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A Connecticut Yankee

Vanderbilt Theatre, (11/3/1927 - 10/27/1928)
Preview: Total Previews:
Opening:Nov 3, 1927   
Closing:Oct 27, 1928 Total Performances:421


Description: A musical in two acts
Setting: Hartford in 1927 and Camelot in 543 A.D.





by opening date



Music by Richard Rodgers; Book by Herbert Fields; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Musical Director: Paul Parnell; Adapted from the work of Mark Twain; Music orchestrated by Roy Webb

Dances by Busby Berkeley; Staged by Alexander Leftwich

Scenic Design by John Hawkins and John F. Hawkins, Jr.; Costume Design by John F. Hawkins, Jr.

Company Manager: Harry B. Nelmes

Stage Manager: Murray Jay Queen; Assistant Stage Mgr: John Creighton

Art Direction by Herbert Ward

Press Representative: Lew Levenson


Opening Night Cast

Ward Arnold Ensemble  
Charles Bannister Ensemble  
Olive Bertram Ensemble  
Chester Bree Sir Tristan
in the play 
 
 Ensemble  
Arnold Brown Ensemble  
Nana Bryant Fay Morgan  
 Queen Morgan Le Fay
in the play 
 
Gordon Burby Albert Kay  
 Sir Kay the Seneschal
in the play 
 
Constance Carpenter Alice Carter  
 The Demoiselle Alisande la Carteloise
in the play 
 
June Cochrane Mistress Evelyn Al Belle-Ans
in the play 
 
Margaret Collins Ensemble  
Grace Connelly Ensemble  
John Creighton Sir Bors
in the play 
 
 Ensemble  
Martin Denis Ensemble  
Regina Diamond Mistress Phoebe Sauce de Pommes  
Enez Early Ensemble  
Paul Everton Arthur Pendragos  
 King Arthur of Britain
in the play 
 
Ednor Fulling Ensemble  
William Gaxton Martin  
 The Yankee
in the play 
 
Harriet Hammill Ensemble  
Jane Hurd Ensemble  
Fred Jordan Ensemble  
Leoda Knapp Ensemble  
Katharine Kohler Queen Guinevere
in the play 
 
Helen Mann Ensemble  
Dan McGovern Ensemble  
Margaret Miller Ensemble  
Jack Morton Ensemble  
John Morton Sir Sagramor
in the play 
 
Marion Nevins Ensemble  
William Norris Merlin  
 Merlin (in the play)
a mighty magician 
 
Frank Norton Ensemble  
William Rosell Lawrence Lake  
 Sir Launcelot of the Lake
in the play 
 
Dorothy Rubino Ensemble  
Evelyn Ruh Maid Angela
lady-in-waiting to Morgan le Fay, in the play 
 
Jack Thompson Gerald Lake  
 Sir Galahad
Launcelot's son, in the play