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try will be at a standstill。 Then there will be sickness
in
plenty�察�endless lawsuits�察�crowded jails�察�interminable
confu´
sion in the Army and Navy�察�and�察�in short�察�general and
unex´
ampled prosperity��
All�此 �Ulahlica� �Ulahlica��
Phantis�此 。�aside�� Baffled��
Scaphio�此 �But an hour will come��
King�此 �Your hour has come alreadyaway with them�察�and let them
wait my will� 。�Scaphio and Phantis are led off in
custody。��
From this moment Government by Party is adopted�察�with all
its attendant blessings�察�and henceforward Utopia will no
longer be a Monarchy Limited�察�but�察�what is a great deal
better�察�a Limited Monarchy� �
FINALE
Zara�此 �There's a little group of isles beyond the wave
So tiny�察�you might almost wonder where it is
That nation is the bravest of the brave��
And cowards are the rarest of all rarities。
The proudest nations kneel at her command��
She terrifies all foreign´born rapscallions��
And holds the peace of Europe in her hand
With half a score invincible battalions��
Such�察�at least�察�is the tale
Which is born on the gale��
From the island which dwells in the sea。
Let us hope�察�for her sake
That she makes no mistake
That she's all the professes to be��
King�此 �Oh�察�may we copy all her maxims wise��
And imitate her virtues and her charities��
And may we�察�by degrees�察�acclimatize
Her Parliamentary peculiarities��
By doing so�察�we shall in course of time��
Regenerate completely our entire land
Great Britain is the monarchy sublime��
To which some add ��others do not�� Ireland。
Such at least is the tale�察�etc。
CURTAIN。
THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD
or
The Merryman and His Maid
Book by
W。S。 GILBERT
Music by
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
First produced at the Savoy Theatre in London�察�England��
on October 3�察�1888。
THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
SIR RICHARD CHOLMONDELEY ��pronounced Chum'lee��
��Lieutenant of the Tower�� Baritone
COLONEL FAIRFAX ��under sentence of death�� Tenor
SERGEANT MERYLL ��of the Yeomen of the Guard�� Bass/Baritone
LEONARD MERYLL ��his son�� Tenor
JACK POINT ��a Strolling Jester�� Light Baritone
WILFRED SHADBOLT
��Head Jailer and Assistant Tormentor�� Bass/Baritone
THE HEADSMAN Non´singing
FIRST YEOMAN Baritone
SECOND YEOMAN Tenor
THIRD YEOMAN ��optional�А �Baritone
FOURTH YEOMAN ��optional�А �Tenor
FIRST CITIZEN Chorus
SECOND CITIZEN Chorus
ELSIE MAYNARD ��a Strolling Singer�� Soprano
PHOEBE MERYLL ��Sergeant Meryll's Daughter�� Mezzo´Soprano
DAME CARRUTHERS ��Housekeeper to the Tower�� Contralto
KATE ��her Niece�� Soprano
Chorus of YEOMEN of the Guard�察�GENTLEMEN�察�CITIZENS�察�etc。
SCENE�此 �Tower Green
16th Century
ACT I
��Scene。 Tower Green��
��Phoebe discovered spinning。
No。 1。 When maiden loves�察�she sits and sighs
��INTRODUCTION and SONG��
Phoebe
PHOEBE When maiden loves�察�she sits and sighs��
She wanders to and fro��
Unbidden tear´drops fill her eyes��
And to all questions she replies��
With a sad ;Heigh´ho� �
'Tis but a little word;Heigh´ho� �
So soft�察�'tis scarcely heard;Heigh´ho� �
An idle breath
Yet life and death
May hang upon a maid's ;Heigh´ho� �
When maiden loves�察�she mopes apart��
As owl mopes on a tree��
Although she keenly feels the smart��
She cannot tell what ails her heart��
With its sad ;Ah�察�me� �
'Tis but a foolish sigh;Ah�察�me� �
Born but to droop and die;Ah�察�me� �
Yet all the sense
Of eloquence
Lies hidden in a maid's ;Ah�察�me� �
Yet all the sense
Of eloquence
