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An Operatic Absurdity in One Act.
Words by F. C. Smale. Music by G. H. Stone.
THE ALEX. THOMSON QUARTET
PARTY.
THE STATION ORCHESTRA. Conductor, EDWARD CLARK.
Cast:
Mark Manifold (a Journalist, with dyspepsia) ... JAMES FLETCHER (Tenor)
Dora Manifold (his Wife, without it)
Madame ALEX. THOMSON (Soprano)
Mrs. Benjamin (a Lodging-House Keeper, with a partiality for police news)
Madame VI BEAN (Contralto)
Mr. Myth (Dream Organizer and Nightmare Dealer, an entirely imaginary individual of eccentric habits)
JOHN COLQUHOUN (Bass)
Introduction (Orchestra).
Duet, " 0 Benjamin " (Mrs. Benjamin and Mark).
Ballad, " Beyond the Silver Path of Light"
(Mark).
Dream Movement (Orchestra).
Recit. and Song, " Of Mystic Elements
Composed " (Myth).
Song, " Once an Eagle" (Dora).
Quartet, " The Maid of High Degree."
Song, " When Proceeding to Compose "
(Mrs. Benjamin).
Madrigal, "Let Our Voices." Recit., " So Now, Farewell."
Finale, " When a Fortune I Possess."
PITT AND MARKS (Entertainers).
RALPH BAULKS (Solo Flute).
THE STATION ORCHESTRA:
Conductor, EDWARD CLARK.
JOHN DUXBURY (Dickens Recital).

Contributors

Unknown:
F. C. Smale.
Music By:
G. H. Stone.
Conductor:
Edward Clark.
Tenor:
James Fletcher
Tenor:
Dora Manifold
Soprano:
Madame Alex. Thomson
Bass:
John Colquhoun
Conductor:
Edward Clark.

5NO Newcastle

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