with her adaptation of the book. Both Blackwood and Elgar had expressed misgivings about the design, and Blackwood had considered using his right to object and get a new artist. Blackwood objected to "this murder of my simple little Play ... Arts & Crafts pretentious rubbish stitched onto your music by a silly crank who has never read the play". Elgar agreed. This would have meant postponement of the opening. The critics who reported their view of the opening night, while praising the music and particular performers, remarked on the lack of substance to the story. The music did not deserve to be forgotten. Elgar negotiated with The Gramophone Company, and on 18 February 1916, the music was recorded on eight sides, with the songs performed by Agnes Nicholls and Charles Mott. Later that year the three Organ Grinder's Songs were published by Elkin, with a piano accompaniment arranged by Julius Harrison. Cast of characters Cast list: Daddy ("John Henry Campden", an author) Mother (his wife "Henrietta") Jane Anne ("Jinny", their eldest daughter, aged 17) Monkey (their youngest daughter, aged 12) Jimbo (their son, aged 10) Grannie (Irish mother of Henrietta) Cousin Henry ("Henry Rogers", cousin of Daddy) Madame Jequier (a Widow, owner of the Pension Wistaria) Organ-Grinder (may also be the Tramp) Children ('Street Arabs') who accompany the Organ-Grinder before the curtain Miss Waghorn and three other retired Governesses The Pleiades (dancers) Sprites: Tramp, Lamplighter, Gardener, Dustman, Sweep, Woman-of-the-Haystack, Little Winds and Laugher Songs Act I 1. Organ Grinder (Baritone): "To the Children" – "O children, open your arms to me," Act II 2. Organ Grinder: "The Blue-Eyes Fairy" – "There's a fairy that hides" Act II Scene 1 3. Organ Grinder: "Curfew Song" (Orion) – "The sun has gone" 4. Laugher (Soprano): "The Laugher's Song" – "I'm ev'rywhere" 5. Organ Grinder: "Come Little Winds" – "Wake up you little night winds" Act II Scene 3 6. Laugher: "Tears and Laughter" – "Oh! stars shine brightly!" 7. Jane Anne (Soprano): "Sunrise Song" (or "Dawn Song") – "We shall meet the morning spiders" Act III 8. Organ Grinder: "My Old Tunes" – "My old tunes are rather broken" Act III Scene 1 9. Jane Anne: – "Dandelions, daffodils" Act III Scene 2 10. Laugher: – "Laugh a little ev'ry day" 11. Organ Grinder: "The Dawn" – "They're all soft-shiny now" 12. Jane Anne: – "Oh, think Beauty" Act III Finale