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Winsome Winnie is a comedy opera in three acts composed by Gustave Kerker to a libretto by Frederic Ranken. It was given 56 performances on Broadway at the Casino Theatre, opening on 1 December 1903.
Dramatis Personæ
| LORD POVERISH (an impecunious nobleman) | Dick Temple |
| LADY ARABELLA | Jobyna Howland |
| DESMOND (her son) | W. P. Carleton |
| AILEEN (her daughter) | Helen Redmond |
| MARJORIE BELL (an American heiress, his ward) | Isobel Hall |
| CAPTAIN COTTERILL (his sailing master) | William E. Philp |
| DR. AUGUST KRAUSE (proprietor of Krause's Tiny Tablets) | James E. Sullivan |
| HONORIA HENRIETTA |
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(his daughters) | { { |
Mildred Kearney Daisy Green |
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| DEMETRIUS (his chief assistant in both enterprises) | William Corless | ||
| ARISTIDES HERAKLES |
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(Brigands) | { { |
W. C. Brockmeyer L. Parmet |
| ZORA (a flower girl) | Jeanne Calducci |
| LADY CLARA LADY MONDE LADY DORCAS LADY EUDORA LADY VIVIAN LADY GRACIA LADY LEONA LADY ANNABEL LADY JANO LADY ANGELA |
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(guests aboard Lord Poverish's yacht "The Anita") |
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Stella Hammerstein Julia Sanderson Clara Pitt Mazie Follette Mildred Thornwall Mae Hopkins Cecaelia Rhode Louise Elliott Edna Sidney Grace Spencer |
| WINNIE WALKER (known as Winsome Winnie) | Paula Edwardes |
ACT I - The Landing at Cataro-Montenegro.
- No. 1 - Song - Winnie - "If you see a stealthy couple who are looking out for clew, if they've badges on their waistcoats, black moustaches, square-toed shoes..."
- No. 2 - Duet - Aileen, Captain and Chorus - "Within a garden once there lived a fickle rosebud fair, a rose bud tender, slim and slender, sweet beyond compare..."
- No. 3 - Trio - Pericles, Aileen and Captain - "In days of old, a Brigand bold went forth at the fall of night, Yo-ho! ... And armed, they say, to seek his prey..."
- No. 4 - Song - Winnie and Chorus - "You can sail around this world, from Greenland's mountains to Bombay, take trips to frozen Norway and see Paris..."
- No. 5 - Finale Act I - "Why none but all of us..." etc..." Then follow me! To catch them, unhatch them, in strategy to match them shall be out first endeavor..."
ACT II - The Lair of the Brazen Bandits.
- No. 6 - Prelude and Opening Chorus - "Hola! Hola!..." etc., then "Though we are a band of cut-throats, steeped in ev'ry sort of crime, with the stealthy sneak..."
- No. 7 - Song - Pericles and Chorus - "Come, gather around and I'll give ye a song, as the song it was given to me; 'Tis a tale of a miller who loved a lass..."
- No. 8 - Duet - Aileen and Captain - "Two little doves sat on a bough and cooed their loves in plighted vow. She softly said: I love you dear, no night is dark..."
- No. 9 - Song - Winnie and Girls - "Sing Song Lee was a little Chinee with a cu-cu-curious queue, and Sing Song Lee loved Ping Pong Tee as Chinamen oft will do."
- No. 10 - Song - (singer unspecified) - "I'm a cute little soldier of Company A; Attention, please! Keep step with your knees. Rat-ta-ta-tat! ..."
- No. 11 - Song - Desmond - "There's a fascinating captivating pretty little maid, I wonder if you've ever chanc'd to meet; she is wilful, very skillful..."
- No. 12 - Song - Winnie and others - "The boy stood on the burning deck, whence all but him had fled; the flames that lit the battles wreck shone round him..."
- No. 13 - Finale Act II - "Winnie! My winsome Winnie! Oh! won't you please, dear, came back to me? Oh! Winnie! It seems so wintry..."
MIDI Files
- External Links
- Vocal Score at IMSLP
- Winsome Winnie at The Guide to Musical Theatre
Page modified 24 May 2017