MusicalBalletOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Sep 05, 1908
Closing Date
May 29, 1909
Performances
448
MusicalBalletOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

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This production was composed of the following shows: The Three Wishes, Sporting Days, The Battle of the Skies

Theatres
Hippodrome Theatre
(Sep 05, 1908 - May 29, 1909)

The Three Wishes

Category: Musical, Ballet, Original, Broadway
Setting: Near the Hartz Mountains; The Land of the Birds
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Written and produced by R.H. Burnside; Music composed and directed by Manuel Klein
Dances arranged by Vincenzo Romeo
Scenic Design by Arthur Voegtlin; Costume Design by Alfredo Edel
The Devil Bird
The Canary
The Sentinel Bird
The Bird Trapper
The Bird Trapper's Wife
The Eagle
The Bird Trapper's Daughter
The Wood Chopper's Son
The Wood Chopper's Wife
The Stork
The Wood Chopper

Sporting Days

Category: Musical, Melodrama, Spectacle, Original, Broadway
Setting: Newtown College and Saratoga
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Book by R.H. Burnside; Music by Manuel Klein; Lyrics by Manuel Klein; Musical Director: Manuel Klein
Staged by R.H. Burnside
Scenic Design by Arthur Voegtlin; Costume Design by Frances Ziebarth
John P. Vanderveer
a Millionaire
Tommy Swift
formerly a jockey in Mr. Vanderveer's employ
Countess of Scarbrough
Baron Henri's sister
Jimmy Bobbs
tramp
Baron Henri de Belleville
Toby
the clown
Mrs. Stuyvesant Mills
Kitty Vanderveer
Vanderveer's daughter
Misc.
Circus Program
The Spring Girl
Jim Brice
Cambria coach
 
Newtown Leader
Sam Baker
Dick Seymour
in love with Kitty
Jack Vanderveer
Vanderveer's eldest son
Doctor Dawson
head of Newtown College
Joe Van Dyck
Newtown coach
Mickey Bryan
Vanderveer's jockey
Cambria Leader
Equestrian
Circus Program
Second Crook
Equilibrists
Circus Program
Wire Act
Circus Program
Acrobats
Circus Program
The Winter Girl
Willie Bibbs
tramp
Bareback Rider
Circus Program
First Crook
Peter Barker
Proprietor of Barker's Circus
Matt Morgan
Mr. Vanderveer's trainer
 
Equestrian
Circus Program
Paul Vanderveer
Vanderveer's youngest son
Misc.
Circus Program
Chauffeur
Village Policeman
The Autumn Girl
The Summer Girl

The Battle of the Skies

Category: Musical, Spectacle, Original, Broadway
Setting: United States and Europe
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Written and produced by R.H. Burnside; Music composed and directed by Manuel Klein; Invented by Arthur Voegtlin
Costume Design by Hy. Mayer
Geoffrey Gedison
a young inventor
General Fairfax
Commander of the United States Aero-Plane Army
Count Lucca Malini
an Italian officer
Alice Gedison
Geoffrey's sister
Baron Rudolph von Amberg
a German attache
Madam Servaroff
a Russian adventuress
Diana Fairfax
The General's daughter
First Citizen
Captain Norendorff
Lieutenant
music by Manuel Klein; lyrics by Manuel Klein
Act 1
Sung By
Good Old Cambria (From SPORTING DAYS)
Ensemble
When the Circus Comes to Town (From SPORTING DAYS)
Kitty Vanderveer
Rowing (From SPORTING DAYS)
Coaches and Chorus
The Racing Game (From SPORTING DAYS)
John P. Vanderveer
The Whole Year Round (From SPORTING DAYS)
Jack Vanderveer
Act 2
Sung By
The Canary Song (From THE THREE WISHES)
Giving Three Wishes (From THE THREE WISHES)
Act 3
Sung By
What a Scene of Beauty Glorious (From THE BATTLE OF THE SKIES)
General Fairfax
A Toast to the King of War (From THE BATTLE OF THE SKIES)
General Fairfax
Love is King (From THE BATTLE OF THE SKIES)
Alice Gedison
Dear Motherland (From THE BATTLE OF THE SKIES)
Geoffrey Gedison
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