- (1915) Stage Play: Nobody Home. Book by Guy Bolton and Paul Rubens. Music by Jerome Kern. Based on the libretto for the English musical "Mr. Popple of Ippleton" by Joseph W. Herbert. Additional music by C.W. Murphy, Dan Lipton, Otto Motzan, Ford Dabney and James Reese Europe. Additional lyrics by Schuyler Greene, Herbert Reynolds, Lawrence Grossmith and Harry B. Smith. Musical Director: Max Hirschfeld. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Scenic Design by Elsie de Wolfe. Costume Design by Hickson Inc. and R.B. Fashion Clothes. Choreographed by Dave Bennett. Directed by J.H. Benrimo. Princess Theatre (moved to Maxine Elliott's Theatre from 7 Jun 1915- close): 20 Apr 1915- 7 Aug 1915 (135 performances). Cast: George Anderson (as "Vernon Popple"), Winifred Browne (as "Beatrice Beresford"), Theodore Buerk (as "Daggett Ramsdell"), Cleo Carter (as "Edna Esmelton"), Helen Clarke (as "Dolly Dip"), Ethel Clayton (as "Clarice Carrington"), Della Connor (as "Barmaid"), Byrd Coolsby (as "Edward Pinaud"), Marion Dale (as "Trilby Tango"), Marion Davies (as "Polly Polka"), Alice Dovey (as "Violet Brinton"), Flora Fredericks (as "Gertie Gavotte"), Lillian Gaylor (as "Veroniva Vandelier"), Tom Graves (as "An Interior Decorator" / "An Unknown"), Lester Greenwood (as "Splendor Colgate"), Lawrence Grossmith (as "Freddy Popple"), Charles Judels (as "Rolando D'Amorini"), Irving Kreuder (as "Riker Hegeman"), George Lydecker (as "Jack Kenyon"), Carl Lyle (as "Platt"), Elizabeth Moore (as "Violet Vivienne"), Helen O'Day (as "Patricia Parkington"), Maude Odell (as "Mrs. D'Amorini"), Frank Ross (as "Roger Gallet"), Adele Rowland (as "Miss Tony Miller"), Mona Sartoris (as "Hilda Hesitation"), Quentin Todd (as "Bellboy/Havelock Page"), Lillian Tucker (as "Jack Kenyon"), Vera Vendome (as "Maria Maxixe"), Gertrude Waixel (as "Tessie Trot"), Louise White (as "The Pippin"), J. Abbott Worthley (as "Regan Terry"). Produced by Elisabeth Marbury and F. Ray Comstock.
- (1916) Stage Play: Go to It. Musical.
- (1902 - 1929) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (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 Direction by 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") [Broadway debut], 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: The Blonde in Black. Musical comedy. Music by Gustav Kerker. Book by Harry B. Smith. Musical Direction by Gustav Kerker. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Choreographed by Carl Marwig. Directed by Max Freeman. Knickerbocker Theatre: 8 Jun 1903- 11 Jul 1903 (35 performances). Cast: Rose Beaumont (as "Bettine"), David Bennett (as "Jules"), Wilmer Bentley (as "Claude Rapin"), Leila Benton (as "Frau Muller"), Charles H. Bowers (as "Van Dyke Beard"), Harry Conor (as "Gaston Roulette"), Reine Davies (as "Claudine"), Mildred De Vere (as "Julie"), Paul Decker (as "Jean"), Wheeler Earl (as "Robert"), Max Freeman (as "M. Carrousel Ladjos"), Bessie Evelyn Gibson (as "Pierrette"), Kate Gothold (as "Celeste"), Violet Halls (as "Elsa Beckmesser-Carrousel"), Stella Hammerstein (as "Celine"), Mignon Hardt (as "Victorine/Denise"), Albert Hart (as "Walker Foote"), Lillie Hart (as "Mrs. Mushroom Smart"), Helga Howard (as "Paulette"), Lillian Hudson (as "Mlle. Lemaire"), Katherine Kelloff (as "Mrs. Startup"), Elba Kenny (as "Babette"), Vernon Lee (as "Raoul"), Adelaide Lorraine (as "Antoinette"), Hazel Manchester (as "Madame De Bargeton"), Madeleine Martin (as "Francine/Natalie"), Sadie Probst (as "Margot"), Blanche Ring (as "Flossie Featherly"), R. Rothwell (as "Jeanne"), Georgia Russell (as "Claire/Wanda"), Frieda Salber (as "Lady Brewer-Muggs"), Lillian Seville (as "Madame D'Espard"), Addie Sharpe (as "Toine"), Ccil Summers (as "Adolphe"), Ada Verne (as "Albertine"), Mabel Verne (as "Eugenie"). Produced by George W. Lederer.
