The French maid
Contributors: Held, Anna, 1877?-1918; Evans, Charles E., 1857-1945; Ziegfeld, Flo, 1869-1932; Sohlke, Augustus; Hood, Basil, 1864-1917; Slaughter, Walter, 1860-1908; Rice, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1848-1924; Columbia Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1898
Language: eng
Other titles: Chas. E. Evans and F. Ziegfeld, Jr., present ... The frisky English novelty in two acts entitled The French maid.
Description: Columbia Theatre, absolutely fireproof. Luckett & Dwyer, lessees and managers. Chas. E. Evans and F. Ziegfeld, Jr., present the Herald Square Theatre N.Y. production of the frisky English novelty in two acts, entitled "The French Maid," with the original cast, including Charles A. Bigelow. Two hundred nights Herald Square Theatre, New York, now nearing its four hundredth performance at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. Libretto by Capt. Basil Hood, music by Walter Slaughter, and Mlle. Anna Held in her great French specialty. Produced under the direction of Mr. Augustus Sohlke. Enlarged orchestra and chorus under the direction of Mr. Will P. Brown. Ballets arranged for this production by herr Augustus Sohlke, maitre de ballet. Mlle Anna Held, the peerless little Parisienne in new specialties during the second act. New scenery by Frank Rafter and Frank Dodge.
Notes: Columbia Theatre [Washington, D.C.], week of January 16, 1889, matinees Thursday and Saturday.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Mr. Edward J. Heron, Mr. Geo. De Raplion, Mr. Matt Woodward, Mr. Hallen Mostyn, Mr. Edouard Jose, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. William Armstrong, Mr. Charles E. Sturgiss, Miss Idalene Cotton, Miss Eva Davenport, Miss Eleanor Kendall, Miss Yolande Wallace, Miss Mamie Forbes, Mr. Chas. A. Bigelow. Misses Valeria Douglas, May Toriani, Florence Pemberton, Isabelle Demar, Helen Welch, Lillian De Grosse, Wilma Gilmore, Misses Mabel McKenna, Marie Peterman, Jessie Nelson, Bessie Montgomery, Louise Hoope, Belle Lovejoy, Mabel Harte, Maud West, Jessie Nelson, Auguste Sohlke.

LC copy: Incomplete: [4] p. only of program.

Available in digital form on the Library of Congress Digital Collections Web site: Variety Stage: Theater Playbills and Programs under the title: Chas. E. Evans and F. Ziegfeld, Jr., present ... The frisky English novelty in two acts entitled The French maid.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).