- (1900 - 1910) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1900) Stage Play: The Casino Girl. Musical comedy. Music by Ludwig Englander, Will Marion Cook, Harry T. MacConnell and Arthur Nevin. Book by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Ludwig Englander, Will Marion Cook [earliest Broadway credit], Harry T. MacConnell and Arthur Nevin. Casino Theatre: 19 Mar 1900- 9 Jun 1900 (105 performances). Cast: Paula Allen, Belle Armstrong, Katherine Bartlett, Irene Bentley, Sam Bernard, Eleanor Burns, Minnie Cline, Sam Collins, Blanche Cramer, Susie Drake, Virginia Earle, Geraldine Fair, Lotta Faust, James A. Furey, Mayme Gehrue, Helene Gerard, Mabelle Gilman, Albert Hart, Clement Herschell, Jessie Jordan, Emma Lennox, Louise Lloyd, Martha Marlowe, James McQuaid, Goldie Mohr, Agnes Pave, Carrie E. Perkins, Adelaide Phillips, Ruby Reid, Elizabeth Ryker, George A. Schiller, Clara Selton, Lillian Smiles, Ella Snyder, Vina Snyder, Louis Wesley, Jessie Wood, Annie Wynn. Produced by George W. Lederer.
- (1900) Stage Play: Sons of Ham. Musical comedy.
- (1901) Stage Play: The Casino Girl. Musical comedy (revival).
- (1901) Stage Play: Sons of Ham. Musical comedy (revival).
- (1902) Stage Play: The Wild Rose. Musical comedy. Music by Ludwig Englander. Book by Harry B. Smith and George V. Hobart. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith and George V. Hobart. Musical Director: Frederic Solomon. Featuring songs with lyrics by William H. Penn, Ren Shields [earliest Broadway credit] and Clifton Crawford. Additional lyrics by William Jerome, Junie McCree, Cecil Mack, John Gilroy and Vincent Bryan. Additional music by Harry Linton, Will Marion Cook, Harry von Tilzer, Ben Jerome, Melville Ellis and Jean Schwartz. Scenic Design by D. Frank Dodge. Costume Design by Caroline Seidle. Dances arranged by Adolph Neuberger. Directed by George W. Lederer. Knickerbocker Theatre: 5 May 1902- 30 Aug 1902 (136 performances). Cast: Madge Adae (as "Diane D'Ivry"), Marion Alexander (as "La Boulotte"), George Ali (as "Baby"), Neva Aymer (as "Michelline"), Theresa Barron (as "Lena"), David Bennett (as "Lieutenant Marcel de Talleyrand-Perigord"), Irene Bentley (as "Rose Romany"), Irene Bishop (as "Fanchonette"), William Wallace Black (as "Count von Lahn/Scipio"), Minna Blackman (as "Lisa"), Madge Brooks (as "La Radieuse"), Marie Cahill (as "Vera von Lahn"), Viola Carlstedt (as "Lieutenant Goetz"), Marguerite Clark (as "Lieutenant Gaston Gardennes"), Ma Belle Davis (as "Cigale"), Louise De Rigney (as "Lieutenant Bourbon"), Belva Don Kersley (as "Germinie"), Teddie DuCoe (as "Gretchen"), Elsie Ferguson (as "Philomele"), Evelyn Florence (as "Vashti"), Mazie Follette (as "Petite Singe"), Edwin Foy (as "Paracelsus Noodles"), Ida Gabrielle (as "Rafael"), Archie Guerin (as "Fritz"), Averell Harris (as "Lieutenant Walther"), Albert Hart (as "Mahomet"), Charles Hooker (as "Lieutenant Pierre de Rastignac"), Helga Howard (as "Beppo"), Ethel Jewett (as "La Joyeuse"), Louis Kelso (as "Lieutenant Henri St. Bris"), Elba Kenny (as "Lieutenant Charlevoix"), Richard Lambert (as "Major Hauptmann"), V.H. Lee (as "Lieutenant Conrad"), David Lythgoe (as "Rudolph von Walden"), Hazel Manchester (as "Barbara"), Madge Marston (as "Eve Bonheur"), Junie McCree (as "Victor Hugo de Brie"), Rube Miller (as "Lieutenant Franz von Richter"), Charles Morton (as "Lieutenant Leopold"), E.H. O'Connor (as "Aristotle"), Carrie E. Perkins (as "Mirabel"), Nina Randall (as "La Rouleuse"), Mollie Sherwood (as "Rosalie"), Maida Van Buren (as "Rigolette"), Mai Walker (as "Lieutenant Drachenfels"). Produced by George W. Lederer.
- (1903) Stage Play: In Dahomey. Musical/farce.
- (1903) Stage Play: The Girl from Dixie. Musical comedy.
