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In Dahomey   

 
Grand Opera House , (8/27/1904 - 9/10/1904)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Aug 27, 1904   
Closing Date:Sep 10, 1904 Total Performances:17

Category: Musical, Farce, Revival, Broadway
Description: A musical in three acts
Setting: Boston, Florida, and Dahomey


Production Staff
Produced by Jules Hurtig and Harry Seamon
Book by Jesse A. Shipp; Music by Will Marion Cook; Musical Director: James J. Vaughn; Lyrics by Alex Rogers; Additional music by James J. Vaughn, J. Leubrie Hill, Alex Rogers, Tom Lemonier, William J. Accooe and Al Johns; Additional lyrics by Will Marion Cook and Frank H. Williams
Scenic Design by Moses & Hamilton; Costume Design by Pauline Reed
Cast
Miss Carle Chorus
George Catlin Me Sing
W.H. Chappelle Helper to the Doctor
Richard Connors Leather
Maggie Davis Chorus
Ida Day Chorus
John Edwards James
Mattie Edwards Specialty
William C. Elkins Menki
Chorus
Jessie Ellis Chorus
Miss Gaston Chorus
Lloyd G. Gibbs Chorus
George Hammond Officer Still
Je-Je
Mr. Henderson Chorus
Miss Hill Chorus
J. Leubrie Hill Dr. Straight
Miss Kemp Chorus
Rosa Lee Tyler Madame Flash
James Lightfoot Hamilton Lightfoot
Miss Martin Chorus
Hattie McIntosh Cecilia Lightfoot
Theodore Pankey Chorus
Messenger Rush
Sterling Rex Chorus
Muriel Ringgold Chorus
James Rivers Chorus
Mose Lightfoot
Alex Rogers George Reeder
L.H. Saulsbury Henry Stampfield
Chorus
Jesse A. Shipp Hustling Charley
G. Henry Tapley Archie Brown
Bessie Vaughan Chorus
Aida Overton Walker Rosetta Lightfoot
Chorus
George W. Walker Rareback Pinkerton
Bert A. Williams Shylock Homestead
Lottie Williams Mrs. Stringer
 

The Attuck's March
(music by Will Marion Cook; lyrics by Alex Rogers)
(My) Dahomian Queen
(music by J. Leubrie Hill; lyrics by Frank H. Williams)		Specialty, Archie Brown and Chorus
Caboceers' Choral
(music by Will Marion Cook; lyrics by Paul Laurence Dunbar)		Chorus
ACT 1
Swing Along
(music by Will Marion Cook; lyrics by Will Marion Cook)		Company
When the Moon Shines (on the Moonshine)
(music by James J. Vaughn; lyrics by Alex Rogers)		Leather and Chorus
Me an de Minstrel Ban'
(music by James J. Vaughn; lyrics by Alex Rogers)		Rareback Pinkerton and Chorus
(On) Broadway in Dahomey (Bye and Bye)
(music by Al Johns; lyrics by Alex Rogers)		Shylock Homestead, Rareback Pinkerton and Chorus
Un Oncore
(music by Will Marion Cook; lyrics by Alex Rogers)		Shylock Homestead
ACT 2
Why Adam Sinned
(music by Alex Rogers; lyrics by Alex Rogers)		Rosetta Lightfoot
Chin Chin
(music by Will Marion Cook; lyrics by Alex Rogers)		Me Sing
Society
(music by Will Marion Cook and William J. Accooe; lyrics by Paul Laurence Dunbar)		Hamilton Lightfoot, Chorus, Archie Brown and Leather
I May Be Crazy But I Ain't No Fool
(music by Alex Rogers; lyrics by Alex Rogers)		Shylock Homestead
A Rich Coon's Babe
(music by Alex Rogers; lyrics by Alex Rogers)		Rosetta Lightfoot and Male Double Quartette
A Dream of the Philippines
(music by Will Marion Cook; lyrics by Alex Rogers)		Rareback Pinkerton, Shylock Homestead, Rosetta Lightfoot and Dancing Filipino Misses
Dear Luzon
(music by Tom Lemonier; lyrics by Alex Rogers)		Rareback Pinkerton, Shylock Homestead, Rosetta Lightfoot and Dancing Filipino Misses