Lies hidden in a maid's ;Ah�察�me� �
;Ah�察�me� ┌察 �Ah�察�me� �
Yet all the sense
Of eloquence
Lies hidden in a maid's ;Ah�察�me� �
��PHOEBE weeps
��Enter WILFRED
WILFRED Mistress Meryll��
PHOEBE ��looking up�А�Eh� �Oh� �it's you�察�is it�拭�You may go
away��if you like。 Because I don't want you�察�you know。
WILFRED Haven't you anything to say to me��
PHOEBE Oh yes� �Are the birds all caged�拭�The wild beasts all
littered down�拭�All the locks�察�chains�察�bolts�察�and bars
in good order�拭�Is the Little Ease sufficiently
comfortable�拭�The racks�察�pincers�察�and thumbscrews all
ready for work�拭�Ugh� �you brute��
WILFRED These allusions to my professional duties are in
doubtful taste。 I didn't become a head´jailer because
I like head´jailing。 I didn't become an assistant´
tormentor because I like assistant´tormenting。 We
can't all be sorcerers�察�you know。 ��PHOEBE is annoyed��
Ah� �you brought that upon yourself。
PHOEBE Colonel Fairfax is not a sorcerer。 He's a man of
science and an alchemist。
WILFRED Well�察�whatever he is�察�he won't be one for long�察�for
he's to be beheaded to´day for dealings with the
devil。 His master nearly had him last night�察�when the
fire broke out in the Beauchamp ��pronounced Bee'cham��
Tower。
PHOEBE Oh� �how I wish he had escaped in the confusion� �But
take care�察�there's still time for a reply to his
petition for mercy。
WILFRED Ah� �I'm content to chance that。 This evening at half´
past seven ah� 。�Gesture of chopping off a head。��
PHOEBE You're a cruel monster to speak so unfeelingly of the
death of a young and handsome soldier。
WILFRED Young and handsome� �How do you know he's young and
handsome��
PHOEBE Because I've seen him every day for weeks past taking
his exercise on the Beauchamp ��pronounced Bee'cham��
Tower。
WILFRED Curse him��
PHOEBE There�察�I believe you're jealous of him�察�now。 Jealous
of a man I've never spoken to� �Jealous of a poor soul
who's to die in an hour��
WILFRED I am� �I'm jealous of everybody and everything。 I'm
jealous of the very words I speak to you because they
reach your ears and I mustn't go near 'em��
PHOEBE How unjust you are� �Jealous of the words you speak to
me� �Why�察�you know as well as I do that I don't even
like them。
WILFRED You used to like 'em。
PHOEBE I used to pretend I like them。 It was mere politeness
to comparative strangers。
��Exit PHOEBE�察�with spinning wheel
WILFRED I don't believe you know what jealousy is� �I don't
believe you know how it eats into a man's heart and
disorders his digestion and turns his interior into
boiling lead。 Oh�察�you are a heartless jade to trifle
with the delicate organization of the human interior。
No。 1A。 When jealous torments
��OPTIONAL SONG��
Wilfred
WILFRED When jealous torments rack my soul��
My agonies I can't control��
Oh�察�better sit on red hot coal
Than love a heartless jade。
The red hot coal will hurt no doubt��
But red hot coals in time die out��
But jealousy you can not rout��
Its fires will never fade。
It's much less painful on the whole
To go and sit on red hot coal
'Til you're completely flayed��
Or ask a kindly friend to crack
Your wretched bones upon the rack
Than love a heartless jade��
Than love a heartless jade。
The kerchief on your neck of snow
I look on as a deadly foe��
It goeth where I dare not go
And stops there all day long。
The belt that holds you in its grasp
Is to my peace of mind a rasp��
It claspeth what I can not clasp��
Correct me if I'm wrong。
It's much less painful on the whole
To go and sit on red hot coal
'Til you're completely flay