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A year ago I was a member of the Titipu...

Nanki-Poo

The Mikado

W.S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan

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Character
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Comedic
Act/Scene
Act 1
Time & Place
Mid-1800s, Japan
Length
Short
Time Period
Classical
Show Type
Operetta
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)

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A year ago I was a member of the Titipu town band. It was my duty to take the cap round for contributions. While discharging this delicate office, I saw Yum-Yum. We loved each other at once, but she was betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, and I saw that my suit was hopeless. Overwhelmed with despair, I quitted the town. Judge of my delight when I heard, a month ago, that Ko-Ko had been condemned to death for flirting! I hurried back at once, in the hope of finding Yum-Yum at liberty to listen to my protestations.

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