Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1912 play)
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a Broadway
play that debuted at the Little Theatre
on West 44th Street, New York City, on October 31, 1912. Based on the stories by the Brothers Grimm
, it was produced by Winthrop Ames
who had written it under the pseudonym
"Jessie Graham White." The play met with favorable reviews.
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
play that debuted at the Little Theatre
Helen Hayes Theatre
Helen Hayes Theatre with 597 seats is the smallest Broadway theatre and is located at 240 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan....
on West 44th Street, New York City, on October 31, 1912. Based on the stories by the Brothers Grimm
Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm , Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, and authors who collected folklore and published several collections of it as Grimm's Fairy Tales, which became very popular...
, it was produced by Winthrop Ames
Winthrop Ames
Winthrop Ames was an American theatre director and producer, playwright and screenwriter.For three decades at the beginning of the 20th century, Ames was an important force on Broadway, whose repertoire included directing and producing Shakespeare and classic plays, new plays, and revivals of...
who had written it under the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
"Jessie Graham White." The play met with favorable reviews.
Cast of characters (opening night)
- Princess Snow White : Marguerite ClarkMarguerite ClarkMarguerite Clark was an American stage and silent film actress.-Early life and theater:Born to a farming family in Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio, Clark was educated at a Roman Catholic boarding school in Cincinnati...
- Queen Brangomar : Elaine Inescort
- Rosalys : Madeline Fairbanks
- Amelotte : Harriett Ingalls
- Ermengarde : Jeannette Dix
- Guinivere : Dorothy Preyer
- Christabel : Marion Fairbanks
- Astolaine : Madelaine Chieff
- Ursula : WaldenWaldenWalden is an American book written by noted Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau...
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- Berthold, the Huntsman : Arthur Barry
- Prince Florimond of Calydon : Donald GallaherDonald GallaherDonald Gallaher was an American actor.Gallaher was born in Quincy, Illinois. After moving to New York City as a child with his mother, he began acting in productions such as A Royal Family....
- Valentine : Peter Miller
- Vivian : Royal Herring
- The Seven Dwarfs Scene 3
- Blick, the eldest of the seven : Edward See
- Flick : Harry Burnham
- Glick : Marie Cullen
- Snick : Emmet Hampton
- Plick : Charles Everett
- Whick : John Davis
- Quee, the youngest "boy" of the seven, nearly ninety-nine years old with an apparent chronic thievery issue : Dorothy Farrier
- Witch Hex : Ada Boshell
- Long Tail : William Grey
- Short Tail : Patrick Driscoll
- Lack Tail : Arthur Simpson