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Book/Printed Material The French maid American Memory cited title: Chas. E. Evans and F. Ziegfeld, Jr., present ... The frisky English novelty in two acts entitled The French maid

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Title

  • The French maid

Other Title

  • American Memory cited title: Chas. E. Evans and F. Ziegfeld, Jr., present ... The frisky English novelty in two acts entitled The French maid

Summary

  • Columbia Theatre, absolutely fireproof. Luckett & Dwyer, lessees and managers. Chas. E. Evans and F. Ziegfeld, Jr., present the Herald Square Theatre N.Y. production of the frisky English novelty in two acts, entitled "The French Maid," with the original cast, including Charles A. Bigelow. Two hundred nights Herald Square Theatre, New York, now nearing its four hundredth performance at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. Libretto by Capt. Basil Hood, music by Walter Slaughter, and Mlle. Anna Held in her great French specialty. Produced under the direction of Mr. Augustus Sohlke. Enlarged orchestra and chorus under the direction of Mr. Will P. Brown. Ballets arranged for this production by herr Augustus Sohlke, maitre de ballet. Mlle Anna Held, the peerless little Parisienne in new specialties during the second act. New scenery by Frank Rafter and Frank Dodge.

Names

  • Bigelow, Charles A., 1862-1912
  • Evans, Charles E., 1857-1945
  • Held, Anna, 1877?-1918
  • Hood, Basil, 1864-1917
  • Rice, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1848-1924
  • Slaughter, Walter, 1860-1908
  • Sohlke, Augustus
  • Ziegfeld, Flo, 1869-1932
  • Columbia Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
  • Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1898.

Headings

  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington

Genre

  • Theater programs--1898
  • Theater programs--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Cast: Mr. Edward J. Heron, Mr. Geo. De Raplion, Mr. Matt Woodward, Mr. Hallen Mostyn, Mr. Edouard Jose, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. William Armstrong, Mr. Charles E. Sturgiss, Miss Idalene Cotton, Miss Eva Davenport, Miss Eleanor Kendall, Miss Yolande Wallace, Miss Mamie Forbes, Mr. Chas. A. Bigelow. Misses Valeria Douglas, May Toriani, Florence Pemberton, Isabelle Demar, Helen Welch, Lillian De Grosse, Wilma Gilmore, Misses Mabel McKenna, Marie Peterman, Jessie Nelson, Bessie Montgomery, Louise Hoope, Belle Lovejoy, Mabel Harte, Maud West, Jessie Nelson, Auguste Sohlke.
  • -  Columbia Theatre [Washington, D.C.], week of January 16, 1889, matinees Thursday and Saturday.
  • -  LC copy: Incomplete: [4] p. only of program.
  • -  Title devised by Library staff.
  • -  In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
  • -  Converted from American Memory Variety Stage pseudomarc
  • -  LC copy found loose in Thr. E miscellany
  • -  Thr. E/F, Box 5, folder 20

Medium

  • 1 v. (theater program).

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PN2093 .A44 1877 no. Thr. E/F

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012658401

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bigelow, Charles A, Charles E Evans, Anna Held, Basil Hood, Edward E Rice, Walter Slaughter, Augustus Sohlke, Flo Ziegfeld, Columbia Theatre, and Theater Playbills And Programs Collection. The French maid. 1898. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012658401/.

APA citation style:

Bigelow, C. A., Evans, C. E., Held, A., Hood, B., Rice, E. E., Slaughter, W. [...] Theater Playbills And Programs Collection. (1898) The French maid. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012658401/.

MLA citation style:

Bigelow, Charles A, et al. The French maid. 1898. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2012658401/>.