![]() 17 - Finale Act II - "Then we take a train for Bohemia, we haven't far to go a bright café, where all is gay and you find those folks you know."Įxternal Link The Office Boy at The Guide to Musical Theatre The smiles are mine or weeping, if suitors I refuse." 16 - Ballad - Euphemia and Chorus - "My heart is in my keeping, I'll give it where I choose. 15 - Burglars' Trio and Dance - Claire, Percy and Reggy - "There is something captivating, there's a lot that's fascinating in an enterprising criminal career." 14 - Song - Claire - "Last summer I was stopping at a hotel by the sea, and quite a score of handsome youths made violent love to me." Some signs there are which fill with dread whenever they occur." 13 - Trio - Noah, Van Twiller and Euphemia - "All superstition is not dead, as people oft' infer. The fife and drum so airy, take your civilians." 12 - Song - Euphemia and Chorus - "I like to be a hero's bride, a hero military to all things martial I am partial. 11 - Opening Ensemble - "Patrons of the turf are we, of the smartest sort long on dress as you will see, but rather short on sport what we do not know." 9 - Finale Act I - "Far from city's dust and heat, gladly we would have vacation seeking rest and recreation in some countrified retreat."ĪCT II - Van Twiller's villa and private race course. 8 - Song - Euphemia - "Men have nearly always been deceivers, so poets right frequently tell, yet they're always sure to find believers in every innocent belle." 7 - Song - Noah and others - "If you don't know the girl I am going to wed, you have miss'd a great deal, that is all to be said her hair it is auburn." 6 - Trio - Noah, Paquita and Rider - "When I am out to win a race. 5 - Duet - Noah and Euphemia - "To adequately prove the greatness of my love, to do the wildest deeds I would be proud if you but say the word, I'll soar." 4 - Bohemia Song - Claire, with Reggy, Percy and Chorus - "You see in me a Diva of the opera known as grand in Wagner I'm the brightest of the lights." 3 - Song - Damon and Chorus - "At his desk all day, in methodical way, sits the New York business man he has cunning and dash in pursuing the cash." ![]() 2 - Opening Ensemble - "First, put the date! May, twenty-three!. It opened at Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre, New York on 2 November, 1903 where it ran for 66 performances.ĭramatis Personæ NOAH LITTLE (an office boy)ĪCT I - Law office of Ketcham and Cheatham. Smith, based on the French farce Le Jockey malgré lui by Maurice Ordonneau and Paul Gavault, and music by Ludwig Engländer. The Office Boy is a musical comedy in two acts with book and lyrics by Harry B. You are here: The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive > American Musical Theatre > The Office Boy
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