Past Shows - 1900 TO 1924
CHRONOLOGY of THE NATIONAL THEATRE
1900 - 1924
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1835
- 1864
1865 - 1899
1925
- 1949
1950
- 1999
2000
- the present
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Abbreviations
SN refers to Stage for a Nation, Lee, Meersman,
Murphy, 1985, the official history of The National.
HNNT refers to History of the New National Theatre
by Alexander Hunter and J. H. Polkinhorn, November, 1954
ON refers to a series of orange notebooks containing
information taken from the files of the Washington Historical Society
on productions at the National beginning in 1835. Information culled
from The Intelligencer newspaper files of the Martin Luther King
Library. There are no program files for these entries.
Rapley Files - William W. Rapley was an owner and
manager of the theatre in the 1860's and the 1870's. He was later
succeeded by his son, Harry W. Rapley.
PRODUCTIONS AT DATES UNKNOWN
1900
January 8, 1900 through January 13, 1900
SPORTING LIFE A melodrama by Cecil Raleigh and Seymour Hicks with
Joseph Kilgour
January 11, 1900 Thursday at 4:00 PM
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Directed by Ross Jungnickel with Alexandre
Petschnikoff, soloist
January 15 through January 21, 1900
SAPHO - by Clyde Fitch, from the novel by Alphonse Daudet. Starring
Olga Nethersole. Directed by Marcus R. Mayer.
January 20, 1900 - matinee
CAMILLE adapted from the play of Alexander Dumas. Starring Olga
Nethersole.
January 20, 1900 - evening
THE PROFLIGATE – a comedy drama by A.W. Pinero. Starring Olga
Nethersole.
January 22 through January 27, 1900
A RICH MAN’S SON (comedy by Michael Morton) and A VIRGINIA
COURTSHIP (comedy by Eugene W. Presbrey). William H. Crane and his
company, under the direction of Joseph Brookes.
January 29 through February 2, 1900
THE SINGING GIRL AND THE FORTUNE TELLER – music by Victor
Herbert, lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Starring Eugene Cowles and featuring
the Alice Nielsen Opera company
February 1, 1900, Thursday 4:00 PM
SOUSA AND HIS BAND
February 4 through February 9, 1900
THE TYRANNY OF TEARS – comedy by Haddon Chambers. Starring
John Drew
February 12 through February 17, 1900
PRIMROSE AND DOCKSTADER’S GREAT AMERICAN MINSTRELS –
Starring Lew Sully, James Tenbrooke, Larry Dooley, George Primrose,
Lou Dockstader.
February 19 through February 24, 1900
THE SUNKEN BELL (by Gerhart Hauptmann) and THE KING’S MUSKETEER
(by Henry Hamilton) – Starring E.H. Sothern and Virginia Harned.
Presented by Daniel Frohman.
February 26 through March 3, 1900
THE ONLY WAY – adapted by Freeman Wills from the Dickens’
novel A Tale of Two Cities. Starring Henry Miller. Presented by
Charles Frohman.
March 5 through March 10, 1900
THE BELLE OF NEW YORK – musical comedy, with book by Hugh
Morton and music by Gustave Kerker. The world famed musical comedy
and perennial “gorgeous gaiety.” Starring Edna May in
the title role.
March 12 through March 17, 1900
MISS HOBBS – a new comedy by Jerome K. Jerome. Starring Annie
Russell. Presented by Charles Frohman.
March 19 through March 24, 1900
BARBARA FRIETCHIE [FRITCHIE] – a new play by Clyde Fitch.
Starring Julia Marlowe. Presented by Charles Frohman.
March 25, 1900
SOUSA AND HIS BAND – a concert featuring John Phillip Sousa
and his band
March 26 through March 31 1900
SISTER MARY – a farce by Glen McDonough. Presented by May
Irwin and her company.
April 2 through April 7, 1900
THE BOSTONIANS -- present The Viceroy (a comic opera by Victor Herbert),
Robin Hood (an opera by Reginald DeKoven and Harry B. Smith), The
Serenade (a comic opera by Victor Herbert). Henry Clay Barnaby and
W.H. MacDonald, proprietors.
April 9 through April 15, 1900
WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE – written by H.V. Esmond. Starring
N.C. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott. Directed by George J. Appleton.
April 19 through April 21, 1900
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY – Performing Aida, Don
Giovanni, Carmen and Faust. Directed by Maurice Grau.
April 23 through April 29, 1900
THE CHRISTIAN – written by Hall Caine. Starring Viola Allen,
with Robert Drouet, Charles Rowan, Edgar L. Davenport, Harold Russell,
Frank C. Bangs. Lieber & Co., Managers. With seven musical selections,
from Bizet, Herbert and others. “The management of the New
National Theatre wish to thank those ladies who are considerate
enough to remove their hats during the performance. It has long
been noticed as this Theater that the gentlewomen are caring more
and more for the comfort of those occupying the seats behind them.”
April 30 through May 6, 1900
THE DEGENERATES - comedy by Sidney Grundy. Starring Mrs. Lily Langtree
and her English company.
May 7 through May 13, 1900 [no program file]
THE MANEUVERS OF JANE - comedy by Henry Arthur Jones. Presented
by Daniel Frohman’s Company.
May 14 through May 17, 1900
THE SUNKEN BELL - by Gerhart Hauptmann. Staring E.H. Sothern and
Virginia Harned
May 18 through May 19, 1900
THE KING’S MUSKETEER – a new adaptation by Henry Hamilton
of Alexandre Dumas’ famous “The Three Musketeers.”
Starring E. H. Sothern and Virginia Harned. Presented by Daniel
Frohman.
September 10 through September 15, 1900 [no program file]
THE BELLE OF NEW YORK – musical comedy: lyrics by Hugh Morton;
music by Hugh Kerker. Cast includes E.J. Connelly, Joseph Kane,
Arthur Deagon, George Tollman, E.S. Tarr, Beulah Dodge, Mae Sailor,
Grace Rutledge.
September 17 through September 22, 1900 [xerox only]
MAM’SELLE ‘AWKINS – musical comedy from a book
by Richard Carle; music by Alfred E. Aarons and Herman Perlet. Presented
by the Alfred E. Aarons Musical Comedy Company. The September 19
special matinee performance benefitted the Galveston Texas storm
relief campaign.
September 24 through September 29, 1900 [xerox only]
IN THE PALACE OF THE KING -- a dramatization in six scenes, by Lorimar
Stoddard, from the novel by F. Marion Crawford. Starring Miss Viola
Allen, with Marcia Van Dresser. Produced under the Stage Direction
of William Seymour. Liebler & Co., Managers.
October 1 through October 5, 1900 [xerox only]
A ROYAL ROGUE – operatic comedy by Charles Klein; lyrics by
Grant Stewart and music by William T. Francis. Starring Jefferson
de Angelis and his company.
October 8 through October 13, 1900 [xerox only]
CHARLES FROHMAN’S EMPIRE THEATRE COMPANY -- present Brother
Officers (comedy by Leo Trevor) and Lord and Lady Algy (comedy by
R. C. Carton).
October 15 through October 20, 1900
PRIMROSE AND DOCKSTADER’S GREAT AMERICAN MINSTRELS - Starring
George Primrose and Lew Dockstader. Managed by James H. Decker.
October 22 through October 27, 1900
HEARTS ARE TRUMPS - an original drama by Cecil Raleigh. Starring
Eleanor Moretti, Lottie Alter, Florence Robinson, Marcia Treadwell,
Marian Gardner, Maud Hosford, Jessie Busley, Jane Rivers, Francis
Carlyle, Wallace Erskine, S. Miller Kent, Dore Davidson, Sidney
HerbertTully Marshall Cecil de MilleThomas Grant. Presented by Charles
Frohman.
October 29 through November 3, 1900
HAMLET -- by William Shakespeare. Starring E.H. Sothern and Virginia
Harned, with Arthur Lawrence, Rowland Buckstone, Vincent Sternroyd,
William harris, C.P. Flockton, Henry Carville, Daniel Jarrett, Richard
Lambart, John Collins, Taylor Holmes, H. Northrup, Charlotte Deane,
Adelaide Keim.
November 5 through November 10, 1900
SPRIGHTLY ROMANCE OF MARSAC – drama written by Mollie Elliott
Seawell and dramatized by William Young. Starring Macklyn Arbuckle
(in his first dramatic appearance at the National), with W.J. Ferguson,
Edward Abeles, Henry Bergman, Horace Lewis, Calude Brooks, George
Godfrey, John F. Denton, Margaret Fuller, Sandol Milikin, Kate Lester,
Laura Clements, Annabell Whitford, Leonie Norbury. Directed by Joseph
Brooks.
November 12 through November 17, 1900 [xerox only]
DANIEL FROHMAN’S NEW YORK STOCK COMPANY – present The
Ambassador (by John Oliver Hobbes), Wheels Within Wheels (by R.
C. Carton) and The Maneuvers of Jane (by Henry Arthur Jones).
November 19 through November 24, 1900 [xerox only]
SHERLOCK HOLMES – drama by A. Conan Doyle and William Gillette.
Starring William Gillette as Holmes. And Fred K. Truesdell as Watson.
Presented by Charles Frohman.
November 26 through December 1, 1900
JANICE MEREDITH - dramatized from the novel of Paul Lester Ford.
Starring Mary Mannering. Cast includes Robert Drouet, Burr McIntosh,
A.S. Lipman, George Backus, Helen Tracy Amy Ricard, Vivian Bernard.
Presented by Frank McKee. Directed by Marcus R. Mayer.
December 3 through December 8, 1900 [no program file]
WAY DOWN EAST – by Lottie Blair Parker. Starring Phoebe Davis
and Odell Williams. Produced by William A. Brady.
December 10 through December 15, 1900
THE GIRL FROM UP THERE - musical comedy by Hugh Morton; music by
Gustave Kerker. Starring Edna May. Cast includes Harry Conor, Virginia
Earle, Harry Davenport, Farren Sauter, Harry Kelly, Nat M. Wills,
Charles T. Aldrich, Alf. Whelan. Presented by Charles Frohman’s
Musical Comedy Company.
December 14, 1900 (Friday afternoon) [xerox only]
LECTURE BY WINSTON S. CHURCHILL -- “The War as I Saw It.”
December 17 through December 22, 1900
ZAZA - a version of Barton and Simon’s drama by David Belasco.
Starring Mrs. Leslie Carter in her last appearances in this play.
December 24, 25, 26 and December 29, 1900
SAPHO - by Clyde Fitch, from the novel by Alphonse Daudet. Starring
Olga Nethersole. Directed by Marcus R. Mayer.
