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 THE MARRIAGE MARKET
A musical play in 3 acts adapted for the English stage by Gladys
Unger from the Hungarian Leányvásár by
by Max (Miksa) Brody and Franz (Ferenc) Martos : English
Lyrics by Arthur Anderson and Adrian Ross : Music by
Victor Jacobi
Knickerbocker Theatre, Broadway - 22 September, 1913 (80 perfs)
Daly's Theatre, London 1913
Musical Numbers:
Act I
- OPENING SONG & CHORUS - Little Chiquita - Pablo
and Chorus - "Then pay and suffle the pack"
- TRIO - Compliments - Mariposa, Kitty and Jack -
"Can you tell us when the festival commences?"
- DUET - Never Count Your Chickens Before They're
Hatched - Emma
and Blinker - "My young lady's not accepting ev'ry peer
who's in low water"
- SONG - American Courtship - Kitty - "Now
if yoour fortune should make you"
- DUET - The One I Love - Mariposa and Jack -
"If I could find my unknown girl"
- CHORUS - Come On Boys For This Is Market Day - Chorus
of Cowboys and Girls
- QUARTET - Hand In Hand - Mariposa, Jack, Kitty
and Hurlingham - I have always understood that a maid was shy"
- FINALE Act I - "Really, truly, isn't it awful
Act II
- OPENING CHORUS - "Half a mile away from 'Frisco Town"
- SONG - All the Ladies Love a Sailor Man - Captain
& Chorus - "Scarce a breath across the bay"
- DUET - Love Of Mine - Mariposa and Jack -
Oh, how near and yet how far"
- SONG - The Middy - Kitty & Chorus of Middies
- I love to meet the sailors of the fleet"
- SONG - A 1 - Blinker & Chorus of Girls -
"Though I must admit that I was not born to fame"
- CONCERTED NUMBER - On Their Honeymoon - Company
- "As soon as we are tied up we'll all make up a party"
- REMINISCENCE
15a -
DUET - June Is In the Air - Mariposa
and Jack
- "June is in the air, roses everywhere"
- SONG - Answers - Kitty - "When a girl
of any nation"
- DUET - How Things Happen - Hurlingham and
Blinker - "I like a girl, and the girl likes me"
- FINALE Act 2 - "Belay, my men!"
Act III
- OPENING CHORUS - "We drink success to both of you"
- SONG - It's Late Now - Blinker - "I'm
the bridegroom just at present"
- SONG - Jilolo - Kitty - "When I'm up
a tree"
- FINALE - "Now the clouds have passed away"
Additional Numbers
I'm Not A Silly Billy - Kitty - "When a compliment a man
is paying"
The Boy In Blue - Captain - "The boy in blue is a sailor"
I Don't Believe In Fairies Now - Blinker - Many years ago,
before I was a man"
The Heart of a Sailor - Captain and chorus - "Scarce a
breath across the bay"
Very Little Time For Loving Nowadays - Blinker and chorus -
"When a lover woo'd a maid"
Joy Bells - Blinker and chorus - "I've taken
this woman"
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| The above listing is taken from the original vocal score. There is
considerable difference between this grouping and that which was presented
in America. The following songs do not appear in the Vocal Score.
Boys
By the Country Stile
Come Nestle In My Arms
The Futurist Whirl
Golden Day Of Love
It Might Be an Oomps Sight Worse
It might well be that these are the Americanised versions of those included
in the English version.
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Cast:
Jack Fleetwood - known as "Slippery Jack"
Senator Abe K. Gilroy
Bald-Faced Sandy - Sheriff of Mendocino bluff and proprietor of
the Palace Hotel
Cowboys
Mexican Bill
Shorty
Tabasco Ned
Cheyenne Harry
Hi-Ti - a Chinese bar-keeper
Padre Pedro - A Spanish Priest
Captain on the 'Mariposa'
Guests on the yacht
Dolly
Pansy
Peach
Dora
Dolores
Kitty Kent
Spanish and American cowboys, Spanish and American girls, Miners, Sailors, Guests, Middies, Footmen, etc. |
Synopsis of scenes:
Act 1 - Mendocino Bluff, Southern California
Act 2 - The Yacht Mariposa anchored in the Bay of San Francisco
Act 3 - Senator Gilroy's Palace, San Francisco
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