L'Étoile

The Merry Monarch

an opéra-bouffe in three acts by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo. Original Music by Emmanuel Chabrier.

Broadway Theatre, New York (as The Merry Monarch); Book and lyrics by Cheever Goodwin; music by Woolson Morse; Broadway Theatre, New York; 18 August, 1890 (49 perfs)
Savoy Theatre, London (as The Lucky Star); Book and lyrics by Charlie Brookfield, Adrian Ross and Aubrey Hopwood; Music by Ivan Caryll; 7 January, 1899

Characters:

King Ouf I, King of the thirty-six realms
Siroco, his astologer
Prince Hérrison de Porc-Épic, an ambassador from the court of Mataquin
Aloès, his wife
Tapioca, his personal secretary
Princess Laoula of Mataquin
Lazuli
Chief of Police
Oasis, Youka, Asphodèle, Zinnia, Koukouli, Adza, royal maids of honour