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He Didn't Want to Do It
Musical
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Aug 20, 1918
Closing Date
Sep 07, 1918
Performances
23
Musical
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Aug 20, 1918
Close Date: Sep 07, 1918
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Broadhurst Theatre
(Aug 20, 1918 - Sep 07, 1918)
Description
A Play with Music in Three Acts
Setting
The lounge room of a hotel on the Riviera at the present time
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
George Broadhurst
Book by
George Broadhurst
; Music by
Silvio Hein
; Lyrics by
George Broadhurst
; Based on the farce by
George Broadhurst
and
Walter Hackett
; Musical Director:
Theodore Stearns
Staged by
Clifford Brooke
; Musical Staging by
Bert French
Scenic Design by
D. Frank Dodge
and
William Castle
; Costume Design by
Henri Bendel, Inc.
Percy Ames
O. Vivian Smith
Natalie Bates
Bertha Barrison
Adele Blood
Norma Wallace
Clara Carroll
Janice Godfrey
Jean Carroll
Henrietta Hadley
Gladys Clifton
Leonore Leonard
Florence Collier
Gertrude Glover
Mary Cunningham
Francis Farrington
Carrie De Noville
Neva Norcross
Alexander Frank
Manager of the Hotel
Katherine Galloway
Paula Wainwright
Elsie Gordon
Wilda Wood
Ona Hamilton
Katherine Kollis
Dorothy La Rue
Marie Melton
Mary McDonald
Kate Carley
Charles Meakins
Washington Demming
Robert O'Connor
Waiter
Edna Pierre
Roberta Runyon
Helen Pierre
Constance Conover
Ida Ross
Nanette Norris
Helen Shipman
Marjorie Thompson
Ned A. Sparks
Detective
Elsa Thomas
Mary Manners
Anna Toddings
Dorothy Daniels
Ernest Torrence
Alexander McPherson
Joseph Wilmot
Lieutenant Rodgers
Songs
music by
Silvio Hein
; lyrics by
George Broadhurst
Act 1
Sung By
What Mother Used to Say to Me
Marjorie Thompson and Chorus
What Would You Do in a Case Like That?
Alexander McPherson, O. Vivian Smith and Washington Demming
The Song of the Trees
Paula Wainwright and Chorus
I'm Dying to Dance with Oscar
Marjorie Thompson, Lieutenant Rodgers, Waiter and Chorus
Act 2
Sung By
Everyone He Swear at the Waiter
Waiter, Mary Manners, Wilda Wood, Bertha Barrison and Chorus
I'm Only a Girl from the City
Alexander McPherson and Constance Conover
The Song of the World
Paula Wainwright and Ensemble
It's the Scotch
Alexander McPherson, O. Vivian Smith, Paula Wainwright and Marjorie Thompson
Nothing Escapes Me
Detective and Ensemble
Act 3
Sung By
The Spirit of the Carnival
Lieutenant Rodgers, Mary Manners, Wilda Wood, Constance Conover and Chorus
I'm Fond of the Girls
Washington Demming and Chorus
You're the Only One for Me
Marjorie Thompson, Detective, Lieutenant Rodgers, Mary Manners and Wilda Wood
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
George Broadhurst
Book by
George Broadhurst
; Music by
Silvio Hein
; Lyrics by
George Broadhurst
; Based on the farce by
George Broadhurst
and
Walter Hackett
; Musical Director:
Theodore Stearns
Staged by
Clifford Brooke
; Musical Staging by
Bert French
Scenic Design by
D. Frank Dodge
and
William Castle
; Costume Design by
Henri Bendel, Inc.
Percy Ames
O. Vivian Smith
Natalie Bates
Bertha Barrison
Adele Blood
Norma Wallace
Clara Carroll
Janice Godfrey
Jean Carroll
Henrietta Hadley
Gladys Clifton
Leonore Leonard
Florence Collier
Gertrude Glover
Mary Cunningham
Francis Farrington
Carrie De Noville
Neva Norcross
Alexander Frank
Manager of the Hotel
Katherine Galloway
Paula Wainwright
Elsie Gordon
Wilda Wood
Ona Hamilton
Katherine Kollis
Dorothy La Rue
Marie Melton
Mary McDonald
Kate Carley
Charles Meakins
Washington Demming
Robert O'Connor
Waiter
Edna Pierre
Roberta Runyon
Helen Pierre
Constance Conover
Ida Ross
Nanette Norris
Helen Shipman
Marjorie Thompson
Ned A. Sparks
Detective
Elsa Thomas
Mary Manners
Anna Toddings
Dorothy Daniels
Ernest Torrence
Alexander McPherson
Joseph Wilmot
Lieutenant Rodgers
music by
Silvio Hein
; lyrics by
George Broadhurst
Act 1
Sung By
What Mother Used to Say to Me
Marjorie Thompson and Chorus
What Would You Do in a Case Like That?
Alexander McPherson, O. Vivian Smith and Washington Demming
The Song of the Trees
Paula Wainwright and Chorus
I'm Dying to Dance with Oscar
Marjorie Thompson, Lieutenant Rodgers, Waiter and Chorus
Act 2
Sung By
Everyone He Swear at the Waiter
Waiter, Mary Manners, Wilda Wood, Bertha Barrison and Chorus
I'm Only a Girl from the City
Alexander McPherson and Constance Conover
The Song of the World
Paula Wainwright and Ensemble
It's the Scotch
Alexander McPherson, O. Vivian Smith, Paula Wainwright and Marjorie Thompson
Nothing Escapes Me
Detective and Ensemble
Act 3
Sung By
The Spirit of the Carnival
Lieutenant Rodgers, Mary Manners, Wilda Wood, Constance Conover and Chorus
I'm Fond of the Girls
Washington Demming and Chorus
You're the Only One for Me
Marjorie Thompson, Detective, Lieutenant Rodgers, Mary Manners and Wilda Wood
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