The piper
Contributors: Bell, Hamilton, 1857-1929; North, Wilfrid, 1863-1935; Wilson, Christopher, 1874-1919; Schenck, Elliott; Peabody, Josephine Preston, 1874-1922; Corning, John Herbert, d. ca. 1940, donor; New Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y. : 1909-1911); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1911
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama; Pied Piper of Hamelin (Legendary character)
Description: The New Theatre, "The Piper," a play in four acts by Josephine Preston Peabody. Incidental music composed for "The Piper" by Mr. Christopher Wilson. Mr. George Foster Platt, producer, Mr. Frederick Stanhope, assistant producer, Mr. E. Hamilton Bell, art director, Mr. Elliott Schenck, musical director, Mr. Wilfrid North, stage manager. The scenery of Act I and Act II scene 2 painted by Messrs. Unitt & Wickes, the scenery of Act II scene 1 by Messrs. Gates & Morange.
Notes: The New Theatre, New York, Season 1910-1911, January 30 to February 11, [1911], Monday evening, January 30, at 8.30 (premier) ...

Title devised by Library staff.

"In Repertory: 'The Piper,' a poetic drama by Josephine Preston Peabody ... In preparation. Return ... of Maeterlinck's 'The Blue Bird' to the New Theatre, with the addition of a new act, 'The Land of Happiness' ... 'Nobody's Daughter,' a comedy of modern life by George Paston ... 'The Arrow Maker,' a drama of American Indian life by Mary Austin, premier Monday evening, February 27".

Cast: Miss Edith Wynne Matthison, Mr. Frank Gillmore, Mr. Jacob Wendell, Jr., Mr. Lee Baker, Mr. Ben Johnson, Mr. John Sutherland, Mr. William McVay, Mr. Stewart Baird, Mr. Edwin Cushman, Mr. William Raymond, Mr. Pedro de Cordoba, Mr. Cecil Yapp, Mr. Robert Hamilton, Miss Olive Oliver, Miss Dora Jesslyn, Miss Thais Lawton, Miss Elsie Herndon Kearns, Miss Mary Doyle, Mrs. Sol Smith, Master John Tansey, Master Emmett Hampton, Miss Jeanette Dix, Miss Claribel Campbell, Miss Dorothy Vernon.

LC copy: Gift: Est. of J.H. Corning, June 20, 1940.

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