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Repeat Performance of the new and original comic opera "Dogs of Devon" or "Foiled Again!" in three acts.
S.B. to all Stations, except Birmingham.

7.35 Acts I. and II
Order of Musical Numbers.

Act I.
1. Introduction and Opening Chorus, "Merrily, Merrily, Ring the Bells"
2. Entrance of Mayor and Corporation, "His Worship the Mayor"
3. Song (Noah and Chorus) "Apples and Cream"
4. Sextet and Chorus .............................. "Fireworks"
5. Entrance of Sea-Dogs and Chorus...."Dogs of Devon"
6. Song (Hugh) ............................ "In Devon's Garden"
7. Duet (Hugh and Dolores) and Scena "Interruptions"
8. Chorus and Recit. (Drake) ............ "Drake's Drum"
9. Song (Drake and Chorus). "St. George for Merrie England"
10. Ensemble "No, it Isn't Him"
11. Song (Don Bernardino and Chorus) "A Grand Grandee"
12. Chorus and Ensemble ....................... "Ding Dong"
13. Song (Drake and Chorus) ........................... "Bowls"
14. Finale to Act I.

Act II.
15. Chorus (Sea-Dogs) ........................... "Haut Away"
16. Duet (Hugh and Dolores) ........... "Hey Lack-a-day!"
17. Song (Hugh and Chorus) ............... "Westward Ho!"
18. Song (Noah and Chorus) ..................... "Tobacco"
19. Song (Dolores and Chorus) ................. "Fancyland"
20. Trio (Don Bernardino, Sir Wilfred, The Mayor) "Plotting a Plot"
21. Ensemble .............. "Let us Troll a Simple Ditty"

Contributors

Book and Lyrics:
F.R. Bell
Book and Lyrics:
Harold Ellis
Music:
W. H. Bullock
Produced and Conducted by:
L. Stanton Jefferies
Sir Francis Drake:
John Huntington
Don Bernardino de Mendoza (Spanish Ambassador):
Joseph Farrington
Captain Hugh Fleming:
Sydney Coltham
The Mayor of Plymouth:
Rex Palmer
The Captain of the Guard:
Rex Palmer
Town Crier:
David Openshaw
Queen Elizabeth:
Gladys Palmer
Dame Margery:
Gladys Palmer
Dolores (Sir Francis Drake's Ward):
Ethel Kemish
Dorothy (Maid at the Pelican Inn):
Ethel Kemish
Noah Fleming (Host of the Pelican Inn), Sergeant of the Beefeaters:
Stella Hackman
Simon Simple (A Sea-dog):
Frederick Lloyd
Sir Wilfred Leigh:
Frederick Lloyd
The Town Clerk of Plymouth, Townsfolk, Sea-dogs, Town Councillors, and Beefeaters:
Charles Wreford and company

22. Chorus of Beefeaters and Solo (Sergeant) ...... "Beel"
23. Trio (Sir Wilfred, Don Bernardino, and Captain) "Three Bad Men"
24. Song (The Mayor and Chorus of Beefeaters) "In the Days of Queen Bess"
25. Entrance of Queen Elizabeth.
26. Chorus ............................................... "Royal Lady"
27. Gavotte.
28. Song (Queen Elizabeth and Chorus) "Weary I Gaze"
29. Chorus and Recits ....................... "Drake's Return"
30. Querette and Chorus "Proudly Blooms the Tudor Rose"

Contributors

Announcer:
R. F. Palmer

2LO London

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