- (1903) Stage Play: The Office Boy. Musical comedy. Music by Ludwig Englander. Book by Harry B. Smith. From the French of Maurice Ordonneau and Paul Gavault. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Musical Director: Watty Hydes. Featuring songs by R.G. Knowles. Featuring songs with lyrics by Richard Morton. Directed by Al Holbrook. Victoria Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House from 18 Jan 1904- close): 2 Nov 1903- Jan 1904 (closing date unknown/73 performances). Cast: David Bennett (as "Reggy Higgins"), Gilbert Clayton (as "Damon Ketcham"), Frank Conway (as "Spike Muggins"), Frank Daniels (as "Noah Little"), Gertrude Doremus (as "Miss Yale"), Ida Gabrielle (as "Florine"), Louise Gunning (as "Euphemia"), Violet Halls (as "Paquita"), Marion Harte (as "Jeanette"), Alfred Hickman (as "Rider Little"), Leavitt James (as "Scales"), W.C. Kelly (as "McNab"), J. Lafayette (as "Thug Magafa"), James C. Reany (as "Pythias Cheatham"), May Sheridan (as "First Messenger"), Eva Tanguay (as "Claire de Lune"), Sidney Toler (as "Tobias Van Twiller"), Gwendolyn Valentine (as "Miss Harvard"), Maude Welsh (as "Second Messenger"), Lawrence Wheat (as "Percy Wiggins"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1905) Stage Play: Sergeant Brue. Musical/farce. Lyrics by Owen Hall and D.K. Stevens. Book by Owen Hall. Music by Liza Lehman. Additional lyrics by William Jerome, Paul West, Fred Murray, Clare Kummer, D.K. Stevens, Anne Caldwell, P.G. Wodehouse [earliest Broadway credit], Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Frank Leo and Dave Reed Jr. Additional music by Jean Schwartz, Clare Kummer, D.K. Stevens, James O'Dea, George Brevard, John W. Bratton, Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Frank Leo, Frederick Rosse and Dave Reed Jr. Musical Director: Watty Hydes. Scenic Design by Richard Marston. Costume Design by F. Richard Anderson. Directed by Herbert Gresham. Knickerbocker Theatre (moved to The Knickerbocker Theatre from 14 Aug 1905- 2 Sep 1905, on hiatus from 3 Sep 1905- 25 Mar 1906, then moved to The Grand Opera House from 26 Mar 1906 to close): 24 Apr 1905- Mar 1906 (closing date unknown/101 performances). Cast: David Bennett (as "Captain Bay"), Nace Bonville, Greta Burdick, Irene Cameron, Louise Clair, Gilbert Clayton, Mary Clayton, Della Connor, Sally Daly, Frank Daniels (as "Sergeant Brue"), Madge Dawson, Olive Day, Sallie Fisher, Anna Fitzhugh, Louis Fitzroy, Ida Gabrielle, Aileen Goodwin, Alfred Hickman, Leavitt James, Clara Bell Jerome, Florence Latham, Claire Leslie, George Lestocq, Harry MacDonough, Nellie Mayne, Mary Leslie Mayo [credited as Leslie Mayo] (as "Bridhet"), Myrtle McGrain, Walter Percival (as "Gerald Treherne"), Cissie Raynor, Dollie Read, James Reany, Blanche Ring (as "Lady Bickenhall"), Vivienne Russell, Elphye Snowden, Lawrence Wheat. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham. Produced by arrangement with Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1906) Stage Play: The Little Cherub. Musical comedy. Music by Ivan Caryll. Book by Owen Hall. Musical Director: William T. Francis. The song "The Doggie in Our Yard" by Marie Doro. Lyrics by Owen Hall. Additional music by Charles Collins, Jerome Kern, Frank Tours and Jean Schwartz. Additional lyrics by Charles Collins, Adrian Ross, George Grossmith Jr., C.H. Bovill, Clifford Harris and William Jerome. Scenic Design by Ernest M. Gros. Costume Design by Mrs. Robert Osborn and Pascaud. Directed by Ben Teal. Criterion Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House