The Princess Pat is an operetta in three acts with music by Victor Herbert and book and lyrics by Henry Blossom. After an Atlantic City, New Jersey tryout in August 1915, it premiered on Broadway on September 29, 1915 at the Cort Theatre and ran for 158 performances. Herbert wrote the piece for the soprano Eleanor Painter (1891-1947).
Characters and original cast
Frances Hedges - Una Brooks
General John Holbrook - Louis Casavant
Maude Van Cortlandt - Lilian Charles
Si Perkins - Alexander Clark
Jack Wickham - William Collins
Dorothy Pryme - Lyn Donaldson
Lee Bainbridge - Carl Drury
Duncan Arthur - Sven Erick
Elsie Smith - Kathleen Erroll
Grace Holbrook - Eva Fallon
Nat Franklin - Irving Fast
Anne Winthrop - Clare Freeman
Sidney Gray - Jack Hagner
Bob Darrow - Sam B. Hardy
Thomas - Martin Haydon
Coralie Bliss - Doris Kenyon
Bella Wells - Charlotte La Grande
Prince Antonio di Montaldo - Joseph Lertora
Reggie Calthorpe - Este Morrison
Marie - Leonora Novasio
Tony Schmalz, Jr. - Robert Ober
Princess de Montaldo - Eleanor Painter
Teddy Thorne - William Quinby
Bertie Ashland - Ralph Riggs
Achille Mazetti - Mario Rogati
Al Shean - Anthony Schmalz
Hester Lisle - Clara Taylor
Gabrielle Fourneaux - Katherine Witchie
Princess Patrice O'Connor, from Ireland, is married to Prince Antonio di Montaldo. The Prince is unattentive, now that the couple has married, and so Pat pretends to elope with the aging Anthony Schmalz to make him jealous and to help her friend Grace. Her scheme works well: the Prince's passion is revived, and Grace marries a younger and more suitable member of the Schmalz family.
Allies - Marie and Thomas
Make Him Guess - Grace Holbrook and Ladies
I'd Like to Be a Quitter, But I Find It Hard to Quit - Tony Schmalz, Jr.
Love Is the Best of All - Princess de Montaldo and Ensemble
For Better or For Worse (Sunshine) - Princess de Montaldo and Grace Holbrook
When a Girl's About to Marry - Grace Holbrook, General John Holbrook and Anthony Schmalz
Estellita - Ensemble
Neapolitan Love Song (T'amo!) - Prince Antonio di Montaldo
I Wish I Was an Island in an Ocean of Girls - Anthony Schmalz and Girls
I Need Affection - Princess de Montaldo
All for You - Princess de Montaldo and Prince Antonio di Montaldo
In a Little World for Two - Princess de Montaldo, Bob Darrow, Grace Holbrook and Tony Schmalz, Jr.
The Shoes of Husband Number One Are Worn by Number Two - Si Perkins
Two Laughing Irish Eyes - Ensemble
