thing on, and Bingo has to purchase his silence by making him the general manager of the soap works. Floot is married to Brenda Blacker, who was Bingo's travelling companion on his journey home from the ball. She is now engaged as a cook in the household of the Lady Rosabelle and is also carrying on a flirtation with a longshoreman, known as Commodore Parker. At the end, it is declared that no law can stop a man from marrying the woman he loves, and so the terms of the will are over-ridden, and Vernon and Delia prepare to "live happily ever after". Roles and original cast Lord Bicester (known as "Bingo," a young Stockbroker) – George Grossmith, Jr. Vernon Blundell – Basil Foster Commodore Parker (known as "Nosey," of the Blundell Line of Boats) – George Barrett Hodson (Chief Manager of the Works) – Tom Walls Stepneyak (Manager of the Foreign Department) – Robert Nainby Dever, Whitley, Telfridge, Garing, Wears and Nelgrove (Managers of the various Departments of the Works) Clarence (a Footman) – F. Raynham Floot (An ex-four-wheeler driver) – Edmund Payne Lady Rosabelle Merrydew (Lord Bicester's Fiancée) – Olive May Marie Silvaine (Head of the Packing Department at the Works) – Mabel Sealby Emmeline (A Workgirl) – Violet Essex Sybil, May, Lucy, Violet, Lily and Kit (Heads of the various Departments) Miss Molyneux – Gladys Wray Hon. Miss Grey – Pattie Wells Brenda Blacker (Floot's wife, calling herself by her maiden name) – Connie Ediss Delia Dale (of the Perfume Department of the Works) – Phyllis Dare Musical numbers Act I – Port Sunshine. No. 1. Chorus – "When you want a cake of soap to finish off your toilet, we're the folks who boil it" No. 2. Marie & Chorus – "There's a little fable: When the cat's away, on the kitchen table, mice begin to play" No. 3. Delia & Vernon – "There is a fever that few understand – you must take care when it is there!" No. 4. Lord Bicester – "Two young chaps may be sent, perhaps, to the same old Public School" No. 5. Mrs. Blacker & Parker – "It was leg-o'-mutton day when I first met you" No. 6. Chorus – "Here comes our new proprietor!" No. 7. Lord Bicester & Delia – "Ladies, you were born to rule us ever since the world began" No. 8. Marie & Floot