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The Billionaire
Musical
Farce
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 29, 1902
Closing Date
Apr 1903
Performances
112
Musical
Farce
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Dec 29, 1902
Close Date: Apr 1903
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Daly's Theatre
(Dec 29, 1902 - Mar 28, 1903)
Grand Opera House
(Apr 06, 1903 - Apr 1903)
Description
A musical in three acts
Setting
Nice, France during Carnival Time, Doe's Theatre in New York, and the Race Track in Longchamps
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Klaw & Erlanger
Music by
Gustav Kerker
; Book by
Harry B. Smith
; Lyrics by
Harry B. Smith
; Musical Director:
Antonio DeNovellis
Staged by
Herbert Gresham
; Choreographed by
Ned Wayburn
Costume Design by
F. Richard Anderson
; Scenic Design by
Ernest Albert
General Manager:
B. D. Stevens
and
Frank L. Perley
R. A. Beale
First Theatre-goer
Marion Bent
A Page
Vera Cameron
Miss Capitol
George Dolan
Second Theatre-goer
Marie Doro
Rosalba
Edward Everett
Southern Gent
Sallie Fisher
Flora
L. C. Fitzroy
First Ticket Speculator
L. B. (Louis) Foley
Hot Stuff Jake
Nellie Follis
Pansy Good
Abraham Friedland
Ping Pong
James Grant
Mr. Gummel
William Havens
Mr. Fidget
Lillian Hudson
Miss Gotham
Walter James
Second Ticket Speculator
Harry Kelly
Tim Lafferty
John P. Kennedy
Monsieur Achille Petipas
Thomas C. Leary
Mr. Peppercorn
George Lyman
Third Theatre-goer
Harry MacDonough
Baptiste
Sallie McNeel
Miss Tremont
Sadie Peters
Miss Tulane
Hans F. Robert
Wally Peppercorn
May Robson
Mrs. Peppercorn
A. Rosenthal
Little Leopold
Gertrude Saye
Miss Lakeside
Mirandy Hopkins
Fred Scott
M. Cardenes
Charles Sinclair
Messenger Boy
Elphye Snowden
Miss Memphis
Julius Steger
Lieutenant Ladislas
John Steppling
Mr. Herman Rheinheister
Albert S. Sykes
Hiram Hopkins
Jerome Sykes
John Doe
Frank Todd
A Stage Carpenter
Hattie Waters
Miss Flossie Frivol
Songs
music by
Gustav Kerker
; lyrics by
Harry B. Smith
Act 1
Sung By
To this most entrancing fete
Chorus
Americans We
Mr. Peppercorn, Wally Peppercorn, Flora and Rosalba
To Be Truly Refined
Mrs. Peppercorn and Chorus
People sometimes travel round the world to spend their wealth
Wally Peppercorn and Mr. Peppercorn
Oh, toss the ready cap
Chorus
The Money Burner
John Doe and Chorus
We're demanding satisfaction
Chorus
Morality's a Matter of Geography
John Doe and Pansy Good
Defeat We Never Know
Lieutenant Ladislas and Chorus
Such a Dear Little Man as You
Lieutenant Ladislas, Flora, Rosalba and Baptiste
The Kangaroo
Tim Lafferty and Monsieur Achille Petipas
Grace Personified
Mrs. Peppercorn
For a Sight of Old Broadway
John Doe
We represent the power
Act 2
Sung By
To the opening of a playhouse we have all been invited
The Money Burner
(Reprise)
John Doe and Chorus
There Are Tricks in Every Trade
John Doe and Mrs. Peppercorn
Such a Dear Little Wife as You
Lieutenant Ladislas, Flora, Rosalba and Baptiste
Rap, Rap, Rap
Chorus
The Lives of Famous Men
John Doe
Flora
Pansy
Pansy Good and Chorus
The Drink of All Nations
John Doe and Company
Act 3
Sung By
Then horses all expectantly
Chorus