December 27, 28 and 29 (matinee), 1900
MAGDA - Starring Olga Nethersole.
December 31, 1900 through January 5, 1901
THE PRIDE OF JENNICO - melodrama by Abby Sage Richardson and Grace
Livingston Furniss. Starring James K. Hackett and Bertha Galland.
Presented by Daniel Frohman.
1901
THE TOREADOR - musical
DON CAESAR'S RETURN
DAVID HARUM - comedy by R. and M.W. Hitchcock.
THE GAY LORD QUEX - comedy
THE PROFESSOR'S LOVE STORY - comedy by J.M. Barrie
January 7 through January 12, 1901
L'AIGLON - drama by Edmond Rostand. Starring Maude Adams. Cast includes
J. H. Gilmour, Edwin Arden, Percy Lyndal, Eugene Jepson, Osward
Yorke, Ida Waterman, Sarah Perry, Sarah converse, Ellie Collmer.
Presented by Charles Frohman.
January 13, 1901
SOUSA AND HIS BAND – Introducing the new Sousa march, “Hail
to the Spirit of Liberty” Starring Blanche Duffield, Soprano,
Bertha Bucklin, Violiniste and Arthur Pryor trombone.
January 14 through January 19, 1901
SARAH BERNHARDT in her farewell American tour, performing L’Aiglon,
La Tosca, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Camille. [Note: Mme. Bernhardt
continued to make “farewell” performances until at least
1916.] Also starring Constant Coquelin. Directed by Maurice Grau.
January 21 through January 26, 1901
METROPOLITAN ENGLISH GRAND OPERA COMPANY -- Presents: Aida, Faust,
Bohemian Girl, Carmen, Il Travatore, Lohengrin, Mikado, Cayalleria
Rusticana and I’ Pagliacci. [Accompanying newspaper article
says the company is disbanding after the Washington run.]
January 28 through February 2, 1901[xerox only]
MADGE SMITH, ATTORNEY – comedy. Starring May Irwin.
March 4 through March 9, 1901
THE FORTUNE TELLER - comic opera, music by Victor Herbert; book
by Harry B. Smith. Frank Perley presenting the Alice Nielsen Opera
Company. Directed by Julian Mitchell.
March 11 through March 16, 1901
HAMLET - by William Shakespeare. Starring E.H. Sothern and Virginia
Harned. Presented by Daniel Frohman.
March 18 through March 23, 1901
KING HENRY V - by William Shakespeare. Starring Richard Mansfield,
with David Todd, Malcolm Duncan, Joseph L. Hunter, Sheridan Block
and J.P. Collins.
March 25 through March 30, 1901 [no program file]
A ROYAL FAMILY – comedy by R. Marshall. Starring Annie Russell.
Cast includes Orrin Johnson, W. H. Thompson, Lawrence D’Orsay,
Richard Bennett, Charles Butler, Harry Rose, Allen Murname, George
Forbes, Lloyd Carelton, John G. Edwards, Donald Gallaher, Eleanor
Sanford, Mabel Morrison. Presented by Charles Frohman.
April 1 through April 6, 1901
SWEET NELL OF OLD DRURY - Paul Kester’s comedy-drama. Starring
Miss Ada Rehan, under the management of Klaw & Erlanger. Produced
under the personal direction of Ben Teal.
April 8 through April 13, 1901
WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE - an original comedy by H.V. Esmond. Starring
Mr. N.C. Goodwin and Miss Maxine Elliott. Direction by George J.
Appleton.
April 15 through April 20, 1901
RICHARD CARVEL - a dramatization by Edward E. Rose of the novel
by Winston Churchill. Starring John Drew.
April 22 through April 27, 1901
ROBIN HOOD - by Reginald DeKoven and Harry B. Smith. Presented by
the Famous Bostonians, Henry Clay Barnaby and William MacDonald,
proprietors. Directed by Klaw and Erlanger. Musical director S.L.
Studley.
May 6 through May 11, 1901
THE CASINO GIRL - a musical farce by Harry B. Smith; music by Ludwig
Englander. Presented by George W. Lederer’s Big London Company.
Starring James E. Sullivan.
May 16, 1901
IN A BALCONY - poetic drama by Robert Browning. Starring Otis Skinner,
Eleanor Robson and Sarah Cowell Lemoyne.
May 21, 1901
MERCHANT OF VENICE - by William Shakespeare. Starring N.C. Goodwin
and Maxine Elliott.
May 25, 1901 (Saturday)
GEORGETOWN ORCHESTRA – featuring Josef Kaspar Conductor and
soloists Mary Helen Howe (soprano), Anton Kaspar (violin), Anita
Cluss (harp).
June 14, 1901
FLAG DAY EXERCISES
September 23 through September 29, 1901
THE LAST APPEAL - by Leo Ditrichstein, with Mr. Robert Drouet, Mr.
Fred'k Hartley and Mr. Edward Brandt
September 30 through October 5, 1901
THE STROLLERS - George W. Lederer’s musical comedy in a prologue
and two acts. Adapted from the German of L. Krenn and C. Lindau.
Music by Ludwig Englander. Starring Francis Wilson, with his company
(including Eddie Foy). Direction of Nixon and Zimmerman.
October 7 through October 12, 1901
PRIMROSE AND DOCKSTADER’S BIG AMERICAN MINSTRELS
October 21 through October 26, 1901
THE CLIMBERS - by Clyde Fitch. Presented by Amelia Bingham and her
company.
October 28 through November 2, 1901
LADY HUNTWORTH’S EXPERIMENT - a comedy by R.C. Carton. Starring
Hilda Spong. Presented by Daniel Frohman.
November 11 through November 17, 1901
JOSEPH JEFFERSON in performances of Rip Van Winkle, The Rivals,
Cricket on the Hearth and Lend Me Five Shillings.
November 18 through November 23, 1901
BEAUCAIRE - an original comedy in five acts by Booth Tarkington
and Evelyn Greeleaf Sutherland. Starring Mr. Richard Mansfield with
Lettice Fairfax and Dorothy Chester.
December 11(Wednesday) through December 17, 1901
DU BARRY - by David Belasco. Starring Mrs. Leslie Carter, with Campbell
Golian, Beresford Webb, Hamilton Revelle.
December 30 through January 4, 1902
THE TOREADOR – musical play by James T. Tanner and Harry Nicholls;
music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. Starring Francis Wilson
and his company.
1902
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA - opera
A GENTLEMAN OF FRANCE
THE BILLIONAIRE - comedy
A MODERN MAGDALEN
ALICE OF OLD VINCENNES
QUALITY STREET - comedy
JANICE MEREDITH - drama
THE GIRL AND THE JUDGE - comedy
D'ARCY OF THE HORSE GUARDS - comedy
ZANETTO - opera
THE MUMMY AND THE HUMMING BIRD
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
MY ANTOINETTE - musical comedy
THE WILD ROSE - musical comedy
THE SECOND IN COMMAND - comedy
January 6 through January 11, 1902
MAID MARIAN – romantic comic opera: book by Harry B. Smith;
music by Reginald DeKoven. Starring Grace Van Studdiford, Henry
Clay Barnabee, W. H. MacDonald, Frank Rushworth, George B. Frothingham.
Direction of Klaw and Erlanger.
January 13 through January 18, 1902 [no program file]
A ROYAL RIVAL – Starring William Faversham. Presented by Charles
Frohman.
January 19, 1902 (Sunday evening)
THE KILTIES BAND, the 48th Highlanders of Canada, in concert.
January 28 through February 2, 1902
MADGE SMITH, ATTORNEY – comedy by Ramsay Morris. Starring
May Irwin. Cast includes George A. Beane, Jos. M. Sparks, Ignacio
Martinetti, Bert Thayer, Jacques Kruger.
February 3 through February 8, 1902 [no program file]
FOXY QUILLER – opera by deKoven and Smith. Starring Jerome
Sykes.
February 10 through February 22, 1902
BEN HUR – by General Lew Wallace. Starring William Farnum,
George Alison, Francis Kingdon, Frank Engel, Charles J. Wilson.
Directed by Joseph Brooks. Presented by Klaw and Erlanger.
February 23, 1902 (Sunday evening)
THE KILTIES BAND, the 48th Highlanders of Canada, in their farewell
concert.
February 24 through March 1, 1902
CAPTAIN JINKS OF THE HORSE MARINES - a comedy by Clyde Fitch. Starring
Ethel Barrymore, with George W. Howard.
March 24 through March 29, 1902
THE GIRL AND THE JUDGE - comedy by Clyde Fitch. Starring Annie Russell.
Presented by Charles Frohman.
April 7 through April 13, 1902
THE WIDOW JONES - a comedy-farce by John J. McNally. Starring May
Irwin and her company. Directed by R. A. Roberts.
April 21 through April 27, 1902
WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER - Paul Kester’s dramatization
of Charles Major’s novel. Starring Julia Marlowe as Barbara
Fritchie. With Charles Harbury as Henry VIII.
April 28 through May 3, 1902
UNDER TWO FLAGS - drama by Paul M. Potter. Starring Blanche Bates.
Presented by Charles Frohman by arrangement with David Belasco.
May 26, 1902
THE HUNCHBACK - Starring Viola Allen.
June 2, 1902
THE LADY OF LYONS - by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Starring Mary Mannering
and Kyrle Bellew.
September 15 through September 20, 1902
MY ANTOINETTE – musical: book by George Totten Smith; music
by Alfred E. Aarons. Introducing Josephine Hall. Cast includes Grace
Belmont, George Yeoman, Richard Goodall, Nellie Beaumont, Eugene
Wiener, Harry Shaort, Joseph Dailey. Presented by Alfred E. Aarons
and George H. Murray.
October 6 through October 12, 1902
THE ETERNAL CITY - a dramatization by Mr. Hall Caine of his novel.
Starring Viola Allen and Edward Morgan. The action of the play takes
place in the future. Produced under the stage direction of E.W.
Presbrey. Incidental music composed and arranged by Pietro Mascagni.
Liebler & Co., Managers. Theatre under the management of Wm.
H. Rapley. [Painters of certain scenery drops in Rome and the Vatican
are credited.]
October 13 through October 19, 1902
THE LITTLE DUCHESS - Starring Anna Held.
November 23, 1902 (Sunday evening)
HALEY AND HIS BAND - concert
December 1 through December 6, 1902
THE WILD ROSE – musical comedy: book by Harry B. Smith and
George V. Hobart; music by Ludwig Englander. Cast includes Edwin
Foy, Albert Hart, Junie McCree, Louis Kelso, Wilmer Bentley, W.Wallace
Black, David Bennett, J. Harry Lee, Charles Morton. Presented and
staged by George W. Lederer.
