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voices, chorus, orchestra
- Cast
- Toy Seller (soprano)
Sweetmeat Seller (alto)
Old clothes Seller (tenor)
Fruit Seller (bass)
Billposter (baritone)
Costerwoman (mezzo-soprano)
1st Coster (baritone)
2nd Coster 'Henry' (bass)
3rd Coster 'Bill' (baritone)
2 Policemen (baritones)
Keeper of Elephant (baritone)
Man on Elephant (baritone)
Crier (baritone)
Artist (baritone)
2 Ladies (sopranos)
2 Gents (basses)
Youngman (baritone)
Columbine (soprano)
Pantalon (tenor)
6 Clergymen (tenors, baritones, basses)
2 Dudes (altos)
3 Policemen (baritones)
Colonel Sir John Stout (bass)
Regimental Sergeant Major (bass)
Apparition of Red Indian (baritone)
Apparition of Alexander the Great (bass)
Apparition of Napoleon the Great (baritone)
Apparition of Lady Stout (soprano)
Bishop (tenor)
A Lady 'Mrs. Curzon' (mezzo-soprano)
Man in Plus Fours (tenor)
Mrs. Pamela Freebody (soprano)
Police Sergeant (bass)
Constable (tenor)
2 Cooks (tenors)
- Mixed Chorus
- Street Crowd, including Italian Organ Grinder with Monkey (Prologue)
Soldiers of The Tigers (Act I)
Chorus of Haymakers — Soldiers of The Tigers (Act II)
Chorus of Firemen, Villagers, Bargemen, Policemen and Soldiers of The Tigers (Act III)
- Orchestra
- 3 flutes (2, 3 also piccolos), 3 oboes (3rd also English horn),
- 3 clarinets (1 also E♭ clarinet, 1 also bass clarinet), 3 bassoons (3rd also contrabassoon)
- 6 horns, 4 trumpets, bugle in C, 4 trombones, 5 tubas, euphonium
timpani (3 players), percussion
- (cymbal, bass drum, side drum, long drum, triangle, tambourine, tam-tam, thunder machine, whip,
sleigh bells, town crier’s bell, police bell, ship’s siren, telephone bell, police whistle, motor horn, fire bells,
tubular bells (in B♭, C, D, E♭), xylophone, glockenspiel, celesta, harmonica, 2 vibraphones, tubaphone)
- 2 harps, organ, strings
- Off-stage (Act III, scene 2)
- 2 or more piccolos, 4 or more flutes, 3 or more side drums, bass drum
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