The White Chrysanthemum

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Roles and original cast

*Admiral Sir Horatio Armitage, K.C.B. (baritone) - Rutland Barrington
*Lieut. Reginald Armitage (His Son) (baritone) - Henry Lytton
*Lieut. Chippendale Belmont - Lawrence Grossmith
*Sin Chong (Reginald's Chinese Servant) - M. R. Morand
*Cornelia Vanderdecken (An American Heiress) - Marie George
*Betty Kenyon (A Young Widow, Cousin to Sybil) - Millie Legarde
*Sybil Cunningham (known as O San, "The White Chrysanthemum") (soprano) - Isabel Jay

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..."

External links

* [http://www.halhkmusic.com/chrysanth.html Midi files and cast list]