CASTS

Madison Square Theater1887Marjorie's LoversBrander MatthewsElaine(from Tennyson)G. P. LathropA Foregone ConclusionW. D. Howells

23rd Street Theater1891Giles CoreyMary E. WilkinsSquirrel Inn(from Frank Stockton)Frank PresbreyThe Other WomanRichard Harding DavisHarvestClyde FitchThe Decision of the CourtBrander Matthews Frederick J. Stimson

Madison Square Theater1897Berkeley LyceumJohn Gabriel BjorkmanIbsen{The Rights of the SoulGiacosa{That OvercoatAugustus Thomas{From a Clear SkyHenri DumayEl Gran GaleotoEchegaray

Carnegie Lyceum1899El Gran GaleotoEchegarayTiesHervieuThe Master BuilderIbsenThe StormOstrovskyThe Heather FieldMartynA TroubadourCoppé

1909—1911First SeasonAntony and CleopatraShakespeareThe Cottage in the AirKnoblauchStrifeGalsworthyThe NiggerSheldonThe School for ScandalSheridan{Liz the MotherFenn and Bryce{DonBesierTwelfth NightShakespeareThe Witch(adapted from Scandinavian byHagadorn Wiers-Jenssen){Brand(act IV condensed)Ibsen{Sister BeatriceMaeterlinckThe Winter's TaleShakespeareBeethovenFauchoisSecond SeasonThe Blue BirdMaeterlinckThe Merry Wives of WindsorShakespeareThe ThunderboltPinero{DonBesier{Sister BeatriceMaeterlinckMary MagdaleneMaeterlinckOld HeidelbergMeyer-FoersterVanity FairR. Hichens and C. Gordan LennoxThe PiperMarksNobody's DaughterPastonThe Arrow MakerAustinIn addition there was a borrowed production ofA Song of the PeopleMichaelis

The Playhouse1915-19171st SeasonThe New York IdeaMitchellThe LiarsJonesEarthFaganMajor BarbaraShawCaptain Brassbound's ConversionShaw2nd SeasonEve's DaughterRamseyElevationBernstein

Bandbox and Comedy Theaters1915-1917InteriorMaeterlinckEugenically SpeakingGoodmanLicensedLawrenceAnother InteriorLove of One's NeighborAndreyevMoondownReedMy Lady's HonorPembertonTwo Blind Beggars and One Less BlindMoellerThe Shepherd in the Distance(pantomime)HudsonThe Miracle of St. AntonyMaeterlinckIn AprilStokesForbidden FruitFeuilletSavioursGoodmanThe BearTchekhovHelena's HusbandMoellerFire and WaterWhiteThe AntickMackayeA Night of SnowsBraccoLiteratureSchnitzlerThe Honourable LoverBraccoWhimsMussetOvertonesGerstenbergThe ClodBeachThe Road-House in ArdenMoellerThe TenorWedekindThe Red Cloak(pantomime)MeyerChildrenBolton and CarltonThe Age of ReasonDorrianThe Magical CityAkins Monsieur Pierre PatelinAglavaine and SelysetteMaeterlinckThe Sea GullTchekhovA Merry DeathEvréinevLover's LuckPorto-RicheThe Sugar HouseBrownSisters of SusannaMoellerBushidoIzumoTriflesGlaspellAnother Way OutLangnerAltruismEttlingerThe Death of TintagilesMaeterlinckThe Last StrawCrockerThe Hero of Santa MariaGoodman and HechtImpudenceAuernheimerPlots and PlaywrightsMasseyThe Life of ManAndreyevSganarelleMolièreThe Poor FoolBahrGhostsIbsenPariahStrindberg

The TrimpletWalkerA Fan and Two CandlesticksMacmillanSix Who Pass While the Lentils BoilWalkerThe Seven Gifts(a pantomime)WalkerThe Moon Lady(a pantomime)WalkerNeverthelessWalkerGammer Gurton's Needle(adapted by Mr. Walker)StevensonThe Lady of the Weeping Willow TreeWalkerThe Golden DoomDunsanyVoicesFlexnerThe Crier by NightBottomleyThe Gods of the MountainDunsanyThe Medicine ShowWalkerThe Very Naked BoyWalkerThe Birthday of the Infanta(from Oscar Wilde's Story)WalkerKing Argimenes and the Unknown WarriorDunsanyIt Pays to AdvertiseMegrueThe DummyO'Higgins and FordThe ConcertBahrKick InMackSeventeenWalkerSeven Keys to BaldpateCohanThe Country BoySelwynYou Never Can TellShawOfficer 666McHughBroadway JonesCohanThe WomanDeMilleThe Show ShopForbesA Night in AvignonRiceThe Son of IsisKellyStingyParryThe Book of JobRomanceSheldonStop ThiefMooreThe HeroBrownThe Misleading LadyGoddard and DickeyAlias Jimmy Valentine(from O. Henry's story)ArmstrongPassers ByChambersSeven UpColemanThe Three of UsCrothersThe Fortune HunterSmithAlice Sit by the FireBarrieThe Workhouse WardGregoryThe WolfWalterThe TruthFitchJonathan Makes a WishWalkerThe Laughter of the GodsDunsanyThe Tents of the ArabsDunsanyThe Cinderella ManCarpenterGood Gracious AnnabelleKummerLeah KleschnaMacClellanOver NightBartholomaeThe Passing of the Third Floor BackJeromeMilestonesBennett and KnoblockKismetKnoblockDonBesierThe Gibson UprightTarkington and AilsonThe MurderersDunsanyToo Many CooksCraven

O-SodeHarrie FumadeO-KatsuAnnie LowryObaa-SanFlorence WollersenThe Gaki of KokoruMcKay MorrisAoyagiNancy WinstonRikiWilmot Heitland

HeWillard WebsterSheDorothea CarothersBoyGregory Kelly

Aunt LetitiaElizabeth PattersonSusan SampleBeatrice MaudeUncle NathanielGeorge GaulUncle JohnAinsworth ArnoldJonathanGregory KellyMlle. PerraultMargaret MowerHankEdgar StehliAlbert PeetJoseph GrahamMaryElizabeth BlackJohn IIIJohn Talbott

First produced at theMurat Theatre, Indianapolis, August 12, 1918.

At thePrincess Theatre, New York première, September 11, 1918, Elizabeth Patterson played Aunt Letitia, which was played in Indianapolis by Judith Lowry.

FOOTNOTES:[7]Taken from Prof. Dickenson's book, "The Insurgent Theater," in which a number of interesting and more recent repertories of "independent" theaters are given.

[7]Taken from Prof. Dickenson's book, "The Insurgent Theater," in which a number of interesting and more recent repertories of "independent" theaters are given.

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An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and Criticism from Aristotle to the Present Day, in a Series of Selected Texts, with Commentaries, Biographies and BibliographiesBy BARRETT H. CLARKAuthor of"Contemporary French Dramatists," "The Continental Drama of Today," "British and American Drama of Today," etc., etc.

An Anthology of Dramatic Theory and Criticism from Aristotle to the Present Day, in a Series of Selected Texts, with Commentaries, Biographies and Bibliographies

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