December 8 through December 13, 1902
SHERLOCK HOLMES – based on the character created by Arthur
Conan Doyle. Starring William Gillette. Cast includes Herbert Percy,
Griffith Evans, Frank Andrews, Edgar Selwyn, Frank Wilson, Griffith
Evans. Presented by Charles Frohman.
December 15 through December 20, 1902 [no program file]
THE WILDERNESS - comedy by H.V. Esmond. Starring Margaret Anglin
and Charles Charles Richman, with the Empire Theatre Stock Company.
Presented by Charles Frohman.
December 22, 23 and 24, 1902
HAMLET - by William Shakespeare. Starring E.H. Sothern. Cast includes
Cecil B. deMille.
December 25, 26 and 27, 1902
IF I WERE KING - Starring E.H. Sothern, with George W. Wilson and
Cecil B. deMille.
December 29, 1902 through January 3, 1903
MICE AND MEN - by Madeleine Lucette Riley. Starring Annie Russell
(in her first America tour). Cast includes John Mason, John Glendining,
Orrin Johnson, Frank Goldsmith, Charles Butler, E.A. Eberle, Miss
Huddleston, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Glendining
1903
January 4, 1903
CREATORE AND HIS ITALIAN BAND
January 5 through January 12, 1903 [no program file]
THE MUMMY AND THE HUMMING BIRD – Starring John Drew. Presented
by Charles Frohman.
January 19 through January 24, 1903
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – written and invented by
J. Hickory Wood and Arthur Collins. Adapted by John J. McNally and
J. Cheever Goodwin. Music composed by Frederick Solomon, Ballets
by Ernest D’Auban. Presented by Klaw and Erlanger
January 25, 1903 (Sunday evening)
HALEY AND HIS BAND - concert
February 2 through February 7, 1903
A COUNTRY MOUSE - a comedy in three acts by Arthur Law. Starring
Ethel Barrymore. Presented by Charles Frohman. Preceded by CARROTS
a play in one act by Jules Renard. (With Ethel Barrymore as “Carrots,
their son.”)
March 2 through March 7, 1903
JULIUS CAESAR - by William Shakespeare. Starring Arthur Greenaway
and Arthur Forrest. Produced by Richard Mansfield.
March 9 through March 14, 1903
THE STUBBORNESS OF GERALDINE - Mary Mannering.
March 30 through April 4, 1903
THE SILVER SLIPPER - a musical comedy presented by John C. Fisher.
Starring Sam Bernard and Edna Wallace-Hopper.
April 6 through April 11, 1903
ROBIN HOOD AND MAID MARIAN - presented by the Famous Bostonians.
April 12, 1903
WASHINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - first concert. Conductor, Reginald
de Koven. Soloists: Mr. Aptommas (Welsh harpist) and Clifford Wiley
(baritone).
April 13 through April 18, 1903
WHEN JOHNNIE COMES MARCHING HOME – a comic opera presented
by the Whitney Opera Company. Directed by A. M. Holbrook.
April 27 through May 1, 1903
THE LITTLE PRINCESS – by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Starring
Millie James and Beryl Morse. A Charles Dillingham Production.
May
THE MOCKINGBIRD - musical. Starring Mable Gillman.
September 26 through October 3, 1903
BABES IN TOYLAND (?)
October 5, 1903
LEW DOCSTADER MINSTREL COMPANY – featuring Lew Dockstader,
Carroll Johnson, Max Ford, Neil O’Brien and Ed. Ford. Vocalists
include Frederick Bowers, Manuel Romain, Gra. F. Weller, Harry Ellis,
Jno. W. Early, Jas. B. Bradley, Wm. Hallett, Gordon Erickson and
Harry Spencer.
November 16 through November 22, 1903
JOSEPH JEFFERSON – Starring in Rip Van Winkle, The Rivals,
Cricket on the Hearth; and Lend Me Five Shillings.
November 23 through November 29, 1903
THE MAN FROM BLANKLEYS - Starring Charles Hawtrey.
November 30 through December 6, 1903
THE PROUD PRINCE - Starring E.H. Sothern.
dates unknown
MERELY MARY ANN - comedy
DUBARRY
THE MIDDLEMAN
THE OPTOMIST
1904
BROTHER JAQUES - comedy
BUSINESS IS BUSINESS - comedy
February 1 through February 6, 1904
THE PRETTY SISTER OF JOSE by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, in Four
Acts and Five Scenes. Starring Maude Adams
FAUST
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE - opera
CARMEN - opera
THE THREE LITTLE MAIDS
THE SPENDERS
THE GIRL WITH THE GREEN EYES
WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING - vaudeville
THE TWO ROSES - comic opera
March 21 through March 26, 1904
LORD AND LADY ALGY – comedy drama by R.C. Carton. Starring
William Faversham, with Charles Harbury, Percy Lyndal, Ronald Thomas,
Charles Bertram and E.Y. Backus.
March 28 through April 2, 1904
COUSIN KATE – comedy by Hubert Henry Davies. Starring Ethel
Barrymore. Presented by Charles Frohman.
April 4 through April 9, 1904
THE SECOND IN COMMAND – by Robert Marshall. Starring John
Drew. Presented by Charles Frohman.
April 26, 1904
Richard Strauss & Mme. Pauline Strauss de Anna - 4:30 Concert
1905
Building "constructed" (Wash Star 2-3-63)
? President "Silent" Cal Coolidge pulled out his watch
and yawned in the middle of John Barrymore's Hamlet.
HELEN HAYES recalls seeing The Merry Widow, her first theatrical
performance about this time at the National.
1905 production of BEN HUR featured 350 human performers and 8
horses. For the return engagement, the cast had to be cut back to
100, but the producers made up for the loss with horses.
THE FOOL'S REVENGE
LOVE'S LOTTERY - comic opera
A MESSAGE FROM MARS
LONDON ASSURANCE comedy by Dion Boucicault
January 9 through January 14, 1905
THE DUKE OF KILLICRANKIE - comedy by Robert Marshall. Starring John
Drew, with Ferdinand Gottschalk, Robert Schable, Reginald Carrington,
John Ford and B.W. Parmenter. Presented by Charles Frohman.
January 16 through January 21, 1905 [no program file]
PARSIFAL - opera by Richard Wagner, in English. A production of
Henry W. Savage.
January 23 through January 28, 1905 [no program file]
THE USURPER - comedy/drama by I.N. Norris. Starring N.C. Goodwin.
Directed by George J. Appleton.
February 21 through February 27, 1905 [no program file]
HER OWN WAY – by Clyde Fitch. Starring Maxine Elliott.
March 3, 1905 [no program file]
W.A.HALEY – conducting selections from The Concert of the
Inaugural Ball.
March 11 through March 16, 1905 [no program file]
RICHARD MANSFIELD appearing in repertory in Ivan the Terrible, Beau
Brummell, Richard III, and Jekyl and Hyde.
March 25 through April 1, 1905 [no program file]
LOU STADLER’S MINSTREL COMPANY
April 3 through April 8, 1905
SUNDAY – by Thomas Race Ward. Starring Ethyl Barrymore.
April 10 through April 15, 1905 [no program file]
THE SCHOOL GIRL - musical by Paul Potter and Henry Hamilton; music
by Leslie Stuart. Starring Edna May.
April 17 through April 22, 1905 [no program file]
THE LITTLE MINISTER - comedy by J.M. Barrie. Starring Maude Adams.
Performed along with a one act play entitled “‘Op O’
Me Thumb.”
August 28 through September 2, 1905 [no program file]
THE PRODIGAL SON – drama by Hall Caine.
September 4 through September 9, 1905 [no program file]
THE MAYOR OF TOKIO – farce by Richard Carle; music by W.F.
Peters. Starring Richard Carle.
September 11 through September 16, 1905 [no program file]
LOUIS JAMES IN REPERTORY – Starring in Virginius, Ingomar
the Barbarian, Richelieu
September 18 through September 23, 1905 [no program file]
THE WALLS OF JERICHO – by Alfred Sutro. Starring James K.
Hackett and Mary Manering.
September 25 through September 30, 1905 [no program file]
THE WIZARD OF OZ – musical: book and lyrics by L. Frank Baum;
music by Paul Tietjens and A. Baldwin Sloane.
October 2 through October 7, 1905 [no program file]
JOE WEBER AND HIS ALL STAR CAST
October 9 through October 14, 1905 [no program file]
THE AMERICAN LORD – comedy by Charles T. Dazey and George
H. Broadhurst. Starring William H. Crane. Produced by Charles Frohman.
October 9 through ???, 1905 [original show photo only]
MLLE. MODISTE – comic opera: book and lyrics by Henry Blossom;
music by Victor Herbert.
October 16 through October 21, 1905 [no program file]
PETER PAN – by J. M. Barrie. Starring Maude Adams.
October 23 through October 28, 1905 [no program file]
THE LABYRINTH – by W.L. Courtney from Paul Hervieu’s
play “Le Dedale.” Starring Olga Nethersole.
October 30 through November 4, 1905 [no program file]
THE TOAST OF THE TOWN – by Clyde Fitch. Starring Viola Allen.
November 6 through November 11, 1905 [no program file]
N.C. GOODWIN
November 12, 1905 [no program file]
BOSTON SYMPHONY CONCERT
November 13 through November 18, 1905 [no program file]
THE DUCHESS OF DANTZIG – light opera based on Sardou’s
“Madame Sans Gene.” Book and lyrics by Henry Hamilton;
music by Ivan Caryll.
November 20 through November 25, 1905 [no program file]
THE SHEPHERD KING – drama by Arnold Reeves and Wright Lorimer.
Starring Wright Lorimer.
November 27 through December 2, 1905 [no program file]
HER GREAT MATCH – by Clyde Fitch. Starring Maxine Elliott.
December 4 through December 9, 1905 [no program file]
DE LANCEY – by Augustus Thomas. Starring John Drew.
December 11 through December 16, 1905 [no program file]
PEARL AND THE PUMPKIN – musical: book by Paul West and W.W.
Denslow; lyrics by Paul West; music by John W. Bratton. Produced
by Klaw and Erlanger.
December 18 through December 23, 1905 [no program file]
RIP VAN WINKLE – by Dion Boucicault from the novel of Washington
Irving. Starring Thomas Jefferson.
