- (1899 - 1917) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1899) Stage Play: The Singing Girl. Musical comedy/opera. Music by Victor Herbert. Libretto by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Musical Director: Paul Steindorff. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Casino Theatre: 23 Oct 1899- 6 Jan 1900 (80 performances). Cast: William Bechtel (as "Oelrich"), May Boley (as "Freda"), Ruby Capen (as "Paula"), Joseph Cawthorn (as "Aufpassen"), Eugene Cowles (as "Duke Rodolph"), Lillian Devere (as "Xesia") [Broadway debut], May Devere (as "Vida"), Eunice Drake (as "Elizabeth"), Frank Edwards (as "Ferdinand"), Ursulla Gurnett (as "Minnie"), Jennie Hawley (as "Elsa"), Joseph W. Herbert (as "Prince Pumpernickel"), Louise Hilliard (as "Margaret"), H.W. Humphreys (as "Ludwig"), Clara Isham (as "Alma"), Louis Kelso (as "Francis"), Louise Lawton (as "Tolfta"), Richie Ling (as "Count Otto"), M.H. Lorenz (as "Hans"), Nellie Marsh (as "Lena"), Albert McGuckin (as "Felix"), Edward F. Metcalfe (as "Frederick"), Alice Nielsen (as "Greta"), Lillian Samuels (as "Katrina"), Lucille Saunders (as "Marie"), John C. Slavin (as "Stephan"), George Tennery (as "Karl"), R. Wallace (as "Herman"), J.A. Wallerstedt (as "Fritz"), Winnifred Williams (as "Netta"). Produced by Alice Nielsen Opera Company (Manager: Frank L. Perley).
- (1902) Stage Play: The Chaperons. Musical comedy. Music by Isidore Witmark. Book by Frederic Ranken. Lyrics by Frederic Ranken and Isidore Witmark. Musical Direction by Max Hirschfeld. Directed by George W. Lederer. New York Theatre (moved to The Cherry Blossom Grove [Theatre] from 30 Jun 1902- close): 5 Jun 1902- 26 Jul 1902 (60 performances). Cast: Elsie Baird (as "Fanchon"), May Boley (as "Hortense"), Mazona Bradcome (as "Jack"), T.H. Burton (as "Jacques"), Sybil Clifton (as "Antoinette"), Katherine Coll (as "Serpolette"), Harry Connor (as "Hogg"), Geraldine Cook (as "Jacquimot"), Grace Cornish (as "Cigarette"), Lillian Devere (as "Mimi"), Lucille Egan (as "Jeanette"), Albert Farrington (as "Tom Schuyler"), Sallie Fisher (as "Annette"), Winifred Florence (as "Jacqueline"), Nellie Follis (as "Violet Smilax"), Hattie Forsythe (as "Yvette"), Isabell Franklin (as "Valerie"), Trixie Friganza (as "Amaranthe Dedincourt"), Emily Fulton, Lillian Germaine, Nina Gillette, Annabelle Gordon (as "Fantine"), Sadie Harris, Carl Hartberg, George K. Henery, Walter Jones (as "Algernon O'Shaunessy"), Emma King, Geraldine Malone, Joseph C. Miron, Ruby Paine, E.H. Randall, Edd Redway, D.G. Ruthven, Mae Stebbins, Florence Striker, Marguerite Striker, Marie Striker, Eva Tanguay, Jake Weilby, Sophie Williams, Maud Wycherly (as "Genevieve"). Produced by Frank L. Perley. Note: Tanguay introduced her hit song "My Sambo" in this production.
