The White Chrysanthemum

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The White Chrysanthemum is an English musical in three acts by Arthur Anderson and Leedham Bantock, with lyrics by Anderson and music by Howard Talbot). It opened at the Criterion Theatre, produced by Frank Curzon, on 31 August 1905 and ran for 179 performances. It starred Isabel Jay, Rutland Barrington, Lawrence Grossmith (a son of George Grossmith), and Henry Lytton.

[edit] Roles

• Admiral Sir Horatio Armitage, K.C.B. (baritone)
• Lieut. Reginald Armitage (His Son) (baritone)
• Lieut. Chippendale Belmont
• Sin Chong (Reginald's Chinese Servant)
• Cornelia Vanderdecken (An American Heiress)
• Betty Kenyon (A Young Widow, Cousin to Sybil)
• Sybil Cunningham (known as O San, "The White Chrysanthemum") (soprano)

[edit] Musical numbers

Act I - A Bungalow on the Sea Shore, Japan

• No. 1 - Overture
• No. 2 - Prelude and Song - Sybil - "It was just an old-world village..."
• No. 3 - Duet - Sybil and Betty - "A White Chrysanthemum."
• No. 4 - Song - Reggie - "There's a dear little lady I love..."
• No. 5 - Song - Sybil - "The butterfly and the flower."
• No. 6 - Song - Sin Chong, with Japanese Girls - "Just when-ee day is dawning..."
• No. 7 - Duet - Sybil and Reggie - "When you are my very own..."
• No. 8 - Finale Act I - (during dialogue)

Act II - A Chrysanthemum Garden outside the Bungalow

• No. 9 - Introduction to Act II
• No. 10 - Quintet - Cornelia, Reggie, Chippy, Admiral and Lee - "Hide and Seek."
• No. 11 - Song - Chippy - "I've never been in love before..."
• No. 12 - Duet - Admiral and Betty - "As you have accepted my suggestion..."
• No. 13 - Concerted Number - Sin Chong and Chorus - "Little Japanesee if you wishee pleasee..."
• No. 14 - Song - Cornelia - "The only pebble on the beach."
• No. 15 - Finale Act II

Act III - Reggie's Snuggery in the Bungalow

• Nos. 16 & 17 - Prelude to Act III, and Song - Reggie - "You can't please everybody always..."
• No. 18 - Concerted Number - Sin Chong and Chorus - "When little boys and girls are good..."
• No. 19 - Song - Sybil - "Time was when my love was kind to me..."
• No. 20 - Song - Cornelia - "Down by an old plantation homestead..."
• No. 21 - Duet - Cornelia and Chippy - "Suppose we settle down and take a house in town..."
• No. 22 - Recitation Music (Betty) - "A Hint."
• No. 23 - Song - Admiral - "I've traversed the sea from a far distant shore..."
• No. 24 - Sextet - Sybil, Cornelia, Reggie, Chippy, Admiral and Betty - "We've got to settle the parson..."

[edit] External links

• Midi files and cast list