December 25 through December 30, 1905 [no program file]
THE WOMAN IN THE CASE – by Clyde Fitch. Starring Blanche Walsh
1906
TOSCA - opera
PAGLIACCI - opera
DIE KONIGIN VON SABA - opera
HAENSEL UND GRETEL - opera
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR - opera
January 1 through January 6, 1906 [no program file]
IT HAPPENED IN NORDLAND - musical comedy: book and lyrics by Glen
MacDonough; music by Victor Herbert. Starring Lew Fields
January 8 through January 13, 1906 [no program file]
E. S. WILLARD
January 15 through January 20, 1906 [no program file]
VERONIQUE - comic opera: book by A. Vanloo and G. Duval; lyrics
by Lilian Eldee and Percy Greenbank; music by Andre Messager. Produced
by Klaw and Erlanger.
January 22 through January 27, 1906 [no program file]
THE EMBASSY BALL - comedy by Augustus Thomas. Starring Laurence
D’Orsay. Produced by Daniel Frohman.
January 29 through February 3, 1906 [no program file]
MIZPAH – by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Luscombe Searelle, based
on the story of Esther.
February 5 through February 10, 1906 [no program file]
JULIA MARLOWE AND E.H. SOUTHERN -- appearing in four Shakespeare
plays: Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew and
The Merchant of Venice.
February 12 through February 17, 1906 [no program file]
MAN AND SUPERMAN – by G.B. Shaw.
February 19 through February 24, 1906 [no program file]
ON THE QUIET – comedy by Augustus Thomas. Starring William
Collier.
February 26 through March 3, 1906 [no program file]
THE CATCH OF THE SEASON – musical comedy by Seymour Hicks
and Cosmo Hamilton; lyrics by Charles H. Taylor. Starring Edna May.
March 5 through March 10, 1906 [no program file]
THE ROLLICKING GIRL - musical by Sydney Rosenfeld; music by W.T.
Francis. Starring Sam Bernard.
March 12 through March 17, 1906 [no program file]
THE PIT - adapted from the Frank Norris novel. Starring Wilton Lackaye
and a cast of 200.
March 19 through March 24, 1906 [no program file]
HENRIETTA CROSMAN – starring in As You Like It and Mary, Mary
Quite Contrary.
March 26 through March 31, 1906 [no program file]
STRONGHEART – comedy by William C. deMille. Starring Robert
Edeson.
April 2 through April 7, 1906 [no program file]
ROGERS BROTHERS IN IRELAND – Starring Gus Rogers.
April 9 through April 14, 1906 [no program file]
KELCEY AND SHANNON
April 16 through April 21, 1906 [no program file]
JUST OUT OF COLLEGE – by George Ade. Starring Joseph Wheelock
Jr.
April 23 through April 28, 1906 [no program file]
THE DUEL – by Henri Lavedan. Starring Otis Skinner.
April 30 through May 5, 1906 [no program file]
GALLOPS – by David Gray. Starring Charles Richman.
May 7 through May 12, 1906 [no program file]
THE EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES – comedy by Louis K. Anspacher.
September 3 through September 8, 1906 [no program file]
MAN AND HIS ANGEL – by Stanley Dark.
September 10 through September 15, 1906 [no program file]
BABES IN TOYLAND – musical by Glen MacDonough; music by Victor
Herbert.
September 17 through September 22, 1906 [no program file]
ON PAROLE – by Louis Evan Shipman
September 24 through September 29, 1906 [no program file]
ALL OF A SUDDEN PEGGY – by Ernest Dewey. Starring Henrietta
Crosman.
October 1 through October 6, 1906 [no program file]
CYMBELINE – by William Shakespeare. Starring Viola Allen.
October 8 through October 13, 1906
THE GIRL AND THE GERMAN – by Edwards and Brenner. Starring
Jefferson de Angelis.
October 15 through October 20, 1906
THE MOUNTAIN CLIMBER – a farce by C. Kraatz and M. Neal. Starring
Francis Wilson, with Joseph Allen, Frank Goldsmith, George Irving,
Sidney Rice, Victor Benoit, Joseph Brennan, Ernest H. Baxter, Herbert
Marion, Augustine Duncan, Charles J. Greene, May Robson, Enda Bruns,
Ellen Mortimer, Jane Gordon and Elsa Garrett. Presented by Charles
Frohman/
October 22 through October 27, 1906 [no program file]
THE VANDERBILT CUP – by Barney Oldfield and Eddie Bald. Starring
Elsie Janis, with Henry V. Donnelly, Jacques Kruger, Edith Decker,
Blanche Chapman, Charles Dow Clark, F. Newton Lindo and Otis Harlan.
October 29 through November 3, 1906 [no program file]
MAMSELLE SALLIE – by Robert Smith and Reginald Hubbell.
November 5 through November 10, 1906 [no program file]
BELLE OF MAYFAIR – musical comedy by H.E. Brookfield and Cosmo
Hamilton; music by Leslie Stuart.
November 12, 1906 (afternoon)
DWIGHT ELMENDORF LECTURE -- illustrated lecture on Holland
November 12 through November 17, 1906
ALICE, SIT-BY-THE-FIRE – by J.M. Barrie. Starring Ethel Barrymore.
Cast includes Bruce McRae, Beatrice Agnew, Thomas Kelly, John Barrymore,
Mary Nash, Davenport Seymour, Florence Busby and Lillian Reed. Present
by Charles Frohman.
November 18, 1906 (afternoon)
DWIGHT ELMENDORF LECTURE -- illustrated lecture on The Rhine
November 19 through November 24, 1906 [no program file]
CAUGHT IN THE RAIN – comedy by Grant Stewart and William Collier.
Starring William Collier. Cast includes Nanette Comstock, Louise
Drew, Helena Collier, Jane Laurel, George Nash, John Saville and
Wallace Eddinger. Presented by Charles Frohman.
November 25, 1906
DWIGHT ELMENDORF LECTURE -- illustrated lecture on Switzerland
November 26 through December 1, 1906 [no program file]
GLORIOUS BETSY – by Rita Johnson Young. Starring Mary Mannering
December 2, 1906
DWIGHT ELMENDORF LECTURE -- illustrated lecture on Italy
December 3 through December 8, 1906 [no program file]
DOCKSTADER’S MINSTRELS
December 9, 1906
DWIGHT ELMENDORF LECTURE -- illustrated lecture on Italy
December 10 through December 15, 1906 [no program file]
MLLE MODISTE – comic opera by Henry Blossom; music by Victor
Herbert. Starring Fritzi Sheff.
December 17 through December 22, 1906 [no program file]
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – by William Shakespeare.
Starring Annie Russell.
December 24 through December 29, 1906 [no program file]
THE PRINCE OF INDIA – drama by J.I.C. Clarke, from the novel
of Lew Wallace.
December 31, 1906 through January 5, 1907
THE SPRING CHICKEN – musical play, adapted from Jaime and
Duval’s “Coquin de Printemps.” Starring Richard
Carle.
1907
January 7 through January 12, 1907
COLONEL NEWCOME – by Michael Morton, from Thackeray’s
“The Newcomes.” Starring E.S. Willard.
January 14 through January 19, 1907 [no program file]
HIS HOUSE IN ORDER – by A. W. Pinero. Starring John Drew
January 21 through January 26, 1907 [no program file]
CLOTHES – by Avery Hopwood and Channing Pollock. Starring
Grace George.
January 28 through February 2, 1907 [no program file]
STRONGHEART – comedy-drama by William C. deMille. Starring
Robert Edeson.
February 3, 1907 (afternoon)
DWIGHT ELMENDORF LECTURE – Ireland.
February 4 through February 9, 1907
FORBES ROBERTSON AND GERTRUDE ELLIOTT and their London Company.
Productions include Caesar and Cleopatra (George Bernard Shaw),
Mice and Men (by Madeleine Lucette Ryley) and Hamlet. Presented
by Klaw and Erlanger.
February 10, 1907 (afternoon)
DWIGHT ELMENDORF LECTURE – England.
February 11 through February 16, 1907 [no program file]
RICHARD MANSFIELD -- Starring in Peer Gynt (Ibsen) and Beau Brummel
(Clyde Fitch).
February 17, 1907 (afternoon)
DWIGHT ELMENDORF LECTURE – Scotland
February 18 through February 23, 1907
CLARICE – comedy by William Gillette. Starring William Gillette.
Cast includes Lucille LaVerne, Marie Doro, Frank Burbeck, Adelaide
Prince, Francis Carlyle and William Stokes. Presented by Charles
Frohman.
February 24, 1907 (afternoon)
DWIGHT ELMENDORF LECTURE – Norway
February 25 through March 2, 1907 [no program file]
HER GREAT MATCH – comedy by Clyde Fitch. Starring Maxine Elliott.
Cast includes Charles Cherry, Mathilde Cottrelly, Suzanne Perry,
Muriel Wylford, Gladys Morriss, Felix Edwards, Leon Quartermaine,
W.H. Sams, Guy Cary and Cory Thomas.
March 3, 1907 (afternoon)
DWIGHT ELMENDORF LECTURE – The Land of the Midnight Sun
March 4 through March 9, 1907 [no program file]
THE SQUAW MAN – comedy-drama by Edwin Milton Royle. Starring
Willaim Faversham.
March 11 through March 16, 1907 [no program file]
FORTY-FIVE MINUTES FROM BROADWAY - music by George M. Cohan. Produced
by Klaw and Erlanger.
March 18 through March 23, 1907 [no program file]
ROBERT MANTELL appearing in Macbeth, Othello, Merchant of Venice,
King Lear, Hamlet and Julius Caesar.
March 25 through March 30, 1907 [no program file]
ELLEN TERRY – Starring in Captain Brassbound’s Conversion
(G.B. Shaw) and The Good Hope (Christopher St. John).
April 1 through April 6, 1907 [no program file]
GEORGE WASHINGTON JR. – musical comedy written and composed
by and starring George M. Cohan.
April 8 through April 13, 1907 [no program file]
THE LION AND THE MOUSE – by Charles Klein.
April 15 through April 20, 1907
THE HYPOCRITES – by Henry Arthur Jones. Starring John Glendinning,
J.H. Barnes, Richard Bennett, Arthur Lewis, W.H. Denny, Cecil Kingston,
Leslie Faber, Jay Wilson, Jessie Milward, Viva Birkett, Grace Hadsell,
Helen Tracy, Doris Keane, Louise Reed. Presented by Charles Frohman.
April 22 through April 27, 1907 [no program file]
OLGA NETHERSOLE – Starring in Sapho (Daudet), The Second Mrs.
