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Topsy and Eva
Musical
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 23, 1924
Closing Date
May 09, 1925
Performances
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Musical
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Open Date: Dec 23, 1924
Close Date: May 09, 1925
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Sam H. Harris Theatre
(Dec 23, 1924 - May 09, 1925)
Description
A musical in three acts
Setting
Kentucky and New Orleans in the 1850s
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Thomas Wilkes
Music by
The Duncan Sisters
; Book by
Catherine Chisholm Cushing
; Lyrics by
The Duncan Sisters
; Based on the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by
Harriet Beecher Stowe
; Musical Director:
Jerome Stewardson
Staged by
Oscar Eagle
; Musical Staging by
Jack Holland
Scenic Design by
Dickson Morgan
; Costume Design by
Madame Keeler
Rosetta Duncan
Topsy
Vivian Duncan
Eva St. Clare
Alice Averill
Old-Fashioned Girl
Billie Bart
Pickaninny
Shirley Beauford
Old-Fashioned Girl
Antoinette Boots
Bessie
Old-Fashioned Girl
Floyd Carder
Plantation Quartette
Helen Case
Mrs. Shelby
Roy Collins
Plantation Quartette
Ashley Cooper
Erasmus Marks
Hazel Cushman
Old-Fashioned Girl
Wilbur Cushman
Austustine St. Clare
Nydia D'Arnell
Mariette
Kitty Dolan
Pickaninny
Myrtle Ferguson
Ophelia St. Clare
Harry Furney
Plantation Quartette
Ernay Goodleigh
Old-Fashioned Girl
Davis Goodman
Gee Gee
Robert Halliday
George Shelby
Dixie Harkins
Old-Fashioned Girl
Ross Himes
Rastus
Harriet Hoctor
Henrique
Danseuse Premiere
Violet Little
Pickaninny
Renee Lowrie
Helen
Old-Fashioned Girl
Florence Martin
Eliza
Edith Maybaun
Jane
Old-Fashioned Girl
Toresa McSpirit
Pickaninny
Glory Minehart
Harry
Patricia Pattisson
Old-Fashioned Girl
Jessie Pollard
Old-Fashioned Girl
Lorraine Ray
Old-Fashioned Girl
Basil Ruysdael
Uncle Tom
Phillip Ryder
Plantation Quartette
Minnie Shaw
Pickaninny
Lea Swan
Ann
Old-Fashioned Girl
Ethel Swettenham
Pickaninny
Rosie Swettenham
Pickaninny
Elsie Thompson
Pickaninny
Rosa Thompson
Pickaninny
Aimee Torriani
Chloe
Natasha Verova
Old-Fashioned Girl
Frank K. Wallace
Simon Legree
Hettie Ward
Pickaninny
Sam H. Harris Theatre
(Dec 23, 1924 - May 09, 1925)
Cast
Rex Cherryman
George Shelby
Songs
music by
Rosetta Duncan
and
Vivian Duncan
; lyrics by
Rosetta Duncan
and
Vivian Duncan
Act 1
Sung By
Give Me Your Heart and Give Me Your Hand
Mariette and George Shelby
Um-Um-Da-Da
Topsy, Eva St. Clare, Girls and Pickaninnies
Moon Am Shinin
Uncle Tom, Chloe and Pickaninnies
Remembr-wring (Rememb'ring)
Mariette, George Shelby and Mrs. Shelby
Act 2
Sung By
The Land of Long Ago
Mariette and Girls
Do-Re-Mi (The Music Lesson)
Topsy, Eva St. Clare and Ophelia St. Clare
In the Autumn
George Shelby, Girls and Pickaninnies
Give Me Your Heart and Give Me Your Hand
(Reprise)
Mariette
Uncle Tom Cabin Blues
Uncle Tom, Topsy and Eva St. Clare
Remembr-wring (Rememb'ring)
(Reprise)
Topsy and Eva St. Clare
Act 3
Sung By
Cotton Time
Plantation Quartette
