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Better Times
Musical
Spectacle
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Sep 02, 1922
Closing Date
Apr 28, 1923
Performances
405
Musical
Spectacle
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Sep 02, 1922
Close Date: Apr 28, 1923
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Hippodrome Theatre
(Sep 02, 1922 - Apr 28, 1923)
Description
A musical in three acts
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Charles Dillingham
Music by
Raymond Hubbell
; Book by
R.H. Burnside
; Lyrics by
R.H. Burnside
; Musical Director:
A. J. Garing
; Music orchestrated by
Frank Saddler
,
Hilding Anderson
and
Charles F. Miller
Staged by
R.H. Burnside
; Choreographed by
William Holbrook
and
Mademoiselle Mantova
Scenic Design by
Mark Lawson
and
Triangle Scenic Studio
; Costume Design by
Gladys Monkhouse
,
William H. Matthews
,
Robert McQuinn
and
Will R. Barnes
Hamadi Abdullah
Albert Alberto
Louise Allison
Margaret Anderson
Lolotta Armond
Vivan Arnold
Tanaya Bader
Terry Bauer
Louise Beautora
Edward Beck
The Bell Brothers
Beatrice Bennet
The Berlo Sisters
Thelma Bickford
Roy Binder
Millicent Bishop
Blair & Co.
Frances Blythe
Lillie Bolin
Jimmy Brady
Ralph Brainard
Lina Brandon
Dorothy Burke
Jack Burley
Andrew Byrne
James Byrne
John J. Byrne
Marie Cattell
Adeline Claire
Ethel Clark
Claudius & Scarlet
Dorothy Collins
Tommy Colton
Gladys Comerford
Gladys Cranston
Guerida Crawford
Creco
Lola Dalton
Nellie Daly
Marie De Young
Delamere
May Dickson
Ethel Downee
Geneva Duker
Marcelle Dulac
Sarah Edwards
Murray Evans
Anna Fischer
Nanette Flack
Sylvia Ford
Joseph Frohoff
Virginia Futrelle
Betty Garson
Dorothy Gates
Muriel Gibson
Billie Gilmore
Frank Ginnette
Poppy Ginnette
Roland Gordon
Caroline Gunz
Jean Hamilton
Minna Hamm
Elna Hansen
Lillian Hansen
Lillian Hauman
Lorette Hauman
George Herman
Bertha Herzog
William Holbrook
Beatrice Houghton
Agnes Hunter
Cladia Ivanova
Frank Johnson
Thomas Joyce
Valeska Kawschara
Edna Koch
George Kunowitch
Anna Lambert
"Happy" Jack Lambert
Lillian Lane
Andre Lapue
Maurice Lapue
Archie Leach
Dorothy Lee
Lorna Lincoln
Long Tack Sam
Ruth Loose
Colie Lorella
Serrita Lorraine
Lee Losch
Ellen Mack
Marie Mack
Marceline
Marley
Alice Marvin
Robert McClellan
Grace McCrae
Marjorie McKinnon
Fred S. McPherson
Nellie Melville
Gloria Meylan
Olga Mihailovakaya
Eva Miller
Marven Morgan
John T. Murphy
Laura Murray
Duane Nelson
Jack Notman
Mae O'Laughlin
The Orlandos
Blanche Orteson
Louise Owens
Patrick and Francisco
Tom Pender
Olga Popova
Leo Post
Power's Elephants
Marjorie Prentice
Beatrice Price
Nick Provanzo
Lillian Quinn
Charles Ravel
Joe Riley
Elsie Ringle
Amelia Rose
Ellen Rose
Vivian Rose
Betty Ross
Eddie Russell
Ruth Russell Matlock
Mary Anne Sawyer
Belle Scholnick
Ruth Schrader
Jean Schreiver
Alexander Seabert
Margaret Skaller
Billy Smith
Angela Sorrero
Ebba Sparre
Henry Stevens
Rae Stockdale
Sylvia Stone
Frances Sussman
Aron Tamaroff
Harry Tamaroff
Therese
The Three Bobs
Bertha E. Tomkins
Marceline Torbay
William Unangst
Asta Valley
Winifred Verina
May Waldron
Harry Ward
Helen Ward
Emma Warren
Wally Warren
Trude Weiseman
Sid Williams
William Williams
Lee Wilmott
Alice Wilson
Dorothy Wilson
Victoria Wolfe
Ruth Wood
Songs
music by
Raymond Hubbell
; lyrics by
R.H. Burnside
Act 1
Peach Blossom Time
Blowing Bubbles All Day Long
Gloom and Joy
Better Times
Act 2
I Dreamt That I Went to the Grand Opera Ball
Just a Fan
Act 3
Summertime
My Golden Dream Ship
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Charles Dillingham
Music by
Raymond Hubbell
; Book by
R.H. Burnside
; Lyrics by
R.H. Burnside
; Musical Director:
A. J. Garing
; Music orchestrated by
Frank Saddler
,
Hilding Anderson
and
Charles F. Miller
Staged by
R.H. Burnside
; Choreographed by
William Holbrook
and
Mademoiselle Mantova
Scenic Design by
Mark Lawson
and
Triangle Scenic Studio
; Costume Design by
Gladys Monkhouse
,
William H. Matthews
,
Robert McQuinn
and
Will R. Barnes
Hamadi Abdullah
Albert Alberto
Louise Allison
Margaret Anderson
Lolotta Armond
Vivan Arnold
Tanaya Bader
Terry Bauer
Louise Beautora
Edward Beck
The Bell Brothers
Beatrice Bennet
The Berlo Sisters
Thelma Bickford
Roy Binder
Millicent Bishop
Blair & Co.