Tanquery (Pinero), Camille (Dumas), Adrienne Lecouvreur (Eugene
Scribe and Ernest Legouve)
April 29 through May 4, 1907 [no program file]
NOAH’S ARK – Starring Harry Bulger.
May 6 through May 11, 1907 [no program file]
RIP VAN WINKLE – by Dion Boucicault from the novel of Washington
Irving. Starring Thomas Jefferson.
May 27 through June 1, 1907 [no program file]
ROBIN HOOD – book by Harry B. Smith; music by Reginald de
Koven. Presented by the Aborn Opera Co.
June 3 through June 8, 1907 [no program file]
THE SERENADE – book by Harry B. Smith; music by Victor Herbert.
June 10 through June 15, 1907 [no program file]
THE MIKADO – operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan.
June 17 through June 22, 1907 [no program file]
HMS PINAFORE AND CAVELLERIA RUSTICANA
June 24 through June 29, 1907 [no program file]
CHIMES OF NORMANDY
July 1 through July 6, 1907 [no program file]
THE FORTUNE TELLER
July 8 through July 13, 1907 [no program file]
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL
July 15 through July 20, 1907 [no program file]
BEGGAR STUDENT
July 22 through July 27, 1907 [no program file]
FRA DIAVOLO
July 29 through August 3, 1907 [no program file]
WANG – musical comedy by J. Cheever Goodwin; music by Woolfson
Morse.
August 5 through August 10, 1907 [no program file]
DOLLY VARDEN – comic opera by Stanislaus Stange; music by
Julian Edwards.
August 12 through August 17, 1907 [no program file]
MARIANA – by Jose Echegaray.
August 19 through August 24, 1907 [no program file]
IL TROVATORE – by Verdi
September 16 through September 21, 1907 [no program file]
FOLLIES OF 1907 – Produced by Flo Ziegfeld. First presentation
at the National.
September 23 through September 28, 1907 [no program file]
FIFTY MILES FROM BOSTON – Written by and starring George M.
Cohan
September 30 through October 5, 1907 [no program file]
THE SILVER MINE – by Edward Peple. Cast includes George Fawcett,
Charles L. Warren, Edwin Nicander, Louise Galloway, Jane Oaker,
Lillian Albertson, George Nash, Norman Tharp, Harry Lillford and
A. Goodson.
October 7 through October 12, 1907 [no program file]
THE STEP SISTER – by Charles Klein. Cast includes Bruce McRae,
Frederic de Belleville, C. Leslie Allen, John Findlay, Ralph Delmore,
George wright, Chrystal Herne, Grace Filkins, Mathilde Cottrelly,
Dorothy Dorr, Gertrude Doremus, Anna Johnston and Helen Graham.
October 14 through October 19, 1907 [no program file]
THE LION AND THE MOUSE – by Charles Klein.
October 21 through October 25, 1907 [no program file]
PETER PAN – by J.M. Barrie. Starring Maude Adams.
October 27 through November 2, 1907 [no program file]
THE CHRISTIAN PILGRIM – Starring Henrietta Crosman.
November 4 through November 9, 1907 [no program file]
THE LITTLE CHERUB – musical comedy by Owen Hall; music by
Ivan Caryll. Starring Hattie Williams. Produced by Charles Frohman.
November 11 through November 16, 1907
BEN HUR – adapted by William Young from the novel by Lew Wallace.
Starring Thurston Hall in the title role. Produced by Klaw and Erlanger.
November 18 through November 23, 1907 [no program file]
BLANCHE WALSH
November 25 through November 30, 1907 [no program file]
LOLA FROM BERLIN – musical comedy by John J. McNally; lyrics
and music by William Jerome and Jean Schwartz. Starring Lulu Glaser,
George Le Guere, Minnette Barrett. Produced by Klaw and Erlanger.
December 2 through December 7, 1907 [no program file]
THE PARISIAN MODEL – musical comedy by Harry B. Smith; music
by Max Hoffman. Starring Anna Held.
December 9 through December 14, 1907 [no program file]
POLLY OF THE CIRCUS – by Margaret Mayo. Cast includes Mabel
Taliaferro, Malcolm Williams, J.B. Hollis, Herbert Ayling.
December 16 through December 21, 1907 [no program file]
THE ROGERS BROTHERS IN PANAMA – musical by Sylvester Maguire
and Aaron Hoffman; lyrics by Edward Madden; music by Max Hoffman.
Produced by Klaw and Erlanger.
December 23 through December 28, 1907 [no program file]
THE SQUAW MAN – comedy-drama by Edwin Milton Royle. Starring
William Faversham.
December 30, 1907 through January 4, 1908 [no program file]
THE RICH MR. HOGGENHEIMER – musical farce: book and lyrics
by Harry B. Smith; music by Ludwig Englander; songs by Kenneth S.
Clark, Jerome D. Kern, West, Jerome and Schwartz. Starring Sam Bernard.
Produced by Charles Frohman.
1908
January 6 through January 11, 1908 [no program file]
CLASSMATES – by William C. deMille and Margaret Turnbull.
Starring Robert Edeson.
January 13 through January 18, 1908 [no program file]
THE RED MILL – musical by Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert.
Starring Fred A. Stone and David Montgomery.
January 20 through January 25, 1908 [no program file]
MAN OF THE HOUR – by George Broadhurst.
January 27 through February 1, 1908 [no program file]
LEW DOCKSTADER’S MINSTRELS
February 3 through February 8, 1908 [no program file]
THE HONOR OF THE FAMILY – by Emile Fabre from Balzac’s
“La Rabouilleuse.” Starring Otis Skinner.
February 10 through February 15, 1908 [no program file]
WILDFIRE – comedy by George Broadhurst and George V. Hobart.
Starring Lillian Russell.
February 17 through February 22, 1908 [no program file]
MLLE MODISTE – comic opera: book and lyrics by Henry Blossom;
music by Victor Herbert. Starring Fritzi Scheff.
February 24 through February 29, 1908 [no program file]
HER SISTER – by Clyde Fitch and Cosmo Gordon Lennox. Starring
Ethel Barrymore. Produced by Charles Frohman.
March 2 through March 7, 1908 [no program file]
OLGA NETHERSOLE IN REPERTORY appearing in The Awakening (adapted
by Sydney Grundy), Adrienne Lecouvreur (by Eugene Scribe and Ernest
Legouve), The Enigma (by Paul Hervieu), I Pagliacci (adapted by
Charles H.E. Brookfield), Sapho (by Clyde Fitch); Carmen (adapted
by Henry Hamilton).
March 9 through March 14, 1908 [no program file]
SALOMY JANE – by Paul Armstrong from the Bret Harte story.
Starring Eleanor Robson.
March 16 through March 21, 1908
MY WIFE – comedy by Michael Morton, from the French of Gavault
and Charnay. Starring John Drew. Cast includes Billie Burke, Ferdinand
Gottschalk, Dorothy Tennant, Morton Selten, Ida Greeley Smith, Albert
Roccardi, Hope Latham, Mario Majeroni, Kate Pattison Selten, Axel
Brunn, May Galyer. Presented by Charles Frohman.
March 23 through March 28, 1908
THE HOYDEN – musical comedy from the French of Cosmo Hamilton;
music by John L. Golden and Robert Hood Bowers. Starring Elsie Janis
and Joseph Cawthorn. Presented by Charles Dillingham.
March 30 through April 4, 1908 [no program file]
FOLLIES OF 1907 – return engagement. Cast includes Miss Lucy
Weston, Bickel and Watson, Grace LaRue, Annabelle Whitford, Frank
Mayne, Grace Leigh, Lillian Lee, Marius Libby, Florence Tempest,
William Powers, Dan Baker, James Manly and Mlle. Dazle.
April 13 through April 18, 1908 [no program file]
THE MORALS OF MARCUS – comedy by William J. Locke. Starring
Marie Doro. Produced by Charles Frohman.
April 20 through April 25, 1908 [no program file]
MARY’S LAMB – musical comedy adapted by Richard Carle
from the French farce “Mme. Mongodin.” Starring Richard
Carle.
April 27 through May 23,1908
ABORN OPERA COMPANY – presents Carman (Bizet), The Wizard
of the Nile (book by Harry B. Smith; music by Victor Herbert), Hoffmann’s
Love Tales (Offenbach), Robin Hood. Each was performed daily for
one week.
May 25 through May 28, 1908 [no program file]
MARTHA
June 1 through June 6, 1908 [no program file]
THE RUNAWAY GIRL
June 8 through June 13, 1908 [no program file]
THE GEISHA
June 15 through June 20, 1908 [no program file]
FLORODORA – musical comedy: book by Owen Hall; music by Leslie
Stuart.
June 22 through June 27, 1908 [no program file]
SAM FOY
June 29 through July 4, 1908 [no program file]
ERMINIE – operetta by Harry Paulton and Ed Jacobowski.
July 6 through July 11, 1908 [no program file]
THE SERENADE – book by Harry B. Smith; music by Victor Herbert.
July 8 through July 18, 1908 [no program file]
THE MIKADO – operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan.
July 20 through July 25, 1908 [no program file]
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL
July 27 through August 1, 1908 [no program file]
THE FORTUNE TELLER
August 3 through August 8, 1908 [no program file]
THE BELLE OF NEW YORK – musical comedy: lyrics by Hugh Morton;
music by Hugh Kerker.
September 14 through September 19, 1908 [no program file]
THE MERRY-GO-ROUND – musical comedy: book by Edgar Smith;
lyrics by Pau West; music by Gus Edwards. Starring Raymond Hitchcock.
September 21 through September 26, 1908 [no program file]
A GENTLEMAN FROM MISSISSIPPI – by Harrison Rhodes and Thomas
Wise. Starring Thomas A. Wise and Douglas Fairbanks.
September 28 through October 3, 1908 [no program file]
THE GOLDEN BUTTERFLY – comic opera by Harry B. Smith and Reginald
deKoven. Starring Grace Van Studdiford.
October 5 through October 10, 1908 [no program file]
DIVORCONS – comedy by Victorien Sardou and Emile de Najac.
Starring Grace George.
October 12 through October 17, 1908 [no program file]
A KNIGHT FOR A DAY
October 19 through October 24, 1908 [no program file]
VIA WIRELESS – by Paul Armstrong and Winchell Smith.
October 26 through October 31, 1908 [no program file]
FLUFFY RUFFLES – musical by John J. McNally; lyrics by Wallace
Irwin; music by W.T. Francis, Jerome D. Kern and Leigh and Potter.
Starring Hattie Williams. Produced by Charles Frohman.
