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His Honor the Mayor is described as "A Summertime Entertainment in Two Parts." The book and lyrics are by Charles J. Campbell and Ralph Skinner and the music by Julian Edwards and Alfred E. Aarons. It was produced at the New York Theatre, New York, on 28 May 1906.
Dramatis Personæ
| HON. TEDDY TODD (Mayor of Kankakee) | Clarence Harvey | ||
| DAISY (a milliner girl) | Nella Webb | ||
| MAY FLOOD | Madelyn Marshall | ||
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| "JACK" THAYER (his chum) | Arthur Earnest | ||
| DEACON FLOOD (May's father) | Harry Kelly | ||
| "REDDY" SAMPSON (a cowboy) | William Black | ||
| MRS. VAYNE (a young widow) | Lois Tabor | ||
| MARJORIE VAYNE (her stepdaughter) | Lora Lieb | ||
| SOLOMON SYPHONSTEIN (a Parisian marriage broker) | E. E. Van Rensselaer | ||
| CAPTAIN RUDOLPH ZITSKY (of the Royal Hungarian Hussars) | John H. Pratt | ||
| DAUBER BRUSH (an art student) | Hal Pearson | ||
| LIEUT. SCHNIPP (of the Royal Hungarian Hussars) | Catherine Tanner | ||
| R. LA CARTE (Manager at La Carte's Hotel) | James Murray | ||
| JOZEF (waiter at La Carte's Hotel) | E. R. Edwards | ||
| KATRINKA | Blanche Ring | ||
ACT I - Courtyard of Hotel La Carte, Paris.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "We are all at the end of our string; more politely, the end of our tether..."
- No. 2 - Song - Marjorie and Chorus - "Flow'rs, ever welcome off'ring to a maid, true love, or friendship's token..."
- No. 3 - Song - Daisy and Chorus - "I'm a shy little thing, you can plainly see, I don't like attention bestowed om me..."
- No. 4 - Entrance of Todd - "Now all prepare to do honor to the Mayor. We shall find him high and mighty when we meet him..."
- No. 5 - Song - Todd and Chorus - "Golf is a game where young folks playing, over the hills and dales go straying..."
- No. 6 - Sextette - May, Daisy, Mrs. Vayne, Todd, Tom and Jack - "We spend our wealth in search of health..."
- No. 7 - Song - Jack and Chorus - "Mary Ann's lovely, she's just all right, not too slim, or too stout, but just neat..."
- No. 8 - Sunday Song - Pony Ballet and Chorus - "I know one dear girl about twenty, and twenty more..."
- No. 9 - Finale Act I - "What's the row? What's up now? Why such turmoil and such strife?..."
ACT II - The Isle of Margitsziget, on the Danube River between Buda and Pesth, Hungary.
- No. 10 - Opening Chorus and Song - Zitsky - "Happy we, in Hungary, who in the summer time don't repair for change of air..."
- No. 11 - Song - Chesterfield Prebble and Chorus - "Willie daily clerked it in a big department store..."
- No. 12 - Song - Katrina - "Oft in the twilight falling I dream of Carpathian hills where night winds are softly calling..."
- No. 13 - Song - Daisy and Chorus - "When a little girl is old enough to marry, it is folly to remain in single state..."
- No. 14 - Champagne Chorus - Pony Ballet - "I'm ze gay Fougere from Folie Bougere, ze Belle pas excellence..."
- No. 15 - Finale Act II - "There goes Military Willie, marching to the band. There goes Military Willie, my but he looks grand!"
- External Link
- Vocal Score at UR Research
Page modified 13 January 2017