- (1903) Stage Play: The Wizard of Oz. Musical. Music by Paul Tietjens and A. Baldwin Sloane. Book by L. Frank Baum. Lyrics by L. Frank Baum. Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum. Musical Director: Charles Zimmerman. Featuring songs with lyrics by Glen MacDonough, Vincent Bryan, James O'Dea, Edgar Smith, Will D. Cobb, Henry Blossom, Louis Weslyn, John W. West and Maurice Steinberg. Featuring songs by Maurice Steinberg, Bob Adams, Gus Edwards, Bruno Schilinski, Charles Albert, Edward Hutchinson, Theodore M. Morse and George Spink. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Majestic Theatre: 20 Jan 1903- 3 Oct 1903 (293 performances). Cast: Edna Adams (as "Sophronia/Chorus"), Stubby Ainscoe (as "Chorus/Malvonia"), Georgia Baron (as "Antonia/Snow Queen/Captain of the Phantom Guards/Chorus"), Albertine Benson (as "Semponia/Chorus/Leontine Em"), Helen Blye (as "Chorus"), Grace Bond (as "Chorus"), Lucile Bryant (as "Chorus"), Marie Burnell (as "Chorus"), Helen Byron (as "Cynthia Cynch"), Irving Christerson (as "Chorus/Pericles"), Emma Clarke (as "Chorus"), Gilbert Clayton (as "Pastoria II"), Josephine Clayton (as "Chorus/Pansy Lil"), Marie Clayton (as "Chorus/Remnante Saute"), Albert Cleveland (as "Chorus"), Mabel De Vere (as "Peter Boq/Chorus/Gloriana Jane"), Lillian Devere (as "Premonia/Chorus/Vera Ellen"), Earl Dewey (as "Chorus/Silicus"), Etta Diamond (as "Chorus"), Rae Dixon (as "Chorus"), Ida Doerge (as "Tom Piper/The Poppy Queen/Alberto/Captain of the Royal Guards/Chorus"), May Du Frene (as "Chorus"), Erna Evans (as "Chorus"), Robert Fairchild (as "Leo"), George Fields (as "Chorus"), Anna Fitzhugh (as "Chorus/Jean deChar"), Marie Fitzhugh (as "Chorus"), Kathleen Flynn (as "Chorus"), Emily Fulton (as "Chorus"), Bobby Gaylor (as "Oz"), Genevra Gibson (as "Chorus/Bardo/Francois Giblets"), Ella Gilroy (as "Simon Powder/Chorus/Gladys Ann"), Lola Gordon (as "Pungue DeSert/Chorus"), Margie Griffith (as "Chorus"), Arthur Hill (as "The Cowardly Lion"), Charles Hoskins (as "Sophocles/Chorus"), Edith Hutchins (as "The Witch of the North"), Grace Igoe (as "Chorus"), Mary Jackson (as "Chorus"), Virginia Kendall (as "Chorus"), Grace Kimball (as "Tryxie Tryffle"), Anna Laughlin (as "Dorothy Gale"), Anna Leon (as "Chorus"), Stephen Maley (as "Sir Wiley Gyle"), George Mansfield (as "Chorus"), Elsie Mertens (as "Chorus/Aileen Nance"), David C. Montgomery (as "Mick Chopper"), Harold T. Morey (as "Brigadier General Riskitt"), Nellie Payne (as "Chorus"), Clara Pitt (as "Chorus"), Grace Pomeroy (as "Chorus"), Nancy Poole (as "Chorus"), Joseph Schrode (as "The Army of Pastoria/Alonzo"), Clara Selton (as "Chorus"), Leta Shaw (as "Chorus"), Edwin J. Stone (as "The Cow named Imogene"), Fred A. Stone (as "The Scarecrow"), William Van Brunt (as "Chorus/Diogenes"), Harry Wiegand (as "Chorus"), Fred Wyckoff (as "Chorus"), Bessie Wynn (as "Sir Dashemoff Daily"), George Young (as "Chorus"), Laura Young (as "Chorus"). Produced by Fred R. Hamlin.
