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Katja die Tänzerin is an operetta in 3 acts with book and lyrics by Leopold Jacobson and Rudolph Österreicher produced in Vienna in 1922 and then as Katja the Dancer, with book by Harry Graham and Frederick Lonsdale at the Gaiety Theatre, London 21 February, 1925. The music is by Jean Gilbert, whose real name was Max Winterfeld.
Dramatis Personæ
| PRINCE CARL OF KORUJA | Gregory Stroud |
| COUNT ORPITCH | Bobbie Comber |
| PATRICIA (his Daughter) | Ivy Tresmand |
| MAUD (Patricia's Friend) | Rene Mallory |
| LEANDER BILLOROFF (the Count's Private Secretary) | Gene Gerrard |
| KATJA KARINA (a Dancer) | Lilian Davies |
| IVO (her Partner) | Dennis Hoey |
| BOSCART (Chief of Police) | Vincent Dawson |
| SIMON (the Prince's Servant) | Leonard Russell |
| DETECTIVE | Jack Livesey |
| POLICE INSPECTOR | Roger Head |
| ANDRE (Chief of Ivo's gang) | Norman Leyland |
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| Postcard advertising the production on tour, 1926. |
ACT I - Reception Room in Count Orpitch's Palace.
- No. 1 - Introduction
- No. 2 - Song - Maud and Chorus - "Anyone knows, when folks start courting, anything may go wrong! ..."
- No. 3 - Trio - Patricia, Leander and Count Orpitch - "Cruel Chief, can nothing melt your heart? ..."
- No. 4 - Song - Katja - "Through life we go dancing together, but though our hands intertwine, true friendship is the tether..."
- No. 5 - Song - Prince Carl - "Confound all foreign poilitics in which it is my lot to mix..."
- No. 6 - Duet - Katja and Carl - "She's only a dancer, I hear you say, a frivolous little coquette! ..."
- No. 7 - Duet and Dance - Patricia and Leander - "It's fun to be engaged, thay say; I find it trying rather! ..."
- No. 8 - Finale Act I - "You're reopening wounds that time alone can heal! To my burning thirst for revenge you cunningly appeal!"
ACT II - Room in Prince Carl's Villa.
- No. 9 - Humming Chorus, and Song - Carl - "Congratulations ... What was that?" & "I've planned a lovely little rendezvous..."
- No. 10 - Duet - Patricia and Carl - "Smiling, in fashion so beguiling, you pay a midnight call here, all alone!..."
- No. 11 - Duet - Katja and Carl - "I believe you are frighten'd of me! ... Yes, and no! Beautiful women are a danger, you see!"
- No. 12 - Duet - Maud and Orpitch - "The world has gone quite potty; they're all insane, it's true! ..."
- No. 13 - Duet - Patricia and Leander - "To a land where skies are blue, dear, Samarkand or Timbuctoo, dear..."
- No. 14 - Finale Act II - "Who knows when again we shall meet like this, alone beneath the moon..."
ACT III - Another room in the Prince's Villa.
- No. 15 - Introduction
- No. 16 - Song - Maud - "We're in a sorry plight, for we can't get bail! We must end the night in the County Jail!"
- No. 17 - Duet - Patricia and Leander - "Oh, woe is me, oh! oh, miseree, oh! We're often talked of Love as Cupid's golden fetter!"
- No. 18 - Reprise of No. 13 - "With your Leander, that young Salamander! But mind you don't strand her on land or by sea!"
- No. 19 - Finale Act III
- External Links
- Katja die Tänzerin at the Guide to Musical Theatre
- Vocal Score at GOLNY, Leeds University
Page modified 31 December 2016