The Girl in the Taxi (play)
The Girl in the Taxi | |
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Music | Benjamin Hapgood Burt |
Lyrics | Benjamin Hapgood Burt |
Book | Stanislaus Stange |
Basis | Le Fils à papa |
Premiere | January 16, 1910Cort Theatre, Chicago : |
The Girl in the Taxi is a three-act
Albert H. Woods and directed by Carter DeHaven
; the latter of whom also performed the role of Bertie Stewart.
Cast and characters
The characters and cast from the Broadway production are given below:[1]
Character | Cast |
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Mariette | Jeannette Bageard |
Mary Peters | Fremont Benton |
John Stewart | Frederick Bond |
Policeman | Joseph Clark |
Percy Peters | Morgan Coman |
Bertie Stewart | Carter De Haven |
Walter Watson | Frank Farrington |
Alexis | Max Freeman |
Frederick Smith | John Glendinning |
Mignon | Laura Guerite |
Dr. Paul | Clifford Heckinger |
Clara Stewart | Jessie Millward |
Emile | Jerome Nelson |
Rosie | Katherine Smythe |
Mademoiselle Irma | Grace Walton |
History
Antony Mars and Maurice Desvallières wrote Le Fils à papa, a three-act French comedy, in 1906. In early 1910, English-American author Stanislaus Stange adapted the play into an English-language musical comedy with songs by composer Benjamin Hapgood Burt.[a] Stange's adaptation premiered at the Cort Theatre in Chicago on January 16, 1910.[2] After running in Chicago and Boston, The Girl in the Taxi appeared on Broadway at the Astor Theatre on October 24, 1910.[1] It played there for six weeks with 48 performances.[3]
Notes
- ^ Also in 1910, Le Fils à papa was separately adapted by Jean Gilbert into a German operetta called Die keusche Susanne (Chaste Susanne). In 1912, Frederick Fenn and Arthur Wimperis adapted the operetta to English as a musical, which was also called The Girl in the Taxi. In 1913, Mars and Desvallières adapted the operetta back into French as La chaste Suzanne.
References
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 978-0-4159-3704-7.