 My Lady Molly
A comedy opera in 2 acts by G. H. Jessop. Additional lyrics by
Percy Greenbank and Charles H. Taylor. Music by Sidney Jones. Produced
at the Theatre Royal, Brighton under the management of Sidney Jones
11 August, 1902 and toured. Dates included Leeds, Belfast, Blackpool,
Hull, Newcastle, Nottingham, Bristol, etc.
Produced at Terry's Theatre, London under the management of Frederick
Mouillot 14 March, 1903 for a run of 342 performances closing 16
January, 1904.
Produced at Daly's Theatre, New York, under the management of
Charles Frohman 5 January, 1904 for a run of 15 performances closing
16 January, 1904.
Musical Numbers
OVERTURE
ACT I.
- OPENING CHORUS - Brushes and Brooms.
1a: SOLO. (Landlord) - There is the Key.
- SONG. (Landlord) - A Man May Know No Voice of Friend.
- SONG. (Lionel) - There's a LIttle Maid.
- DUET. (Alice & Lionel) - The Land
of Make-Believe. - "When
we were children, I and you "
4a: RECIT (Landlord) - "Your worships, breakfast waits"
- QUARTETTE (Mirabeau, Alice, Lionel, Landlord) - But, Oh,
Beware. - "But, oh, beware the fierce Sir Miles"
- SONG. (Mickey) - Ballinasloe. - "Ye sarve a man for
sivin years …"
- DUET. (Molly & Hester) - Oh, I'll
Greet Him Soft and Low
- TRIO (Mick, Molly, Hester) = Wear 'em
Wid an Air
- CHORUS & SONG. (Squire) - Hurrah
for the Field.
- SONG. (Alice) - The Merry Medieval Maid. - " Now
a gallant knight lov'd a maiden fair "
- CHORUS - Topers Fling Your Glasses Aside.
- DUET. (Harry & Lionel) - Though You
May Choose.
- CHORUS & TRIO (Mickey, Molly Hester) - Here's a Nice
To-Do. -
" Maggie Winnie Catkin "
- CHORUS - We saw the swords.
14a: SONG. (Harry) To You, Sir Miles.
- FINALE - " Rogue detected. "
ACT II
- OPENING CHORUS - How Do You Do?
- SONG. (Alice & Chorus) - I Mean to Be a Good Girl
Now. - " I know that I've been naughty all my life "
- DUET. (Mickey & Mirabeau) - A Regular
Parley-voo. - " It's dreadfully hard to understand … "
- SONG. (Molly) - Once Too Often. - " When a maiden
is wooed by a man"
- TRIO (Sir Miles, Alice & Molly) with CHORUS - Kiss
Lad and Never Tell. - "Yoiks, ho! Were I younger "
- SONG. (Harry) - At My Lady's Feet. - " There's an
eye that is watching me "
- SEXTETTE.- (words by Percy Greenbank) (Alice, Molly, Hester,
Lionel, Harry & Mickey) - Where is Lady Molly? - "I've heard enough of all
this folly"
- DUET.- (words by G.H. Jessop) (Mickey & Hester) - When We Get Back to Ireland.
- FLOWER CHORUS - A Chance Dear Girls.
- SONG. (Mickey) - Don't Whistle So Loud. - " There's
a time when the world is a beautiful place"
- BRIDAL MARCH - CHORUS - Now the Chancel
Waits.
- SONG. (Mirabeau) - Opeless Ze State of
Me.
- CHORUS - What's the Matter?
- FINALE - " But today, yes today"
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Original Cast
CAPTAIN HARRY - Richard Green.
LIONEL BLAND - Walter Hyde.
SIR MILES COVERDALE - Chas. F. Cooke.
MICKEY O'DOWD - Servant to Captain Harry - Bert Gilbert.
LANDLORD of the Coverdale Arms - H. M. Imano
HEAD GROOM -
William Waite.
REV. SILAS WAPSHOTT - Vicar of Coverdale - Walter Wright.
JUDGE ROMNEY - Father to Harry - Cecil Howard.
LADY MOLLY MARTINGALE - Sybil Arundale.
HESTER - Her confidential Maid - Mabel Allen.
ALICE COVERDALE - Daughter to Sir Miles - Decima Moore.
MADEMOISELLE MIRABEAU - Governess to Alice - Andrée
Corday.
HOUSE KEEPER - At Coverdale Arms - Dorothy Cameron.
LUCY Chambermaid Miss - Arundale.
ALLISON - Chambermaid - Rose Batchelor.
Grooms, Hunters, Guests, Maid Servants, Peace Officers, ett
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