The Cingalee

Performed in: 1922

The Cingalee, or Sunny Ceylon, is a musical play in two acts by James T. Tanner. It has music by Lionel Monckton, lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank, and additional material by Paul Rubens.

It opened at Daly's Theatre in London, managed by George Edwardes, on March 5, 1904, and ran until March 11, 1905, for 365 performances (another source gives 391).

East Surrey Operatic & Dramatic Society performed
The Cinglee in 1922 at The Market Hall, Redhill

ACT 1 -   Vereker's Tea Plantation, "Karagama," Ceylon.
ACT 2 -   Boobhamba's Palace by the Lake of Kandy.

Characters

Harry Vereker (A Tea Planter)

Boobhamba (A Noble of Kandy)

Sir Peter Loftus (High Commissioner and Judge, Ceylon)

Myamgah (An Indian Servant)

Pupils of Vereker on the Tea Plantation

Bobby Warren

Dick Bosanquet

Freddie Lowther

Jack Clinton

Willie Wilson

Captain of the Guard

Attendant

Chambhuddy Ram (A Baboo Lawyer)

Nanoya (A Cingalese Girl)

Sybil Arundale

Peggy Sabine

Four Tea Girls on Vereker's Plantation:

Naitooma

Sattambi

Mychellah

Coorowe

Angy Loftus (Sir Peter's Daughter)

Angy's Governesses:

Miss Pinkerton

Fräulein Weiner

Mademoiselle Chic

Signorina Tasso

Lady Patricia Vane