Brewster's Millions (play)

Brewster's Millions
Written by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley
Date premiered December 31, 1906 (1906-12-31)
Place premiered New Amsterdam Theatre
Original language English
Genre Comedy

Brewster's Millions is a play written by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley, based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. Producers Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy staged it on Broadway in 1906. The play is about a young man who must spend a million dollars that he has inherited in order to inherit many millions more.[1]

Broadway production

An image from a promotional postcard shows a scene set aboard a yacht.

Thompson and Dundy previewed the play at the Taylor Opera House in Trenton, New Jersey, starting on October 11, 1906.[2] It debuted on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 31, 1906. The production transferred to the Hudson Theatre on February 25, 1907, with the same cast.[3]

The characters and cast from the Broadway production are given below:

Cast of the Broadway production
Character Broadway cast
Montgomery BrewsterEdward Abeles
Fred GardnerLeslie Bassett
Horace PettingillGaston Bell
Trixie ClaytonCecile Breton
RawlesGeorge Clare
Subway SmithJack Devereaux
Archibald VanderpoolSumner Gard
Frank BragdonWillard Howe
Colonel DrewNestor Lennon
Mrs. Dan De MilleEmily Lytton
ThomasArthur Morris
Barbara DrewOlive Murray
Janice ArmstrongJosephine Park
Nopper HarrisonGeorge Probert
Monsieur BargieEugene Redding
Mr. GrantAlbert Sackett
Joseph MacCloudJoseph Woodburn

References

  1. ↑ "Plays and Players". The Theatre. 7 (72). February 1907. pp. 31–32.
  2. ↑ "Brewster's Millions". The New York Times. 56 (17, 793). October 12, 1906. p. 9.
  3. ↑ "In Manhattan". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 68 (54). February 24, 1907. p. News Local: 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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