Charles Frohman: Manager and Man

Chapter 29

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_The Morals of Marcus_ November 18 Criterion (Marie Doro)

_The Toymaker of Nuremberg_ November 25 Garrick

_Her Sister_ (Ethel Barrymore) December 25 Hudson

_Miss Hook of Holland_ December 31 Criterion (Thomas Wise)

_1908_

_The Jesters_ (Maude Adams) January 13 Empire

_Twenty Days in the Shade_ January 20 Savoy (Pauline Frederick and Richard Bennett)

_The Honor of the Family_ February 17 Hudson (Otis Skinner)

_The Irish Players_ February 17 Savoy

_Father and the Boys_ (W. H. Crane) March 2 Empire

_Toddles_ (John Barrymore) March 16 Garrick

_Love Watches_ (Billie Burke) August 27 Lyceum

_The Mollusc_ September 2 Garrick (Alexandra Carlisle and Joseph Coyne)

_The Girls of Gottenberg_ September 2 Knickerbocker (Gertie Millar)

_Diana of Bobson's_ September 5 Savoy (Carlotta Nilsson)

_Fluffy Ruffles_ (Hattie Williams) September 7 Criterion

_Jack Straw_ (John Drew) September 14 Empire

_Miss Hook of Holland_ October 2 Albany (Frank Daniels)

_Samson_ (William Gillette) October 19 Criterion

_Lady Frederick_ (Ethel Barrymore) November 9 Hudson

_The Patriot_ (William Collier) November 23 Garrick

The Sicilian Players November 23 Broadway

_What Every Woman Knows_ December 23 Empire (Maude Adams)

_1909_

_Kitty Grey_ (G. P. Huntley) January 25 New Amsterdam

_The Richest Girl_ (Marie Doro) March 1 Criterion

_An Englishman's Home_ March 23 Criterion

_The Happy Marriage_ April 12 Garrick (Doris Keane and Edwin Arden)

_The Mollusc_ June 7 Empire (Sir Charles Wyndham and Mary Moore)

Isadora Duncan in Classical Dances August 18 Criterion

_Detective Sparkes_ August 23 Garrick (Hattie Williams)

_Arsene Lupin_ (William Courtnay) August 26 Lyceum

_The Flag Lieutenant_ August 30 Criterion (Bruce McRae)

_The Dollar Princess_ September 6 Knickerbocker (Donald Brian)

_Inconstant George_ (John Drew) September 20 Empire

_Samson_ (James K. Hackett) October 1 Atlantic City

_The Harvest Moon_ (George Nash) October 15 Garrick

_Israel_ (Constance Collier) October 25 Criterion

_A Builder of Bridges_ October 26 Hudson (Kyrle Bellew)

_Penelope_ (Marie Tempest) December 13 Lyceum

_The Bachelor's Baby_ December 27 Criterion (Francis Wilson)

_Fires of Fate_ December 28 Liberty

_1910_

_Your Humble Servant_ January 3 Garrick (Otis Skinner)

_The Arcadians_ (Julia Sanderson) January 17 Liberty

_A Lucky Star_ (William Collier) January 18 Hudson

_Mrs. Dot_ (Billie Burke) January 24 Lyceum

_Mid-Channel_ (Ethel Barrymore) January 31 Empire

_Caste_ April 25 Empire (Marie Tempest, Elsie Ferguson, G. P. Huntley, Edwin Arden)

_Love Among the Lions_ August 8 Garrick (A. E. Matthews)

_The Brass Bottle_ August 11 Lyceum

_Our Miss Gibbs_ (Pauline Chase) August 29 Knickerbocker

_Smith_ (John Drew) September 5 Empire

_Decorating Clementine_ September 19 Lyceum (Hattie Williams and G. P. Huntley)

_A Thief in the Night_ September 30 Atlantic City (Marie Tempest)

_The Scandal_ (Kyrle Bellew) October 17 Garrick

_Electricity_ (Marie Doro) October 31 Lyceum

_Raffles_ (Kyrle Bellew) November 1 Garrick

_The Speckled Band_ November 21 Garrick (Edwin Stevens)

_The Foolish Virgin_ December 19 Knickerbocker (Mrs. Patrick Campbell)

_Suzanne_ (Billie Burke) December 26 Lyceum

_United States Minister Bedloe_ December 28 Trenton, N. J. (W. H. Crane)

_1911_

_The Philosopher in the Apple Orchard_ (Billie Burke) January 20 Lyceum

_Chantecler_ (Maude Adams) January 23 Knickerbocker

_Sire_ (Otis Skinner) January 24 Criterion

_The Twelve-Pound Look_ February 13 Empire (Ethel Barrymore)

