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The Little Café is a musical comedy with book and lyrics by C. M. S. McLellan and music by Ivan Caryll. It was produced at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, on 10 November 1913.
Cast of Characters
| VEAUCHENU (an old Café Lounger) | Mr. Jos. Monehan |
| CELESTE (Cashier in The Little Café) | Miss Marjorie Gateson |
| PHILIBERT (Proprietor of The Little Café) | Mr. Harold Vizard |
| GASTON (an Artist) | Mr. H. P. Woodley |
| YVONNE (Philibert's daughter) | Miss Alma Francis |
| ALBERT LORIFLAN (Waiter in The Little Café) | Mr. John E. Young |
| KATZIOLINKA (a Hungarian singer) | Miss Grace Leigh |
| ILSA ALMA LOUKA ZORA THYRZA OOLA |
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Miss Eleanor St. Clair Miss Ethel Davies Miss Trixie Whiteford Miss Lillian Rice Miss Alys Belga Miss Lorayne Leslie |
| ISABEL (a Midinette) | Miss Charlotte Carter |
| BIGREDON (a Promoter) | Mr. Tom Graves |
| POSTMAN | Mr. Chas. Morris |
| ADOLPHE (Glass Washer in The Little Café) | Mr. Harry Depp |
| ANATOL | Mr. Albert Stuart |
| MARCEL | Mr. John H. Roberts |
| MAURICE | Mr. Maurice Cass |
| DURAND (a Detective) | Mr. William Doyle |
| EDMOND (a Young Man About Town) | Mr. H. P. Woodley |
| GABY GAUFRETTE (Queen of the Night Restaurants) | Miss Hazel Dawn |
| LOULOU MILLEFLEURS (her friend) | Miss Marie Empress |
| LEONCE (Head Waiter at the Restaurant Grand Gala) | Mr. Eddie Morris |
| BARON TOMBOLA (Major Domo of Prince Max) | Mr. Fred Graham |
| PRINCE MAX OF GALMANIA | Mr. John Deverell |
| COLONEL KLINK (his Aide-de-camp) | Mr. F. Stanton Heck |
| GODINARD (a Notary) | Mr. William Doyle |
| NINA | Miss Marjorie Gateson |
| ZAZA | Miss Charlotte Carter |
MIDI Files
ACT I - The Little Café, Paris.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "The sun first shone on fair Yvonne in eighteen-ninety-five ... in eighteen-ninety-five, at just high noon, the ninth of June..."
- No. 2 - Song - Yvonne and Chorus - "Oh! oh! such gay bouquets! what do they mean? ... That you today, dear friend, are seventeen..."
- No. 3 - Song - Katziolinka and Chorus - "When first I saw Albert I merely scorned him! ... She scorned him! ... If he'd been mine I surely would have pawned him! ..."
- No. 4 - Song - Albert and Chorus - "Tally-ho! we're away, tra la! ... Ha, ha! ... Say little Adolphe and I ... Boom! Boom! ... To the little Café, ta, ta! ... Ha, ha! ..."
- No. 5 - Finale Act I - "Perhaps you have talents to take you to heights of exceptional fame; perhaps your ambition will make you a great and illustrious name..."
ACT II - The Restaurant Grand Gala, Paris.
- No. 6 - Opening Chorus - "Tonight we fill and raise the glass, tomorrow it drops and smashes; tonight we burn with joy, Alas! Tomorrow we wear the ashes..."
- No. 7 - Song - Katziolinka and Chorus - "Do you call that dancing? What you do ev'ry night two by two? It's a sight that would make the people laugh in Hungary."
- No. 8 - Song - Albert and Chorus - "My friend the Czar and Gaby Delys, and every swell like that, they always start an evening meal with caviar..."
- No. 9 - Chorus, and Song - Yvonne - "There never has been in Paris a queen like this little queen of today; again and again we've had them from Spain..."
- No. 10 - Octet - Yvonne, Baron Tombola, and others - "I've a wish to utter, I want to be a butterfly, but the sort of butterfly that chooses right to flutter by..."
- No. 11 - Song - Gaby and Chorus - "Thy mouth is a rose in May awaiting a perfect noon, the noon of a perfect day, the day of a perfect June..."
- No. 12 - Finale Act II - "Now which of the three of the ladies we see is the lady possessing your heart! Have you unto each, like the third of peach..."
ACT III - The Gardens of the Chateau Sans Souci, Marly.
- No. 13 - Opening Chorus - "From the sky he falls like a shooting star, whoo-oo, see him come! It's the Prince who flies in the winning car..."
- No. 14 - Valse Song - Gaby and Chorus - "Why should I, whom you treat with disdain, love you still, though my love is but pain; if to love you is torture and woe..."
- No. 15 - Song - Albert and Chorus - "When I started as a youth, well, I didn't have a face like Apollo has ... and to tell the simple truth I was lacking in the grace..."
- No. 16 - Finale Act III - "Oh! here comes the Count de Loriflan, his table is the first one over there. Call all the waiters up, for the Count intends to sup..."
MIDI Files
- External Links
- Gems from The Little Café by the Victor Light Opera Company
- "Just because it's you" sung by Elizabeth Spencer
- Vocal Score at UR Research
Page modified 10 January 2017