Mariette
Southern Belles, Beaux and Pickaninnies
Kiss Me
Mariette, George Shelby and Girls
Moon Am Shinin
(Reprise)
Uncle Tom
Kiss Me
(Reprise)
Gee Gee, Rastus and Pickaninnies
I Never Had a Mammy (Topsy's Prayer)
Topsy and Eva St. Clare
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Thomas Wilkes
Music by
The Duncan Sisters
; Book by
Catherine Chisholm Cushing
; Lyrics by
The Duncan Sisters
; Based on the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by
Harriet Beecher Stowe
; Musical Director:
Jerome Stewardson
Staged by
Oscar Eagle
; Musical Staging by
Jack Holland
Scenic Design by
Dickson Morgan
; Costume Design by
Madame Keeler
Rosetta Duncan
Topsy
Vivian Duncan
Eva St. Clare
Alice Averill
Old-Fashioned Girl
Billie Bart
Pickaninny
Shirley Beauford
Old-Fashioned Girl
Antoinette Boots
Bessie
Old-Fashioned Girl
Floyd Carder
Plantation Quartette
Helen Case
Mrs. Shelby
Roy Collins
Plantation Quartette
Ashley Cooper
Erasmus Marks
Hazel Cushman
Old-Fashioned Girl
Wilbur Cushman
Austustine St. Clare
Nydia D'Arnell
Mariette
Kitty Dolan
Pickaninny
Myrtle Ferguson
Ophelia St. Clare
Harry Furney
Plantation Quartette
Ernay Goodleigh
Old-Fashioned Girl
Davis Goodman
Gee Gee
Robert Halliday
George Shelby
Dixie Harkins
Old-Fashioned Girl
Ross Himes
Rastus
Harriet Hoctor
Henrique
Danseuse Premiere
Violet Little
Pickaninny
Renee Lowrie
Helen
Old-Fashioned Girl
Florence Martin
Eliza
Edith Maybaun
Jane
Old-Fashioned Girl
Toresa McSpirit
Pickaninny
Glory Minehart
Harry
Patricia Pattisson
Old-Fashioned Girl
Jessie Pollard
Old-Fashioned Girl
Lorraine Ray
Old-Fashioned Girl
Basil Ruysdael
Uncle Tom
Phillip Ryder
Plantation Quartette
Minnie Shaw
Pickaninny
Lea Swan
Ann
Old-Fashioned Girl
Ethel Swettenham
Pickaninny
Rosie Swettenham
Pickaninny
Elsie Thompson
Pickaninny
Rosa Thompson
Pickaninny
Aimee Torriani
Chloe
Natasha Verova
Old-Fashioned Girl
Frank K. Wallace
Simon Legree
Hettie Ward
Pickaninny
Sam H. Harris Theatre
(Dec 23, 1924 - May 09, 1925)
Cast
Rex Cherryman
George Shelby
music by
Rosetta Duncan
and
Vivian Duncan
; lyrics by
Rosetta Duncan
and
Vivian Duncan
Act 1
Sung By
Give Me Your Heart and Give Me Your Hand
Mariette and George Shelby
Um-Um-Da-Da
Topsy, Eva St. Clare, Girls and Pickaninnies
Moon Am Shinin
Uncle Tom, Chloe and Pickaninnies
Remembr-wring (Rememb'ring)
Mariette, George Shelby and Mrs. Shelby
Act 2
Sung By
The Land of Long Ago
Mariette and Girls
Do-Re-Mi (The Music Lesson)
Topsy, Eva St. Clare and Ophelia St. Clare
In the Autumn
George Shelby, Girls and Pickaninnies
Give Me Your Heart and Give Me Your Hand
(Reprise)
Mariette
Uncle Tom Cabin Blues
Uncle Tom, Topsy and Eva St. Clare
Remembr-wring (Rememb'ring)
(Reprise)
Topsy and Eva St. Clare
Act 3
Sung By
Cotton Time
Plantation Quartette
Mariette
Southern Belles, Beaux and Pickaninnies
Kiss Me
Mariette, George Shelby and Girls
Moon Am Shinin
(Reprise)
Uncle Tom
Kiss Me
(Reprise)
Gee Gee, Rastus and Pickaninnies
I Never Had a Mammy (Topsy's Prayer)
Topsy and Eva St. Clare
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