_The Zebra_ February 13 Garrick

William Gillette in Repertory March 13 Empire

_The Siren_ (Donald Brian) August 28 Knickerbocker

_A Single Man_ (John Drew) September 4 Empire

_The Mollusc_ (Kyrle Bellew) September 11 Buffalo

_Passers-By_ (Richard Bennett) September 14 Criterion

_The Other Mary_ September 21 Utica (Madame Nazimova)

_The Runaway_ (Billie Burke) October 9 Lyceum

_The Butterfly on the Wheel_ October 26 Atlantic City (Marie Doro)

_The Marionettes_ December 3 Lyceum (Madame Nazimova)

_The Witness for the Defense_ December 4 Empire (Ethel Barrymore)

_Kismet_--with Klaw & Erlanger December 25 Knickerbocker (Otis Skinner)

_1912_

_A Slice of Life_ January 29 Empire (Ethel Barrymore, Hattie Williams, and John Barrymore)

_Lady Patricia_ (Mrs. Fiske) February 26 Empire

_Preserving Mr. Panmure_ February 27 Lyceum (Gertrude Elliott)

_Oliver Twist_ March 25 Empire (Nat C. Goodwin, Marie Doro, Constance Collier, and Lyn Harding)

_The Girl from Montmartre_ August 5 Criterion (Hattie Williams and Richard Carle)

_The Model_ (William Courtleigh) August 31 Harris

_The Perplexed Husband_ September 2 Empire (John Drew)

_Mind the Paint Girl_ (Billie Burke) September 9 Lyceum

_Passers-by_ (Charles Cherry) September 19 Utica

_The Attack_ (John Mason) September 23 Garrick

_Bella Donna_ (Madame Nazimova) November 11 Empire

_The Conspiracy_ (John Emerson) December 23 Garrick

_1913_

_The Spy_ (Edith Wynne Mathison) January 13 Empire

_The New Secretary_ January 27 Lyceum (Marie Doro and Charles Cherry)

_The Sunshine Girl_ February 3 Knickerbocker (Julia Sanderson)

_Liberty Hall_ (John Mason) March 11 Empire

_The Witness for the Defense_ March 27 Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (Blanche Bates)

_The Amazons_ (Billie Burke) April 28 Empire

_The Doll Girl_ August 23 Globe (Hattie Williams and Richard Carle)

_Much Ado About Nothing_ September 1 Empire (John Drew)

_Who's Who?_ (William Collier) September 15 Criterion

_The Marriage Market_ September 22 Knickerbocker (Donald Brian)

_The Will_ (John Drew) September 29 Empire

_The Tyranny of Tears_ (John Drew) September 29 Empire

_The Younger Generation_ September 29 Lyceum

_Half an Hour_ (Grace George) September 29 Lyceum

_The Dramatists Get What They Want_ October 12 Globe (Williams and Carle)

_Indian Summer_ (John Mason) October 27 Criterion

_Tante_ (Ethel Barrymore) October 28 Empire

_The Land of Promise_ (Billie Burke) December 25 Lyceum

_1914_

_A Little Water on the Side_ January 5 Hudson (William Collier)

_The Legend of Leonora_ January 5 Empire (Maude Adams)

_Half an Hour_ (Blanche Bates) January 25 Vaudeville

_The Laughing Husband_ February 2 Knickerbocker (Curtice Pounds)

_Jerry_ (Billie Burke) March 30 Lyceum

_A Scrap of Paper_ May 11 Empire (Ethel Barrymore and John Drew)

_The Girl from Utah_ August 24 Knickerbocker (Julia Sanderson, Donald Brian, and Joseph Cawthorn)

_A Slice of Life_ September 6 Vaudeville (Richard Carle and Hattie Williams)

_The Prodigal Husband_ (John Drew) September 7 Empire

_The Beautiful Adventure_ September 7 Lyceum (Charles Cherry, Ann Murdock, and Mrs. Thomas Whiffen)

_The Heart of a Thief_ October 5 Hudson (Martha Hedman)

_Rosalind_ (Maude Adams) October 12 Syracuse

_Diplomacy_ October 19 Empire (William Gillette, Blanche Bates, and Marie Doro)

_The Ladies' Shakespeare_ October 26 Hamilton, Ont. (Maude Adams)

_The Song of Songs_ October 29 Atlantic City

_Outcast_--with Klaw & Erlanger November 2 Lyceum (Elsie Ferguson)

