Babes in Toyland
                          
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          Full Orchestrations

Full orchestrations of the entire score are available for rental directly from the author at 
              
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The orchestrations include all the parts created by Victor Herbert for the songs utilized in this production.

Herbert's conductor's score generally includes parts for the
flute(s), oboe, clarinet(s), bassoon, horn(s), trumpet, trombone,
percussion, violin(s), viola, cello and contrabass.

Some songs may include piccolo, harp tuba, triangle, etc.

Songs included in the score are

                                              ACT I

No. 1: OVERTURE

No. 2:  NEVER MIND BOPEEP                            
          Tom, Bopeep, Jack, Jill, Boy Blue, Sallie and Town’s People

No. 3: IF YOU REALLY WANT TO WIN THE GIRL  (I Can’t Do The Sum)  
           Gladys & Barnaby

No. 4: IF WE HAD NO UNCLE BARNABY (I Can’t Do the Sum -Reprise)   
          Barney, Jane and Barnaby

No. 5:  BARNEY O'FLYNN                                        
         Mary & Widow

No. 6. I FEAR THAT I DON’T UNDERSTAND  (With Downcast Eye)       
         Oliver, Barnaby & Stanley

No. 7:  FOREST TREES, WHO ARE THESE?                   
        (Go To Sleep, Slumber Deep)
        Chorus of Trees

No. 8: LET US STEAL AWAY  (Jane)                           
        Tom & Mary

                                       Act II

No. 9: ENTR'ACTE I

No. 10: WE WON’T BE HAPPY WHILE WE’RE HUNGRY                     (He Won’t Be Happy Till He Gets It)    
        Tom, Mary & Chorus of Trees

No.11: FROM THEIR DEEP DEATHLIKE SLEEP                   
        (Go to Sleep, Slumber Deep)
        Jane, Barney & Chorus of Trees


No. 12. IF YOU WILL PLEASE FOLLOW ME
         (Floretta)                      
        First Lieutenant & Ensemble

                                          Act III

No. 13. ENTR'ACTE II

No. 14: TOYLAND                                   
           The Lord High Mayor & Chorus

No. 15. WE CLEVERLY EFFECTED OUR ESCAPE               
           (Song of the Poet --   Rock A-Bye Baby)
           Stanley, Oliver & Barnaby

No. 16. THE MARCH OF THE  TOYS                         
           Instrumental

No. 14: TOYLAND                                  
           Toymaker & Chorus

             A Brief Excerpt

                                             Scene 2

(The spacious parlor of Stately Barnaby Manor. It is mid morning)


Gladys.  Why aren’t you at your office? What sort of lawyer are you?

Barnaby.  Mother, not now. I’m busy.

Gladys. Is that any way to talk to your mother. What sort of a son are you?

Barnaby. I said, not now, Mother.

Gladys. It’s eleven o’clock in the morning. It’s time for you to be at work.

Barnaby. I am working.

Gladys. Well, it certainly doesn’t look like it. What sort of work are you doing?

Barnaby. I’m scheming.

Gladys. Why don’t you scheme at your office?

Barnaby. Because, darling, I’m scheming to get you a daughter-in-law.

Gladys. Wouldn’t it be simpler to just propose?

Barnaby. I don’t think so.

Gladys. Why not?

Barnaby. Because every time I do, she turns me down.

Gladys. Maybe you’re not  doing it right. Why does she turn you down?

Barnaby. Because I have every reason to believe the girl can’t stand me.

Gladys. Do you mean she’s playing hard to get?

Barnaby. No, I mean that I have it on reliable information that she detests me.

Gladys. Then why in the world would you want to marry her?

Barnaby. I am dazzled by her incomparable beauty.

Gladys. When I married your dear departed father, I found him only mildly repulsive.

Barnaby. How ducky for you.

Gladys. Who is this lucky girl who has caught your eye?

Barnaby. Mary. The delectable Contrary Mary.

Gladys. But, she is your nephew Barnaby’s girl! Besides, she’s too young for you!

Barnaby. I could care less about her age. I want the land under her cottage.

Gladys. Then buy it.  Marry somebody worthy to be a wife of the district’s pre-eminent  lawyer. Not some snotty teen-age girl.

Barnaby. She won’t sell.

Gladys. How do you know?

Barnaby. I tried. I employed a “straw man.” She wouldn’t sell to him.

Gladys. There’s land for sale all over town. Buy another piece.

Barnaby. But, my dear mother,  there’s gold buried on Mary’s lot.

Gladys. How do you know that?

Barnaby. Because I have acquired a treasure map. (He pulls it out). That’s how.

Gladys. Why would anybody bury gold at Mary’s place?

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                 Synopsis

                       Traditional Christmas Musical
                             Victor Herbert's Music
        New Book and Lyrics by John Donald O'Shea


 This adaptation of the classic 1903 holiday musical by Glen MacDonough will charm audiences of all ages with its music by Victor Herbert and its 14 fabulous songs including “Toyland” and “March of the Toys.”

