHALMERS ... Miss NELLIE HARCOURT.
• CLARE FITZCLARENCE ... Miss NINA SEVENING

• LADY HOLYROOD ... Miss ADA REEVE.
  

Florodorean Farmers, Labourers, Flower Girls, Welsh Peasants, etc.

Musical Numbers

1. OPENING CHORUS
2. SEXTETTE ... "The credit's due to me" ... (Sims, Pym, Aepfelbaum, Langdale, Grogan, and Scott)
3. SONG ... "The Silver Star of Love" ... (Dolores)
4. Duet ... "Somebody ... (Dolores and Abercoed)
5. CHORUS of WELCOME
6. CONCERTED NUMBER ... "Come and see our Island"
7. SONG ... "When I leave town" ... (Lady Holyrood)
8. DUET ... "Galloping" ... (Angela and Donegal)
9. TR10 ... "I want to marry a man, I do" ... (Lady Holyrood, Tweedlepunch, and Gilfain)
10. SONG ... "The fellow who might" ... (Angela and Chorus)
11. SONG ... "Phrenology" ... (Gilfain)
12. TRIO ... "When an interfering person" ... (Lady Holyrood, Donegal, and Angela)
13. SONG ... "The Shade of the Palm" ... (Abercoed)
14. FINALE ACT I
15. OPENING CHORUS ACT II
16. SONG AND CHORUS ... "Tact" ... (Lady Holyrood)
17. SONG ... "The Millionaire" ... (Gilfain)
18. CONCERTED NUMBER ... "Tell me, pretty maiden" (I must love some one) (English Girls and Gilfain's Clerks)
19. SONG ... I've an inkling" (Lady Holyrood)
20. FINALE ACT II

SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBERS.

21. SONG ... "The Queen of the Philippine Islands" (Dolores)
22. DUET ... "We get up at 8 a.m." (Valleda and Leandro)
23. SONG ... "I want to be a military man" (Donegal)
24. SONG ... "He loves, he loves me not " (Dolores) .
25. SONG ... "Willie was a gay boy" (Angela)
26. DUET ... "When we are on the stage" (Dolores and Tweedlepunoh)
27. SONG ... "The Island of Love" (Dolores)

Scenes and Settings

Act I — Floradora, a small Island in the Philippines.
ACT II.—Abercoed Castle, Wales,