Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Musical. Based on the book by Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough.
Libretto by Lois Corey. Score by Gerald Alters and Herbert Hartig.
Synopsis
Young Cornelia and Emily are about to sail for Europe alone! They'll see LIFE; they'll meet men! The show opens with "Mr. Cook has cooked a tour up. And we're on our way to Europe." The girls get their romances tangled and by the time they're untangled, it's time for them to sail for home.
Opening with, "Mr Cook has cooked a tour up. And we're on our way to Europe" this exuberant Musical introduces us to young Cornelia and Emily, about to sail for Europe alone and eager to experience Life and meet men!
And so they do - they have an adventure with a stowaway, mistake the leader of the ship's band for an admiral and meet two very handsome medical students
Then the girls are off to Paris where they get involved with a gas meter that explodes, sleep in a bed that Cardinal Richelieu once used, and convince a great French actor that he should give them acting lessons
Opening with, “Mr Cook has cooked a tour up. And we’re on our way to Europe” this exuberant Musical introduces us to young Cornelia and Emily, about to sail for Europe alone and eager to experience Life and meet men!
And so they do - they have an adventure with a stowaway, mistake the leader of the ship’s band for an admiral and meet two very handsome medical students
Then the girls are off to Paris where they get involved with a gas meter that explodes, sleep in a bed that Cardinal Richelieu once used, and convince a great French actor that he should give them acting lessons
Musical Numbers
- Overture - Orchestra
- Bon Voyage - Chorus
- She's My dearest Friend, But - Emily & Schoolmates
- She's My dearest Friend, But - Cornelia & Schoolmates
- Bon Voyage (Reprise) - Chorus
- The Skinner-Kimborough Guide to Europe - Cornelia, Emily, Dan and Bob
- I Hate the Sea - Ship's Officers
- Get Away From me - Bob and Family
- Measles - Cornelia and Emily
- Me - in Paris - Emily and Cornelia
- Marry and American - Pierre and Philippe
- Marry an American (Reprise) - Elise and Francine
- Anytown - Cornelia and Dan
- Our Hearts Were Young and Gay - Cornelia and Emily
Cast
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Cornelia's & Emily's Class mates, Passengers, Well-Wishers, Ship's Personnel, Stevedores, Characters in Paris Street Scene
Some of the minor speaking roles as well as the extras can be doubled, since they often appear briefly in only one scene. The number of extras used also can vary, using more or fewer as circumstances permit.
Scenes and Settings
Act I
- Scene 1: The boat dock, just before sailing. The year, 1920
- Scene 2: The Boat Corridor, a short time later
- Scene 3: Cornelia and Emily's cabin, immediately following
- Scene 4: On deck, the next morning
- Scene 5: One deck, the last night on board
- Scene 6: On deck, about and hour later
- Scene 7: The girls' cabin, the next morning
Act 2
- Scene 1: Paris Montage
- Scene 2: The girls' hotel room in Paris
- Scene 3: The same, the following morning
- Scene 4. Pierre Henri's acting studio, a week later
- Scene 5: A street in Paris, a short time later
- Scene 6: The girls' hotel room, abnout a month later
- Scene 7: The girl's hotel room, their last night in Paris
Orchestration available.