THE ORCHID
Composer: Lionel
Monckton
Lyricist: Adrian Ross
Opened: October 26, 1903, Gaiety Theatre, London; April
8, 1907, Herald Square Theatre, N.Y.C.; transferred on September
2, 1907 to the Casino Theatre
Performances: 559 (London); 178 (N.Y.C.)
Note: An unidentified selection appears on
78/Zonophone X40011-40016 (Zonophone Military Band).
Bedelia (M: Jean Schwartz; L: William Jerome) (in London production only):
1. 78/G&T (rej) (Fred
Wright, Jr. with piano accompaniment)
2. 78/G&T GC3-2070 (Hamilton Hill)
3. 78/Columbia 38205 (Lee Bennett with Jan Garber and His
Orchestra) [also 78/Okeh 6182]
4. 78/Decca 3826 (Dick Kuhn and His Orchestra)
5. 78/American 5001 (Bob Morris and The Swantones with the Joe
Bushkin Trio)
6. 78/Zonophone P 5636 (Arthur Collins)
7. 78/Victor 2559 (Haydn Quartet)
A radio transcription performed by Irving Kaufman with the Music
Hall Varieties is also known to exist.
Bunny At The Bun Shop (used in the
London production only):
1. 78/Columbia 25203 (Fred
Wright Jr. with piano accompaniment)
2. 78/G&T GC3-2044 (Fred Wright Jr. with piano
accompaniment)
Come Along With Me (used in
London production; possibly the same song as “Come
Along To The Zoo”):
1. 78/G&T 3375 (Elsie
Steadman with orchestral accompaniment)
Cordelia Malone (used in the London
production only):
1. 78/G&T GC3-2344
(Mike Nagee)
The Emperor Of Sahara (M: Ivan Caryll)
(used in the London production only):
1. 78/G&T GC3-2038 (Fred Wright Jr. with piano accompaniment)
(From) Far Peru (M: Ivan Caryll) (used
in the Broadway production):
1. City Of Dreams: Rediscovered Gems From The Early Days Of
Musical Theatre Vol. II, CD/Operetta Archives OA 1013 (Peter
Halverson, Julie Wright, and Robin Farnsley with Victoria Kirsch,
piano)
He Goes To Church On Sunday (M: E. Ray
Goetz; L: Vincent Bryan) (used in the Broadway production):
1. 78/Victor 5124 (Billy
Murray with orchestra)
2. 78/Columbia A 480 (Billy Murray with orchestral
accompaniment)
3. 78/Zonophone 786 (Billy Murray)
4. The Denver Nightingale, CD/Archeophone ARCH 5501 (Billy
Murray) (one of the above recordings)
5. Minstrel Days, Everest (M) LPBR-5039 (Eddie Foy Jr. with
orchestra conducted by Tutti Camarata)
6 . Living A Ragtime Life, CD/Solo Art 110 (Max Morath)
I’m Well Known (M/L: Jerome Kern)
(sheet music only):
1. Jerome Kern: Lost
Treasures, CD/Centaur CRC2371 (Anne Sciolla with Brian Kovach,
piano)
2. Lost Broadway And More Volume 6: Jerome Kern, CD/Original
Cast OC-1399 (Wendi Bergamini with Michael Levine, piano)
Little Mary (L: Leslie Mayne) (used in
the London production only; also used in MRS. WILSON
ANDREWS):
1. 78/G&T GC3-2022
(Fred Wright Jr. with piano accompaniment)
2. Edwardian Favourites, Marble Arch (M) MAL 618 (Stanford
Robinson conducting the Pro Arte Orchestra)
Liza Ann (A Yorkshire Idyll) (L: Leslie
Mayne) :
1. 78/G&T GC3-2023
(Fred Wright Jr. with piano accompaniment)
2. Songs From The Shows, CD/Hyperion CDA67654 (Catherine Bott
and Richard Suart with the New London Orchestra conducted by
Ronald Corp)
No Wedding Bells For Me (M: Seymour
Furth; L: Will Heelan; Edward P. Moran) ((used in the
Broadway production; also used in MRS. WILSON ANDREWS):
1. 78/Zonophone 742 (Billy
Murray)
2. 78/Victor 16130 (Billy Murray with orchestra)
3. 78/Columbia A 393 (Bob Roberts with orchestral accompaniment)
[reissued on The Phonographic Yearbook: 1907 - “Dear Old Golden
Rule Days,” CD/Archeophone ARCH 9008]
Unrecorded Material:
A-Lack-A-Day (L: Percy
Greenbank) (in London production only)
Carnival Is Nearly Ended (in London production only)
Character Song (added after the Broadway opening)
(And They Say He Went To) College (M: Seymour Furth; L:
Edward P. Moran) (used in the Broadway production)
Come Along To The Zoo (cut after the Broadway opening; possibly
the same song as “Come Along With Me”)
Come Around On Our Veranda (M/L: Jerome Kern; Paul West)
(interpolated into the American production)
Dance Of The Orchid (M: Hugo Frey) (added after the Broadway
opening)
The Debutantes (in London production only)
Fancies (L: Percy Greenbank) (in London production only)
Fancy Dress (cut after Broadway opening)
Finale Act I (M: Ivan Caryll)
The Horticultural College (aka “This High Horticultural
College”) (M: Ivan Caryll) (used in the Broadway production)
I Do All The Dirty Work (L: Percy Greenbank) (in London version
only)
I Do, I Do, I Do! (M/L: David Reed Jr.) (added after the
Broadway opening)
I Don’t Want The Dark (L: Percy Greenbank; Leslie Mayne) (used
in the Broadway production)
I Must Propose To You (M/L: Paul Rubens) (used in the Broadway
production)
La Promenade Anglais (used in the Broadway production)
Ladies In Society (used in the Broadway production)
(The) Lady Secretary (used in the Broadway production)
Little Blanche Marie (used in the Broadway production)
Little Chimney Sweep (cut after Broadway opening)
Mulberry Street (Moolbarri) (M/L: Junie McCree) (added after the
Broadway opening)
Off To The Ball (M: Ivan Caryll) (in London production only)
Oh, Mr. Registrar! (L: Percy Greenbank) (used in the Broadway
production)
Our Marriage Lines (M: Ivan Caryll) (in London production only)
Paree (M/L: Gus Edwards) (added after the Broadway opening)
Pas De Trois (inst.) (in London production only)
A Perfect Lady (M: Hugo Frey; L: Harold Atteridge) (used in the
Broadway production)
Prizes (in London production only)
Pushful (in London production only)
The Recipe (M/L: Jerome Kern; Paul West) (originally used in THE
RICH MR. HOGGENHEIMER; interpolated into the American
production)
Rose-A-Rubie (M/L: Bernard Rolt) (in London production only)
The Unemployed (M: Ivan Caryll; L: George Grossmith Jr.) (in
London production only)
Up And Down, Over The Town (Opening Chorus Act II) (L: Percy
Greenbank) (used in the Broadway production)
Waltzing (M: Ivan Caryll) (in London production only)
We Are Going To The Ball All In White (in London production
only)
Why Do They Call Me A Gibson Girl? (M: Leslie Stuart; L: Leslie
Stiles) (added after the Broadway opening; originally used in
THE BELLE OF MAYFAIR)
Zoo Song (added after the Broadway opening and then cut)