Mrs. Wiggs Of The Cabbage Patch (play)
''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'', is a 1903 comedy by American author Anne Crawford Flexner. It was based on two books by Alice Hegan Rice, ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' (1901) and ''Lovey Mary (book), Lovey Mary'' (1903). It has three acts and two settings, all within the "Cabbage Patch", an impoverished neighborhood on the fringes of Louisville, Kentucky. The character-driven play covers three weeks time and has multiple storylines, including an ill-starred mail-order marriage, two refugees from an orphanage, the return of a long-lost husband, and a handful of young romances. The play was produced by Liebler & Company, with staging by Oscar Eagle, and sets by Gates and Morange. It starred Madge Carr Cook, Mabel Taliaferro, Helen Lowell, and William Hodge. It opened in Atlantic City in October 1903, went on to Louisville, Kentucky and other cities before having its Broadway premiere during September 1904. After closing on Broadway in January 1905, ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Ca ...
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Anne Crawford Flexner
Anne Crawford Flexner (June 27, 1874 – January 11, 1955) born Anne Laziere Crawford, was an American playwright. Early life and education Anne Laziere Crawford was born in Georgetown, Kentucky, the daughter of Louis G. Crawford and Susan Farnum.Boewe, Mary. She earned a bachelor's degree from Vassar College in 1895. One of her Vassar classmates was newspaper publisher and efficiency expert Georgie Boynton Child; Crawford was matron of honor at Boynton's wedding in 1903. Career In 1897, Anne Crawford moved to New York City to seek a literary career. She wrote drama reviews for the ''Louisville Courier-Journal'', and began writing her own plays. Her first success, ''Miranda of the Balcony'' (based on a novel by A. E. W. Mason) starred Minnie Maddern Fiske when it opened in 1901. She also adapted the works of her Louisville friend Alice Hegan Rice for the stage, as ''Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch'' (1904), starring Madge Carr Cook. Plays by Anne Crawford Flexner *''A ...
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