Other works

(1898 - 1912) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1898) Stage Play: Hurly Burly. Musical/burlesque. Libretto by Harry B. Smith. Book by Edgar Smith [earliest Broadway credit]. Music by John Stromberg [earliest Broadway credit]. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 8 Sep 1898- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Josephine Allen, Aimee Angeles, Peter F. Dailey, Mabel Fenton [Broadway debut], John T. Kelly [Broadway debut], Henry Lee, Fay Templeton [Broadway debut], John W. West.

(1899) Stage Play: Helter Skelter. Musical/burlesque. Dialogue by Edgar Smith. Music by John Stromberg. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Musical Director: John Stromberg. Additional text by Pierre Berton and Charles Simon. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 6 Apr 1899- 27 May 1899 (56 performances). Cast: Josephine Allen, Frankie Bailey, Bessie Clayton, Peter F. Dailey, Helen Dunbar, May Edwards, Mabel Fenton, Lew Fields (as "Moritz Longman") [Broadway debut], Richard Garnella, Allie Gilbert, Lee Harrison, John T. Kelly, Bonnie Maginn, Minnie Poore, M. Renner, Belle Robinson, Charles J. Ross, Josie Sadler, Fay Templeton (as "Mrs. Brannigan Sudsby") [Broadway debut], David Warfield, Joseph Weber (as "Ikay Shortman"). Produced by Joseph Weber and Lew M. Fields.

(1899) Stage Play: The Man in the Moon. Musical fantasy.

(1899) Stage Play: Whirl-i-gig. Vaudeville/burlesque. Written by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Music by John Stromberg. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 21 Sep 1899- 5 May 1900 (270 performances). Cast: George Ali, Pearl Andrews, Frankie Bailey, Peter F. Dailey, Lew Fields, John T. Kelly, Bonnie Maginn, Lulu Nichols, Mabel Nichols, Irene Perry, Ilma Pratt, Charles J. Ross, Lillian Russell, David Warfield, Joseph M. Weber. Produced by Weber & Fields.