_Driven_ (Alexandra Carlisle) December 14 Empire

_The Silent Voice_ (Otis Skinner) December 29 Liberty

_1915_

_Rosemary_ (John Drew) January 11 Empire

_The Shadow_ (Ethel Barrymore) January 25 Empire

_A Girl of To-day_ (Ann Murdock) February 8 Washington

_A Celebrated Case_ --with David Belasco April 7 Empire (Nat C. Goodwin, Ann Murdock, Otis Skinner, Helen Ware, Florence Reed, and Robert Warwick)

_The Hyphen_ April 19 Knickerbocker (W. H. Thompson and Gail Kane)

The following productions were arranged by Charles Frohman before he sailed on the

_Lusitania_ and were staged, just as he planned them, after his death:

_1915_

_The Duke of Killiecrankie and Rosalind_ (Marie Tempest) September 6 Lyceum

_Grumpy_ (Cyril Maude) September 13 Empire

_Sherlock Holmes_ (William Gillette) October 11 Empire

_Our Mrs. McChesney_ October 19 Lyceum (Ethel Barrymore)

_Secret Service_ (William Gillette) November 8 Empire

_The Chief_ (John Drew) November 22 Empire

_Peter Pan_ (Maude Adams) December 22 Empire

_Cock o' the Walk_ (Otis Skinner) December 27 Cohan

_1916_

_Sibyl_ January 10 Liberty (Julia Sanderson, Donald Brian, and Joseph Cawthorn)

_The Little Minister_ January 11 Empire (Maude Adams)

_Margaret Schiller_ --with Klaw & Erlanger --(Elsie Ferguson) January 31 New Amsterdam

_The Heart of Wetona_ --with David Belasco February 29 Lyceum

II

PRODUCTIONS IN ENGLAND

The following is the complete list of productions made by Charles Frohman in England, either alone or in collaboration with other managers, such as the Gattis, George Edwardes, Seymour Hicks, Sir Charles Wyndham, David Belasco, and Arthur Bourchier:

_1892_

PLAY DATE THEATER

_The Lost Paradise_ December 22 Adelphi

_1896_

_A Night Out_ April 29 Vaudeville

_1897_

_My Friend the Prince_ February 13 Garrick

_Secret Service_ (William Gillette) May 15 Adelphi

_Never Again_ October 11 Vaudeville

_1898_

_The Heart of Maryland_ April 8 Adelphi (Mrs. Leslie Carter)

