MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 20, 1906
Closing Date
Aug 1906
Performances
48
MusicalComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Majestic Theatre
(Feb 20, 1906 - Mar 17, 1906)
West End Theatre
(Apr 23, 1906 - Apr 1906)
Grand Opera House
(Aug 18, 1906 - Aug 1906)
Description
A musical in one act
Setting
Abyssinia
Produced by Melville B. Raymond
Music by Will Marion Cook and Bert A. Williams; Book by Jesse A. Shipp and Alexander Rogers; Lyrics by Jesse A. Shipp and Alexander Rogers; Additional lyrics by Earle C. Jones; Additional music by James J. Vaughn; Musical Director: James J. Vaughn; Director of vocal music: William C. Elkins
Staged by Alexander Rogers and Jesse A. Shipp; Musical Staging by Aida Overton Walker
Scenic Design by Ernest Albert and Louis C. Young; Costume Design by Eaves
Aline Cassel
Daphne
George Catlin
Wong Foo
Maggie Davis
Serena
William C. Elkins
Hadji
William Foster
Semra
Ada Guigesse
Nettie
Hattie Hopkins
Varinoe
Katie Jones
Allamo
J. E. Lightfoot
Zamish
Hattie McIntosh
Aunt Callie Parker
Charles H. Moore
Elder Fowler
Charles L. Moore
Omreeka
Alexander Rogers
Shambal Bollasso
Lavinia Rogers
Lucinda
Annie Ross
Tai Tu
Jesse A. Shipp
The Affa Negus Tegulet
R. Henri Strange
King Menelik II
Aida Overton Walker
Miriam
George W. Walker
Rastus Johnson
Bert A. Williams
Jasmine Jenkins
Craig Williams
James
Lottie Williams
Miss Primly
music by Bert A. Williams and Will Marion Cook; lyrics by Alex Rogers and Jesse A. Shipp
(Unless otherwise noted)
Ode to Menelik
Male Chorus
Jolly Jungle Boys
(music by Bert A. Williams; lyrics by Earle C. Jones)
Male Chorus
Ode to the Sun
(lyrics by Earle C. Jones)
Entire Chorus
Where My Forefathers Died
(music by Bert A. Williams; lyrics by Alex Rogers)
Aunt Callie Parker and Chorus
Twilight at Home, Sweet Home
James
Holiday in the Market
Entire Chorus
Rastus Johnson, U.S.A.
(music by Bert A. Williams; lyrics by Alex Rogers)
Rastus Johnson and Chorus
Answers That You Don't Expect to Get
(lyrics by Earle C. Jones)
Miss Primly
The Lion and the Monk (Die Trying)
(music by Bert A. Williams)
Miriam and 9 Abyssinian Maids
It's Hard to Find a King Like Me
(music by James J. Vaughn)
Rastus Johnson and Chorus
The Capture of Yaraboo
Jasmine Jenkins, Rastus Johnson and Chorus
Here It Comes Again
(music by Bert A. Williams; lyrics by Earle C. Jones)
Jasmine Jenkins
Menelik's Tribute to Queen Tai Tu
Good-Bye, Ethiopia
(music by James J. Vaughn)
Jasmine Jenkins and Rastus Johnson
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