from 30 Dec 1906- Jan 1907. On hiatus during most of Jan 1907 and reopened in Feb 1907 to close): 6 Aug 1906- Feb 1907 (closing date unknown/176 performances). Cast: David Bennett, James Blakeley, Richard Chawner, Grace Field, Emily Francis, Charles Gibson, Martin Haydon, Harold F. Hendee, Andrew Higginson, Mabel Hollins, Eithel Kelly, Grace Kimball, John Mayon, May Naudain, Clara Pitt, Elsa Reinhardt, John F. Rogers, Edna Sidney, Beth Stone, Will West, Hattie Williams, Winona Winter, Thomas A. Wise (credited as Tom Wise). Dorothy Zimmerman. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1908) Stage Play: Marcelle. Musical/operetta. Material by Frank Pixley. Music by Gustave Luders. Lyrics by Frank Pixley. Musical Direction by Clarence Rogerson. Dances directed by David Bennett. Directed by Frank Smithson. Casino Theatre: 1 Oct 1908- 28 Nov 1908 (68 performances). Cast: George Boniface Jr., Herbert Cawthorne, Jess Dandy, Louise Gunning, Henry Norman, Frank Rushworth, Lawrence Wheat, Mae Allen, Leona Anderson, Florence Arkell, David Bennett, Nettie Black, Bessie Carrette, Della Connor, Marion Ford, Edith Girvan, Lucille Jardon, Eileen Kearney, Margarite McDonald, Robert Emmett O'Connor (as "Pierre, a Parisian painter"), Nan Parkhurst, Bertha Perl, George Reed, Mae Rollins, Elsa Ryan, Bessie Skeer, Irene Spencer, Ollie Stewart, Louise Tozier. Produced by Sam and Lee Shubert, Inc.
- (1910) Stage Play: A Skylark. Musical comedy. Directed by Ben Teal. New York Theatre: 4 Apr 1910- 23 Apr 1910 (24 performances). Produced by Henry B. Harris.
- (1915) Stage Play: Cousin Lucy. Musical comedy. Written by Charles Klein. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Schuyler Green. Musical Director: August Kleinecke. Additional music by August Kleinecke and Percy Wenrich. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Additional lyrics by Edward Madden Choreographed by Dave Bennett. Directed by Robert Milton. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 27 Aug 1915- 2 Oct 1915 (43 performances). Cast: J.W. Ashley (as "Broad"), James Budd (as "Chauffeur"), Ned Burton (as "James Baldwin"), Claudia Carlstead (as "Ensemble"), Marie Chambers (as "Mrs. Hillary Bronson"), Leo Donnelly (as "Klayburgh"), Julian Eltinge (as "Jerry Jackson") [final Broadway role], Claiborne Foster (as "Dorothy Walbrook"), Henry Friend (as "Policeman"), Edith Hanbury (as "Mrs. Henshaw"), Elsie Marquette (as "Ensemble"), Jane Oaker (as "Queeny"), Lillian Ormonde (as "Ensemble"), Alice Palmer (as "Ensemble"), Irene Palmer (as "Della/Ensemble"), Mrs. Stuart Robson (as "Mrs. Wallingford"), Ethel Russell (as "Ensemble"), Grace Russell (as "Ensemble"), Mark Smith (as "Hillary Bronson"), Frank Stevens (as "Expressman"), Edna Stillwell (as "Ensemble"), Olive Tell (as "Angela Baldwin"), Grace Walton (as "Ensemble"), Austin Webb (as "Horace Holden"), Dallas Welford (as "Bister"), Elsie Weller (as "Ensemble"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1915) Stage Play: Very Good Eddie. Musical. Book by Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Schuyler Green. Based on a farce "Over Night" by Philip Bartholomae. Additional music by Henry Kailimai. Additional lyrics by Elsie Janis, Harry B. Smith, Herbert Reynolds and John E. Hazzard. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Musical Director: Max Hirschfeld. