Roles and original cast
*Kibosh, a Persian magician, making a professional tour of Egypt – Frank Daniels *Abydos, his apprentice – Louise Royce *Ptolemy, King of Egypt – Walter Allen *Simoona, Ptolemy's second wife – Mary Palmer *Cleopatra, a Princess who knows naught of love – Dorothy Morton *Ptarmigan, Cleopatra's music teacher – Edwin Isham *Cheops, the royal weather bureau – Louis Casavant *Obeliska, captain of the Amazons – Helen Redmond *Netocris, lieutenant of the Amazons – Claudia Carlstedt *Merza, first maid-of-honor to Cleopatra – Grace RutterMusical numbers
*Overture ;Act I – Public Square in Alexandria. *No. 1 Ensemble – "Aïah! Aïah! Aïah! Aïah! Father Nile, keep us in thy care" *No. 2 Obeliska and Cheops, with Chorus – "He's not egotistic, but most optimistic" *No. 3 Oriental March – "Strew the way with flow'rets blooming" *No. 4 Ptolemy, Simoona and Chorus – "I am the ruler of the whole Egyptian nation" *No. 5 Kibosh and Chorus – "Of all the magicians of lofty positions who give exhibitions, I'm easily King." *No. 6a Chorus – "Pure and white is the Lotos Lily flower, tira la!" *No. 6b Chorus and Cleopatra – "I have been a-maying, though the month is June" *No. 7 Kibosh and Cleopatra – "Tell me, tell me prithee tell me" *No. 8 Ptarmigan – "If it were for me to lead to glory" *No. 9 Finale Act I – "Strew the way with flow'rets blooming, deck the paths with garlands gay." ;Act II – Terraced roof of the King's palace. *No. 10 Serenade, with Abydos and Cheops – "List to our matin serenade, Princess, Princess fair" *No. 10a Scene – (in which Kibosh is pursued by an alligator, which eventually retreats in disgust) *No. 11 Ptarmigan and Cleopatra – "If I were a King, I would kneel, sweetheart, to thee" *No. 12 Cleopatra, Abydos, Simoona, Ptolemy and Cheops – "On Cleopatra's wedding day" *No. 13 Kibosh and Chorus – "She kept her secret well" *No. 14 Finale Act II – "Oh agony, unutterable woe!" ;Act III – Interior of the King's private pyramid. *No. 15 Introduction and Stonecutters' Song, Ptarmigan and Male Chorus – "Work away, work away with a song, my boys." *No. 16 Cleopatra – "I seem to have known you my whole life long" *No. 16a Entrance of Kibosh, Simoona, Ptolemy and Cheops *No. 17 Waltz Quintette: Abydos, Simoona, Kibosh, Cheops and Ptolemy – "When sitting alone at eventide" *No. 18 Pages' Chorus – "To the pyramid softly stealing now we come" *No. 19 Echo Duet – Kibosh, Ptolemy and Pages - "In our bravery we're peerless" *No. 20 Finale Act III – "Ah! love we know"Notes
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