The Scarlet Pimpernel
From the novel by Baroness Orczy | Book & Lyrics by Nan Knighton | Music by Frank Wildhorn
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a family-friendly comic swashbuckler. Based on Baroness Orczy's classic novel of the same title, the show takes place during the French Revolution. Sir Percy Blakeney, a daring English nobleman, rescues innocents from the Reign of Terror while playing the part of an inane fop at home in order to mask his covert activities. Complicating matters are the relentless Citizen Chauvelin and Percy's own French wife, Marguerite, who he fears he cannot trust.
Song List
The script and song list for Pimpernel were revised heavily between the original Broadway production (known as "SP1", see below), and the subsequent runs on Broadway and national tour (known as "SP2" through "SP4"). The current song list, used in those latter productions and now used in all licensed productions of the show, is as follows. This revised song order is presented on the Encore! Recording of the show.
ACT ONE
"Storybook"
"Madame Guillotine"
"You Are My Home"
Wedding Dance
"Prayer"
"Into The Fire"
The Rescue
"Falcon in the Dive"
"When I Look At You"
"Where's the Girl?"
"You Are My Home" (Reprise)
"The Creation of Man"
Marguerite's Dilemma
"The Riddle"
Marguerite and French Ensemble
Chauvelin and Ensemble
Percy and Marguerite
Ensemble
Percy
Percy and The League
Ensemble
Chauvelin
Marguerite
Chauvelin
Marguerite and Armand
Percy and The League
Chauvelin, Marguerite
Chauvelin, Marguerite and Percy
ACT TWO
"The Scarlet Pimpernel"
"They Seek Him Here"
The Gavotte
"She Was There"
"Storybook" (Reprise)
"Where's the Girl?" (Reprise)
"Into the Fire" (Reprise)
"I'll Forget You"
The Duel
"When I Look at You" (Reprise)
"Into the Fire" (Reprise)
Percy, Marguerite and Ball Guests
Percy and Ball Guests
Ensemble
Percy
Marguerite and French Girls
Chauvelin
The League
Marguerite
Percy, Chauvelin and Marguerite
Percy and Marguerite
Ensemble
Below is the song list from the original Broadway production of Pimpernel ("SP1"). This song order is preserved on the Original Broadway Cast Album of the show. Several of these songs were performed only in this production, and the song list was greatly changed in the revised script (see above).
ACT ONE
"Madame Guillotine"
"Believe"
"Vivez!"
"Prayer"
"Into The Fire"
"Falcon in the Dive"
"When I Look At You"
"The Scarlet Pimpernel"
"Where's the Girl?"
"When I Look at You" (Reprise)
"The Creation of Man"
Marguerite's Dilemma
"The Riddle"
Ensemble
Percy, Marguerite and Ensemble
Marguerite, Lady Digby, Lady Llewellyn, Percy and Ensemble
Percy
Percy and The League
Chauvelin
Marguerite
Percy, Marguerite, Marie, Armand, Lady Digby, Lady Llewellyn and Servants
Chauvelin
Percy
Percy, Prince of Wales and The League
Chauvelin and Marguerite
Chauvelin, Marguerite, Percy, and Ensemble
ACT TWO
"They Seek Him Here"
"Only Love"
"She Was There"
"Storybook"
"Where's the Girl?" (Reprise)
"Lullaby"
"You Are My Home"
The Duel
"Believe" (Reprise)
"Into the Fire" (Reprise)
Percy, Prince of Wales, Lady Digby, Lady Llewellyn and Ensemble
Marguerite
Percy
Leontine and French Chorus
Chauvelin
Helene and Chloe
Marguerite, Armand and French Prisoners
Percy and Chauvelin
Percy, Marguerite and Company
Company