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The Talk of the Town is a musical comedy in two acts by Seymour Hicks with lyrics by Charles H. Taylor. The music is by Herbert E. Haines with additional numvers by Hamish McCunn and Evelyn Baker. It was produced at the Lyric Theatre, London, on 5 January 1905.

Dramatis Personæ

JERRY SNIPE   (a man in possession) Mr. Walter Passmore
LIEUT. REGGIE DRUMMOND
LIEUT. THE DUKE OF TOFFORD
LIEUT. DORDELL
LIEUT. RAGLAN
LIEUT. LOGAN
LIEUT. H. ST. GEORGE
LIEUT. DONNETHORN
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(1st Squadron of Lancer Brigade, quartered at Windsor) {
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Mr. Henry A. Lytton
Mr. Robert Evett
Mr. Powis Pinder
Mr. Chas. Childerstone
Mr. Robert McGrath
Mr. Vernon Davidson
Mr. Ernest Arundale
COL. SIR CHAS. NIGHTINGALE, BART. Mr. Tom Graves
LIEUT. RICHARD HAMBLEDON   Mr. Arthur Harrold
  (2nd Squadron of the Lancer Brigade, quartered in India)
'ARRY BIFF   (a Heavy-Weight Champion) Mr. Akerman May
PRIVATE BELSEY   (Drummond's Soldier Servant) Mr. Reg Crompton
ERNEST ENGLISH
FRANK ENGLISH
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(two Dutch Money Lenders) {
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Mr. M. R. Morand
Mr. Stanley Brett
CYRIL SLIPP   (a man Milliner, known as Matilda) Mr. A. Boielle
J. OCHLETREE ORR   (an American Solicitor) Mr. Frank Ellington
FIRST FOOTMAN Mr. J. Gordon
GWENDOLINE SNIPE Miss Edith Jurman
BERT SNIPE
IMOGEN SNIPE
JACK SNIPE
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(Snipe's Children, ranging from 10 to 12) {
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Master J. Healy
Miss Alice ValCeeza
Master P. Healy
LA PA POO
JUBBY WUDDY AH
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(Hambledon's two Indian Soldier Servants) {
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Mr. E Torrence
Mr. Rudolph Lewis
MADAME MODISTE   (whose real name is Elizabeth Biff) Miss Maudi Darrell
ELLALINE LEWIN   (a Schoolgirl Protegée of Lady Nightingale) Miss Agnes Fraser
LADY NIGHTINGALE   (Wife of Sir C. Nightingale) Miss Annie Esmond
MARJORIE NIGHTINGALE
MABEL NIGHTINGALE
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(her two Daughters) {
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Miss Gertrude Thornton
Miss Lydia West
GERALDINE EVELYN SNIPE   (Snipe's Wife) Miss Sydney Fairbrother
JUNE   (a Gipsy Girl) Miss Olive Morrell

MIDI Files

ACT I   -   The Gardens of Arundel Lodge, near Windsor.   Summertime.

ACT II   -   At Madame Modiste's, Regent Street.


External Link
Vocal Score at UR Research

British Musical Theatre

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