November 2 through November 7, 1908 [no program file]
THE LION AND THE MOUSE – by Charles Klein. Cast includes Sadie
Stringham, Margaret Gray, Marguerite St. John, Walter Allen, Richard
Bennett.
November 9 through November 14, 1908 [no program file]
THE DEVIL – by Ferenc Molnar.
November 16 through November 21, 1908 [no program file]
FATHER AND THE BOYS – by George Ade. Starring W. H. Crane.
November 23 through November 28, 1908 [no program file]
THE QUEEN OF THE MOULIN ROUGE – musical comedy: book by Paul
M. Potter; lyrics by Vincent Bryan; music by John T. Hall. Starring
Flora Parker, Carter deHaven and Richard F. Carroll.
November 30 through December 5, 1908 [no program file]
LEW DOCKSTADER MINSTRELS
December 7 through December 12, 1908 [no program file]
THE ROUND UP – drama by Edmund Day.
December 14 through December 19, 1908 [no program file]
THE SOUL KISS – musical: book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith;
music by Maurice Levi, Paul Lincke, Burkhardt, Hirsch and Woodward.
Starring Adeline Genee. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld.
December 21 through December 26, 1908 [no program file]
THE SERVANT IN THE HOUSE – by Charles Rann Kennedy.
December 28, 1908 through January 2, 1909 [no program file]
THE GIRLS OF GOTTENBURG – musical comedy by George Grossmith
Jr. and L.E. Berman; music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. Starring
James Blakeley. Produced by Charles Frohman.
1909
January 4 through January 9, 1909 [no program file]
KASSA – by John Luther Long. Starring Mrs. Leslie Carter and
produced by Mrs. Carter.
January 11 through January 16, 1909 [no program file]
THE THIRD DEGREE – by Charles Klein. Cast includes Edmund
Breese, Wallace Eddinger, Francis Byrne.
January 18 through January 23, 1909
THE THIEF - by Henri Bernstein, adapted from the French by Haddon
Chambers. With Kyle Bellew, Effie Shannon and Herbert Kelcey. Produced
by Charles Frohman.
January 25 through January 30, 1909
THE RED MILL - musical comedy by Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert.
With Montgomery & Stone, Ethel Johnson, Florence Quinn, David
L. Don and others of the original Knickerbocker production. Produced
by Charles Dillingham.
February 1 through February 6, 1909 [no program file]
THE HONOR OF THE FAMILY – by Emile Febre, from Balzac’s
“La Rabouilleuse.” Adapted by Paul M. Potter. Starring
Otis Skinner, A.G. Andrews, Francis Carlyle, Harry Burkhardt, Russell
Crawfurd, Harry Barfoot, Alred Hudson Jr., Sarah Padden. Produced
by Charles Frohman.
February 8 through February 13, 1909 [no program file]
LADY FREDERICK –comedy by Somerset Maugham. Starring Ethel
Barrymore. "The first of Maugham's plays to come to Washington."
February 15 through February 20, 1909 [no program file]
THE RICHEST GIRL – by Paul Gavault and Michael Morton. Starring
Marie Doro, Louis Massen, Orrin Johnson. Produced by Charles Frohman.
February 22 through February 27, 1909 [no program file]
ROBERT MANTELL
March 1 through March 13, 1909 [no program file]
THE MERRY WIDOW – operetta: book by Victor Leon and Leo Stein;
music by Franz Lehar.
March 15 through March 20, 1909 [no program file]
LOVE WATCHES – comedy by R. DeFlers and G. Caillavet, adapted
by Gladys Unger. Starring Billie Burke.
March 22 through March 27, 1909 [no program file]
JACK STRAW – comedy by W. Somerset Maugham. Starring John
Drew, Edgar L. Davenport, Frank Goldsmith. Produced by Charles Frohman.
March 29 through April 3, 1909 [no program file]
THE TALK OF NEW YORK – musical by George M. Cohan. Starring
Victor Moore, Jack Gardner, Stanley H. Forde. Produced by Cohan
and Harris.
April 5 through April 10, 1909 [no program file]
THE CALL OF THE NORTH – by George Broadhurst from the Stewart
Edward White story “Conjuror’s House.” Starring
Robert Edeson, DeWitt C. Jennings, Thomas McGrath.
April 12 through April 17, 1909 [no program file]
FOLLIES OF 1908
April 19 through April 24, 1909 [no program file]
WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD – farce by Charles Marlowe. Starring
Francis Wilson, George Irving, Augustin Duncan, Pauline Frederick,
Edna Bruns, Ruth Barry. Produced by Charles Frohman.
April 26 through May 1, 1909 [no program file]
THE GOLDEN BUTTERFLY – comic opera by Harry B. Smith; music
by Reginald deKoven. Starring Grace Van Studdiford, Leonora Novasio,
Marion Woods, Charles Purcell. Produced by Charles Bradley.
May 3 through May 8, 1909 [no program file]
ROBIN HOOD – comic opera by Reginald deKoven and Harry B.
Smith. Presented by the Aborn Opera Company.
May 10 through May 15, 1909 [no program file]
THE SERENADE – light opera: book by Harry B. Smith; music
by Victor Herbert. Presented by the Aborn Opera Company.
May 17 through May 22, 1909 [no program file]
THE HIGHWAYMAN – opera: adapted from the book by Justin Huntly
McCarthy by Reginald deKoven and Harry B. Smith.
May 24 through May 29, 1909 - 4th week of Aborn Opera Company
THE PRINCESS CHIC – comic opera by Kirke Le Shelle; music
by Julian Edwards. With Blanche Morrison in the title role. Presented
by the Aborn Opera Company.
May 31 through June 5, 1909 - 5th week of Aborn Opera Company
A CHINESE HONEYMOON - an English musical comedy: book and lyrics
by George Dance. Presented by the Aborn Opera Company. With Blanche
Morrison, George W. Leslie and Katie Barry. Directed by William
S. Lavine.
June 7 through June 12, 1909 [no program file]
THE SULTAN OF SULU – musical satire by George Ade; music by
Alfred G. Wathall. Presented by the Aborn Opera Company.
June 14 through June 19, 1909 [no program file]
IT HAPPENED IN NORDLAND – musical comedy: book and lyrics
by Glen MacDonough; music by Victor Herbert. Presented by the Aborn
Opera Company.
June 21 through June 26, 1909 [no program file]
FLORODORA – musical comedy: book by Owen Hall; music by Leslie
Stuart. Presented by the Aborn Hopera Company.
June 28 through July 3, 1909 [no program file]
TAR AND TARTER – presented by the Aborn Opera Company.
July 5 through July 10, 1909 [no program file]
THE YANKEE CONSUL – comic opera: book and lyrics by Henry
M. Blossom, Jr.; music by Alfred G. Robyn. Presented by the Aborn
Opera Company.
July 12 through July 17, 1909 [no program file]
THE BELLE OF NEW YORK – musical comedy: lyrics by Hugh Morton;
music by Hugh Kerker. Presented by the Aborn Opera Company.
July 19 through July 24, 1909 [no program file]
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL – presented by the Aborn Opera Company.
September 20 through September 25, 1909
THE YANKEE PRINCE - musical satire. Starring George M. Cohan and
his family. Cast includes Donald Crisp.
September 27 through October 2, 1909
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1909 - Starring Eva Tanguay. Cast includes Vera
Maxwell.
October 4 through October 9, 1909
VIA WIRELESS
October 11 through October 16, 1909
LA LOIE FULLER AND THE MUSES – featuring soloists Rita Sacchetto,
Irene Sanden, Gertrud Van Axen and Orchidee. Gustav Hinrichs, conductor.
October 18 through October 23, 1909
THE GAY HUSSARS - a new Hungarian operetta from a book by Karl von
Bakonyl and Robert Bodansky; score by Emerich Kalman. Starring Frederick
McKee.
November 1 through November 6, 1909
THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR - comedy by J. Hartley Manners. Starring J.E.
Dodson.
November 8 through November 14, 1909
THE BACHELOR’S BABY - written by and starring Francis Wilson.
November 15 through November 21, 1909
THE OLD TOWN - musical by George Ade; music by Gustav Luders. Starring
Dave Montgomery and Fred A. Stone.
November 22 through November 28, 1909
DETECTIVE SPARKES - a comedy/drama by Michael Morton. Starring Hattie
Williams.
November 29 through December 5, 1909
MISS INNOCENCE - Musical produced by Florenz Zeigfeld. Book and
lyrics by Harry B. Smith; music by Ludwig Englander. Starring Anna
Held and Charles A. Bigelow.
December 6 through December 12, 1909
BRIGHT EYES
1910
January 3 through January 8, 1910
THE BUILDER OF BRIDGES - by Alfred Sutro. Starring Kyrle Bellew.
Cast includes Eugene O’Brien, Frank Connor, DeWitt C. Jennings,
Ernest Stallard, Gladys Hanson, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, Jane May and
Frances Comstock. Presented by Charles Frohman.
January 10 through January 15, 1910
BEN HUR - adapted by William Young from the novel of Lew Wallace.
Starring Richard Buhler in the title role. Directed by Joseph Brooks.
Klaw and Erlanger production.
January 17 through January 22, 1910
THREE TWINS - by Charles Dickson. Starring Clifton Crawford, Daisy
Leon, Mayme Gehrue. Staged by Gus. Sohlke.
January 20, 1910
ELMENDORF LECTURE -late afternoon talk on The Sudan.
January 24 through January 29, 1910
THE MERRY WIDOW - music by Franz Lehar; book by Victor Leon and
Leo Stein. Frances Cameron in the title role.
January 27, 1910
ELMENDORF LECTURE - late afternoon talk on Sicily.
January 31 through February 5, 1910
THE HARVEST MOON - by Augustus Thomas. Starring George Nash. Cast
includes margaret Sayres, Adelaide Nowak, Stephen Wright, John Stokes,
Jennie A. Eustace, Thomas Russell, John Saville, Harry L. Lang and
Jane Lothian. Presented by Charles Frohman.
February 3, 1910
ELMENDORF LECTURE - late afternoon talk on Dalmatia.
February 7 through February 12, 1910
THE FAIR COED - comedy by George Ade; music by Gustav Luders. Starring
Elsie Janis. Production by Charles Dillingham
February 14 through February 19, 1910
MARY’S LAMB - musical revue by Richard Carle. Starring Richard
Carle.
February 14 through February 18, 1910 (afternoon performances)
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RUTH ST. DENIS - “performing six superb Hindoo dances.”
February 28 through March 6, 1910
LITTLE NEMO - Klaw and Erlanger production. Music by Victor Herbert.
Starring Joseph Cawthorn, Master Gabriel (as little Nemo).
