Alfred Drake(1914-1992)

Stage: Appeared (as "Ensemble"; Broadway debut) in "The Mikado" on Broadway. Musical/operetta (revival). Libretto by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Conducted by Louis Kroll. Directed by R.H. Burnside. Adelphi Theatre: 15 Jul 1935-7 Sep 1935 (16 performances/production played in repertory with "The Pirates of Penzance", "The Yeomen of the Guard", "The Gondoliers", "Trial by Jury" & "H.M.S. Pinafore"). Cast: John Albert (as "Ensemble"), Jay Amiss (as "Ensemble"), Elfrida Andabel (as "Ensemble"), Frances Baviello (as "Ensemble"), Don Becker (as "Ensemble"), Joan Boekholtz (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Mildred Burke (as "Ensemble"), Helene Bush (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Marion Castleray (as "Ensemble"), John Cosby (as "Go-To, a Noble Lord" / "The Mikado's Bodyguard" / "Ensemble"), William Danforth (as "The Mikado of Japan"), Margaret Daum (as "Yum-Yum, one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko"), Nadeline de Souter (as "Ensemble"), Nina Dean (as "Peep-Bo, one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko"), Adele Drury (as "Ensemble"), George Ebert (as "Ensemble"), Grace Garnett(as "Ensemble"), Edith Gibson (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Eleanor Gilmore (as "Ensemble"), Ione Haals (as "Ensemble"), Vivian Hart (as "Pitti-Sing, one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko"), Roger Ingham (as "The Mikado's Bodyguard" / "Ensemble"), Robert Irving (as "Ensemble"), Siegfried Langer (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Manners (as "Ensemble"), Emily Marsh (as "Ensemble"), Howard Marsh (as "Nanki-Poo, Son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minster"), Jean Matus (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Mildred Mercer (as "Ensemble"), Frank Moulan (as "Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner of Titipu"), John Muccio (as "Ensemble"), Vera Muller (as "Ensemble"), Bertram Peacock (as "Pish-Tush, a Noble Lord"), George Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Jane Rondthaler (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Marion Ross (as "Lady of the Mikado's Suite" / "Ensemble"), Vera Ross (as "Katisha/an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo"), Frederick Rudin (as "Ensemble"), Jean Talcott (as "Ensemble"), Alma Tollefsen (as "Ensemble"), Serg Ury (as "The Mikado's Bodyguard" / "Ensemble"), Marie Valez (as "Ensemble"), William Venturo (as "Ensemble"), Rudolph Wagner (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Waldon (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Walker (as "Ensemble"), Herbert Waterous (as "Pooh-Bah/Lord High Everything Else"), Solon West (as "The Mikado's Bodyguard" / "Ensemble"). Produced by Lodewick Vroom and The Civic Light Opera Company.