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Lonesome Town   

 
Circle Theatre , (1/20/1908 - 4/04/1908)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Jan 20, 1908   
Closing Date:Apr 04, 1908 Total Performances:88

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: Based on a story of "Watts," a boom town in California
Setting: Watts, California, 1902


Production Staff
Produced by Kolb and Dill
Music by J. A. Raynes; Book by Judson D. Brusie; Lyrics by Judson D. Brusie; Additional numbers by Witmark and Sons; Featuring "Gee! But This Is a Lonesome Town" by Billy Gaston; Featuring "The Lanky, Yankee Boys in Blue" by Theodore M. Morse and Edward Madden; Featuring "Just Some One" by Will R. Anderson; Musical Director: J. A. Raynes
Staged by Frank Smithson; Dances arranged by Kolb and Dill
Scenic Design by Homer Emens; Costume Design by Eaves
Cast
Wilmer Bentley Hip
promoter
Lounnie Dippe
a proprietor of Hotel Watts
Max M. Dill Bakersfield Bill
tramp
Ben T. Dillon Fresno Phil
tramp
C. William Kolb Chico Charlie
tramping for his health
Georgia O'Ramey Hazy Fogg
a native daugther of Watts
Robert G. Pitkin Wise
promoter
Clyde Allen Golf Boy
R. J. Bellaire Golf Boy
B. Case Golf Boy
Irma Croft Anne Nother
Myrtle DeSota Summer Girl
Rhoda DeVourney Summer Girl
Evangeline Dixie Summer Girl
Edna Dorman Ima Peach
a product of San Francisco
Louis Fletcher Golf Boy
Marie Lamar Summer Girl
Maude Lambert Mrs. A. Marvellous Wonder
a New York widow
Herbert Lancaster Golf Boy
L. Lawson Golf Boy
Marion Lewis Summer Girl
Austina Mason Summer Girl
Charles McCaffrey Golf Boy
Lottie McCree Summer Girl
Charles McGaffney Cow
Marion Miller Summer Girl
Julie Newell Summer Girl
Lillian Norton Summer Girl
Jennie E. Orr Summer Girl
Mabel Orr Summer Girl
Frances Paon Summer Girl
Marie Propp Summer Girl
Carlita Ricard Summer Girl
Elenore Russell Summer Girl
Faye Stewart Summer Girl
Arthur Van Eazy
a native son of Watts
Graham Velsey Golf Boy
Marion Vose Summer Girl
Alice Willard Summer Girl
Anna Wilson Summer Girl
Loretta Wilson Summer Girl
George Wright, Sr. Hiram Diggs
a constable of Watts
music by J. A. Raynes; lyrics by Judson D. Brusie
(Unless otherwise noted)
  

ACT 1Sung By
California Sunrise Orchestra
The Game of Golf Chorus
I'm Running After Nancy Ima Peach (a product of San Francisco), Anne Nother, Wise (promoter) and Hip (promoter)
Gee! But This Is a Lonesome Town
(music by Billy Gaston; lyrics by Billy Gaston)		Chico Charlie (tramping for his health), Bakersfield Bill (tramp) and Fresno Phil (tramp)
The Old Barn Dance Hazy Fogg (a native daugther of Watts), Eazy (a native son of Watts) and Chorus
The Lanky, Yankee Boys in Blue
(music by Theodore M. Morse; lyrics by Edward Madden)		Chico Charlie (tramping for his health), Bakersfield Bill (tramp) and Fresno Phil (tramp)
ACT 2Sung By
Mission Bells Chorus
Just Some One
(music by Will R. Anderson; lyrics by Will R. Anderson)		Mrs. A. Marvellous Wonder (a New York widow), Summer Boys and Girls
Big Chief Smoke Chico Charlie (tramping for his health), Bakersfield Bill (tramp), Fresno Phil (tramp) and Indians
My Cigarette Maid Wise (promoter)
When the Moon Plays Peek-a-Boo Mrs. A. Marvellous Wonder (a New York widow) and Chorus