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The Silver Slipper is a "Modern Extravaganza" in two acts with book by Owen Hall, lyrics by W. H. Risque and Leslie Stuart and music by Leslie Stuart which was produced at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 1 June 1901.
Dramatis Personæ
| SIR VICTOR SHALLAMAR (an Astronomer) | Mr. E. Dagnall |
| LOUIS TIRAUPIGEON | Mr. Henri Leoni |
| DOUGLAS WHARTON HARRY HEPWORTH ROLAND WESTERN CLAUD CROUCHER FRED RAWLINS NOEL GAISFORD |
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(Students at Shallamar Hall) | { { { { { { |
Mr. Charles S. Kitts Mr. Roy Horniman Mr. Sydney Mannering Mr. Harry B. Brcher Mr. Frank Walsh Mr. Murri Moncrieff |
| BERKELEY SHALLAMAR (nephew of Sir Victor) | Mr. W. Louis Bradfield |
| SNAX | Mr. William Cheesman |
| CRUSHALL | Mr. Frank Holt |
| SAMUEL TWANKS (an Ex-Riding Master) | Mr. Willie Edouin |
| WRENNE | Miss Coralie Blythe |
| BRENDA SHALLAMAR (niece of Sir Victor) | Miss Nancy Girling |
| MISS BELLA JIMPER | Miss Connie Ediss |
| CYNTHIA GREY ELA HATFIELD MAISIE RHODES JENNY VEREKER MARY ASTELL MINNIE LOMAS |
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(Students at Shallamar Hall) | { { { { { { |
Miss Edith Housley Miss Lydia West Miss Dora Nelson Miss Nellie Harcourt Miss Nina Sevening Miss Nora Moore |
| MILLICENT WARD | Miss Fanny Dango |
| SUZETTE | Miss Edith Neville |
| JUDICIA GILLIAN AVORIA QUEEN OF VENUS CURIA ECHO FOREMAN OF THE JURY USHER MINNA STELLA |
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(Immortals) | { { { { { { { { { { |
Miss Agnes Delaporte Miss Mollie Lowell Miss Augusta Walters Miss Mimi Margotine Miss Grace Evelyn Miss Edith Lofthouse Miss Lena Maitland Miss Nellie Price Miss Dora Langroyd Miss Winifred Hare |
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| Winifrid Hare | Coralie Blythe |
ACT I - Shallamar Hall, and the Court of Justice on the Planet Venus.
- No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "Our College gowns and College caps would lead you to suppose, perhaps..."
- No. 2 - Song - Sir Victor and Chorus - "I formed a plan some years ago ... a plan, a plan, a wonderful plan..."
- No. 3 - Quintette - Sir Victor, Miss Jimper, Berkeley, Brenda and Louis - "It's no use your talking to people who don't..."
- No. 4 - Duet - Louis and Brenda - "It's nice to be engaged. Can anybody doubt it? ..."
- No. 5 - Trio - Miss Jimper, Berkeley and Twanks - "If there's someone you'd so impress that he'd anything do for you..."
- No. 6 - Song and Dance - Wrenne - "I'm just a boy, the same little boy you meet with ev'rywhere..."
- No. 7 - Concerted Number, with Queen of Venus - "Shine, shine, brightest of stars, yet how fair is our Eden and bright..."
- No. 8 - Song - Stella - "I'm but a simple maiden and I know that I've been taught to dread the world and all its ways..."
- No. 9 - Concerted Number - "We'll play the game and make it interesting, hunt the slipper and find it if you can! ..."
- No. 10 - Song - Miss Jimper and Chorus - "I've an eye to strict decorum in all I do and all I say..."
- No. 11 - Finale Act I - "We don't intend to stay with you, Shallamar, this game has gone too far..."
ACT II - Scene 1: Neuilly Fair, Scene 2: The Turkey Room in the Art Club, Paris.
- No. 12 - Opening Chorus - "Hi! Hi! Hi! ... The fair, the fair, the fun of the fair, there's noise and rattle ev'rywhere..."
- No. 13 - Song - Wrenne and Chorus - "To stand in front of a two-penny show and beat the drum, ta-ra-rum-a-tum! ..."
- No. 14 - Double Sextette - "What would you do when you reached the moon and you found no man there after all? ..."
- No. 15 - Concerted Number - Miss Jimper, Brenda, Berkeley and Chorus - "Just come along home with me, Sir Victor..."
- No. 16 - Song - Louis - "Two eyes of blue, two little fairy eyes, laughing and beaming, or tearfuly gleaming..."
- No. 17 - Marche Militaire (Danse Parisian)
- No. 18 - Riding Duet - Miss Jimper and Twanks - "If I could be what I really ought, I'd be the master presiding..."
- No. 19 - Song - Stella and Chorus of Men - "I want to choose a nice young man ... Choose me, I love you so..."
- No. 20 - Song - Berkeley and Chorus - "Don't you know the little lady who is nearly seventeen, who pretends she's very clever..."
- No. 21 - Song - Miss Jimper - "There's a boarding house over the way, and it isn't obtrusively gay..." (4 verses)
- External Link
- Vocal Score at the Internet Archive
Page modified 18 March 2017