In order to steal fortune of his niece and nephew, lawyer Barnaby Blatherskite, the villain,  drugs Jane and Barney, rolls them up in rugs, and has his bumbling henchmen, Stanley and Oliver, deliver them to the Forest Queen for “disposal.”

But Oliver and Stanley, who shy away from being accomplices to murder, decide instead to double-cross Barnaby, keep the Forest Queen’s $1,000 “disposal” fee for themselves, and instead dump their human cargo in the Forbidden Forest of No Return.

When Jane and Barney awaken in the Forbidden Forest, they encounter the Forest Queen, who has been captured in the evil Spider Captain’s web. Jane and Barney manage to free the Queen before the Spider Captain can eat her.

Meanwhile, Barnaby Blatherskite visits Mary Contrary and informs her that Barney is dead and offers his hand in marriage. Frightened, Mary and her brother, Tom, flee to the Forbidden Forest, where they are captured by the Forest Queen’s tree soldiers and taken to the Queen.

Out of gratitude for freeing her from the spider web, the Forest Queen arranges for Barney, Jane, Tom, and Mary to be escorted to Toyland.

However, Barnaby Blatherskite and his henchman arrive at Santa’s workshop in Toyland and disguise themselves as "toy bag inspectors" in order to kidnap Mary. But before the villains can make their escape on Santa’s sleigh, they have to battle a troop of Toy Soldiers.

Perfect for High School, community or professional theater.. Large-cast Christmas show. Victor Herbert’s songs, with brand new lyrics and a brand new book.  The play affords opportunity for beautiful Christmas sets.


                             Christmas/Holiday Play

                              By: John Donald O'Shea

     (8 Male Principals; 4 Female Principals; Large Chorus)

  Performance Time: Approximately 120 minutes, 77 pgs.


          
                  Cast of Characters
      
         *    Roles deemed by the author to be principal roles   

Barnaby Blatherskite, Esq. *            
                                  The Villain

Miss Muffet                    
                                      Townsperson & chorus member

Red Riding Hood                    
                                     Townsperson & chorus member

Tom Piper*                    
                                    A noble young man

Jill                            
                                    Townsperson & chorus member

Jack                            
                                    Towns person & chorus member

Oliver*                        
                                    Barnaby’s henchman 
                       
Stanley*                        
                                   Barnaby henchman

Bopeep                        
                                   Town shepherdess & Chorus member

Sallie                            
                                  Townsperson & chorus member

Curly Locks                    
                                  Townsperson & chorus member

Peter                            
                                  Townsperson & chorus member

Tommy Tucker                    
                                  Townsperson & chorus member

Simple Simon                  
                                  Townsperson & chorus member

Bobby Shaftoe                    
                                 Townsperson & chorus member

Boy Blue                        
                                 Townsperson & chorus member

Gladys*                      
                                 Barnaby’s adoring mother

Jane*                            
                                 Barnaby’s young niece and ward

Barney*                        
                                Barnaby’s young nephew and ward

Contrary Mary Piper*                
                               Object of Barnaby’s desire.    

Widow Piper*                    
                               Mother of Tom, Mary and others    

Trees of the Forest (16)- Soldiers of Forest Queen. Chorus

    Creeping Willow                
                               Soldier of Forest Queen. Chorus

    Live Oak                    
                              Soldier of Forest Queen. Chorus

    Jack Pine                    
                             Soldier of Forest Queen. Chorus

    Brash Ash                    
                            Soldier of Forest Queen. Chorus

    Big Mouth Maple            
                           Soldier of Forest Queen. Chorus

    English Walnut                
                          Soldier of Forest Queen. Chorus

Spider Captain                    
                           Forest Villain

Queen of the Forest                
                          The Forest Queen

First Lieutenant                    
                          Forest Queen’s First Lieutenant

Second Lieutenant                
                          Forest Queen’s Second Lieutenant

Corporal                         
                          Bailiff to Lord High Mayor of Toyland

The Lord High Mayor*                Mayor of Toyland

Private                        
                          Second bailiff to Lord High Mayor o Toyland

Toymaker*                        
                                    Santa’s first assistant

Toy Soldier Captain                
                                   Leader of first Toy Soldier Phalanx

Toy Soldier Major              
                                  Leader of second Toy Soldier Phalanx


Santa Claus*                    
                                  Santa Claus

                                           NOTE

In Act One, Miss Muffet, Red Riding Hood, Jill, Jack, Bopeep, Sallie, and Boy Blue besides having solo lines, are town’s people and members of the chorus.
The should be at least 16 town’s people

    In Act Two, they become Trees of the Forrest. Six trees also have solo lines. The Trees of the Forest should also number at least 16.

    In the Third Act, the chorus becomes the Toy Soldiers.