Ten Nights in a Bar Room
by Fred Carmichael

Name: Ten Nights in a Bar Room
Brand: Fred Carmichael
SKU: 9780573680588

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120 mins 19th Century Bare Stage/Simple Set Period Costumes

Synopsis

Presented in the style of a 19th-century melodrama, this rare combination of music and nonsense leaves the audience asking for more.

All of the well-remembered scenes from the classic melodrama are intact: Little Mary as she pleads with her fallen father in the bar, the evils of alcohol claiming the owner of the saloon, Little Mary's death scene and the regeneration of drunkard Joe Morgan.

New suspense is added as Goldie Hills, a saloon singer with a heart of gold, is tied to a mooring post by villainous Harvey Green and sings "I Am More to Be Pitied Than Censured" as the water rises.

In keeping with the period, olio numbers are suggested to be perform between scenes.

Chorus songs and dances are worked into the plot with over twenty numbers in all suggested.

To be authentic, the scenery is all painted on backdrops and the production problems are minimal.

Press Reviews

"Act I“There is a Tavern in the Town"
— Company“The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” – Harvey Green“I’m the Guy” – Willie

"I Don’t Care"
— Goldie“Father, Dear Father” – Mary and Gents“Always Take Mother’s Advice” – Mr. Cooper“My Sweetheart’s the Man in the Moon” – Mehitabel and Girls“Waltz Me Around Again, Willie” – Mesdames Gautier and Henn with Mr. Carmichael“Mansion of Aching Hearts” – Goldie“No! No! A Thousand Times No!! Mehitabel and Harvey

"I Don’t Care” – Goldie“Father, Dear Father” – Mary and Gents“Always Take Mother’s Advice” – Mr. Cooper“My Sweetheart’s the Man in the Moon” – Mehitabel and Girls“Waltz Me Around Again, Willie” – Mesdames Gautier and Henn with Mr. Carmichael“Mansion of Aching Hearts"
— Goldie“No! No! A Thousand Times No!! Mehitabel and Harvey

"Act II“I Whistle and Wait for Katie” – Messrs. Charles and Lawrence, Gents, Miss Greenwood“Sympathy” – Mrs. Morgan with Joe“Say Au Revoir, But Not Good-Bye” – Simon Slade“Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E” – Mesdames Geiger, Greenwood, Restaino, Wikler“She’s More to be Pitied Than Censured"
— Goldie with Joe

"Act III“I’ll Forget You” – Mr. Siever“In the Baggage Coach Ahead” – Company“Tell Me, Pretty Maiden” – Sample and Mehitabel with Ladies and Gents“Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?” – Mrs. Slade“Look For the Silver Lining"
— Mary and Company