The belle of the barber's ball
Contributors: Eltinge, Julian, 1883-1941; Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942; Harris, Sam, 1872-1941; Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942; Columbia Theatre (Organization : Washington, D.C.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1909
Language: eng
Description: Washington's leading theatre, the Columbia. The Columbia Theatre Co., proprietor, Frank Metzerott, pres., Oliver Metzerott, treas., Fred G. Berger, manager. "Cohan & Harris' Minstrels" with Raymond Hitchcock and 100 honey boys, presenting an entertainment embracing minstrelsy, vaudeville, burlesque and musical comedy. A new minstrel one-act musical comedy, "The Belle of the Barber's Ball," by George M. Cohan.
Notes: Columbia Theatre, Washington, D.C., week of Monday, March 1, 1909. Matinees Thur. and Sat.

Title devised by Library staff.

"The Columbia program. Vol. XII, no. 26, season 1908-09".

Cast: Raymond Hitchcock, Eddie Leonard, Alf. Gibson, Frank Morrell, Ernest Tenney, John King, Julian Eltinge.

LC copy imperfect: [6] p. only of program. Shelved under: Cohan & Harris Minstrels.

With: Cohan and Harris Minstrels. Issued together.

Available in digital form on the Library of Congress Digital Collections Web site: Variety Stage: Theater Playbills and Programs under the title: Cohan and Harris' [sic] Minstrels with Raymond Hitchcock and 100 honey boys presenting an entertainment embracing minstrelsy, vaudeville, burlesque and musical comedy.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).
Table of contents: title: Musical numbers: 1. "At the Barber's Ball"; title: 2. "Rag Time Quadrille"; title: 3. "The Gibson Coon"; title: "Oh, You Coon".