MusicalComedy VaudevilleOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 28, 1899
Closing Date
Apr 29, 1899
Performances
47
MusicalComedy VaudevilleOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Herald Square Theatre
(Feb 28, 1899 - Apr 01, 1899)
Haverly's 14th Street Theatre
(Apr 11, 1899 - Apr 29, 1899)
Description
A musical in three acts
Setting
The Finishville Habit-Cure Santiarium
Produced by Dunne and Ryley
Libretto by J. Sherrie Mathews and Harry Bulger; Music by Gustav Luders; Musical Director: Gustav Luders; Featuring songs by J. Sherrie Mathews, Harry Bulger, Barney Fagan, George A. Nichols, Leslie Stuart and Josie DeWitt
Staged by Barney Fagan
Scenic Design by Lamphier and Buhler, Chicago; Costume Design by Ned Wayburn
Harry Bulger
Boston Budge
the answer to an advertisement
Josie DeWitt
Faith Grace
daughter of the Judge
Gilbert Gregory
Professor Wagner Flat
a musician playing for a place
 
John Phillips
who imagines he is Sousa
Nellie Hawthorne
Charity Grace
daughter of the Judge
Rose Melville
Sis Hopkins
an heiress to ills imaginary
Julia Ralph
Miss Lavinia Primmer
school mistress of Finishville Academy
Lizzie Sanger
Hope Grace
daughter of the Judge
J. Sherrie Mathews
Palmer Coin
sleight of hand and strong of nerve
Ned Wayburn
General Smiles
good for a laugh; a soldier who thinks he thinks
Will West
Algernon Campwell
the Colonel's son
Bessie Bruno
Effie Greenway
Helen Budd
Naomi North
William Butters
Earl E. Frost
ice man
Sara Carr
Susie Short
Bessie Challenger
Vera White
Lulu Cosgrove
Daisy Dresser
Lizzie Creese
Winnie Western
J. Doctor
Jimmie Gun
a continuous burglar by permission
Gordon Eldrid
Dodge Bell
a waiter
Lottie Ettinger
Georgie Greenwall
Agnes Gildea
Glory Christian
Estelle Hamilton
J. Wood Winham
Benjamin Hopkins
Yank M. Inn
a policeman, also a club man
Van Huntington
Van Winkle
sleep-walker
Charles Jacklin
Sharpley Hunt
detective, finds them out when they are in
Eva Leslie
Babette
who has a bad habit of forming habits
Mattie Lill
Tillie Tallman
W.H. Macart
Professor Vaulter Barr
instructor of athletics and talk designer
 
Sis Hopkins
an heiress to ills imaginary
Sandy McDermott
J. Pullem
a policeman with badge
Belle Miller
Billie Deux
Gus Murtimer
Colonel Campwell
fond of America and other things
May Norton
Rennie Redpath
Mabel Rother
Viola Ramedell
Robert Vernon
Judge Grace
who has patience with his patients
Carrie Vincent
Sousie Southern
Agnes Wayburn
Effie Eastman
she of the wedding breakfast eye
Margaret Yorke
Phila Glass
music by Gustav Luders; lyrics by Harry Bulger and J. Sherrie Mathews
(Unless otherwise noted)
Act 1
Sung By
In Dear Old London
Algernon Campwell and Chorus
Operatic Most Emphatic
Company
Act 2
Sung By
Calisthenic Song and Dance
(music by Barney Fagan)
Palmer Coin, Babette and Ladies of the Seminary
Bell Chorus
(music by Josie DeWitt)
Ladies of the Seminary
Buttercups and Daisies
(music by Harry Bulger and J. Sherrie Mathews)
Palmer Coin, Boston Budge, General Smiles, Professor Vaulter Barr, Colonel Campwell, Professor Wagner Flat and Company
Honolulu Lady
(music by Harry Bulger and J. Sherrie Mathews)
Charity Grace, Faith Grace and Ladies
I've Waited, Honey Waited Long for You
(music by George A. Nichols; lyrics by George A. Nichols)
Sis Hopkins and Algernon Campwell
Yankee Banners
(music by Harry Bulger and J. Sherrie Mathews)
Palmer Coin, Boston Budge and Company
Act 3
Sung By
The Military Model
(music by Harry Bulger and J. Sherrie Mathews)
Algernon Campwell, Charity Grace, Faith Grace and Ladies
The Willow Pattern Plate
(music by Leslie Stuart; lyrics by Leslie Stuart)
Charity Grace
Fiddle and I
(music by Harry Bulger and J. Sherrie Mathews)
Faith Grace
La-Par Micado
(music by Harry Bulger and J. Sherrie Mathews)
Algernon Campwell and Ladies
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