THE MIKADO;

OR,

THE TOWN OF TITIPU.



BY

W. S. GILBERT

AND

ARTHUR SULLIVAN






DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.

THE MIKADO OF JAPAN.
NANKI-POO (his Son, disguised as a wandering minstrel, and in love with YUM-YUM).
KO-KO (Lord High Executioner of Titipu).
POOH-BAH (Lord High Everything Else).
PISH-TUSH (a Noble Lord).
YUM-YUM, PITTI-SING & PEEP-BO (Three Sisters — Wards of KO-KO).
KATISHA (An elderly Lady, in love with NANKI-POO).

CHORUS OF SCHOOL-GIRLS, NOBLES, GUARDS, AND COOLIES.



ACT I. — Courtyard of Ko-Ko's Official Residence.

ACT II. — Ko-Ko's Garden.




First produced at the Savoy Theatre, London on March 14th, 1885


INDEX OF MUSICAL NUMBERS.

OVERTURE1


ACT I.

11. CHORUS OF MEN (If you want to know who we are) 19
12. SONG AND CHORUS (Nanki-Poo) (A wand'ring minstrel I) 29
13. SONG (Pish-Tush and Chorus) (Our great Mikado, virtuous man) 40
14. SONG (Pooh-Bah, with Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush) (Young man, despair, likewise go to) 48
14a. RECIT. (Nanki-Poo and Pooh-Bah) (And have I journey'd for a month) 53
15. CHORUS WITH SOLO (Ko-Ko) (Behold the Lord High Executioner!) 54
15a. SONG (Ko-Ko, with Chorus of Men) (As some day it may happen) 63
16. CHORUS OF GIRLS (Comes a train of little ladies) 70
17. TRIO (Yum., Peep., and Pitti., with Chorus of Girls) (Three little maids from school are we) 77
18. QUARTET (Yum., Peep., Pitti., & Pooh., with Chorus of Girls) (So please you, sir, we much regret) 85
19. DUET (Yum-Yum and Nanki-Poo) (Were you not to Ko-Ko plighted) 90
10. TRIO (Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah, and Pish-Tush) (I am so proud) 96
11. FINALE, ACT I. (Ensemble) (With aspect stern and gloomy stride) 108


ACT II.

11. SOLO (Pitti-Sing and Chorus of Girls) (Braid the raven hair) 153
12. SONG (Yum-Yum) (The sun, whose rays are all ablaze) 160
13. MADRIGAL (Yum., Pitti., Nanki., and Pish.) (Brightly dawns our wedding day) 166
14. TRIO (Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo and Ko-Ko) (Here's a how-d'ye-do! If I marry you) 171
15. ENTRANCE OF MIKADO AND KATISHA (Mi-ya-sa-ma, mi-ya-sa-ma) 179
16. SONG (Mikado and Chorus) (A more humane Mikado) 187
17. TRIO AND CHORUS (Pitti., Ko., Pooh., and Chorus) (The criminal cried) 196
18. GLEE (Pitti., Katisha, Ko., Pooh., and Mikado) (See how the Fates their gifts allot) 208
19. DUET (Nanki-Poo & Ko-Ko, with Yum., Pitti., & Pooh.) (The flowers that bloom in the spring) 213
10. RECIT. AND SONG (Katisha) (Alone, and yet alive) 216
11. SONG (Ko-Ko) (On a tree by a river) 220
12. DUET (Katisha and Ko-Ko) (There is beauty in the bellow of the blast) 223
13. FINALE, ACT II. (Ensemble) (For he's gone and married Yum-Yum) 234

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