Virtue in Danger.
Virtue in Danger is a stage musical based on the John Vanbrugh comedy of the same name.
Cast[]
- Jane Wenham - Amanda
- Alan Howard - Loveless
- Patricia Routledge - Berinthia
- Basil Hoskins - Mr. Worthy
- John Moffatt - Lord Foppington
- Barrie Ingham - Fashion
- Richard Wordsworth - Coupler
- Patsy Byrne - Miss Hoyden
- Gwen Nelson - Nurse
- Lewis Fiander - Lory
- Hamlyn Benson - Sir Tunbelly Clumsy
- Alan Dudley - Dr. Syringe
- Harold Innocent - Bull
Plot[]
The main action deals with the brief relapse of the happily married Loveless into his former ways. During a visit to London he seduces a pretty widow disregarding the warnings on his virtuous wife Amanda, who herself remains faithful to her philandering husband in spite of an attempt at seductioon by Mr. Worthy. The subplot concerns the efforts of the penniless young Mr Fashion to cheat his foppish and overbearing brother out of marrying for the sake of a fortune, and enterprise in which he succeeds by posing as his brother and marrying the lady himself.
Musical numbers[]
- "Don't Call Me Sir!" - Lord Foppington
- "Fortune, Thou Art a Bitch!" - Fashion & Lory
- "I'm In Love With My Husband" - Amanda and Berinthia
- "Hurry Surgeon!" - Lord Foppington, Doctor Syringe and Chorus
- "Conscience, Thou Art a Bore" - Fashion, Lory and Chorus
- "Let's Fall Together" - Berinthia
- "Nurse, Nurse, Nurse!" - Miss Hoyden, Nurse and Fashion
- "Say the Word" - Worthy and Amanda
- "Fire a Salute" - Lord Foppington, Sir Tunbelly Clumsey and Chorus
- "Put Him In the Doghouse" - Sir Tunbelly Clumsey, Lord Foppington and Chorus
- "Hoyden Hath Charms" - Sir Tunbelly Clumsey
- "Berinthia's Recit" - Berinthia and Loveless
- "Wait a Little Longer, Lover" - Berinthia and Worthy
- "Why Do I Feel What I Feel?" - Fashion
- "Stand Back Old Sodom" - Coupler and Fashion
- "O Take This Ancient Mansion" - Nurse, Fashion, Lory, Bull and Coupler
- "Finale" - Company
- "Epilogue" - Company