Stage: Wrote libretto (billed as "Hugh Morton"; earliest Broadway credit) for "The Belle of New York' on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by / Musical Director: Gustav Kerker. Choreographed by ]Augusto Francioli'. Directed / produced by
George W. Lederer. Casino Theatre (on hiatus from 14 Nov 1897-19 Dec 1897): 28 Sep 1897-26 Dec 1897 (64 performances). Cast: La Petite Adelaide (as "Dance Specialty"), Anna Baldarsara (as "Chorus"), Harriet Bond (as "Gladys Glee"), William Cameron (as "Blinky Bill McGuirk"), Crissie Carlisle (as "Birdie Seed"), Dan Daly (as "Ichabod Bronson"), Ada Dare Cora Angelique"), Bettie Dauble (as "Chorus"),
Harry Davenport (as "Harry Bronson"), Harry Dodd (as "Mr. Twiddles"), Ida Doerge (as "Chorus"), Paula Edwards (as "Mamie Clancy"), Agnes Enright (as "Chorus"), George K. Fortescue (as "Doc Snifkins"), Marie George (as "Kissie Fitzgarter"), Winfred Goff (as "Billie Breeze"), Mollie Hoffman (as "Chorus"), Venie Hoffman (as "Chorus"), Sylvia Holte (as "Dorothy June"), Mabelle Howe (as "Marjorie May" / "Little Miss Flirt"), May Knight (as "Chorus"), Lionel Lawrence (as "Fricot" / "Mr. Snooper" / "Ah Bung"), Helen Lord (as "Myrtle Mince"), L.T. MacDonald (as "Mr. Peeper"), Edna May (as "Violet Gray"), Clarice Middleton (as "Chorus"), Phyllis Rankin (as "Fifi Fricot"), Maud Robinson (as "Chorus"), Babette Rodney (as "Pansy Pinns"), George A. Schiller (as "Kenneth Mugg"),
John Slavin (as "Count Ratsi Rattatoo"; Broadway debut), William Sloan (as "Count Patsi Rattatoo"), Marie Steinberg (as "Chorus"), Minnie Varrell (as "Mrs. Snuffy"), Austin Walsh (as "William" / "Mr. Snuffy"), David Warfield (as "Karl von Pumpernick"), Laura Witt (as "Chorus"), Rose Witt (as "Queenie Cake"), Sophie Witt (as "Chorus"). NOTES: (1) By "Gilded Age" standards this was a modestly successful Broadway run, but the play would open in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 12 Aug 1898 and run for a remarkable 697 performances. (2) Filmed as
The Belle of New York (1919),
La bella di New York (1952).
