''The Fascinating Widow'' is a 1910
musical comedy
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...
written by
Otto Hauerbach
Otto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach (August 18, 1873 – January 24, 1963) was an American lyricist and librettist of nearly 50 Musical theater, musical comedies and operetta, operettas. Harbach collaborated as lyricist or librettist wi ...
as a vehicle for the
female impersonator
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Julian Eltinge
Julian Eltinge (May 14, 1881 – March 7, 1941), born William Julian Dalton, was an American stage and film actor and female impersonator. After appearing in the Boston Cadets Revue at the age of ten in feminine garb, Eltinge garnered notic ...
. The play premiered in Atlantic City, New Jersey, then toured the United States for 10 months before appearing on Broadway in September 1911.
Productions
The play premiered at the Apollo Theatre in Atlantic City, New Jersey on November 14, 1910, with
A.H. Woods producing. Woods toured the show around the United States, then brought it back to the Apollo in August 1911, before taking it to Broadway. It opened on Broadway at the
Liberty Theatre
The Liberty Theatre is a former Broadway theater at 234 West 42nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1904, the theater was designed by Herts & Tallant and built for Klaw and Erlanger, the partnership ...
on September 11, 1911.
After a seven-week run on Broadway, the show returned to the road, where it ran for several more years.
Cast and characters
![Julian-Eltinge-Fascinating-Widow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Julian-Eltinge-Fascinating-Widow.jpg)
The characters and cast from the Broadway production are given below:
Adaptations
The play was adapted as a
silent film
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in 1925.
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1910 plays
Broadway musicals
Comedy plays
English-language plays
American plays adapted into films
Musicals by Otto Harbach
Culture of Atlantic City, New Jersey