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Synopsis

The show tells the tale of an American chorus girl, Mary Morgan, wooed by a Balkan archduke, the Prince Regent of Carpathia, during the 1911 coronation of George V.

Show Information

Book
Noël Coward
Music
Noël Coward
Category
Musical
Age Guidance
Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
Number of Acts
2
Genres
Romance
Cast Size
large
Ideal For
Mostly Female Cast, Large Cast

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Plot


Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Jessie Maynard

Female

Mary Morgan

Female

Tony Morelli

Male

Mr. Grimes

Male

Violetta Vines

Female

Peter Northbrook

Male

Colonel Hofmann

Male

Grand Duke Charles, Prince Regent of Carpathia

Male

First Girl

Female

Second Girl

Female

Major-Domo

Male

King Nicholas III of Carpathia

Male

Simka

Female

Queen Mother

Female

Ada Cockle

Female

Baroness Brunheim

Female

Lady Sunningdale

Female

Songs

  • Swing Song
  • Yasni Kozkolai (Carpathian National Anthem)
  • My Family Tree
  • I've Been Invited to a Party
  • Waltz
  • I've Been Invited to a Party (Reprise)
  • When Foreign Princes Come to Visit Us
  • Sir or Ma'am
  • Soliloquies
  • Lonely
  • London is a Little Bit of All Right
  • What Ho, Mrs. Brisket
  • Don't Take Our Charlie for the Army
  • Saturday Night at the Rose and Crown
  • London Is a Little Bit of All Right (Reprise)
  • Here and Now
  • I've Been Invited to a Party (Reprise)
  • Soliloquies (Reprise)
  • Coronation Chorale
  • How Do You Do, Middle Age?
  • Here and Now (Reprise)
  • The Stingaree
  • Curt, Clear and Concise
  • Tango
  • Welcome to Pootzie Van Doyle
  • The Coconut Girl
  • Paddy MacNeill and His Automobile
  • Swing Song (Reprise)
  • Six Lillies of the Valley
  • The Walla Walla Boola
  • This Time It's True Love
  • I'll Remember Her

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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