- (1904) Stage Play: The Wizard of Oz. Musical (Revival). Music by Paul Tietjen and A. Baldwin Sloane. Book by L. Frank Baum. Lyrics by L. Frank Baum. Based on the novel by L. Frank Baum. Musical Director: Charles Zimmerman. Featuring songs with lyrics by Glen MacDonough, Will D. Cobb, Vincent Bryan, Edward P Moran, Edgar Smith, Harry Williams, James O'Dea, Will R. Anderson and Brackett and Medor. Featuring songs by Will R. Anderson, Gus Edwards, James B. Mullen, Seymour Furth, David C. Montgomery, Bob Adams and Brackett and Medor. Scenic Design by McDonald, Walter Burridge, Frederick Gibson and John H. Young. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Majestic Theatre (moved to The New York Theatre 2 May 1904- 21 May 1904, them moved to The Academy of Music from 7 Nov 1904- 31 Dec 1904, then moved to The Academy of Music from 30 Oct 1905- close): 21 Mar 1904- 25 Nov 1905 (171 performances). Cast: Stubby Ainscoe (as "Malvonia/Marcel Moreau"), Vernon Arnold (as "Louis LeBeau/Chorus"), Albertine Benson (as "The Witch of the North"), Helen Blye (as "Chorus"), Marie Burnell (as "Chorus"), Irving H. Christian (as "Pericles/Chorus"), Emma Clarke (as "Chorus"), Josephine Clayton (as "The Poppy Queen/Semponia/Pansy Lil"), Marie Clayton (as "Remnante Saute"), Albert Cleveland (as "Chorus"), Allene Crater (as "Cynthia Cynch"), Nancy Crawford (as "Gloriana Jane/Chorus"), May De Sousa (as "Sir Dashemoff Daily"), Mabel De Vere (as "Violet Victoria/Chorus"), Lillian Devere (as "Vera Ellen/Premonia/Chorus"), H. Devlin (as "Silicus/Chorus"), Earl Dewey (as "The Army of Pastoria/Alonzo"), Etta Diamond (as "Chorus"), Minna Doerge (as "Chorus"), May Du Frene (as "Francois Giblets/Chorus"), Sadie Emmons (as "Antonia/Alberto/Captain of the Patrol/Chorus"), Lotta Faust (as "Tryxie Tryffle"), George Fields (as "Golfman/Leo"), Miss Fisher (as "Chorus"), Anna Fitzhugh (as "Tommie Top/Jean deChar/Chorus"), Emily Fulton (as "Leontine Em/Simon Slick/Chorus"), Beatrice Gilbert (as "Chorus"), Ella Gilroy (as "Bardo/Gladys Ann/Sophronia/Chorus"), Lola Gordon (as "Lavinia Loo/Chorus"), May Gunderman (as "Chorus"), Arthur Hill (as "The Cowardly Lion"), Charles Hoskins (as "Diogenes/Chorus"), F. Kelsee (as "Sophocles"), Virginia Kendall (as "Chorus"), Nellie Lane (as "Chorus"), Anna Laughlin (as "Dorothy Gale"), Edna Leach (as "Pungue DeSert/Chorus"), Anna Leslie (as "Chorus"), Stephen Maley (as "Sir Wiley Gyle"), Marie Mathey (as "Chorus"), David C. Montgomery (as "Mick Chopper"), Harold T. Morey (as "Brigadier General Riskitt"), Nellie Payne (as "Snow Queen/Claude Cliquot/Chorus"), Joseph Schrode (as "The Cow named Imogene"), Clara Selton (as "Chorus"), Fred A. Stone (as "The Scarecrow"), Charles Swain (as "Oz"), Osia Thompson (as "Alphonese Fripon/Chorus"), Helen Turner (as "Chorus"), Owen Westford (as "Pastoria II"), Helen Wilton (as "Chorus"), Elizabeth Young (as "Aileen Nance/Peter Pop/Chorus"), George Young (as "Chorus"), Laura Young (as "Chorus"). Produced by Fred R. Hamlin. Note: There were numerous silent film adaptions (many with screenplays written by L. Frank Baum who would eventually form a film production company to produce film adaptions of his 'Oz' and other works) not specific to the play itself, beginning with The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) produced by The Radio Play Company of America [although officially distributed by Selig Polyscope Company this was as a live travelogue presentation by Mr. Baum, reportedly only seen in two cities], by The Selig Polyscope Company as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) [scenario by Otis Turner and starring Bebe Daniels as Dorothy Gale), by The Selig Polyscope Company as Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz (1910), by Oz Film Manufacturing Company, The, Selig Polyscope Company as The Land of Oz (1910), by The Oz Film Manufacturing Company [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) and by The Oz Film Manufacturing Company [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914), by Chadwick Pictures Corporation as The Wizard of Oz (1925), by The Meglin Kiddies, United Productions as The Land of Oz, a Sequel to the 'Wizard of Oz' (1932), by Film Laboratories of Canada as The Wizard of Oz (1933) [short subject], by The Freshmen Women, The University of Michigan League as Oz University (1936) [short subject], and most famously and, again not specifically derived from the play, filmed by MGM as _The Wizard of Oz (1939) (20 years after Baum's death), and by Walt Disney Pictures, Roth Films as Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).
