Stage: Wrote source material (play, "Die Frau im Hermelin") for "Maytime", produced on Broadway. Musical/operetta. Book / lyrics by
Rida Johnson Young. Music by
Sigmund Romberg. Based on the libretto to the German musical comedy "Wei einst im Mai" by
Rudolph Bernauer,
Walter Kollo and Willy Bredschneider. Musical Director:
Frank Tours. Music orchestrated by Sandar Harmathy and Kiefert. Additional lyrics by
Cyrus Wood. Choreographed by
Allan K. Foster. Production Supervised by J.J. Shubert. Directed by Edward P. Temple. Shubert Theatre (moved to The 44th Street Theatre 18 Feb 1918-31 Mar 1918, then moved to The Broadhurst Theatre 1 Apr 1918-4 Aug 1918, then moved to The Lyric Theatre from 5 Aug 1918-circa. 8 Sep 1918, then returned to The Broadhurst Theatre from 9 Sep 1918 to close): 16 Aug 1917-19 Oct 1918 (492 performances). Cast:
Charles Purcell (as "Richard Wayne" / "Dicky Wayne"), Douglas J. Wood (as "Claude Van Zandt"),
Peggy Wood (as "Ottillie" / "Ottillie Van Zandt"), Arthur Albro, George Allen,
Warner Anderson, Laura Arnold, Gene Aubrey, Pearl Barimore, Florence Bruce, Helen Cameron, Grace Daniels, Bud Davidson, Ann Delmore, Eleanor B. Fox, Pearl Germonde, Burt Hall, Jack Harvey, Virginia Heffren, Ralph J. Herbert, Janet Kenny, Adele Leroy, Rena Manning, Richard Melbourne, C.H. Miller, Richard Morgan,
Edward Nannery (as "P.T. Barnum"; Broadway debut), William Norris, Maude Odell, Edna Rochelle, Jane Russell, Teddy Shelber, Frank Sidney, Carl Stall, Teddy Stevens, Rose Timble, Minna Valieri, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Henry Ward, Teddy Webb, Fred Williams, Rose Winter, Edith Wright. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. NOTE: Filmed as
Maytime (1923),
Le chant du printemps (1937).
