The Dancing Mistress

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The Dancing Mistress is a musical comedy with music by Lionel Monckton, book by James T. Tanner and lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank. It depicts the fortunes of a school dancing mistress who is dismissed and finds fortune and happiness in Switzerland. It opened at the Royal Adelphi Theatre on 19 October 1912.

Dramatis Personæ

WIDDICOMBE (Butler at "Down House")	Mr. James Blakeley
LORD LYNDALE (otherwise Mr. Viner)	Mr. F. Pope Stamper
DUBOIS (An Adventurer financing the Baron)	Mr. D. J. Williams
BARON MONTALBA	Mons. G. Carvey
BERCHILI (Manager of Grand Hôtel des Alpes)	Mr. Ivan Berlyn
SIGNOR TONELLI (Singing Master at "Down House")	Mr. Eliot Skinner
MONS. ROSEMBLUM (A Banker)	Mr. Ernest A. Douglas
TEDDY CAVANAGH (An Aeroplanist)	Mr. Joseph Coyne
JEANIE McTAVISH ("Tuckwoman" at "Down House")	Miss Gracie Leigh
MLLE. VIRGINIE TOUCHET (French Mistress at "Down House")	Mlle. M. Caumont
BELLA PEACH (Daughter of an Argentine Millionaire)	Miss Elsie Spain
MISS PINDROP (Principal of "Down House")	Miss Agnes Thomas
LADY MARGRAVE	Miss Maud Cressall
LILI (A Parisienne)	Miss Gina Palerme

MARGOT
PAULA
GENIE
MIMI
TENSE
RIETTE
CAMILLE
TOINETTE

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(Friends of Lili)

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Miss Ruby Kennedy
Miss Ann Cleaver
Miss Gertrude White
Miss Leila Griffin
Miss Lilian Hadley
Miss Dorothy Devere
Miss Yvonne Fitzroy
Miss Heather Featherstone

TOMMY
LINA
MARY
NORA
DORA
MAY
ALICIA
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(Schoolgirls)

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Miss Isobel Elsom
Miss Kathleeen Vincent
Miss Gipsy O'Brien
Miss Claire Lynch
Miss Betty Olgar
Miss Flora Allen
Miss Nora Wadeley
Miss Maude Aston

NANCY JOYCE (Dancing Mistress of "Down House")

Miss Gertie Millar

Lyrics and MIDI Files

ACT I - "Down House," a finishing school for girls near Brighton.

No. 1 - Opening Chorus of Girls, with solos - "When Spring comes dancing over the hills..."
No. 2 - Song - Bella and Chorus - "In girlhood's happy hours your fancy wanders gaily..."
No. 3 - Song - Widdicombe and Chorus of Girls - "There's a wonderful fascination in the game of speculation..."
No. 4 - Quartet - Bella, Jeanie, Lyndale and Widdicombe - "Oh, who will over the downs..."
No. 5 - Song - Nancy - "When I was a little lass, being educated..."
No. 6 - The Dancing Lesson
No. 7 - Scene and Chorus - "Oh, it's so pleasant that you and we can meet at present for talk and tea..."
No. 8 - Duet - Nancy and Teddy - "As Fly-Away Jack soars up aloft upon his airy flight..."
No. 9 - Finale Act I - "Bella, you be bold now, have your fortune told now..."

ACT II - The "Châlet," Grand Hôtel des Alpes, Oberwald.

No. 10 - Opening Chorus of Skaters and Ski-ers - "Oh, it's ripping in Switzerland now..."
No. 11 - Song - Jeanie - "I packed my wee bit bag and started awa' from Dover..."
No. 12 - Duet and Dance - Nancy and Teddy - "I'm busy here, and so I fear I can't spare you a minute..."
No. 12a - Encore Dance
No. 13 - Chorus and Song - Lili - "We've come to this country unknown..."
No. 14 - Song - Baron and Chorus - "When you are in love, all the world is fair..."
No. 15 - Quintet - Lynale, Teddy, Widdicombe, Baron and Dubois - "Though with rage and indignation you're aglow..."
No. 16 - Song - Nancy - "Dear little snowflake, soft and white..."
No. 17 - Sextet - Bella, Jeanie, Virginie, Lyndale, Widdicombe and Dubois - "I must go and pack now..."
No. 18 - Finale Act II - "We're coming tonight to look at the flight..."

ACT III - The Hôtel Bristol, London.

No. 19 - Opening Dance and Duet - Bella and Lyndale, with Chorus - "While we're dancing together..."
No. 20 - Song - Teddy and Chorus - "Supposing a girl should drop me, and fancy another man..."
No. 21 - Duet - Jeanie and Widdicombe - "When I have married you, my dear, and you have married me..."
No. 22 - Cotillon - Polka and Two-Step
No. 23 - Finale Act III

MIDI Files

Pictures of Gertie Millar in The Dancing Mistress

External Link: The Dancing Mistress at Wikipedia

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