- (1904) Stage Play: The Southerners. Musical comedy. Music by Will Marion Cook. Book by Will Mercer and Richard Grant. Lyrics by Will Mercer and Richard Grant. Musical Director: Antonio DeNovellis. Featuring songs by Egbert Van Alstyne. Featuring songs with lyrics by R.C. MacPherson, Harry Williams, Harry B. Smith and Will Marion Cook. Choreographed by Joseph C. Smith. Directed by George W. Lederer. New York Theatre: 23 May 1904- 25 Jun 1904 (36 performances). Cast: Florence Arkell (as "Lily"), Wilmer Bentley (as "Colonel Maximilian Easy"), William Wallace Black (as "Colonel Maximilian Easy"), Hattie Burdell (as "Louisiana"), Irene Cameron (as "Pansy"), Vinie Daly (as "Parthenia"), Ethel Davies (as "Florida"), Reine Davies (as "Japonica Preston"), Mildred De Vere (as "Violet"), Paul Decker, Walter Dixon, Belva Don Kersley, Wheeler Earl (as "Sam Blossom"), Elfie Fay, Edith Girvin, William Gould, Albert Hart, Louise Lathrop, Eddie Leonard, Sallie Loomis (as "Virginia"), Junie McCree (as "Brannigan Bey"), Abbie Mitchell (as "Mandy Lou"), Charles Moore (as "Uncle Mose"), Bertyne Mortimer (as "Magnolia Preston"), Bessie Moulton (as "Georgia"), Lorraine Osborne (as "Marguerite"), Violet Pearle (as "Atlanta"), Theodore S. Peters (as "Lewis Middleton"), Ella Ray (as "Carolina"), Lillian Rice (as "Orleans"), Averta Sanchez, Cecil Somers, Joseph W. Standish, Mabel Verne, Charles Wentz. Produced by George W. Lederer.
- (1904) Stage Play: In Dahomey. Musical/farce (revival).
- (1904) Stage Play: Mrs. Black Is Back. Farce.
- (1906) Stage Play: Abyssinia. Musical comedy. Music by Will Marion Cook and Bert Williams. Book by Jesse A. Shipp and Alexander Rogers. Lyrics by Jesse A. Shipp and Alexander Rogers. Additional lyrics by Earle C. Jones. Additional music by James J. Vaughn. Musical Director: James J. Vaughn. Director of vocal music: William C. Elkins. Musical Staging by Aida Overton Walker. Directed by Alexander Rogers and Jesse A. Shipp. Majestic Theatre, (moved to The West End Theatre from 23 Apr 1906- circa. Apr 1906, then moved to The Grand Opera House 18 Aug 1906- close): 20 Feb 1906- Aug 1906 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Aline Cassel (as "Daphne"), George Catlin (as "Wong Foo"), Maggie Davis (as "Serena"), William C. Elkins (as "Hadji"), William Foster (as "Semra"), Ada Guigesse (as "Nettie"), Hattie Hopkins (as "Varinoe"), Katie Jones (as "Allamo"), J.E. Lightfoot (as "Zamish"), Hattie McIntosh Aunt Callie Parker"), Charles H. Moore (as "Elder Fowler"), Charles L. Moore (as "Omreeka"), Alexander Rogers (as "Shambal Bollasso"), Lavinia Rogers (as "Lucinda"), Annie Ross (as "Tai Tu"), Jesse A. Shipp (as "The Affa Negus Tegulet"), R. Henri Strange (as "King Menelik II"), Aida Overton Walker (as "Miriam"), George W. Walker (as "Rastus Johnson"), Bert Williams (as "Jasmine Jenkins"), Craig Williams (as "James"), Lottie Williams (as "Miss Primly"). Produced by Melville B. Raymond.
