Rollo's Wild Oat
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Written by | Clare Kummer |
Date premiered | 23 November 1920 |
Place premiered | Punch and Judy Theatre, 49th St., New York |
Original language | English |
Rollo's Wild Oat is a 1920 comedic play by Clare Kummer.
Background
The play first had some tryout runs, including in upstate New York[1][2] and Philadelphia in January-February 1920,[3] but a middling reception delayed a planned Broadway debut. Originally slated for the Selwyns, they lost confidence in it and gave it up, and Kummer decided to finance it herself.[4]
The play debuted at the smaller venue 300 seat Punch and Judy Theatre on Broadway on November 23, 1920. It was a decent success and ran into June 1921 for a total run of 228 performances.[5]
Critic
The play was popular in stock productions into the 1940s.[7] The Metropolitan Playhouse put on a revival of the play in 2014.[11]
Original Broadway cast
In order of appearance
- Ivan Simpson as Hewston
- Marjorie Kummer as Lydia
- Roland Young as Rollo Webster
- Dore Davidson as Mr. Stein
- Lotus Robb as Goldie MacDuff
- Edythe Tressider as Mrs. Park Gales
- J. Palmer Collins as Whortley Camperdown
- Manuel A. Alexander as Thomas Skitterling
- Stanley Howlett as George Lucus
- Grace Peters as Aunt Lane
- J.M. Kerriganas Horatio Webster
- Elinor Cox as Bella
Kummer's daughter Marjorie was in the cast, in her stage debut.[9] She married her castmate Roland Young in 1921.[12]
References
- ^ (23 January 1920). "Rollo's Wild Oats" (sic), Fayetteville Bulletin
- ^ (5 February 1920). Stage and Screen Personalities, The Argus (Albany, New York)
- ^ New Kummer Play Has Sparkling Lines, Evening Public Ledger, p. 13 col 2.
- ^ Mantle, Burns (5 December 1920). Add "Rollo's Wild Oat" to List of Kummer Successes, Omaha Daily Bee
- ^ Rollo's Wild Oat, Hearst's (May? 1921)
- ^ Mantle, Burns, ed. The Best Plays of 1920-21, p. 7 (1921)
- ^ a b Bordman, Gerald and Thomas S. Hischak. The Concise Oxford Companion to American Theatre, 3d ed., p. 537(2004)
- ^ (24 November 1920). Keen Delight in The Newest Play Of Miss Kummer, New York Tribune
- ^ a b (24 November 1920). Rollo's Wild Oat Has Suggestions of Amateur Play, New York Herald
- ^ Darnton, Charles (24 November 1920). The New Plays: "Rollo's Wild Oat" A Rare Comedy Treat, Evening World
- ^ Soloski, Alexis (2 December 2014). Rich Guy Buys Stage Role, The New York Times
- ^ (7 February 1921). Roland Young and Clare Kummer's Daughter Married, New York Herald
External links
- Rollo's Wild Oat at the Internet Broadway Database
- Rollo's Wild Oat: A Comedy In Three Acts (1922 Samuel French, via Google Books)
- Rollo's Wild Oat public domain audiobook at LibriVox