Hello, Dolly! Libretto
Hello, Dolly! Libretto
Hello, Dolly! Libretto
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MRS. LEVI<br />
....And I'm going to give it to you! Why shouldn't she know Cornelius Hackl? Everybody in New York knows<br />
Cornelius Hackl! He's here at the opera, in all the fashionable homes, why he's at the Harmonia Gardens<br />
Restaurant three times a week!<br />
VANDERGELDER<br />
Impossible! He's only got a hundred and forty six dollars and thirty five cents and I keep it in my own safe!<br />
MRS. LEVI<br />
Oh Mr. Vandergelder, you're killing me! He's one of the Hackls. They built the canal.<br />
What canal?<br />
Both.<br />
It ain't the same man!<br />
MRS. LEVI<br />
The Erie!<br />
VANDERGELDER<br />
(Simultaneously)<br />
MRS. LEVI<br />
VANDERGELDER<br />
MRS. MOLLOY<br />
The Panama!<br />
MRS. LEVI<br />
Who took the horses out of Jenny Lind's carriage and pulled her through the streets? Cornelius Hackl! And<br />
who dressed up as a waiter at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and dropped an oyster down Mrs. Astor's.... Oh, I can't<br />
say it but it was Cornelius. He's the playboy of New York!<br />
(MINNIE enters, starts to cupboard)<br />
….Now Irene, don't deny it, I can see you were taken with him just like everybody else.<br />
MRS. MOLLOY<br />
What are you saying, I've only seen him once in my life! Really, <strong>Dolly</strong>, I....<br />
Excuse me.<br />
Of course.<br />
Wa-a-ah!<br />
MINNIE<br />
MRS. MOLLOY, MRS. LEVI<br />
(They step aside, MINNIE opens cupboard, takes something out, closes the doors, and starts<br />
back to workroom. Suddenly she stops and screams.)<br />
MINNIE<br />
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