''The Music Master'' was a theatrical play written by

Charles Klein Charles Klein (January 7, 1867 – May 7, 1915) was an English-born playwright and actor who emigrated to America in 1883. Among his works was the libretto of John Philip Sousa's operetta, ''El Capitan''. Klein's talented siblings includ ...

, and produced and directed by

David Belasco David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story ''Madame Butterfly'' for the stage. He launched the theatrical career of ...

Background

The three-act comedy-drama opened at the

Belasco Theatre The Belasco Theatre is a Broadway theater at 111 West 44th Street, between Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Originally known as the Stuyvesant Theatre, it was built in 1907 an ...

in New York on September 26, 1904. It ran for 124 performances before it was moved to the Bijou Theatre where it ran for another 511 performances over that and the next two seasons (taking summers off), before going on tour.

David Warfield David Warfield (November 28, 1866 – June 27, 1951) was an American stage actor. Life and career Warfield was born David Wohlfeld in San Francisco, California, to German-Jewish parents, Louise and Sigmund Wohlfeld. His first connection wit ...

originated the title role, Anton Von Barwig, and continued playing it in revivals and on tour for two decades.

William Furst William Wallace Furst (March 25, 1852 – July 11, 1917) was an American composer of musical theatre pieces and a music director, best remembered for supplying incidental music to theatrical productions on Broadway. Biography Furst was born i ...

composed the play's incidental music. It was adapted into the film'' The Music Master''.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BOPT19271129.2.11?query=dore

References

Bibliography

*Mantle, Burns and Garrison P. Sherwood, eds., ''The Best Plays of 1899-1909'', Philadelphia, The Blakiston Company, 1947. *''The Music Master'' clipping/theatrical program folder held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Broadway plays 1904 plays {{1900s-play-stub