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A Contented Woman
A Sketch of the Fair Sex in Politics
Play
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Jan 04, 1897
Closing Date
Feb 20, 1897
Performances
56
Play
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Jan 04, 1897
Close Date: Feb 20, 1897
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Hoyt's Theatre
(Jan 04, 1897 - Feb 20, 1897)
Setting
In and about the house of Benton Holme, in a fashionable quarter of Denver, Colorado.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Charles H. Hoyt
and
Frank McKee
Written by
Charles H. Hoyt
; Music by
Richard Stahl
; Featuring songs by
Eugene Ellsworth
; Featuring songs with lyrics by
Charles H. Hoyt
and
Eugene Ellsworth
Directed by
Charles H. Hoyt
Settings by
Arthur Voegtlin
William H. Currie
Benton Holme
rich and politically ambitious
Amy Ames
Aunt Jim
an earnest advocate of Woman's suffrage
F. Baldwin
E. Quinn Holder
Mrs. Ebbsmith's coachman
Frank Baldwin
Independent Voter
Will H. Bray
Vandyke Beard
Holme's butler
Eleanor Falk
Mary Peet
lady's maid
Edward Garvie
Phil Boyles
bar keeper
Gus Henessey
Boyle Dowle
prize fighter
Frank J. Keenan
Brighton Betts
gambling saloon
Frank Lane
Cutting Hintz
Benton's bachelor brother-in-law
Emma Lewis
Etta Bird
parlor maid
Jean McIlmoyne
Dandy Trotter
messenger
Marie Millard
Rose Bud
Sarah Miskel
Bella
Benton's sister
Caroline Miskel-Hoyt
Grace Holme
Adelaide Ober
Mrs. Watson Chin
a strong-minded friend of Jim
George Ober
Uncle Todie
Jim's other half - better or worse as you choose
Edna Pettie
Calliope Ayres
a girl friend of Grace
Rose Snyder
Miss Helen Wrangell
a strong-minded friend of Jim
May Stuart
Dodge Carr
messenger
Grace Thorne
Mrs. Ebbsmith
considered notorious
Songs
music by
Richard Stahl
; lyrics by
Richard Stahl
(Unless otherwise noted)
The Next President's Goin' to be a Coon
Vandyke Beard
We're Goin' to Have a Barbecue
Vandyke Beard
Caroline (March)
Do You Want to Hear the Rest?
(lyrics by
Charles H. Hoyt
)
Cutting Hintz
War Song
Ladies' Campaign Club
Dainty Saintly Erica
(music by
Eugene Ellsworth
; lyrics by
Eugene Ellsworth
)
Grace Holme
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Charles H. Hoyt
and
Frank McKee
Written by
Charles H. Hoyt
; Music by
Richard Stahl
; Featuring songs by
Eugene Ellsworth
; Featuring songs with lyrics by
Charles H. Hoyt
and
Eugene Ellsworth
Directed by
Charles H. Hoyt
Settings by
Arthur Voegtlin
William H. Currie
Benton Holme
rich and politically ambitious
Amy Ames
Aunt Jim
an earnest advocate of Woman's suffrage
F. Baldwin
E. Quinn Holder
Mrs. Ebbsmith's coachman
Frank Baldwin
Independent Voter
Will H. Bray
Vandyke Beard
Holme's butler
Eleanor Falk
Mary Peet
lady's maid
Edward Garvie
Phil Boyles
bar keeper
Gus Henessey
Boyle Dowle
prize fighter
Frank J. Keenan
Brighton Betts
gambling saloon
Frank Lane
Cutting Hintz
Benton's bachelor brother-in-law
Emma Lewis
Etta Bird
parlor maid
Jean McIlmoyne
Dandy Trotter
messenger
Marie Millard
Rose Bud
Sarah Miskel
Bella
Benton's sister
Caroline Miskel-Hoyt
Grace Holme
Adelaide Ober
Mrs. Watson Chin
a strong-minded friend of Jim
George Ober
Uncle Todie
Jim's other half - better or worse as you choose
Edna Pettie
Calliope Ayres
a girl friend of Grace
Rose Snyder
Miss Helen Wrangell
a strong-minded friend of Jim
May Stuart
Dodge Carr
messenger
Grace Thorne
Mrs. Ebbsmith
considered notorious
music by
Richard Stahl
; lyrics by
Richard Stahl
(Unless otherwise noted)
The Next President's Goin' to be a Coon
Vandyke Beard
We're Goin' to Have a Barbecue
Vandyke Beard
Caroline (March)
Do You Want to Hear the Rest?
(lyrics by
Charles H. Hoyt
)
Cutting Hintz
War Song
Ladies' Campaign Club
Dainty Saintly Erica
(music by
Eugene Ellsworth
; lyrics by
Eugene Ellsworth
)
Grace Holme
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