(1900) Stage Play: Fiddle-dee-dee. Musical [production was composed of the following shows: Fiddle-dee-dee, Quo Vass Iss? Arizona, Exhibit II]. All shows directed by Julian Mitchell. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 6 Sep 1900- 20 Apr 1901 (262 performances). Fiddle-dee-dee: Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Direction by John Stromberg. Cast: George Ali (as "Leo"), Eva Allen (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Allen (as "Fantine"), Merrie Andrews (as "Ensemble"), Cora Appleby (as "Ensemble"), Florence Bell (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Canby (as "Ensemble"), Bessie Clayton (as "Specialty Dancer"), Florence Deshone (as "Ensemble"), Genevieve Dolaro (as "Asbury Sands"), Florence Dressler (as "Fourchette"), Blondie Dyer (as "Ensemble"), Marie Early (as "Ensemble"), Lotta Fellows (as "Ensemble"), Lew Fields (as "Rudolf Bungstarter"), Mazie Follette (as "Fandango/Ensemble"), Virginia Foltz (as "Budd Carmichael/Basbleu"), Charles Fostelle (as "Birdie McSorley"), Olive Green (as "Ensemble"), Dappy Grey (as "J. Withers Belton"), Ben Hapgood (as "Ingambe"), Lillian Heckler (as "Wilton Warmington"), Leona Hilbon (as "Dodge Carr/Duryea Starchleigh"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Hoffman Barr"), Violet Jewell (as "Ensemble/Seguedilla"), John T. Kelly (as "Ignatius McSorley"), May Kissam (as "Ensemble"), Phyllis La Fond (as "Bolero/Ensemble"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Mariette/Nestor Puffer"), May McKenzie (as "Cinqcentime"), Goldie Mohr (as "Nervie Tartington/Charley Horseleigh"), Harold T. Morey (as "Pourboire"), May Page (as "Ensemble"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Ensemble/Garta"), Ilma Pratt (as "Ensemble/Torchon"), Inez Ray (as "Ensemble"), Jessie Richmond (as "Madison Parks"), Belle Robinson (as "Googoo/Cachuca"), Lillian Russell (as "Mrs. Waldorf Meadowbrook"), Dottie Ryder (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Sayer (as "Bilkarine"), Clara Selden (as "Ensemble"), Mae Sherwood (as "Sterling Kane/Ensemble"), Myra Smith (as "Allez"), Georgia Stewart (as "Ensemble"), Nata Stromberg (as "Forrest Holmes"), Fay Templeton (as "La Belle Zara"), Poney Upton (as "Ensemble"), Irene Vera (as "Frizette"), Vernie Wadsworth (as "Claremont Riverside"), Carrie Waite (as "Ensemble"), Mazie Walzinger (as "Ensemble"), David Warfield (as "Shadrach Leschinski"), Joe Weber (as "Michael Krautknuckle"), Rhoda Wheeler (as "Ensemble"), Carrie Willis (as "Valencienne"). (1) Quo Vass Iss? [closed on 17 Oct 1900 after 48 performances]. Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Director: John Stromberg. A burlesque of "Quo Vadis" by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. From the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Cast: George Ali (as "Sparrus Copus"), Eva Allen (as "Peddlus Potatus"), Josephine Allen (as "Popcornea"), Florence Bell (as "Jabba"), Lew M. Fields (as "Smallus"), Mazie Follette (as "Pumpia"), Virginia Foltz (as "Bogus Extrus"), Ben Hapgood (as "Infamous Touchus"), Leona Hilbon (as "Chirpnos"), DeWolf Hopper (as "Petrolius"), Violet Jewell (as "Deodorus"), John T. Kelly (as "Zero"), Phyllis La Fond (as "Rubba"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Spoonice"), Goldie Mohr (as "Acta"), Harold T. Morey (as "Tickelritus/Punctus Tireas"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Porus Plasta"), Ilma Pratt (as "Catapilla"), Inez Ray (as "Slashus"), Belle Robinson (as "Numonia"), Charles J. Ross (as "Marcus Finishus"), Margaret Sayer (as "Starvus"), Clara Selden (as "Plexus"), Mae Sherwood (as "Duflikus Tumatus"), Myra Smith (as "Stabba"), Georgia Stewart (as "Killa"), Fay Templeton (as "Lythia"), David Warfield (as "Hilo"), Joe Weber (as "Fursus"), Carrie Willis (as "Quininius Malarius"), Marie Worthington (as "Solus"). (2) Arizona [opened on 18 Oct 1900 and closed 19 Dec 1900 after 73 performances]. A musical burlesque. Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Direction by John Stromberg. A burlesque on the play by Augustus Thomas. Cast: Madge Adae (as "Chorus"), George Ali (as "Ham Song"), Eva Allen (as "Chorus"), Nettie Barton (as "Chorus"), Florence Bell (as "Pupa Chihuahua"), Edna Birch (as "Chorus"), Lew M. Fields (as "Sergeant Killer"), Mazie Follette (as "Cherokee Kid"), Virginia Foltz (as "Lieutenant Frolic"), Charles Fostelle (as "Mrs. Cannedbeef"), Mamie Gould (as "Chorus"), Dappy Grey (as "Chorus"), Grace Heckler (as "Chorus"), Lillian Heckler (as "Chorus"), Leona Hilbon (as "Montezuma Matt"), DeWolf Hopper (as "Henry Cannedbeef"), Violet Jewell (as "Hi Roper"), Ethel Jewett (as "Chorus"), John T. Kelly (as "Colonel Bunjam"), Phyllis La Fond (as "Lariat Luke"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Lieutenant Stung"), Carrie May (as "Antonia Alamo"), May McKenzie (as "Juan Sombrero"), Goldie Mohr (as "Alkali Bill"), Harold T. Morey (as "Doctor Felon"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Apache Charley"), Ilma Pratt (as "Miss MacCrullers"), Jessie Richmond (as "Chorus"), Belle Robinson (as "El Paseo Pete"), Charles J. Ross (as "Lieutenant Tention"), Lillian Russell (as "Sarsaparilla"), Margaret Sayer (as "Buck Saddler"), Mae Sherwood (as "Pop Gunner"), Myra Smith (as "Durango Colorado"), Georgia Stewart (as "Chiaca Tamale"), Fay Templeton (as "Bonita"), Vernie Wadsworth (as "Chorus"), David Warfield (as "Captain Hogman"), George P. Watson (as "Pony Mustango"), Joseph M. Weber (as "Lena Killer"). (3)Exhibit II [opened 20 Dec 1900 and closed 20 Apr 1901 after 141 performances]. Musical/Burlesque. Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Costume Design by Will R. Barnes. Musical Direction by John Stromberg. Cast: Madge Adae (as "Lady Westbury"), George Ali (as "Tipit"), Alice Curtis (as "Cortland"), Genevieve Dolaro (as "Charley Horseleigh"), Lew M. Fields (as "Rudolf Bungstarter"), Virginia Foltz (as "Madison Parks"), Minnie Garretty (as "Bleeker"), Sissie Garretty (as "Essex"), Allie Gilbert (as "Dossie/Miss Emery"), Mamie Gould (as "Chilton"), Dappy Grey (as "Claremont Riverside"), Ben Hapgood (as "Ingambe"), Grace Heckler (as "Hammersley"), Lillian Heckler (as "Miss Cutter"), Leona Hilbon (as "Dodge Carr"), DeWolf Hopper (as "The Gay Lord Quex"), Violet Jewell (as "Miss Rosaline"), John T. Kelly (as "Ignatius McSorley"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Flossie/Baron Holdfaste"), May McKenzie (as "Asbury Sands"), Harold T. Morey (as "Pourboire"), Grace Pierrepont (as "Lady Syosset"), Ilma Pratt (as "Miss Brummell"), Inez Ray (as "Lady Lowbridge"), Jessie Richmond (as "Lady Hempstead"), Belle Robinson (as "Bossie/Miss Fyles"), Ruth Rollins (as "Miss Towle"), Lillian Russell (as "Mrs. Meadowbrook"), Margaret Sayer (as "Duchess of Prude"), Mae Sherwood (as "Sterling Kane"), Fay Templeton (as "Sophy Fullgally"), Irene Vera (as "Countess of Elmhurst"), Vernie Wadsworth (as "Chomondley"), David Warfield (as "Shadrach Leschinski"), Joe Weber (as "Michael Krautknuckle"), Fritz Williams (as "Prince Victor Constasntine"). Produced by Weber & Fields.

