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rockfenris2005 06:22 am UTC 03/04/14 |
| In reply to: | re: More library digging - rockfenris2005 06:20 am UTC 03/04/14 |
"The Confidence Man" really should have been performed at the New York Shakespeare Festival back then. I'll always think that. > > "Pour Me Home" was not in the 1986 production either (or > at least I'm fairly sure it wasn't.) > > You can also see that "Something of this masquerade may > follow" had yet to be written. > > "Masquerade" I believe was actually the last song Jim and > Ray wrote together, which I believe was written because > they needed a closing song for the 1986 production. > > > 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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