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The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
The Better 'Ole,
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| First Preview: | Total Previews: | ||
| Opening Date: | Oct 19, 1918 | ||
| Closing Date: | Oct 04, 1919 | Total Performances: | 353 |
Category: Special, Comedy, Extravaganza, Original, Broadway
Description: A Comedy with Music in Two Acts, 7 Scenes and an Epilogue
Setting: Before Novermber 10, 1918 somewhere in France and somewhere in England
| Production Staff | |
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| Produced by Charles Coburn and Mrs. Charles Coburn | |
| Book by Bruce Bairnsfather and Capt. Arthur Elliott; Music by Herman Darewski; Lyrics by Percival Knight and James Heard; Music arranged by Herman Darewski; Musical Director: Eliott Schenck; Featuring songs by Florence Methven, Oliver DeGerde and Peter Bernard; Featuring songs with lyrics by Marion Gillespie and W. R. Titterton | |
| Staged by Percival Knight; Choreographed by Lily Leonora | |
| Scenic Design by Ernest Albert; Costume Design by Christie and Co. and Mme. Broich | |
| Cast |
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| Kenyon Bishop | Maggie, Mrs. Bill Busby | |
| Eugene Borden | A French Porter | |
| Colin Campbell | Alf | |
| Mollie Carroll | Helene from Belgium | |
| Nevin Clark | Military Postman | |
| An Old Villager | ||
| A Tommy | ||
| Charles Coburn | Old Bill | |
| Mrs. Charles Coburn | Victoire | |
| J.M. Deeter | A Tommy | |
| Mona Desmonde | Suzette from France | |
| Charles Engels | A Tommy | |
| William Fish | A Tommy | |
| Vici Ioucelli | A Tommy | |
| Athalie Jenkins | Maggie from Scotland | |
| Therese Josephs | Rosa from Italy | |
| Theodora Keene | Peg from Canada | |
| Albert Kenway | A Tommy | |
| Gwen Lewis | Angele | |
| George Logan | The Vicar | |
| A Tommy | ||
| Charles McNaughton | Bert | |
| Hazel O'Brien | Suzette from France | |
| Lillian Spencer | Captain of the Women's Workers' Camp | |
| William Swayne | A Tommy | |
| Edwin Taylor | The Sergeant Major | |
| Howard Taylor | A French Officer | |
| Lark Taylor | Captain Milne | |
| A Spy | ||
| Helen Tilden | Berthe | |
| Marguerite Torrey | Mollie from Ireland | |
| Ruth Urban | Mary Brown from America | |
| Ruth Vivian | Kate | |
| Henry Ward | A Tommy | |
| Henry Warwick | The Colonel | |
| Rene Wren | A Tommy | |
| Eugenie Young | Rachel | |
| Nancy from England |
music by Herman Darewski; lyrics by Percival Knight and James Heard
(Unless otherwise noted)
(Unless otherwise noted)
| Tommy | Suzette from France and Tommies |
| (When You Take) That Trip Across the Rhine (music by Percival Knight) | Captain of the Women's Workers' Camp and Women War Workers |
| (My Word! Ain't We) Carrying On (lyrics by Percival Knight, James Heard, Herman Darewski and Melville Gideon) | Bert, Alf and Old Bill |
| We Wish We Was in Blighty (lyrics by W. R. Titterton) | Bert, Alf and Old Bill |
| When You Look in the Heart of a Rose (music by Florence Methven; lyrics by Marion Gillespie) | |
| (She's) Venus de Milo (to Me) (music by Oliver DeGerde and Peter Bernard; lyrics by Oliver DeGerde and Peter Bernard) | Old Bill |
| Je sais que vous etes gentil (music by Percival Knight and P.H. Christine; lyrics by Percival Knight and Grant Stewart) | Berthe and Bert |
| (Have a Little) Regiment of Our Own (music by Percival Knight) | Bert and French Girls |
| Regiment of Our Own | Bert and Mollie from Ireland |