(1901) Stage Play: Hoity Toity. [Production consisted of the following shows: Hoity Toity, Depleurisy, A Man From Mars, The Curl and the Judge, DuHurry]. Hoity Toity: Music by John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Musical Director: John Stromberg. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 5 Sep 1901- 19 Apr 1902 (259 performances). Cast: Madge Adea (as "Albia"), George Ali (as "Baron Barbon"), Eva Allen (as "Paddington Harrow"), Sam Bernard (as "Frederich Schnitzel"), Edna Birch (as "Rufe Rayser"), Carrie Bowman (as "Cord Barber"), May Bradley (as "Viennanetta"), Pauline Bradley (as "Sevilla"), Mona Desmond (as "Burnsby"), Libbian Diamond (as "Cambridge Backbeigh"), Genevieve Dolaro (as "Tony Singer"), Florence Dressler (as "Singeton"), Lew M. Fields (as "Herman Kaffekuchen"), Virginia Foltz (as "Scorchleigh/Scheffield Schooley"), Mayme Gehrue (as "Petrolia"), Ella Gilroy (as "Boylston Tremont"), Lee Harrison (as "Reuben Hunter"), Grace Heckler (as "Kloy Sonay"), Lillian Heckler (as "Shaki Fan"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "General Steele"), Katherine Howland (as "Cecil Langham"), John T. Kelly (as "King Kazoo"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Zuzuki/Sprite"), May McKenzie (as "Canby Hurd"), Annie Miller (as "Chu Chu Gum"), Doris Mitchell (as "Kane Rush"), Goldie Mohr (as "Glucosa"), Estelle Moyer (as "Coffeea/Nagasaki"), Gertrude Moyer (as "Ki Owta/Cornea"), Ilma Pratt (as "Bosphora"), Inez Ray (as "Tokia"), Belle Robinson (as "Nicotina"), Lillian Russell (as "Lady Grafter"), Margaret Sayres (as "Fifi Rougepaynt/Battersea Parks"), Dora Senac (as "Parisetta"), Mae Sherwood (as "Grosvenor Rhodes/Dodge Chapelle"), Myra Smith (as "Kensington Earlscourt"), Nata Stromberg (as "Miss Freeport"), Fay Templeton (as "Cho-Cho San"), Vernie Wadsworth (as "Flitterly"), Joseph M. Weber (as "Philip Sauerbraten"), Fritz Williams (as "Harvard Yale"), Elizabeth Young (as "Mothmiller"). Depleurisy [A burlesque of "Diplomacy" by Victorien Sardou]: Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Music by John Stromberg. Used by permission of Charles Frohman and T. Henry French. Cast: George Ali (as "Antoine"), Sam Bernard (as "Julian Beauclerc"), Lew Fields (as "Henry Beauclerc"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Countess Zicka"), John T. Kelly (as "Baron Stein"), Augustus Smith (as "Policeman"), Fay Templeton (as "Dora"), Joseph M. Weber (as "Count Orloff"). A Man From Mars [A burlesque on "A Message From Mars" by Richard Ganthony]. Cast: Madge Adea (as "Goldie Buck"), George Ali (as "A Trolley Victim"), Aimee Angeles (as "Cella"), Sam Bernard (as "A Policeman"), Edna Birch (as "A Bootblack"), Carrie Bowman (as "Phil Cliquot"), Fanny Dupre (as "Carrie Loader"), Lew M. Fields (as "A Tramp"), Ella Gilroy (as "Etta Lott"), Lee Harrison (as "An Ambulance Surgeon/A Waiter"), Grace Heckler (as "Moet Chandon"), Bena Hoffman (as "Dryden Monopole"), Mollie Hoffman (as "Willie Heidseick"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "An A.D.T. Man from Mars"), Katherine Howland (as "Perry Jouet"), John T. Kelly (as "Aunt Martha"), Bonnie Maginn (as "A Beggar Woman"), May McKenzie (as "Dodge Ruinart"), Doris Mitchell (as "Daisy Drinker"), Goldie Mohr (as "A Newsboy"), Ilma Pratt (as "Vera Fuller"), Inez Ray (as "Lythia Waters"), Belle Robinson (as "A Chorus Girl"), Dora Senac (as "Meta Follows"), Mae Sherwood (as "Harry Pommery"), Fay Templeton (as "Minnie"), Joseph M. Weber (as "Mr. Dizzy"), Fritz Williams (as "Horrid Sparker"), Elizabeth Young (as "Georgie H. Mumm"). The Curl and the Judge [Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Music by John Stromberg. A burlesque of "The Girl and the Judge" by Clyde Fitch]. Cast: Eva Allen (as "Jewell Winner"), Frankie Bailey (as "Vera Shapeleigh"), Sam Bernard (as "Mrs. Broom"), Bessie Clayton (as "Dance Specialty"), Fanny Dupre (as "Neva Ketchum"), Lew M. Fields (as "Mrs. Tankton"), Lee Harrison (as " Chin"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Judge Charges"), Violet Jewell (as "Leda March"), John T. Kelly (as "Tankton"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Broom"), Beulah Martin (as "Ona Brougham"), Abie Rose (as "Mikey Hockenstein"), Mae Sherwood (as "Daisy Stringer"), Fay Templeton (as "Winifred Tankton"), Joseph M. Weber (as "Mrs. Hockenstein"), Fritz Williams (as "Mrs. Charges"). Produced by Weber & Fields.

