A thousand years ago
Contributors: Furst, William, 1852-1917; MacKaye, Percy, 1875-1956; Shubert Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1914
Language: eng
Other titles: Hazar yek ruz.
Description: The Sam S. Shubert Theatre. "A Thousand Years Ago," a romance of the Orient by Percy MacKaye. Devised and produced under the direction of J.C. Huffman, interpretative music by William Furst. The play is an original comedy suggested by the Persian romance in "The Thousand and One Days," wherein are recited the adventures of Calaf, Prince of Astrakhan, and Turandot, the beautiful Princess of Pekin. Scenery built by James Surridge, scenery painted by H. Robert Law Studios, costumes by Eaves Costume Co.,, Max & Mahieu and Madame McDonough, shoes by Wah Tai Co., properties by James Caldwell and Max Davis.
Notes: Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Rita Jolivet, Frederick Warde, Fania Marinoff, Jerome Patrick, Frank McCormack, Edmund Roth, Sheldon Lewis, Albert Howson, Allen Thomas, Joseph C. Smith, Henry E. Dixey, Hugh Nixon, John P. Savage, Anthony Romack, Reginald Simpson, William H. Dupont, W. Bradley Ward, David Earle, Charles Muche, Thomas Edwards, Joseph Reed, Howard Jackson, Carl Textoris, Joseph Weston, James Bannister, Franklin Montgomery, John Leons, Philip Sheridan, Robert W. Gest, Marie Benton, Daisy Miller, Ruth Pierson, Constance Howard, Elsie Oates, Sybil Maitland.

LC copy imperfect: pages 5-12 only of program.

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