KATINKA

Music by Rudolf Friml: Book & Lyrics by Otto Harbach
44th Street Theatre 23 December 1915 (220 perfs)
First produced at the Park Theatre, Morristown, NJ 2 December, 1915
Shaftesbury Theatre, London - 30 August, 1923 (108 perfs)

Story:

Out of a sense of duty Katinka has married Boris Strogoff, the Russian ambassador to Austria. Her real love is Ivan Dimitri, an attaché. Ivan's American friend, Thaddeus Hopper helps Katinka escape and hides her in his house. When Mrs Hopper becomes suspicious and angry, Hopper pays Arif Bey to conceal Katinka in his harem. By error, Mrs Hopper is placed in the harem. At a Viennese café the principals are all gathered. When a lady named Olga announces she is Boris' lawful wife, a happy ending follows.

MUSICAL NUMBERS

Act I

Vienna Girls - Ivan and Chorus
The Bride - Boris, Katinka, Tatiana and chorus
One Who Will Understand - Katinka and chorus
Katinka - male quartet
In A Hurry - Thaddeus Hopper and chorus
'Tis the End - Ivan and Katinka
Russian Dance

 Act II

 Charms Are Fairest When Hidden - Olga and chorus
Your Photo - Mrs Hopper and boys
Allah's Holiday - Olga and chorus
The Weekly Wedding - Mr and Mrs Hopper
I Want All the World To Know - Ivan
Circassian Dance
Rackety-Coo! - Katinka and chorus 

Act III

My Paradise - Ivan
Ballet Divertissement
Mignonette - Russian Dance
I Want To Marry A Male Quartet - Mrs Hopper and boys
Skidikiscatch - Hopper, Katinka, Ivan, Knopf, Arif and Olga
I Can Tell By The Way That You Dance, Dear - Mrs Hopper and girls

Cast:

Varenka - Katinka's maid
Petrov - an old servant to Boris
Boris Strogoff - Russian Ambassador to Austria
Katinka - his bride
Tatiana - Katinka's mother
Ivan Dimitri - (Katinka's sweetheart), an attaché to the Russian Ambassador
Thaddeus Hopper - a wealthy American
Halif - a Circassian slave-trader
Knopf - manager Café-Turkois-in-Vienna
Abdul - a harem assistant
Arif Bey - warden of Izzet Pasha's harem
Olga (Nashan) - first wife to Boris
Mrs Helen Hopper - Thaddeus Hopper's wife
M. Pierre - porter at the Hôtel Riche, Constantinople

Guests, travellers, visitors, Austrian and Russian officers, Vienna dancers, American and Turkish girls, bridesmaids, flower-girls, slave-girls, barmaids, serving-maids, flunkies, waiters, etc., etc.