(1902) Stage Play: Twirly Whirly. Musical comedy. Music by William T. Francis and John Stromberg. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith and Robert B. Smith. Musical Director: William T. Francis. Additional music by John T. Kelly. Additional lyrics by John T. Kelly and Wilton Lackaye. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 11 Sep 1902- 11 Apr 1903 (247 performances) Cast: Eva Allen, Louise Allen, Will Archie, 'Frankie Bailey (I)' (as "Don Carrara"), Mabel Barrison, Eugenie Bashford, Charles A. Bigelow, Edna Birch, Grace Bishop, Carrie Bowman, Edith Caine, Mamie Chapin, Mattie Chapin, Bessie Clayton, William Collier Sr. (as "Bob Upton"), Peter F. Dailey, Lillian Diamond, Peggy Donaldson, Lew Fields (as "Meyer Ausgaaben"), Virginia Foltz, Carolyn Fostelle, Emily Francis, Lillian Harris, May Harris, Jean Hassall, Ollie Hatfield, Grace Heckler, Bena Hoffman, Mollie Hoffman, Katherine Howland, Ethel Jewett, John T. Kelly, Eleanor Kendall, Anna Leslie, May Leslie, Frankie Loeb, Agnes Lynn, Mabel Lynn, May MacKenzie, Bonnie Maginn, Eva Merrill, Anna Miller, Estelle Moyer, Gertie Moyer, Ilma Pratt, Annie Revere, Lillian Russell (as "Mrs. Stockson Bond"), Laura Senac, Winnie Siegrist, Gertrude Taylor, Fay Templeton (as "Maude Moraine"), Vernie Wadsworth, Joe Weber (as "Michael Schlaatz"), Elizabeth Young. Produced by Weber & Fields.

