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The Storks is described as "a Musical Fantasy". The music is by Frederic Chapin and the lyrics by Guy F. Steeley. The vocal score was published in 1902.

Dramatis Personæ

THE BUNGLOO OF BAKTARIA Richard Carle
SLIMGUFF   (Court Shoemaker and Philosopher at large) Gilbert Gregory
MALZADOC   (a sorcerer) Henry Norman
HENRICO   (his son) Edmund Stanley
FIZZLEWITZ   (Royal Repository of Hard Luck Tales) William Rock
LIMBOLIOO   (a jailer) Abbott Adams
GLUMPHIZZ   (the power behind the throne) George Romain
GAZABO
GAZZAZUS
GEEZER
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(Court Wise Men) {
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Frank Randall
Melville Baldwin
William Butters
NABAKER   (the poundmaster) Felix McClure
HELEN   (the Bungaloo's sister) Ruth White
VIOLET   (the poundmaster's daughter) Harriet Standon
PENELOPE   (Slimguff's wife) Josie Intropidi
PEGGY   (her inquisitive daughter) Lillian Lancaster
CATHERINE   (companion to Helen) Ida Stanhope
ANGELICA
GERALDINE
FELICIA
CHRISTINE
ASTORIA
CYMBELINE
GUINIVERE
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(Court ladies) {
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Eula Jensen
Lena Francis
Kitty Young
Alberta Hays
Ethel Intropidi
Violet Stanley
Ollie Sullivan
PANSY
ROSY
PINKIE
DAISY
LILLIE
POPPY
HOLLY
PEONY
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(Flower girls) {
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Anne Evans
Lou Brackett
Jessie Stanley
Rose Leslie
Bessie Van Nye
Nellie Waters
Anna Kilduff
Hattie Brenner

MIDI Files

ACT I   -   Gardens of the Bungloo's Palace.

ACT II   -   Scene 1   -   A glade in the forest near the old ruin.

ACT II   -   Scene 2   -   The Sorcerer's Banquet Hall in the old ruin.


External Link
Vocal Score at the Internet Archive

American Musical Theatre

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