- (1908) Stage Play: Bandanna Land. Musical comedy. Music by Will Marion Cook. Book by Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers. Lyrics by Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers. Featuring "Somewhere" by Joe Jordan and Frank H. Williams. Featuring "Late Hours" by David Kempner and Bert Williams. Featuring "It's Hard to Love Somebody" by Cecil Mack and Chris Smith. Featuring "Kinky" and "When I Was Sweet Sixteen" by Mord Allen. Featuring "When I Was Sweet Sixteen" by J. Leubrie Hill. Orchestra under the direction of Will Marion Cook and James J. Vaughan. Musical numbers directed by Aida Overton. Staged by Jesse A. Shipp and Alex Rogers. Majestic Theatre: 3 Feb 1908- 18 Apr 1908 (89 performances). Cast: Abbie Mitchell Cook (as "Mandy Lou, niece of Amos"), J. Leubrie Hill (as "Sandy Turner, chairman of the corporation meeting"), Ada Rex (as "Angelina Diggs, teacher and president of the R.L.B.H. Society"), Alex Rogers (as "Amos Simmons, who owns the property that all the fuss is about"), Lavinia Rogers (as "Doc Foster, the Conjure Man"), Jesse A. Shipp (as "Mose Blackstone, a lawyer and founder of the T.S.C.R. Co."), Henry Troy (as "Mr. Collins, Secretary of the Corporation/Fred Lewis, Fountain Lewis' nephew"), Aida Overton Walker (as "Dinah Simmons, Amos' daughter"), George W. Walker (as "Bud Jenkins, Bon Bon Buddie"), Bert A. Williams (as "Skunkton Bowser, the missing heir"), Mord Allen (as "Si Springer, a janitor"), Bessie Brady (as "Amelia Green, Dinah's Schoolmate"), George Catlin (as "Jack Dimery, Uncle Apple Jack"), W.H. Chappelle (as "Sleepy Jim Harper"), Bertha Clarke (as "Cynthia, niece of Amos"), Maggie Davis (as "Julia Smothers, Dinah's Schoolmate"), Ida Day (as "Babe Brown, Dinah's Schoolmate"), Lloyd G. Gibbs (as "Deacon Sparks"), H.B. Guillaume (as "Dick Beel, on the Board"), Charles Hall (as "Jim Strode, on the Board"), Angelo Hously (as "Bill Hayden, on the Board"), Matt Hously (as "Neil Carter, on the Board"), Katie Jones (as "Becky White, a kid"), James E. Lightfoot (as "Mr. Wilson, large shareholder"), Hattie McIntosh (as "Sophie Simmons, Amos' wife"), Charles H. Moore (as "Pete Simmons, Amos' brother"), J. Francis Mores (as "Doc Foster, the Conjure Man"), Arthur Payne (as "Mr. White, on the Board"), J.P. Reed (as "Mr. Black, on the Board"), Sterling Rex (as "Mr. Jones, a large shareholder"), L.H. Saulsbury (as "Abe Milum, on the Board"), R. Henri Strange (as "Fountain Lewis, owner of the Carrolton Hotel barber shop"), G. Henry Tapley (as "Mr. Brown, on the Board"), James M. Thomas (as "Sid Morgan, on the Board"), Ada Vaughan (as "Jim Harper, Jr."), Bessie Vaughan Sue Higgins, Dinah's Schoolmate"), Marguerite Ward (as "Sis Black, a kid"), Frank H. Williams (as "Mr. Green, on the Board"). Produced by F. Ray Comstock.
- (1910) Stage Play: Ziegfeld Follies of 1910. Musical revue. Based on material by Harry B. Smith and Gus Edwards. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. Featuring songs by Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards, Ballard MacDonald, Harry Carroll, Harry B. Smith, Will Marion Cook, Ford Dabney [earliest Broadway credit], James Henry Burriss, Chris Smith, Bert Williams, Alex Rogers, William Tracy, Lewis F. Muir, Vincent Bryan, Addison Burkhard, Harry von Tilzer and Victor Holländer. Jardin de Paris: 20 Jun 1910- 3 Sep 1910 (88 performances). Cast: George Bickel, Arline Boley, Fanny Brice, Rosie Green, Elsie Hamilton, Maurice Hegeman, Vonnie Hoyt, Jacques Kruger, Lillian Lorraine, Bobby North, John Quigg, William Reeves, Hazel Robinson, Grace Tyson, Jerome Van Norden, Harry Watson, Bert Williams. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1910) Stage Play: Judy Forgot. Musical comedy. Music by Silvio Hein. Book by Avery Hopwood. Lyrics by Avery Hopwood. Musical Director: Anton Heindl. Featuring songs by Will Marion Cook and John Golden. Featuring songs with lyrics by John Golden and Andrew B. Sterling. Musical Direction by Lewis Morton. Directed by Daniel V. Arthur. Broadway Theatre: 6 Oct 1910- 12 Nov 1910 (44 performances). Cast: Bert Baker (as "John Mugg"), Emila Barnabo (as "Virginia Ellwood/Chorus"), Miss Benyusuf (as "Chorus"), Camille Buehler (as "Chorus"), Marie Cahill (as "Judy Evans"), J.B. Carson (as "Dr. Kuno Lauberscheimer"), Bessie Cottrell (as "Chorus"), Anna Ford (as "Elsa/Chorus"), Frank Gillespie (as "Chorus"), Evelyn Graham-Smith (as "Dorothy Lewis/Chorus"), Anna Hoffman (as "Fanny DeKalb/Chorus"), Ethel Johnson (as "Rosa"), Hazel Kingdon (as "Betty James/Chrous"), Gladys McNally (as "Chorus"), Helen Merest (as "Chorus"), Joseph Santley (as "Dickie Stole"), Truly Shattuck (as "Trixie Stole") [final Broadway role], Arthur Stanford (as "Freddie Evans"), May Tormey (as "Chorus"), Dottie Van Court (as "Chorus"), Annette Wilson (as "Chorus"), H.P. Woodley Francois/Chorus"), Charles Yorkshire (as "Chorus"). Produced by Daniel V. Arthur. Note: Filmed by Universal Pictures as Judy Forgot (1915) with Marie Cahill reprising her stage role.
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