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by Frank McCormack. Princess Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 29 May- circa Sep 1916, then moved to The 39th Street Theatre from 11 Sep 1916- circa Oct 1916, then moved to The Princess Theatre from 2 Oct 1916- close): 23 Dec 1915- 14 Oct 1916 (341 performances). Cast: Helen Bond (as "Flo Tide"), Arline Chase (as "Belle Fontaine"), Louise Cook (as "Miss Funnie Rekkod"), Alice Dovey (as "Mrs. Elsie Darling"), Sedgewick Draper (as "Mr. Rollo Munn"), Lew Fullerton (as "Purser"), Stuart Gillmore (as "Mr. Watt Pumkyns"), John E. Hazzard (as "Al Cleveland"), Herbert Hoey (as "Mr. Dyer Thurst"), Bessie Kelly (as "Miss Lily Pond"), Kuy Kendall (as "West Point Cadet"), Adah Lewis (as "Mme. Matroppo"), Dorothy Jane Londoner (as "Ensemble"), James Lounsbery (as "M. de Rougemont"), Tess Mayer (as "Miss Chrystal Poole"), Harry McKenna (as "Mr. Dustin Stacks"), Julia Mills (as "Victoria Lake"), Mary Louise Morrison (as "Miss Munnie Duzzyt"), Dorothy Nita (as "Miss Gay Ann Giddy"), Helen O'Day (as "Miss Alwys Innit"), Anna Orr (as "Miss Elsie Lilly"), Katherine Rahn (as "Miss E.Z. Morrels"), Helen Raymond (as "Mrs. Georgina Kettle"), Oscar Shaw (as "Mr. Dick Rivers"), Dorothy Sylvia (as "Virginia Spring"), Ernest Truex (as "Mr. Eddie Kettle"), Carl Wadsworth (as "Mr. Tayleurs Dumme"), John Willard (as "Mr. Percy Darling"), Genevieve Willment (as "Miss Carrie Closewell"), Morton Wood (as "Mr. Fullern A. Goat"), Benjamin F. Wright (as "Steward"). Produced by Marbury-Comstock Co.
- (1917) Stage Play: His Little Widows. Musical comedy. Music by William Schroeder. Book by Rida Johnson Young and William Carey Duncan. Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young and William Carey Duncan. Musical Director: Silvio Hein. Music orchestrated by Silvio Hein. Additional music by Malvin M. Franklin. Additional lyrics by Thomas J. Gray. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by Frank Stammers. Astor Theatre: 30 Apr 1917- 30 Jun 1917 (72 performances). Cast: Frank Aberwald (as "Ensemble"), James Brannon (as "Ensemble"), Hattie Burke (as "Murilla Lloyd"), Frances Cameron (as "Blanche Hale"), Wallace Camp (as "Officiating Elder"), Evelyn Cavanaugh (as "Dance Specialty"), Mae Clark (as "Ensemble"), Walter Coupe (as "Ensemble"), Dwight Dana (as "Hotel Manager"), Carter DeHaven (as "Pete Lloyd"), Harry Dempsey (as "Ensemble"), Richard Dore (as "Dance Specialty"), Bernard Druce (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Galer (as "Ensemble"), Carl Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Gunther (as "Ensemble"), Bernice Haley (as "Dahlia"), Grace Haley (as "Lily"), Lucille Haley (as "Tulip"), Mabel Haley (as "Rose"), Fifi Hansworth (as "Ensemble"), Helen Hastings (as "Ensemble"), Irene Held (as "Ensemble"), Robert Emmett Keane (as "Jack Grayson"), Frank Lalor (as "Abijah Smith"), Virginia Lillard (as "Ensemble"), Doris Lloyd (as "Ensemble"), May Manning (as "Ensemble"), Rena Manning (as "Ensemble"), James Nichols (as "Ensemble"), Flora Parker (as "Annabelle Lloyd"), Alma Pickard (as "Pansy"), Charles Prince (as "Harry Jolson"), Julia Ralph (as "Lucinda Lloyd"), John Robb (as "Sandy Barr"), Walter Rowley (as "Guard"), Wilfred Shepard (as "Ensemble"), Ivy Sherer (as "Ensemble"), Sol Solomon (as "Ensemble"), Louis Strangard (as "Ensemble"), Violet Strathmore (as "Mignonette"), Harry Tighe (as "Bif Hale"), Jeanne Voltaire (as "Ensemble"), Irma Von Nagy (as "Narcissus"), Frank Young (as "Guard"), Lucille Carlisle [credited as Lucile Zintheo] (as "Hyacinthe"). Produced by Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson and L. Lawrence Weber.
