Charles Frohman: Manager and Man
Chapter 29
_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