Don't You Care
Wally Peppercorn and Girls
Here Comes Pansy
Pansy Good, Tim Lafferty and Monsieur Achille Petipas
Truly Refined
Mrs. Peppercorn
In the Land of Romance
Just 'Cause the Moon Was Shinin'
John Doe and Chorus
The Money Burner
John Doe and Chorus
People
Songs
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Klaw & Erlanger
Music by
Gustav Kerker
; Book by
Harry B. Smith
; Lyrics by
Harry B. Smith
; Musical Director:
Antonio DeNovellis
Staged by
Herbert Gresham
; Choreographed by
Ned Wayburn
Costume Design by
F. Richard Anderson
; Scenic Design by
Ernest Albert
General Manager:
B. D. Stevens
and
Frank L. Perley
R. A. Beale
First Theatre-goer
Marion Bent
A Page
Vera Cameron
Miss Capitol
George Dolan
Second Theatre-goer
Marie Doro
Rosalba
Edward Everett
Southern Gent
Sallie Fisher
Flora
L. C. Fitzroy
First Ticket Speculator
L. B. (Louis) Foley
Hot Stuff Jake
Nellie Follis
Pansy Good
Abraham Friedland
Ping Pong
James Grant
Mr. Gummel
William Havens
Mr. Fidget
Lillian Hudson
Miss Gotham
Walter James
Second Ticket Speculator
Harry Kelly
Tim Lafferty
John P. Kennedy
Monsieur Achille Petipas
Thomas C. Leary
Mr. Peppercorn
George Lyman
Third Theatre-goer
Harry MacDonough
Baptiste
Sallie McNeel
Miss Tremont
Sadie Peters
Miss Tulane
Hans F. Robert
Wally Peppercorn
May Robson
Mrs. Peppercorn
A. Rosenthal
Little Leopold
Gertrude Saye
Miss Lakeside
Mirandy Hopkins
Fred Scott
M. Cardenes
Charles Sinclair
Messenger Boy
Elphye Snowden
Miss Memphis
Julius Steger
Lieutenant Ladislas
John Steppling
Mr. Herman Rheinheister
Albert S. Sykes
Hiram Hopkins
Jerome Sykes
John Doe
Frank Todd
A Stage Carpenter
Hattie Waters
Miss Flossie Frivol
music by
Gustav Kerker
; lyrics by
Harry B. Smith
Act 1
Sung By
To this most entrancing fete
Chorus
Americans We
Mr. Peppercorn, Wally Peppercorn, Flora and Rosalba
To Be Truly Refined
Mrs. Peppercorn and Chorus
People sometimes travel round the world to spend their wealth
Wally Peppercorn and Mr. Peppercorn
Oh, toss the ready cap
Chorus
The Money Burner
John Doe and Chorus
We're demanding satisfaction
Chorus
Morality's a Matter of Geography
John Doe and Pansy Good
Defeat We Never Know
Lieutenant Ladislas and Chorus
Such a Dear Little Man as You
Lieutenant Ladislas, Flora, Rosalba and Baptiste
The Kangaroo
Tim Lafferty and Monsieur Achille Petipas
Grace Personified
Mrs. Peppercorn
For a Sight of Old Broadway
John Doe
We represent the power
Act 2
Sung By
To the opening of a playhouse we have all been invited
The Money Burner
(Reprise)
John Doe and Chorus
There Are Tricks in Every Trade
John Doe and Mrs. Peppercorn
Such a Dear Little Wife as You
Lieutenant Ladislas, Flora, Rosalba and Baptiste
Rap, Rap, Rap
Chorus
The Lives of Famous Men
John Doe
Flora
Pansy
Pansy Good and Chorus
The Drink of All Nations
John Doe and Company
Act 3
Sung By
Then horses all expectantly
Chorus
Don't You Care
Wally Peppercorn and Girls
Here Comes Pansy
Pansy Good, Tim Lafferty and Monsieur Achille Petipas
Truly Refined
Mrs. Peppercorn
In the Land of Romance
Just 'Cause the Moon Was Shinin'
John Doe and Chorus
The Money Burner
John Doe and Chorus
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