March 7 through March 13, 1910
THE SILVER STAR - Klaw and Erlanger production. Musical play. Starring
Genee.
THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - concert
March 21 through March 27, 1910
THE AWAKENING OF HELENA RICHIE - by Charlotte Thompson, based on
Margaret Deland’s novel. Starring Margaret Anglin.
March 28 through April 3, 1910
PENELOPE - comedy by W. Somerset Maugham. Starring Marie Tempest.
May 30 through June 13, 1910
ABORN ENGLISH GRAND OPERA COMPANY - a three week run including Il
Trovatore, Aida, Carmen, Faust, Lucia di Lammermoor, Martha.
September 26 through October 2, 1910
YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT - a play by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon
Wilson. Starring Otis Skinner.
October 3 through October 9, 1910
THE ECHO - dancing comedy by Charles Dillingham. Starring Bessie
McCoy.
October 17 through October 23, 1910
ARSENE LUPIN - by Francis deCroisset and Maurice leBlanc. Starring
William Courtenay.
October 20, 1910
ELMENDORF LECTURE - late afternoon talk on Berlin.
October 24 through October 30, 1910
THE MAN WHO OWNS BROADWAY - by George M. Cohan. Starring Raymond
Hitchcock.
November 7 through November 12, 1910
GIRLIES - book by George V. Hobart; music and lyrics by Williams
and Van Alstyne; dances and ensembles by Jack Mason. Starring Joseph
Cawthorn and Maude Raymond.
November 14 through November 19, 1910
THREE TWINS
November 17, 1910
ELMENDORF LECTURE - late afternoon lecture on Paris.
December 5 through December 10, 1910
MID-CHANNEL – by Arthur W. Pinero. Starring Ethel Barrymore,
with Charles Dalton, H. Reeves-Smith, Eugene O’Brien, Charles
Wright, Edward Arnold, L.C. Howard, Maud Milton, Louise Drew, Helen
Freeman and Anita Rothe. Presented by Charles Frohman.
December 12 through December 17, 1910 (no program file)
THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR – comedy. Starring J.E. Dodson. Presented
by Cohan and Harris.
1911
January 9 through January 14, 1911
THE OLD TOWN – by George Ade; music by Gustav Luders. Starring
David Montgomery and Fred A. Stone. Cast includes Charles Dox, Allene
Crater, Eloise Reed, Genevieve Reed, Flossie Hope, W.J. McCarthy,
Lyndon Law, Melville Stewart, May Ellison, Harold Russell, Mack
Whiting, May Ellison, Lillian Hansen. Produced by Charles Dillingham.
January 16 through January 21, 1911
SIRE – by Henri Lavedan, adapted by Louis N. Parker. Starring
Otis Skinner. Cast includes John Clulow, A.G. Andrews, Charles B.
Wells, Edward Fielding, Arthur Row, Walter Scott, Arthur Hyman,
Thomas Kingsbury, George Devereaux, Mabel Bert, Izetta Jewel, Alice
Gale and Margeret Sayres. Presented by Charles Frohman.
January 23 through January 28, 1911
THE GIRL IN THE TRAIN - musical comedy by Harry B. Smith. Starring
Frank Daniels. Cast includes Edwin Wilson, Sallie Fisher, Rphillip
Branson, Vera Michelena, Henry Vincent, Donald Hall, James Reaney,
Aileen Hodgson, Martin Hayden, Gilbert Clayton, Edna Hunter, Leavitt
James, and Almyra Sessions. Presented by Charles Dillingham.
January 30 through February 5, 1911
THE COMMUTERS - comedy by James Forbes. Cast includes Lowell Sherman,
Edna Phillips, Georgie Laurence, Mres. Pauline Duffield, John Cumerland,
Egbert T. Roach, E.Y. Backus, Taylor Holmes, Maude Knowlton, Amy
Lesser Isabelle Fenton, Adelyn Wesley, Lillian Thurgate. Presented
by Henry B. Harris.
January 24, 1911 (afternoon)
NEW PHILHARMONIC CONCERT - Gustav Mahler conducts. Johanna Gadski
sang amny works by Wagner. First Lady Mrs. Taft and her daughter
were in the audience.
February 13 through February 18, 1911
WHERE THE TRAIL DIVIDES – by Robert Edeson. Starring Edeson.
Cast includes George W. Barnum, John Palmer, E.M. Dresser, Shep
Camp, Eva Dennison, Charles Chappelle, A.H. Van Buren, Cordelia
MacDonald, Joseph Rawley, Ed. Mansfield and John Prescott. Presented
by Henry B. Harris.
February 20 through February 25, 1911 [no program file]
U.S. MINISTER BEDLOE – new comedy by George Ade. Starring
William H. Crane. Presented by Charles Frohman.
February 27 through March 4, 1911
BECKY SHARP - a comedy by Langdon Mitchell, based on Vanity Fair.
Starring Mrs. Fiske and the Manhattan Company.
February 28, 1911 (afternoon)
NEW PHILHARMONIC CONCERT
March 6 through March 12, 1911 [no program file]
7 DAYS – comedy by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood.
Presented by Wagenhals and Kemper.
March 13 through March 19, 1911 [no program file]
THE ROUND-UP – by Edmund Day. Cast includes “134 people,
cowboys, Indians and 20 horses.” Presented by Klaw and Erlanger.
March 20 through March 26, 1911 [no program file]
THE DOLLAR PRINCESS – musical comedy; music by Leo Fall. Starring
Donald Brian, with F. Pope Stamper, Daisy Lehay, Will West, Carroll
McComas, E.J. Connolly, Hilda Vining, Albert Hart and Cyril Biddulph.
Presented by Charles Frohman.
March 28, 1911 (afternoon)
NEW PHILHARMONIC CONCERT
December 18 through December 24, 1911
KISMET – By Edward Knoblauch, starring Otis Skinner
December 25 through December 31, 1911
A SINGLE MAN – starring John Drew
1912
February 26 through March 4, 1912
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1912 – Words and music by George V. Hobart;
music by Maurice Levi and Raymond Hubbell. Staged by Julian Mitchell.
Cast includes Vera Maxwell; Margaret Gorman, Pearl Gabrielle, Lulu
Martell, Maud Heath, Leon Errol, Wm. C. Schrode, Walter Percival.
5 March 1912
One performance only - The Philharmonic Society of N.Y. Joseph Lhevinne:
Pianist.
May 20 through May 26, 1912
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR AND MIGNON - Grand Opera presented by the Aborn
English Grand Opera Company.
December 2 through December 8, 1912
PETER PAN - Starring Maude Adams.
December 9 through December 15, 1912
LOUISIANA LOU - musical comedy. Starring Alexander Carr and Sophie
Tucker.
December 16 through December 22, 1912
THE PINK LADY - musical comedy with the original New York cast,
including Jed Prouty.
1913
KISMET
THE LAND OF PROMISE
February 10 through February 15, 1913
THE RED WIDOW – musical play with book and lyrics by Channing
Pollock and Rennold Wolf; music by Charles J. Gebest. Starring Raymond
Hitchcock. Cast includes Claire Grenville, George White, Flora Zabelle,
Minerva Coverdale, Edward Metcalfe, George Romain, Charles Prince,
George E. Mack, Theodore Martin, Gloria Gray, Nan Brown. Directed
by Frederick G. Latham. Presented by Cohan and Harris.
February 17 through February 22, 1913 [no program file]
THE CASE OF BECKY – by Edward Locke. Starring Frances Starr.
Cast includes Charles Dalton, Albert Bruning, Mary Lawton, Eugene
O’Brien, Harry C. Brown and John Brawn. Presented by David
Belasco.
March 17 through March 23, 1913
THE DAUGHTER OF HEAVEN - by Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier. Starring
Viola Allen.
March 20, 1913
HOW TO LIVE A 100 YEARS - Starring Lillian Russell assisted by Kinemacolor
Pictures.
March 24 through March 30, 1913
THE HIGH ROAD - by Edward Sheldon. Starring Mrs. Fiske and the Manhattan
Company.
March 31 through April 6, 1913
THE GIRL FROM MONMARTRE a farce with music and A SLICE OF LIFE by
J.M. Barrie. Starring Richard Carle and Hattie Williams.
April 14 through April 20, 1913
THE GARDEN OF ALLAH - by Robert Hichens. Starring Dorothy Donnelly
and Edward Mawson.
April 21 through April 27, 1913
BEN HUR - arranged for the stage by William Young from the novel
by Lew Wallace. Starring Thomas Holding in the title role. A Klaw
and Erlanger production. Directed by Joseph Brooks.
April 28 through May 4, 1913
THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM - by David Belasco. Starring David Warfield.
May 5 through May 11, 1913
THE PALACE OF DREAMS - a musical comedy produced by Cora B. Shreve.
"Musical comedy interspersed with vaudeville numbers."
May 12 through May 18, 1913
THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES – featuring Ching Ling Foo, the World’s
Greatest Magician.
May 19 through June 22, 1913
THE ABORN ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY - presenting La Boheme, Tosca, Madame
Butterfly, Il Trovatore, Faust, Tales of Hoffman, Lucia di Lammermoor,
Hansel and Gretel, Cavalleria Rusticana, and The Bohemian Girl.
1914
ADELE - operetta
THE AUCTIONEER
DADDY LONG-LEGS
IL TROVATORE - opera
January 12 through January 18, 1914
THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER - musical fantasy. Music by Victor Herbert;
lyrics by James O’Dea. Starring David Montgomery, Fred A.
Stone and Elsie Janis.
January 19 through January 25, 1914 (no program file)
JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN - “a romance of old Israel”
by Louis N. Parker. Starring Pauline Frederick, Brandon Tynan and
James O’Neill.
January 20, 1914 (afternoon)
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA - all Wagner concert conducted by Leopold
Stokowski. Florence Hinkle, featured soloist.
January 26 through January 31, 1914
THE MARRIAGE MARKET - a musical comedy. Starring Donald Bryan.
February 24, 1914 (afternoon)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA – concert of music by Mendelssohn,
Saint-Saens and Tschaikowsky conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Mischa
Elman, featured soloist.
May 24, 25 and 26, 1914
CARMEN - opera by George Bizet. Presented by the Aborn English Grand
Opera Company.
1915
ERMINIE
POTASH AND PERLMUTTER
January 18 through January 23, 1915
JERRY - comedy. Starring Billie Burke.
January 25 through January 39, 1915
THE LEGEND OF LEONORA, THE LADIES’ SHAKESPEARE, AND QUALITY
STREET - by J.M. Barrie. Starring Maude Adams.