_Too Much Johnson_ April 19 Garrick

_Sue_ June 10 Garrick

_Adventures of Lady Ursula_ October 11 Duke of York's

_On and Off_ December 1 Vaudeville

_1899_

_My Daughter-in-Law_ September 27 Criterion

_The Christian_ October 16 Duke of York's

_Miss Hobbs_ December 18 Duke of York's

_1900_

_The Masked Ball_ January 6 Criterion

_Zaza_ (Mrs. Leslie Carter) April 16 Garrick

_Madame Butterfly_ April 28 Duke of York's

_Kitty Grey_ September 7 Apollo

_Self and Lady_ September 19 Vaudeville

_The Lackey's Carnival_ September 28 Duke of York's

_The Swashbuckler_ November 17 Duke of York's

_Alice in Wonderland_ December 19 Vaudeville

_1901_

_The Girl from Up There_ (Edna May) April 23 Duke of York's

_Sweet and Twenty_ April 24 Vaudeville

_Sherlock Holmes_ September 9 Lyceum

_Are You a Mason?_ September 12 Shaftesbury

_Bluebell in Fairyland_ December 8 Vaudeville

_1902_

_The Twin Sister_ January 1 Duke of York's

_The Girl from Maxim's_ March 20 Criterion

_All on Account of Eliza_ April 3 Shaftesbury

_Three Little Maids_ (Edna May) May 10 Apollo

_The Marriage of Kitty_ August 19 Duke of York's

_Quality Street_ September 17 Vaudeville

_1903_

_The School Girl_ (Edna May) May 9 Duke of York's

_Billy's Little Love Affair_ September 2 Criterion

_Little Mary_ September 24 Wyndham's

_Letty_ October 8 Duke of York's

_The Cherry Girl_ December 21 Vaudeville

_Madame Sherry_ December 23 Apollo

_1904_

_Love in a Cottage_ January 27 Terry's

_Captain Dieppe_ February 15 Duke of York's

_The Duke of Killiecrankie_ January 20 Criterion

_The Rich Mrs. Repton_ April 20 Duke of York's

_Cynthia_ May 16 Wyndham's

_Merely Mary Ann_ September 8 Duke of York's

_The Catch of the Season_ September 9 Vaudeville

_The Wife Without a Smile_ October 12 Wyndham's

_The Freedom of Suzanne_ November 15 Criterion

_Peter Pan_ December 27 Duke of York's

_1905_

_The Lady of Leeds_ February 9 Wyndham's

_Alice Sit By The Fire_ April 5 Duke of York's

_Leah Kleschna_ May 2 New

_The Dictator_ (William Collier) May 3 Comedy

_Clarice_ September 13 Duke of York's

_On the Quiet_ (William Collier) September 27 Comedy

_The Mountain Climber_ November 21 Comedy

_1906_

_The Alabaster Staircase_ February 21 Comedy

_All of a Sudden Peggy_ February 27 Duke of York's

_The Beauty of Bath_ March 19 Aldwych

_Punch and Josephine_ April 5 Comedy

_The Belle of Mayfair_ (Edna May) April 11 Vaudeville

_Fascinating Mr. Vandervelt_ April 26 Garrick

_Raffles_ May 12 Comedy

_The Lion and the Mouse_ May 22 Duke of York's

_Toddles_ December 3 Duke of York's

_1907_

_Nelly Neil_ (Edna May) January 10 Aldwych

_My Darling_ March 2 Hicks'

_The Great Conspiracy_ March 4 Duke of York's

_The Truth_ April 6 Comedy

_Brewster's Millions_ May 1 Hicks'

_The Hypocrites_ August 27 Hicks'

_The Barrier_ October 10 Comedy

_Miquette_ October 26 Duke of York's

_Angela_ December 4 Comedy

_1908_

_Lady Barbarity_ February 27 Comedy

_The Admirable Crichton_ March 2 Duke of York's

_A Waltz Dream_ March 7 Hicks'

_Mrs. Dot_ April 27 Comedy

_What Every Woman Knows_ September 3 Duke of York's

_Paid in Full_ September 26 Aldwych

_Sir Anthony_ November 28 Wyndham's

_1909_

_Penelope_ January 9 Comedy

_Samson_ February 3 Garrick

_The Dashing Little Duke_ February 17 Hicks'

_Strife_ March 29 Duke of York's

_Bevis_ April 1 Haymarket

_Love Watches_ May 11 Haymarket

_Arsene Lupin_ August 30 Duke of York's

_Madame X_ September 1 Globe

_The Great Divide_ September 15 Adelphi

_Smith_ September 30 Comedy

_A Servant in the House_ October 25 Adelphi

_Great Mrs. Alloway_ November 1 Globe

_1910_

_Justice_ February 21 Duke of York's

_Misalliance_ February 23 Duke of York's

_The Tenth Man_ February 24 Globe

_Old Friends_ March 1 Duke of York's

_The Sentimentalists_ March 1 Duke of York's

_Madras House_ March 9 Duke of York's

_Trelawney of the Wells_ April 5 Duke of York's

_The Twelve-Pound Look_ May 3 Duke of York's

_Helena's Path_ May 3 Duke of York's

_Parasites_ May 5 Garrick

_Chains_ May 17 Duke of York's

_Alias_ Jimmy Valentine June 7 Comedy

_A Slice of Life_ June 7 Duke of York's

_A Bolt from the Blue_ September 6 Duke of York's

_A Woman's Way_ September 14 Comedy

_Grace_ October 15 Duke of York's

_Decorating Clementine_ November 28 Globe

_1911_

_Preserving Mr. Panmure_ January 19 Comedy

_Loaves and Fishes_ February 24 Duke of York's

_The Concert_ August 28 Duke of York's

_Dad_ November 4 Playhouse

_1912_

_Mind the Paint Girl_ February 17 Duke of York's

_The Amazons_ June 14 Duke of York's

_Rosalind_ October 14 Duke of York's

_Widow of Wasdale Head_ October 14 Duke of York's

_Overruled_ October 14 Duke of York's

_1913_

_The Adored One_ September 4 Duke of York's

_The Will_ September 4 Duke of York's

_Years of Discretion_ September 8 Globe

_1914_

_The Land of Promise_ February 28 Duke of York's

_The Little Minister_ September 3 Duke of York's

_1915_

_Rosy Rapture_ March 22 Duke of York's

_The New Word_ March 22 Duke of York's

III

Charles Frohman's productions in Paris were these:

_Secret Service_ May 25, 1900 Theatre Renaissance

_Peter Pan_ June 1, 1909 Vaudeville

_Peter Pan_ June 2, 1910 Vaudeville