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HOTEL TOPSY TURVY

A Parisian Vaudeville Operetta (Musical Comedy) in 3 Acts. French libretto (to the vaudeville operette "L'Auberge du Tohu-Bohu") by Maurice Ordonneau. American adapation by Arthur Sturgess and Edgar Smith. (English adaptation by Emil Schwab and Adolph Neuendroff) Music by Victor Roger; additional music by Lionel Monckton.

Herald Square Theatre, New York - 3rd October - 24th December, 1898 (102 perfs)
Duke of York's, London (?) - 1898 (2 months) as Topsy Turvy Hotel

Musical Numbers

Act 1

1. Opening Chorus (Alas! alas! Alas! When will our misfortunes pass?)
2. Song (Sigh not if fate should frown) - Flora
3. Song (Oh, what is the use of this life) - (Music by Lionel Monckton.) - Paul
4. Chorus of Villagers (Hark! the drum again is restive)
5. "Walk up, walk up" (Song) (This is the finest show on earth) (Music by Lionel Monckton.) - Flora
6. "The Shifting of the Sign" (Quintet) (Silently, creeping, While they are sleeping) - Flora, Paul, Louis, Lebeau, La Force
7. Finale (Welcome! This hostelry is noted)
8. Valse-Song (Tip-toe! Now go) - Flora, Cecile, Paul, etc.

Act 2

9. Opening Chorus (Welcome! this hostelry is noted)
10. "A little overdoing it" (Song) (All the world's a stage) (Music by Lionel Monckton.) - Louis
11. Duet (How peaceful is this domesticity) - Moulinet, Mme Moulinet
12. "Toujours" (Song) (If a man would married be) (Air "Les Blondes") (Music by H. Fragson and A. Stanislaus.) - Cecile
13. "How to kiss" (Duet) (Should you chance to meet a charming little miss) (Music by N. Lambelet. Lyrics by Roland Carse.) - Cecile, Paul
14. Quartet (When a dinner you cook) (Music by Lionel Monckton.) - Louis, Paul, Cecile, Marcelle
15. Chorus (We bow our heads)/ Song (Note my most distiguished bearing) - Lebeau
16. Serenade and Chorus (Ongree was a London jongdarm) - Paul
17. Finale (Now 'tis still)
    

Act 3

18. Opening Chorus (Whatever is about to happen now)
19. "The Boolyvar de Paree" (Song)(When I and brother Harry) (Music by Lionel Monckton.) - Lebeau
20. Ensemble (How can it be?)
21. "I Should Like to Know" (Song)(In youthful days) (Music by Lionel Monckton.) - Flora
22. Chorus and Dance (Here at the break of day) (Music by Lionel Monckton.)
23. Song (Heed not the tear) - Flora
24. Finale (Now out little play is done)
    
    
25. Quartet (Addenda) (We started quite badly) (Music by Lionel Monckton.) - Cecile, Marcelle, Dremer, Joseph
    

American Interpolations

• "I Happened to Be There" (Music by Eddie Foy. Lyrics by William M. Dunlevy.) - Lebeau
• "My Own Cecile" (Music and Lyrics by H. Fragson and Ad. Stanislas.) - Paul
• "It's Not the Weather Cock That Changes, It's the Wind" (Act 2) (Music and Lyrics by Aubrey Boucicault.) - Paul, Cecile
• "The Gingerbread Doll" (Act 3) (Music and Lyrics by Aubrey Boucicault.) - Flora
• "Dreaming of Mother and Home" (tour) (Music by John S. Ross. Lyrics by Arthur J. Lamb.) - Marietta
• "Hello, Ma Baby" (tour) (Music and Lyrics by Joseph E. Howard and Ida Emerson.)
  

Cast

• Paul, art student, friend of Louis
• Lebeau, a clown
• La Force, a strong man
• Dremer, father of Cecile
• Louis, nephew to Moulinet
• Comte Zarifouli
• Moulinet, who likes peace and tranquility
• Joseph, servant to Dremer
• Latour, Gracieux, acrobats
• Mme. Moulinet, wife to Moulnet
• Cecile, daughter of Dremer
• Mariette, servant to Moulinet
• Marcelle, companion of Cecile
• Mme. Malicorne, landlady of the White House Inn
• Members of the Circus - Estelle, Rose, Jennie
• Flora, proprietress of Cluny's Colossal Combination

Acrobats, French Peasants, Fruit Sellers, Villagers, etc.

Scenes and settings

• Act 1: The White Horse Inn, Bourg-Fleury.
• Act 2: Interior of Moulinet's House.
• Act 3: The same, later on.