PlayComedy Farce Play with musicOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 10, 1900
Closing Date
Mar 1901
Performances
46
PlayComedy Farce Play with musicOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Bijou Theatre
(Dec 10, 1900 - Jan 12, 1901)
Grand Opera House
(Mar 25, 1901 - Mar 1901)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
Hackensack, New Jersey and New York City
Produced by May Irwin
Written by Ramsay Morris; Music by A. Baldwin Sloane, Dave Reed, Francis Bryant, Ernest Hogan and Theodore H. Northrup; Additional music by James O'Dea; Musical Director: Watty Hydes; Featuring songs by J. Rosamond Johnson and Cissie Loftus; Featuring songs with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson, Cissie Loftus and Bob Cole
Directed by Louis Harrison
Scenic Design by Lewis & MacCoughtry
May Irwin
Mrs. Madge Smith
Grace Almy
Flossy Greensleeves
George A. Beane
John Smith
Edythe Blair
Diana Blush
Edward Bowen
Another Detective
Roland Carter
Judge of Police Court
 
Montressor Bing
Charles Church
Clerk of Police Court
Mabel Florence
Clarice Gay
Frank W. Johnson
Upson Downes
Jacques Kruger
Wilson
James M. MacDonough
Detective
Ignacio Martinetti
Count Cotton
Sadie Peters
Bijou Leech
Alice Sands
Kate Maxwell
Joseph M. Sparks
Ajax O'Shaughnessey
Bert Thayer
Gunnington Swift
Anne Woodward
Cissy Peachblow
Act 0
Sung By
I Ain't Going to Work No More
(music by J. Rosamond Johnson; lyrics by Bob Cole and James Weldon Johnson)
Mrs. Madge Smith
Act 1
Sung By
Why Don't the Band Play?
(music by J. Rosamond Johnson; lyrics by Bob Cole and James Weldon Johnson)
Count Cotton and Company
I've Got Troubles of My Own
(music by J. Rosamond Johnson; lyrics by Bob Cole and James Weldon Johnson)
Mrs. Madge Smith
I Ain't Going to Work No More
(music by J. Rosamond Johnson; lyrics by Bob Cole and James Weldon Johnson)
Mrs. Madge Smith
Act 2
Sung By
Oui! Oui! Mademoiselle
Count Cotton
When I'm By Her Side
I've Laid Him on de Shelf
Mrs. Madge Smith
Bull-frog Ben
(music by Cissie Loftus; lyrics by Cissie Loftus)
Mrs. Madge Smith
(Give Me Back My) Liza
(music by Dave Reed; lyrics by Dave Reed)
Mrs. Madge Smith
I'm Gwine to Marry Angeline
(music by Cissie Loftus; lyrics by Cissie Loftus)
Company
The Turkey and the Turk
(music by Francis Bryant; lyrics by Francis Bryant)
Ajax O'Shaughnessey
My Little Jungle Queen
Mrs. Madge Smith
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