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rockfenris2005 06:21 am UTC 03/04/14 |
| In reply to: | More library digging - bellminer 11:48 pm UTC 03/03/14 |
> I posted this in the Facebook group but some people aren't > on there so I'm cross-posting it here. > > This past weekend I visited the special collections > library at NYU. I didn't spend a lot of time there since > it was just one stop on a weekend chock-full of > adventures, but I did get to glance through early '70s > scripts of More Than You Deserve and The > Confidence Man. > > The MTYD script is identical to the one I previously > shared, except on the title page it says "More Than You > Deserve formerly Souvenirs" instead of flipped around like > the other one. > > Below are the notes I took regarding the Confidence Man > script, copyright date 1977. > > Cast of Characters: > > The Confidence Man – as himself, and as Street Violinist, > Black Guinea, Ringman, Truman, Healman, Helpman, Goodman > > Melville > The Girl > The Customs Officer > The Merchant Roberts > The Clergyman > The Barber > The Miser > The Soldier of Fortune > The Tailor } Male Dancer-singer > The Steward } > Female Dancer-Singer > > All are passengers on the riverboat Fidele > > Musical Numbers > > Act I: > 1) New Orleans Is Comin' to Me & Means Something: Roberts, > Clergyman, Soldier of Fortune, & Passengers > 2) Pitch Penny: Black Guinea (The Confidence Man) > 3) Such Heaps of Fine Friends: Barber, Roberts, Clergyman, > & Passengers > 4) Melville's Theme: Orchestral > 5) Edging Into Darkness: Girl > 6) Confidence: Ringman (Confidence Man) > 7) Methinks: Ringman, Customs Officer, & Steward > 8) Nocturnally Yours: Girl, Roberts, & Barber > 9) Pain Humbles: Healman (Confidence Man) > 10) A Maiden Is Only as Maiden as She Feels: Girl > 11) Give Us This Day Our Daily Flesh: Soldier of Fortune > 12) Pour Me Home: Customs Officer, Roberts, Clergyman, & > Passengers > 13) Confidence (Reprise): The Confidence Man > > Act II: > 1) Minstrel Show Medley: Helpman (Confidence Man), Customs > Officer, & Clergyman > 2) Milady: Goodman (Confidence Man) > 3) Such Heaps of Fine Friends (Reprise): Barber, Roberts, > Clergyman > 4) Quite an Original: Melville > 5) A Soft-Handed Gentleman: Girl > 6) Milady (Reprise): The Confidence Man > 7) New Orleans Is Comin' to Me (Reprise): Passengers > > "Pour Me Home" didn't appear on the 2003 cast album, > lyrics are as follows: > > Pour me home, I say, > Sing me cheer along the way – > Squeeze the bottle, serve the bubble, make me foam. > And if mine's the truth to tell, > I'll pour out my heart as well! > Fill my cup, stir me up, and pour me home | |
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