The daughter of heaven
Contributors: Egerton, George, 1859-1945; Loti, Pierre, 1850-1923; Gautier, Judith, 1845-1917; Corning, John Herbert, d. ca. 1940, donor; Century Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.); Liebler & Co; Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1912
Language: eng
Other titles: Daughter of heaven, a dramatic spectacle.
Description: The Century Theatre, Central Park West, 62d and 63d Sts. lessee and manager George C. Tyler. First time on any stage of "The Daughter of Heaven," (The Liebler Co., managers) a dramatic spectacle by Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier, English adaptation by George Egerton, the play staged by Hugh Ford. Incidental music and overture selected from the original Chinese by Mme. Judith Gautier and transcribed into the Occidental system of notation by M. Benedictus of Paris, music at the Century Theatre performed by Frank R. White, scenery by Gates and Morange, all costumes the work of Caramba, A. Sapelli & Co., of Milan, Italy, costume chief for the Liebler Co., C. Alexander Ramsey.
Notes: The Century Theatre, New York, opening Saturday, October 12th, 1912, evenings at 8, matinees Wednesday, Saturday and Holidays at 2.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Miss Viola Allen, Mr. Basil Gill, Master Norris Millington, Mr. Lee Baker, Mr. Bernard Fairfax, Mr. Claude Brooke, Mr. Clarence Heritage, Mr. F. Wilmot, Mr. Marshall Wynn, Mr. Roy Merrill, Mr. David Kirkpatrick, Mr. Lawrence O'Leary, Mr. Alphonse Fabre, Mr. Herbert Corey, Mr. J.W. Howe, Mr. J.C. Kline, Mr. Herbert Mallett, Mr. Joseph Mitchell, Mr. Charles Hayne, Mr. L. Lewis, Mr. Woodford Byington, Miss Ruth Rose, Miss Rosina Henley, Miss Frances Wright, Miss Miriam Collins, Miss Maud Salvani, Miss Rose Norris, Misses Nina de Becker, Helen de Picon, Eva de Picon, Bessie Mar English, Blanche Aimee, Holly Haines, Miss Golden Gardner, Mr. Herbert Mallett, Mr. Henry Bergman, Mr. Charles D. Herman, Mr. Nicholas Burnham, Mr. James Devore, Mr. Frank Russell, Mr. Ray Hester, Mr. Earl Yaedaker, Mr. Charles Glocker, Mr. Charles Brokate, Miss Nina Parke.

Sheet with floor plans of Balcony, Orchestra and Foyer directories laid in.

With: Playbill advertisement for "The New Sin," a comedy by Basil MacDonald Hastings -- Playbill advertisement for "Man and Superman,"by Bernard Shaw. Issued together.

Available in digital form on the Library of Congress Digital Collections Web site: Variety Stage: Theater Playbills and Programs. Program available in digital form under title: The daughter of heaven, a dramatic spectacle.

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).