- (1905) Stage Play: Wonderland. Musical/fantasy. Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Glen MacDonough. Based on "The Dancing Princess" by The Brothers Grimm. Lyrics by Glen MacDonough. Music orchestrated by Victor Herbert. Musical Director: Carl Styx. Scenic Design by John H. Young and Edward G. Unitt. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Majestic Theatre: 24 Oct 1905- 23 Dec 1905 (73 performances). Cast: Adolida Ackland (as "Chorus"), Lillian Allen (as "Chorus"), Aimee Angeles (as "Gladys"), Georgia Baron (as "Orlando"), Charles Barry (as "Captain Montague Blue"), Gertrude Barthold (as "Chorus"), Louise Burpee (as "Lothario"), Madge Burpee (as "Giovanni"), Jean Cameron (as "Chorus"), Helen Chadwick (as "Chorus"), Sam Chip (as "Dr. Fax"), Eva Davenport (as "Phyllis"), Lillian Devere (as "Chorus/Monitor"), Ethel Donaldson (as "Chorus"), Lucille Eagen (as "Marjorie"), Alice Eis (as "Meg"), Sadie Emmons (as "Paolo"), Lotta Faust (as "Hildegarde Figgers Fax"), Marie Franklin (as "Romeo"), Rose Fredricks (as "Bassanio"), Emily Fulton (as "Margaret"), Ada Gordon (as "Chorus"), Adele Gordon (as "Madge"), Hulda Halvers (as "Gertrude"), James C. Harris (as "Rollo"), May Hickey (as "Chorus"), Helen Hilton (as "Marguerite"), Katherine Howland (as "Antony"), Sue Kelleher (as "Margot"), Eugene Kelly (as "Rollo"), May Leslie (as "Monitor/Chorus"), Phoebe Loubet (as "Margherita"), Flora Madison (as "Chorus"), Maurie Madison (as "Chorus"), Eleanor Mansfield (as "Chorus"), J.C. Marlowe (as "King of Hearts"), William McCaniels (as "Chief of Gendarmes"), George McKay (as "James the Stoker"), Doris Mitchell (as "Leander"), Mabel Mordaunt (as "Chorus"), Lillian Raymond (as "Chorus"), Bessie Skeer (as "Chorus"), Leila Smith (as "Chorus"), Jean Ward (as "Chorus"), Pauline Winters (as "Chorus"), Minnie Woodbury (as "Maggie"), Bessie Wynn (as "Prince Fortunio"). Produced by Julian Mitchell.
- (1906) Stage Play: About Town. Musical revue. Music by Melville Ellis and Raymond Hubbell. Book by Joseph Herbert. Lyrics by Joseph Herbert; Musical Director: William E. MacQuinn. Additional numbers by Jack Norworth, Albert von Tilzer, Will D. Cobb and Gus Edwards. Additional lyrics by Addison Burkhard. Scenic Design by Arthur Voegtlin, Edward G. Unitt and Homer Emens. Costume Design by Carolyne Siedel and Mrs. Robert Osborn. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Herald Square Theatre: 30 Aug 1906- 10 Nov 1906 985 performances). Cast: George Beban, Coralie Blythe, Vernon Castle (as "Viscomte Martino"), Mattie Chapin, Louise Allen Collier, Della Connor, Lynn D'Arcy, Elsie Davis, Lillian Devere (as "Chorus"), George Dill, Ida Doerge, Richard Dolliver (as "Policeman/Chorus"), Louise Dresser (as "Gertie Gibson"), Ruthita Field, Lew Fields (as "Baron Blitz"), Harry Fisher, Ray Gilmore, Lawrence Grossmith (as "The Duke of Slushington"), Lillian Harris, Joseph Herbert (as "Laird o' Findon Haddock/Count Sherri"), May Hickey, Viola Hopkins, Edna Wallace Hopper, Jack Laughlin, May Leslie, Freda Linyard, Loretta MacDonald, Little Major, Edith Ethel McBride, Gertrude Moyer, Jane Murray, Mae Murray (as "Chorus") [Broadway debut], Jack Norworth (as "Jack Doty"), Elita Proctor Otis, Homer Potts, Lillian Raymond, John Reinhard, Jessie Richmond, George Schraeder, Joseph Schrode, Topsy Siegrist, Bessie Skeer, Cecil Summers, Marion Whitney, Gladys Zell. Produced by Lew Fields.
