The Home of the Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Mawson, Douglas, Sir
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The Home of the Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
Mawson, Douglas, Sir
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration; Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914)
DR. STAKANHOISER (Tenor) "Hoyle" Hurley
CHEVALIER DE TINTAIL (Fiver) "Johnny" Hunter
BARON DE BRENT (Basso) "Joe" Laseron
COUNT HOOPENKOFF (Barrowtone) "Little Willie" Correll
MADAM FUCLOSE (Don't Sing) "Also Joe" Laseron
JEMIMA FUCLOSE (Soprano) "Dad" McLean
DR. STAKANHOISER'S Dog " Monkey" Greenland Pup
VILLAGE IDIOT "Bick" Bickerton
ORCHESTRA "Stillwater Willie" StillWell
ACT I
SCENE: Room in poorer part of Berlin: MADAM FUCLOSE in bed dying: JEMIMA
at table washing clothes
Song "When Sparrows Build" JEMIMA
[Knock at door. Enter Dr. STAKANHOISER.
Song: "I vas a Doctor"
[Attends MADAM FUCLOSE, who, when dying, tells him that JEMIMA is not
her daughter, but the Princess of Adeliana, whom she has rescued in
Paris during the Revolution.
Death Scene and Chorus: "Who Killed my Mother?"
ACT II
SCENE: Beneath JEMIMA'S window
[Enter Dr. STAKANHOISER disguised as organ grinder.
Song: "Vurds der Likum" Dr. S.
[JEMIMA opens window and throws flour on DOCTOR.
[Enter BARON DE BRENT, kicks DOCTOR out.
Song: "Baron of Brent"
[BARON makes love to JEMIMA, who laughs at him.
Duet: "Wilt love me" JEMIMA and BARON
[Enter CHEVALIER DE TINTAIL, who denounces the BARON as already having
four wives. The BARON goes off, muttering revenge.
Song: "I'm in love with a wonderful lady" CHEVALIER
[The CHEVALIER makes love to JEMIMA, who loves him in return.
Chorus: "Jemima"
ACT III
SCENE: Conspirators' Chamber
[Enter DOCTOR, who hides behind a barrel.
[Enter COUNT HOOPENKOFF, who amuses himself playing a piccolo.
[Enter BARON. They discuss plot to kidnap Princess, which is overheard
by DOCTOR.
[Enter Ghost, who frightens conspirators away.
Chorus: "Little Willie Smith"
ACT IV
SCENE: JEMIMA's room
[The CHEVALIER DE TINTAIL is waiting.
Song: "I want you to see my Girl" CHEVALIER
[Enter JEMIMA. Love scene.
[Enter DOCTOR, who discloses the plot he has heard and tells JEMIMA
of her high descent. The CHEVALIER and the DOCTOR hide, and the two
villains, by means of a ladder, enter the room. The heroes spring from
their hiding-place and the villains are ejected.
Chorus: "There is a Wash-House"
ACT V
SCENE: Conspirators' Chamber
[The BARON and COUNT enter by different doors. They accuse each other of
having betrayed the plot. Duel follows in which both are killed.
Duet: "Mort de Botheo" COUNT and BARON
[All the others rush in. The two lovers come together and the DOCTOR
says, "God bless you, my children."
Chorus: "Auld Lang Syne" COMPANY and AUDIENCE
And
GOD SAVE THE KING
Played by the Society for the Prevention of the Blues.
Saturday, October 12, 1912.
ADELIE HALL
Admission Free. Children Half Price.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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