February 1 through February 6, 1915
THE MIRACLE MAN - comedy/drama adapted by George M. Cohan from the
book by Frank L. Packard. Starring George Nash, William H. Thompson,
and Dale Kane.
February 22 through February 27, 1915
THE GIRL FROM UTAH -a musical comedy from the book by James Tanner;
music by Paul Rubens, Sidney Jones and additional numbers by Jerome
Kern. Starring Julia Sanderson, Donald Brian, and Joseph Cawthorn.
March 1 through March 7, 1915
PYGMALION - by G.B. Shaw. Starring Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
March 29 through April 4, 1915
OUTCAST - by Hubert Henry Davies. Starring Elsie Ferguson.
April 5 through April 11, 1915
DISRAELI - comedy by Louis M. Parker. Starring George Arliss.
April 19 through April 25, 1915
DIPLOMACY - by Victorien Sardou. Starring William Gillette, Blanche
Bates and Marie Doro.
April 26 through May 9, 1915
THE ABORN ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY performing two works: The Chocolate
Soldier - a comic opera with music by Oscar Straus based on book
by Bernauer and Jacobson; Robin Hood - music by Reginald de Koven
and book by Harry B. Smith.
December 13 through December 18, 1915
MAUDE ADAMS starring in The Little Minister and What Every Woman
Knows (both plays by J.M. Barrie). Cast includes Fred Tyler, Dallas
Anderson, Morton Selton, Lila Barclay, J.L. Carhart, David Torrence,
J.M. McFarlane, Gladys Gillen, Wallace Jackson, R. Peyton Carter,
Charles Gay, Willard Barton, Ada Boshell and Angela Ogden. Presented
by Charles Frohman
December 27, 1915 through January 2, 1916
SYBIL - musical play by Max Brody and Frank Martos; music by Victor
Jacobi. Starring Julius Anderson, Donald Bryan and Joseph Cawthorn.
1916
"Second section" added the the building (Wash Star 2-3-1963)
(The front office block section?
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
January 3 through January 9, 1916 [no program file]
KICK IN -
January 10 through January 16, 1916 [no program file]
ERSTWHILE SUSAN - comedy/drama. Starring Mrs. Fiske.
January 11, 1916 (afternoon)
BURTON HOLMES LECTURE - The Grand Canyon of Arizona.
January 17 through January 23, 1916 [no program file]
MARGARET SCHILLER - by Hall Caine. Starring Elsie Ferguson.
January 24 through January 30, 1916 [no program file]
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE - comedy.
January 25, 1916 (afternoon)
BURTON HOLMES LECTURE - The Panama-Pacific Exposition
January 31 through February 6, 1916
COUSIN LUCY - last play written by Charles Klein, who died on the
Lusitania; music by Percy Wenrich, Edward Madden and Jerome Kern.
Produced by A.H. Woods. Starring Julian Eltinge who was a famous
female impersonator, and in this production was given the "first
view in the United States of his new $10,000 wardrobe.”
February 1 (afternoon)
BURTON HOLMES LECTURE - California and the San Diego Exposition.
February 8, 1916 (afternoon)
BURTON HOLMES LECTURE - California
February 8, 1916, Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA - Leopold Stowkowski, conducting
February 9 and 12, Wednesday and Saturday matinees only, 1916
THE MASKED MODEL - A Comic Opera Book by Harry B., and Robert B.,
Smith. Music by Carl Wocas. company of 60; orchestra of 30.
February 10, 1916, Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY ORCHESTRA OF NEW YORK - conducted by Joseph
Stransky.
February 11, 1916
LOUISE HOMER, Metropolitan Opera Contralto
February 14 through February 19, 1916
ON TRIAL - written by Elmer Rice
March 6 through March 11, 1916 [no program file]
OUR MRS. McCHESNEY - Starring Ethel Barrymore
March 23, 24 & 25, 1916
BALLET RUSSE – Directed by Serge Diaghileff. Ballet troupe
of 70. Present Cleopatre, Le Spectre de la Rose, Soleil de Nuit;
Les Sylphides, L’Apres Midi d’un Faune; Le Prince Igor;
Scheherazade, La Princesse Enchantee, and Carnaval.
April 10 through April 16, 1916
DADDY LONG LEGS - comedy by Jean Webster. Starring Henry Miller
and Ruth Chatterton.
April 17 through June 1(?), 1916
BIRTH OF A NATION - D. W. Griffith film with musical accompaniment.
October 2 through October 7, 1916
ABORN ENGLISH GRAND OPERA COMPANY presents Rigoletto, The Jewels
of the Madonna, Il Trovatore, La Boheme, Lucia di Lammermoor, Madam
Butterfly and Lohengrin.
October 9 through October 14, 1916 [no program file]
THE HARP OF LIFE – by J. Hartley Manners. Starring Laurette
Taylor. Cast includes Philip Merivale, W.J. Ferguson, Dion Titheradge,
Violet Kemble Cooper, Lynn Fontanne, Ffolliot Paget. Presented by
Klaw and Erlanger.
November 14, 1916 (Thursday afternoon)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
November 20 through November 25, 1916
CHIN CHIN - musical fantasy. Starring David C. Montgomery and Fred
A. Stone.
November 27 through December 2, 1916
MISTER ANTONIO - Starring Otis Skinner.
December 4 through December 9, 1916
COUSIN LUCY - by Charles Klein; music by Percy Wenrich, Edward Madden
and Jerome Kern. Produced by A.H. Woods. Starring Julian Eltinge
December 11 through December 16, 1916
THE COHAN REVIEW OF 1916 - written and produced by George M. Cohan.
December 12, 1916 (Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
December 18 through December 23, 1916 [no program file]
THE PROFESSOR’S LOVE STORY - comedy by J.M. Barrie. Starring
George Arliss.
1917
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - concert
January 16, 1917 (Thursday at 4:30 p.m.)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
January 22 through January 27, 1917
DULCY - comedy by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. Starring
Lynn Fontanne. Directed by George C. Tyler and H.H. Frazee.
January 29 through February 4, 1917
THE GREAT LOVER - romantic comedy by Leo Ditrichstein and Frederic
and Fannie Hatton. Starring Leo Ditrichstein.
February 6 through February 11, 1917
BEN HUR - the film.
February 8, 1917 (Thursday at 4:30 p.m.)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
February 19 through February 24, 1917
POM-POM - A Musical with Mitzi Hajos and Tom McNaughton. Book by
Anne Caldwell. Score by Hugo Felix. Staged by George Marion. Produced
by Henry W. Savage. Settings by Joseph Urban.
February 26 through March 4, 1917
MAJOR PENDENNIS - comedy by Langdon Mitchell, based on the novel
by Thackery. Starring John Drew. Cast includes Helen Menken.
March 5 through March 10, 1917
HENRY VIII - Starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.
March 12 through March 17, 1917
THE CASE OF LADY CAMBER - by Horace Annesley Vachell. With Mary
Boland and Lynn Harding
March 19 through March 24, 1917
THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES - featuring Ina Claire, Anna Pennington, Allyn
King, Fanny Brice, W.C. Fields and others. Lyrics by George V. Hobart
and Gene Buck. Music by Jerome Kern, Louis Hirsch, David Stamper.
Staged by Ned Wayburn. Settings (18) by Joseph Urban. Company of
150.
March 20, 1917 (Thursday afternoon)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
March 26 through March 31, 1917 [no program file]
SHIRLEY KAYE - Starring Elsie Ferguson.
April 2 through April 7, 1917
TWIN BEDS
April 9 through April 14, 1917
MISS SPRINGTIME - music by Emmerich Kalman; book by Guy Bolton;
lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse. Starring George McFarlane, Else Alder,
Charles Meakins, Georgie O'Ramey, Josie Intropodi, Jed Prouty and
others. A company of 80 with "scenic equipment, properties
and effects" are brought direct from the Amsterdam Theatre
in New York, where the show played 163 performances.
April 16 through April 21, 1917
HAVE A HEART - a musical comedy with book and lyrics by Guy Bolton
and P.G. Wodehouse. Music by Jerome Kern. Cast includes Donald MacDonald,
Thurston Hall and Katharine Galloway.
April 23 through April 28, 1917
THE LITTLE MISSUS - book and lyrics by A.E. Thomas; music by Paul
Eisler. Starring Christie MacDonald.
April 30 through May 4, 1917
THE YELLOW JACKET
May 6 through May 20, 1917
INTOLERANCE - a D. W. Griffith film shown twice daily. Starring
Lillian Gish.
May 21 through ?? - spring and summer series
ABORN COMIC OPERA COMPANY - 16 possible productions during the run;
show changed each week.
September 3 through September 8, 1917
RAMBLER ROSE - musical comedy. Music by Victor Jacobie; book by
Harry B. Smith. Starring Julia Sanderson and Joseph Cawthorn.
September 10 through September 15, 1917
HAMILTON - drama by Mary P. Hamlin and George Arliss. Starring George
Arliss.
September 17 through September 22, 1917
THE RESCUING ANGEL - a new comedy by Clare Kummer. Starring Miss
Billie Burke.
October 8 through October 13, 1917
THE WILLOW TREE - by Benrimo and Harrison Rhodes. Cast includes
Fay Bainter.
October 15 through October 20, 1917
UNDER PRESSURE
November 19 through November 24, 1917
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES - cast includes W. C. Fields, Florence Kern, Allyn
King, Jean Barnett, Gus Minton, Don Barclay, Helen Barnes, Clay
Hill, Russell Vokes, Lester Ostrander, Fannie Brice, Marion and
Madeline Fairbanks. Book and lyrics by Gene Buck and George V. Hobart;
music by Raymond Hubbell and Dave Stamper; patriotic finale by Victor
Herbert.
November 26 through December 2, 1917
THE NEW WORLD, BARBARA’S WEDDING, AND THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER
MEDALS - three plays by J.M. Barrie.
1918
ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1918
January 7 through January 12, 1918
THE RIVIERA GIRL - a new musical comedy by Claw and Erlanger. Music
by Emmerich Kalman; book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P.J. Wodehouse.
Cast includes Florence Delmar, Eugene Lockhart.
January 14 through January 19, 1918
TOOT TOOT - musical. Book by Alan Wolf; lyrics by Alan Braley; music
by Jerome Kern.
March 17 through March 22, 1918
BLIND YOUTH - written by Willard Mack and Lou Tellegen. Starring
Lou Tellegen.
March 24 through March 29, 1918
TWIN BEDS - comedy by Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo. Starring
Lois Bolton.
April 14 through April 20, 1918
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