Frances Blythe
Lillie Bolin
Jimmy Brady
Ralph Brainard
Lina Brandon
Dorothy Burke
Jack Burley
Andrew Byrne
James Byrne
John J. Byrne
Marie Cattell
Adeline Claire
Ethel Clark
Claudius & Scarlet
Dorothy Collins
Tommy Colton
Gladys Comerford
Gladys Cranston
Guerida Crawford
Creco
Lola Dalton
Nellie Daly
Marie De Young
Delamere
May Dickson
Ethel Downee
Geneva Duker
Marcelle Dulac
Sarah Edwards
Murray Evans
Anna Fischer
Nanette Flack
Sylvia Ford
Joseph Frohoff
Virginia Futrelle
Betty Garson
Dorothy Gates
Muriel Gibson
Billie Gilmore
Frank Ginnette
Poppy Ginnette
Roland Gordon
Caroline Gunz
Jean Hamilton
Minna Hamm
Elna Hansen
Lillian Hansen
Lillian Hauman
Lorette Hauman
George Herman
Bertha Herzog
William Holbrook
Beatrice Houghton
Agnes Hunter
Cladia Ivanova
Frank Johnson
Thomas Joyce
Valeska Kawschara
Edna Koch
George Kunowitch
Anna Lambert
"Happy" Jack Lambert
Lillian Lane
Andre Lapue
Maurice Lapue
Archie Leach
Dorothy Lee
Lorna Lincoln
Long Tack Sam
Ruth Loose
Colie Lorella
Serrita Lorraine
Lee Losch
Ellen Mack
Marie Mack
Marceline
Marley
Alice Marvin
Robert McClellan
Grace McCrae
Marjorie McKinnon
Fred S. McPherson
Nellie Melville
Gloria Meylan
Olga Mihailovakaya
Eva Miller
Marven Morgan
John T. Murphy
Laura Murray
Duane Nelson
Jack Notman
Mae O'Laughlin
The Orlandos
Blanche Orteson
Louise Owens
Patrick and Francisco
Tom Pender
Olga Popova
Leo Post
Power's Elephants
Marjorie Prentice
Beatrice Price
Nick Provanzo
Lillian Quinn
Charles Ravel
Joe Riley
Elsie Ringle
Amelia Rose
Ellen Rose
Vivian Rose
Betty Ross
Eddie Russell
Ruth Russell Matlock
Mary Anne Sawyer
Belle Scholnick
Ruth Schrader
Jean Schreiver
Alexander Seabert
Margaret Skaller
Billy Smith
Angela Sorrero
Ebba Sparre
Henry Stevens
Rae Stockdale
Sylvia Stone
Frances Sussman
Aron Tamaroff
Harry Tamaroff
Therese
The Three Bobs
Bertha E. Tomkins
Marceline Torbay
William Unangst
Asta Valley
Winifred Verina
May Waldron
Harry Ward
Helen Ward
Emma Warren
Wally Warren
Trude Weiseman
Sid Williams
William Williams
Lee Wilmott
Alice Wilson
Dorothy Wilson
Victoria Wolfe
Ruth Wood
music by
Raymond Hubbell
; lyrics by
R.H. Burnside
Act 1
Peach Blossom Time
Blowing Bubbles All Day Long
Gloom and Joy
Better Times
Act 2
I Dreamt That I Went to the Grand Opera Ball
Just a Fan
Act 3
Summertime
My Golden Dream Ship
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