- (1917) Stage Play: Leave It to Jane. Musical comedy. Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse from "The College Widow" by George Ade. Musical Director: John McGhie. Music orchestrated by Frank Saddler. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by Edward Royce. Longacre Theatre: 28 Aug 1917- 19 Jan 1918 (167 performances). Cast: Frances Burns (as "Josephine Barclay"), Jane Carroll (as "Sally Cameron"), D.E. Charles (as "Dick McAllister"), Arline Chase (as "Louella Banks"), Dan Collyer (as "Matty McGowan"), Will C. Crimans (as "Hiram Bolton"), Lillian Cullen (as "Bertha Tyson"), Rudolf Cutten (as "Ollie Mitchell"), Thomas Delmar (as "Silent Murphy"), Harry Forbes (as "Jimsey Hopper"), Frederic Graham (as "Peter Witherspoon"), Algernon Grieg (as "Howard Talbot"), Edith Hallor (as "Jane Witherspoon"), Olin Howland (as "Harold Bub Hicks"), Allan Kelly (as "Honorable Elam Hicks"), Marie King (as "Martha Abbott"), Catherine Mack (as "Cora Jenks"), Tess Mayer (as "Cissie Summers"), Georgia O'Ramey (as "Flora Wiggins"), Anna Orr (as "Bessie Tanner"), Robert G. Pitkin (as "Billy Bolton"), Helen Rich (as "Marion Mooney"), Oscar Shaw (as "Stub Talmadge"). Produced by William Elliott, F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.
- (1917) Stage Play: Flo-Flo. Musical comedy. Book by Fred De Gresac. Music by Silvio Hein. Lyrics by Edward A. Paulton and Fred De Gresac. Musical Director: Theodore Stearns. Featuring songs with lyrics by George Edwards. Featuring songs by Hugo Frey. Musical Staging by David Bennett. Directed by Walter Brooks. Cort Theatre: 20 Dec 1917- 29 Jun 1918 (220 performances). Cast: Lou Adami (as "Shop Girl"), Helen Allan (as "Shop Girl"), Virginia Badger (as "Shop Girl"), Louise Beaudet (as "Mrs. R.G. Stokes"), Blanche Bellaire (as "Bella"), Lillian Browning (as "Shop Girl"), James B. Carson (as "Isidor Mooser"), Fenita DeSoria (as "Carmen Carassa"), Oscar Brimberton Figman (as "Robert Simpson"), Thomas Handers (as "Pink"), Flora Hollister (as "Shop Girl"), Marie Hollywell (as "Maid"), Esther Ingham (as "Cora"), Leon Leonard (as "Billy Cope"), William Hugh Mack, Vera Michelena (as "Flo-Flo"), Arthur Milliss (as "Mudd"), Ruby Norton (as "Angelina Stokes"), Nell O'Connell (as "Shop Girl"), Ethel Phillips (as "Shop Girl"), Georges Renavent (as "Count Pedro deSequilla"), Helen Rintelen (as "Shop Girl"), Anna Sands (as "Rosa"), Edna St. Clair, Kate Stout (as "Mona"), Alice Taber (as "Shop Girl"), Blanche Terrell (as "Shop Girl"), Virginia Wynn (as "Shop Girl"). Produced by John Cort.
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