(1902) Stage Play: Humming Birds and Onions.

(1903) Stage Play: The Big Little Princess. Musical/burlesque. Book by Edgar Smith. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Music by William T. Francis. Directed by Lew M. Fields. Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall: 26 Feb 1903- 11 Apr 1903 (unknown performances/rotated with Twirly-Whirly). Produced by Weber & Fields.

(1903) Stage Play: Whoop-Dee-Doo. Musical.

(1911) Stage Play: A Certain Party. Musical/farce. Music by Robert Hood Bowers. Lyrics by Edgar Smith. Book by Edgar Smith. Based on a comedy by Frank Ward O'Malley and Edward W. Townsend. Musical Director: Tom Kelly. Featuring songs by Tom Kelly and Mabel Hite. Featuring songs with lyrics by Mabel Hite and Raymond Peck. Costume Design by Lucille, Hitchins and Max & Mahieu. Choreographed by Joseph C. Smith. Directed by William Collier Sr.. Wallack's Theatre: 24 Apr 1911- 13 May 1911 (24 performances). Cast: Marie Ashton (as "Miss Depuyster"), Esther Bissett (as "Miss Brompton"), Nena Blake (as "Grace Fairweather"), Andrew Brannigan (as "Buck Powers/Chorus/Patrick Reilly"), Miss Clements (as "Chorus"), Eddie Cline (as "Barney Rafferty/Chorus"), Miss Dana (as "Chorus), Louise Dempsey (as "Mrs. Jeremiah Fogarty"), Olive Depp (as "Chorus"), Mr. Devlin (as "Chorus"), Mike Donlin (as "James Barrett"), Richard Garrick (as "Roundsman Timothy Moline"), Frank Grom (as "Jerry Fagan/Chorus"), Miss Harris (as "Chorus"), Harold Hartsell(as "Sydney Finch"), Lillian Herbert (as "Maybelle Carrington"), Mabel Hite (as "Norah"), Miss Holmes (as "Chorus"), Miss Howard (as "Chorus"), Tom Jaffola (as "Chorus"), Mr. Johnson (as "Chorus"), Alfred Kappeler (as "George Caldwell"), John T. Kelly (as "Jerry Fogarty"), Miss Lane (as "Chorus"), Ruth Lloyd (as "Miss Ogilvie/Carrie Keyes"), Beatrice Moreland (as "Mrs. Lorimer"), Arthur O'Keefe (as "Danny Clark"), Carolyn Parsons (as "Lena/Chorus"), John Peachey (as "Atkins"), John Pierce (as "Larry Dunn/Chorus"), Miss. Randall (as "Chorus"), Mr. Rogers (as "Chorus"), James Seeley (as "Homer Caldwell"), Quayle Settliffe (as "Handsome Harry/Chorus"), George Sullivan (as "Ikey Finklestein"), Miss Welson (as "Chorus"), Miss Williams (as "Chorus"), Susanne Willis (as "Mary"). Produced by Liebler & Co.

(1912) Stage Play: Hokey-pokey/Bunty, Bulls and Strings.