Panjandrum (musical)
Panjandrum is a musical with music by Woolson Morse, words by J. Cheever Goodwin, written for and produced by De Wolf Hopper and his Opera Company. It opened on May 1, 1893 at the Broadway Theater (on 41st street, now demolished) in New York and closed at the end of September 1893.
Described as an "olla podrida" in two acts, Panjandrum is set in the Philippines. The opening had Hopper, dressed as a matador, enter singing a toreador song. Finding his sweetheart Phiunta (played by Della Fox) has been attracted by the prowess of another matador, he resolves to regain her affection by himself fighting the bull. The remainder of the show had Hopper trying to achieve this goal.
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“And there were present
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and the great Panjandrum himself,
with the little round button at top;
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till the gunpowder ran out at the heels of their boots.”
—Samuel Foote (1720–1777)