HIGH JINKS



Composer: Rudolf Friml
Lyricist: Otto Harbach

Opened: December 10, 1913, Lyric Theatre, N.Y.C., and transferred on January 12, 1915 to the Casino Theatre; August 24, 1916, Adelphi Theatre, London
Performances: 213 (N.Y.C.); 383 (London)


All Aboard For Dixie(land) (M: George L. Cobb; L: Jack Yellen) (cut):

1. 78/Victor 35382 (Victor Light Opera Company) [also 78/HMV 04598; reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Columbia A 5561 (Prince’s Band directed by G. Hepburn Wilson)
3. 78/Victor 17533 (Victor Military Band)
4. The Phonographic Yearbook: 1914 - Her Memory Haunts You, CD/Archeophone ARCH 9012 (Ada Jones and the Peerless Quartet)
5. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


(The) Bubble:

1. 78/Victor 35382 (Victor Light Opera Company) [also 78/HMV 04598; reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Victor 9651 (Victor Salon Group conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret) [reissued on The Music Of Rudolf Friml, RCA Camden (M) CAL-252]
3. 78/HMV C-720 (Marie Blanche with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
4. 78/Edison 80131 (Emory B. Randolph with chorus and orchestra)
5. Rudolf Friml In Person, 78/Schirmer 12” album 2 (Rudolf Friml, piano) [reissued on The Genius Of Rudolf Friml, Golden Crest CRS-4200]
6. 78/Columbia 772 (Dorothy Brunton) [also 45/Discovery DE-002]
7. Do You Know Rudolf Friml, Nan 4019 (Rudolf Friml, piano)
8 . High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kimberly Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
9 . Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)


Chi-Chi:

1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kim Parr and David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Dickie Birds (M: Howard Talbot) (written for the London production?):

1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle, Don Regan, Mike Parr, David Troiano, Thomas Petiet, and Dennis Eagle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


(The) Dixiana Rise (added after opening):

1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Finale Act 1:

1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Finale Act 2:

1. 78/HMV C-719 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Finale Act 3:

1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


High Jinks:

1. 78/Victor 27633 (Walter Preston and the Victor Mixed Chorus with orchestra conducted by Emil Cot)
An unverified radio transcription performed by Edward Vito, harp, is also known to exist.


I Could Love A Nice Little Girl (added for the London production):

1. 78/HMV 4-2785  (W.H. Berry with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot) [also 78/HMV E-171]


I’m Through With Roaming Romeos:

1. 78/Columbia 639 (London Repertoire Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
2. 78/HMV B-712 (Maisie Gay with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
3. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


It Isn’t Your (My) Fault (M: Jerome Kern; L: M.E. Rourke) (added for the London production; later used in 90 IN THE SHADE and music reused for “It Wasn’t My Fault” with a new lyric in LOVE O’MIKE):

1. 78/HMV 04176 (W.H. Berry and Marie Blanche) [reissued on Jerome Kern In London 1914-23, World SHB34]
2. 78/Vic 35624 (Victor Light Opera Company) (as "It Wasn't My Fault") [reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone - Volume III, CD/Pearl GEMS 0084]
3. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. II, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1378 (Kaye Ballard) (as "It Isn't My Fault") [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-111]


It’s Wonderful How Trouble Clings To Me (added for the London production):

1. 78/HMV 4-2784 (W.H. Berry with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)


Jim:

1. 78/Victor 35382 (Victor Light Opera Company) [also 78/HMV 04598; reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/HMV B-712 (Maisie Gay with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
3. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Love’s Own Kiss:

1. 78/Victor 35382 (Victor Light Opera Company) [also 78/HMV 04598; reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Victor 9651 (Victor Salon Group conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret) [reissued on The Music Of Rudolf Friml, RCA Camden (M) CAL-252]
3. 78/Columbia 639 (London Repertoire Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
4. 78/HMV C-721 (Muriel Gay [Louie Brooks] and Peter Gawthorne with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
5. 78/HMV C-737 (Peter Gawthorne and Nellie Taylor with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
6. 78/Columbia 772 (Dorothy Brunton) [also 45/Discovery DE-002]
7. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kimberley Dolanski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
8. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)


Not Now, But Later (added after opening):

1. 78/Victor 9651 (Victor Salon Group conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret) [reissued on The Music Of Rudolf Friml, RCA Camden (M) CAL-252]
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kimberely Dolanski and Dennis Eagle with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)


Opening Chorus (Act 1) (M: Howard Talbot) (added for the subsequent tour):

1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Opening Chorus (Act 2):

1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Overture:

1. 78/HMV C-713 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Oyra’s Dance (added for the London production):

1. 78/HMV C-713 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)


She Says It With Her Eyes (added for the London production):

1. 78/HMV C-721 (Maisie Gay and W.H. Rawlins with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Kirsten Kunkle and Don Regan with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Something Seems Tingle-Ingle-Ing:

1. 78/Victor 35382 (Victor Light Opera Company) [also 78/HMV 04598; reissued on Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Victor 9651 (Victor Salon Group conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret) [reissued on The Music Of Rudolf Friml, RCA Camden (M) CAL-252]
3. 78/Columbia 639 (London Repertoire Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
4. 78/HMV C-719 (Adelphi Theatre Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
5. 78/HMV C-720 (Peter Gawthorne and Chorus [George Baker, Eda Bennie, Louie Brooks, and Ernest Pike] with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)
6. 78/Victor 35393 (Victor Military Band)
7. The Genius Of Rudolf Friml, Golden Crest CRS-4200 (Rudolf Friml, piano)
8 . High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (David Troiano with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
9 . Chansonette, CD/Arabesque Z6562 (The Eastman-Dryden Orchestra conducted by Donald Hunsberger)
10. Piano Music Of Rudolf Friml, CD/Koch Records 7512 (Sara Davis Buechner, piano)


Spaniards’ Duet (added for the London production):

1. 78/HMV 04175 (W.H. Berry and Violet Blythe with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot)


Tango and Incidental Dance:

1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


That Alters The Matter (not in programs):

1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Thomas Petiet and Suzanne Galer with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


A Woman’s Heart (M: Howard Talbot) (written for the London production?):

1. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Christina Gurne and Mike Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


What Is Life Without Love? (M: Howard Talbot) (added for the London production):

1. 78/HMV 02679 (W.H. Berry with the Adelphi Orchestra conducted by Howard Talbot) [also 78/HMV D415]
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Mike Parr with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)

When Sammy Sang The Marseillaise:

1. 78/Columbia 639 (London Repertoire Orchestra conducted by Albert Ketelbey)
2. High Jinks, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CHJ06P-2C (Cheryl Kaski with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)


Unrecorded Material:

Afternoon (cut)
Come Hither, Eyes
Dr. Grouch Is Going Away (added to the subsequent American tour)
High Jinks Tangle
I Know Your Husband Very Well
Is This Love At Last (cut after opening)
Life Without Love (not used?)
Opening Chorus (Act 3)