- The Great Decide (1906). Musical burlesque.
- About Town (1906). (Return engagement).
- The Girl Behind the Counter (1907). Musical comedy.
- Miss Innocence (1908). Musical extravaganza. Music by Ludwig Englander. Based on material by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Featuring songs by Egbert Van Alstyne. Featuring songs with lyrics by Harry Williams. Featuring "My Post Card Girl" by Louis A. Hirsch and Addison Burkhard. Featuring "I'm Learning Something Every Day" by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. Featuring "I Have Lost My Little Brown Bear" by J. Rosamond Johnson and Bob Cole. Featuring "I'm Crazy When the Band Begins to Play" by Jean Schwartz and William Jerome. Featuring "What Kind of a Wife to Choose" by Gus Edwards. Musical Director: Frank Darling. Produced under the direction of Julian Mitchell. Note: Production revived at The New York Theatre: 30 Nov 1908- 1 May 1909 (176 performances). Cast: Charles A. Bigelow, Edith Decker, Lawrence D'Orsay (as "Captain, The Hon. Roland Fitzmaurice Montjoy of the First Life Guards"), Eva Francis, Anna Held (as "Anna/Miss Innocence"), Emma Janvier, Shirley Kellogg, Lillian Lorraine, Edith St. Clair, Florence Walton, Gladys Zell, Charles Barry, James Barry, Edna Birch, Bertha Blake, Martha Bright, John S. Brush, Miss Burns, Daisy Carson, Edna Chase, Daisy Clark, James Clyde, Miss Davies, Edna Dodsworth, Ethel Donaldson, Faico, Alfred Fairbrother, Miss Fennell, Dorothy Follies, William Gammage, Robert Paton Gibbs (as "The Duke of Pomerania"), Mayble Gilmore, Elise Hamilton, Josephine Harriman, F. Stanton Heck, Maurice Hegeman, May Hopkins, Vonnie Hoyt, Violet Jewell, La Flamencia, Beatrice Learwood, Ruby Lewis, Lionel Lozier, Miss MacDonald, Selma Mantell, Leo Mars, Virginia Marshall, Dudley Oatman, Mae Paul, Grace Rankin, Alfred Rinehart, Pierre Roudil, Daisy Rudd, Mabel Snyder, Madlyn Summers, Peter Swift, Reina Swift, Lottie Vernon, Grace Washburn, John Wentzel, Blanche West, Vida Whitmore, Marion Whitney, Lillian Wiggins, May Willard, Anna C. Wilson, Ernest Wood, John A. Young. Replacement actors during run: Millie Baker (as "Ella Lee"), Lillian Devere (as "Carita"), Beatrice Gladstone (as "Zolo"), Camille Langhorne (as "Zarza"), Eunice Mackey (as "Marie"), Myrtle Marsh (as "Gabrielle"), Marie Merwin (as "Eugenie"), Max Scheck (as "An American"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1917) Stage Play: Love o' Mike. Musical comedy. Book by Thomas Sydney. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Musical Director: Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Costume Design by Faibsey. Scenic Design by Robert McQuinn. Directed by J.H. Benrimo. Shubert Theatre (moved to Maxine Elliott's Theatre from 19 Mar 1917- 30 Jun 1917, then moved to The Casino Theatre from 27 Aug 1917 to close): 15 Jan 1917- 29 Sep 1917 (233 performances). Cast: George Baldwin, Jack Bohn, Helen Clarke, Lillian Devere (as "Mrs. Schmaltz") [final Broadway role], Alan Edwards, Luella Gear (as "Luella"), Gloria Goodwin, Rollin Grimes Jr., Lawrence Grossmith (as "Captain Lord Michael Kildare"), George Hassell, Annie Lydiate, Allison McBain, Molly McIntyre, Leone Morgan, Hilda Pentland, Donald Roberts, Katherine Rogers, Quentin Todd, Clifton Webb (as "Alonzo Bird"), Vivian Wessell, Peggy Wood (as "Peggy"). Produced by Elisabeth Marbury and Lee Shubert.
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