Freddy returned from the performance in a state of ecstatic delight, and repeatedly alluded to the good times that were coming.
‘What’s it like?’ I asked.
‘Glorious,’ replied Freddy, ‘and where Eileen takes Venus in the private theatricals scene its simply colossal. Here’s the programme.’
And this is what I read:—
THE CANNIBAL GIRL.
Book by Tottenham Kort. Lyrics by Frederick Freshleigh. Music by Peter Pedyll.
| Jack Warmleigh | Mr. Reginald Craven. |
| Angus MacPhee, M.D. | Mr. Hardoph Erin. |
| Major Philip FitzGiggin, D.S.O. | Mr. Fairlie Dunn. |
| Captain Titus Ginsling (S.S. ‘Oboko’) | Mr. Pensell Ingpen. |
| The O’Hooligan (Purser) | Mr. Sidney Cruikshank. |
| Sotite (The King’s Executioner) | Mr. Freke. |
| Nokop (The Medicine Man) | Mr. John Philips. |
| Hon. Allan Charteris, R.N. | Mr. P. Gardner. |
| Jethro P. Heepzotin (The minced-meat magnate) | Mr. Lyon Fybbe. |
| King Caskowiski | Mr. Stainer Black. |
| Dowager Countess Berehampton | Miss Ethel Gay. |
| Eileen Maxwell | Miss Ina Carlton. |
| Mrs. Jack Warmleigh | Miss Kiddy Childe. |
| Lilo | } The King’s favourite wives { | Miss Tiny Trimmer. |
| Noclo | Miss Tweenie Tarn. |
| Tootoo | Miss Ruby Ramsden. |
| Mrs. Mopper (Stewardess) | Miss Lucinda Tubb. |
| Lady Betty Backstays | Miss Delia Kaardt. |
| AND |
Hon. Mrs. Charteris (late Pussie Pynkley
of the Jollity Theatre) | Miss Queenie Hareham. |
Islanders, Guests, etc.:—Misses Lily Lingery, Legge, Hawke, Sharpe, Ferrars, Dacent, Milsom, Hamilton, Bond, Jones; Messrs. Davidson, Moss, Lowe, Hart, Isaacs, Disraeli, Braun, Joseffi, Sydenham, Hill.
| ACT I. | The beach at Dufrutus Island. |
| ACT II, Scene 1. | The fète of the Nogogos at Caskowiski’s Palace. |
| Scene 2. | Berehampton House, Park Lane. |
Wigs by Sharxon.