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Knickerbocker Theatre , (2/01/1909 - 4/25/1909)
Criterion Theatre , (4/26/1909 - 5/29/1909)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Feb 01, 1909   
Closing Date:May 29, 1909 Total Performances:136

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A musical in three acts
Setting: Bright Hall and the Armory and Drill Hall, Bingham College


Production Staff
Produced by Charles Dillingham
Music by Gustav Luders; Book by George Ade; Lyrics by George Ade; Orchestra under the direction of Robert Hood Bowers
Play staged by Fred G. Latham; Dances arranged by William Rock
Scenic Design by Homer Emens; Costume Design by Elsie DeWolfe
Cast
Harry Clarke Squab Dingle
freshman
Elsie Janis Cynthia Bright
the only co-ed
Sydney Jarvis Wellington Reed
'78, an old grad
Arthur Stanford Davy Dickerson
almost a senior
Inez Bauer Angelina Baxter
of Red Wing, Minnesota
Stewart Belknap A Sergeant
Leila Benton Town Girl/Visitor
Jeanette D'Arville Town Girl/Visitor
E. Mae Davis Town Girl/Visitor
Bella Desmond Town Girl/Visitor
Louise Donovan Town Girl/Visitor
Constance Eastman Hazel Pinkham
of Worcester, Massachusetts
Clara Eckstrom Town Girl/Visitor
May Fields Town Girl/Visitor
Edgar Halstead Josephus Cadwallader
professor of psychology
Bena Hoffman Town Girl/Visitor
Waltzer
Bessie Holbrook Town Girl/Visitor
Leavitt James Grouch Hubbard
president of Woman's Haters' League
Daisy Johnstone Town Girl/Visitor
Josie Karlin Town Girl/Visitor
Florence Major Town Girl/Visitor
Donald McLaren Captain Peacock
a military star
Birdice McLaughlin Town Girl/Visitor
Marion Mills Byrdie Wheeler
of Boise, Idaho
Bertha Morrelle Town Girl/Visitor
Lillian Nicholson Town Girl/Visitor
James Reaney Bob Chester
an athletic star
Fanny Robertson Town Girl/Visitor
Ella Rock Town Girl/Visitor
Bessie Skeer Town Girl/Visitor
Elsie Steele Magnolia Curtis
of Jackson, Mississippi
H. David Todd Ernest Grubb
a scholarship star
Lionel Walsh Freddie Carrington
a society star
Effie Wheeler Town Girl/Visitor
music by Gustav Luders; lyrics by George Ade 

ACT 1
Almost
The College Military
I'll Dream of That Sweet Co-Ed
ACT 2
(Sing Hey for) The Chaperon Squab Dingle (freshman) and Girls
Leave It to the Boys in the Navy
Please Don't Keep Me Waiting
(The) Day of the Game Wellington Reed ('78, an old grad) and Chorus
ACT 3
An Isle of the Philippines
A Little Girl That's Wise Angelina Baxter (of Red Wing, Minnesota) and Squab Dingle (freshman)