Memphis Bound
A Musical Comedy in 2 Acts, 11 Scenes. Book by Albert Barker
and Sally Benson (with gratitude to W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan).
Music and lyrics by Don Walker and Clay Warnick.
Broadway Theatre, New York - Opened 24th May, 1945. Transferred to the Belasco Theatre 11th June, 1945 : closed 23 June 1945 (36 perfs)
Musical Numbers
(Freely drawn from H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance)
ACT 1
- Big Old River - Ensemble
- Stand Around the Band - Winfield Carter, Delta Rhythm Boys, Ensemble
- Old Love and Brand New Love Roy Baggott, Winfield Carter, Lily Valentine
- Growing Pains - Pilot Meriweather
- We Sail the Ocean Blue - Sailors
- I'm Called Little Buttercup - Mrs Paradise, Delta Rhythm Boys
- A Maiden Fair to See - Roy Baggott, Sailors
- I Am the Captain of the Pinafore - Winfield Carter, Sailors
- Sorry Her Lot - Lily Valentine, Penny Paradise, Henny Paradise
- Over the Bright Blue Sea - Ensemble
- I Am the Monarch of the Sea - Pilot Meriweather, Ensemble
- The Ruler of the Queen's Navee - Pilot Meriweather
- The Nightingale, the Moon and I - Roy Baggott
- Finale - Ensemble
ACT 2
- The Gilbert & Sullivan Blues - Chloe
- Farewell, My Own - Pilot Meriweather, Roy Baggott, the Beer Garden Four
- Fair Moon - Winfield Carter, Delta Rhythm Boys, Ensemble
- Love or Reason - Lily Valentine, Penny Paradise, Henny Paradise
- Things Are Seldom What They Seem - Pilot Meriweather, Winfield Carter
- Trial By Jury - Pilot Meriweather, 4 Dancing Girls, Ensemble
- The Nightingale, the Moon and I (reprise) - Roy Baggott, Lily Valentine, Ensemble
- Old Love and Brand New Love (reprise) - Delta Rhythm Boys, Ensemble
- A-Many Years Ago - Mrs Paradise & Delta Rhythm Boys
- Ring the Merry Belles - Pilot Meriweather
- Finale - Entire Company
Scenes and Settings
Place: Near Calliboga, Tennessee. Time: The Present.
Act 1
- Scene 1: Deck of the Calliboga Queen.
- Scene 2: A Street.
- Scene 3: A Cell in Calliboga Jail.
- Scene 4: "H.M.S. Pinafore" aboard the Calliboga Queen.
Act 2
- Scene 1: The Village Square.
- Scene 2: The Street.
- Scene 3: 'Ilse Cell. That Night.
- Scene 4: The Trial.
- Scene 5: The Cell. Next morning.
- Scene 6: The Street.
- Scene 7: "Pops" Meriwether in the rest of "Pinafore."
Cast
- Mrs. Paradise
- Henny Paradise
- Roy Baggott
- Lily Valentine
- Penny Paradise
- Winfield Carter
- Pilot Meriwether
- Chloe