The Spring Chicken

Roles

• Gustave Babori – George Grossmith, Jr.
• Boniface – Lionel Mackinder
• Baron Papouche – Harry Grattan
• Félix – Robert Nainby
• Stephen-Henry – William Spray
• Proprietor of "The Crimson Butterfly" – Arthur Hatherton
• Alexis and Ferdinand – George Gregory and Harry Taylor
• Waiter – Leigh Ellis
• Napoleon – Master Cross
• Joseph Boniface – Charles Brown
• Inspector of Police – R. Tremayne
• Mr. Girdle – Edmund Payne
• Mrs. Girdle – Connie Ediss
• Baroness Papouche – Kate Cutler
• Dulcie Babori – Olive Morrell
• Emmy-Lou – Olive May
• La Modiste – Isabelle Lidster
• Sylvana, Thérèse and Henriette – Gaynor Rowlands, Gertrude Glyn and Marguerite Gray
• Yvonne, Yvette and Céleste – Kitty Mason, Fanny Dango, Ethel Oliver
• Rosalie – Gertie Millar

  Musical numbers

• No. 1 - Opening Chorus - "If we live in the land we love, we must love in the land we live..."
• No. 2 - Song - Baron & Chorus - "As one of the Old Noblesse, I'm eager to seek redress..."
• No. 3 - Trio - Baroness, Babori & Baron - "Were you my client, Baroness, I boldly should assert you..."
• No. 4 - Song - Dulcie - "When sun and showers awake the flowers to venture forth..."
• No. 5 - Quartet - Mr. & Mrs. Girdle, Emmy-Lou & Stephen-Henry - "It seemed a dreadful bore to leave our native shore..."
• No. 6 - Song - Girdle & Chorus - "I'm slightly past the age of thirty-one, and all the many foolish things I've done..."
• No. 7 - Song - Rosalie - "I'm a country lass, you know, fresh to all the streets and houses..."
• No. 8 - Concerted Piece - " Open windows, open doors, sprinkle tea-leaves on the floors..."
• No. 9 - Quartet - Rosalie, Emmy-Lou, Boniface & Stephen-Henry - " The swallow's a dear little bird..."
• No. 10 - Song - Mrs. Girdle & Chorus - " I don't say that husbands are all of them bad..."
• No. 11 - Concerted Number - "A modiste modeste, she has done her best to make us look all most exquisitely dressed!..."
• No. 12 - March Song - Babori & Chorus - "When the Autumn leaves are falling, I can hear my conscience calling..."
• No. 13 - Duet - Rosalie & Girdle - "I'd like to go on a London spree... Then come with me!..."
• No. 14 - Finale Act I - "Here is news that's really very unpleasant! We've been patiently waiting all the day..."

• No. 15 - Opening Chorus - "If you're tired of having your meals 'mid the noise and the traffic of town..."
• No. 16 - Song - Felix & Chorus - "If the mysteries you're eager to unravel, of the world and all the doings of the day..."
• No. 17 - Duet - Rosalie & Boniface, with Chorus - "When I was a child about so high, and feeding the ducks and chickens..."
• No. 18 - Song - Rosalie & Chorus - "There once was a dear little girl you must know; you've heard of such girls, I think..."
• No. 19 - Song - Dulcie & Chorus - "When Gustave proposed to me, he went down on bended knee..."
• No. 20 - Song - Boniface & Chorus - "Do you know the jolly student band who come in joyous train?..."
• No. 21 - Song - Baroness & Chorus - "I wanted to obtain advice from a lawyer at his leisure..."
• No. 22 - Duet - Babori & Girdle - "When a man is young, under thirty-five, he is handsomer, stronger and sounder..."
• No. 23 - Song - Rosalie & Chorus - "Here we are you see, in our dear Paris; all is love and laughter..."
• No. 24 - Recit. and Song - Babori & Chorus - "I am the manager of the National Theatre / The drama of Britain is limping..."
• No. 25 - Finale Act II - "So come to France when you've a chance..."