Hail the hero of the Bar! ..." ACT II - The Spa Hotel, Schoffenburgen. 10. Opening Chorus, with solo - Hans - "Isn't it wonderful? Isn't it strange? In a few weeks what a marvellous change! Once the hotel now so busy and gay..." 11. Saltarelle 12. Song - Pompier - "I know a little girl who is very, very shy; be careful of the girl that's shy. She goes about so modestly with downcast eye..." 13. Quartet - Tom, Percy, Cecil and Ducie - "A coupon which Cook's recommend, a hansom to Charing Cross end, a smoker to Dover, a calm passage over..." 14. Duet - Honeycomb and Julie Bon-bon - "The tendency of modern times is all for first and third, and one or t'other we must each select..." 15. Song - Ruth and Chorus - "Some people have the money, and others have the brains, but lots would like to have a voice like Sister Mary Jane's..." 16. Song - Norah and Chorus - "Ere we part, love, it may be for years ... It may be for years ... Take these flow'rs, love, watered by my tears..." 17. Quartet - Mrs. Honeycomb, Major, Ruth and Pompier - "I'll be a lively widow, and I'll roll my merry eye, and dress myself as lively widows do..." 18. Concerted Piece - "Ding-dong, ding-dong goes the big, big gong, and echoes far around; it plainly states that dinner waits, a truly welcome sound..." 19. Pas de Quatre 20. Song - Bon-bon and Chorus - "Tell me what you does with all your money, says Sambo..." 21. Duet - Ruth and Major - "Upon the stage let's have a fling, we'll try the music halls, and trill the sweet poetic lays each lady singer bawls..." 22. Finale Act II - "Now for the Carnival! Now for the fun! Now for a frolicsome day! Blue are the heavens and warm is the sun; let us be merry and gay.." Song no. 12 was composed by Gustave Kerker. Song no. 20 was composed by Andrew Mack. CAST Canon Ebenezer Honeycombe ("A Shining Light") Mrs Honeycombe (his Wife) Norah Honeycombe (their Daughter) Mabel (Norah's Friend) Major Fossdyke (of the "Battersea Butterfly Shooters") The Major's Daughters Angela May Ethel Gladys Maud Edith Violet Rose Amos Dingle (Honeycomb's friend) Tom Everleigh (a Barrister) Algernon P. Ducie (an American) Percy Tooting (Ducie's Friend) Cecil Smyth (Ducie's Friend) Hans (Proprietor of the Spa Hotel, Schoffenburgen) Gretchen (Servant) Anna (Servant) Fritz (Servant) Ruth (Honeycomb's Servant) Blatterwatter (a Gendarme) M. Auguste Pompier (a French Spy) Mlle Julie Bon-Bon ("The Gay Parisienne") SCENES AND SETTINGS ACT I - Honeycomb's Lawn, Kingston-on-Thames. ACT II - The Spa Hotel, Schoffenburgen.
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