The Queens Mate Broadway Theatre The Theatre April 30 1888

''The Queen's Mate'' is an 1888

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in English adapted from the French ''La Princesse des Canaries'' by

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(or ''Pepita'' in London in 1888), with a

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by Harry Paulton. The play was first performed in

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in January 1888, and successfully toured on its way east through April.Fields, Armond
Lillian Russell: A Biography of "America's Beauty"
pp. 52-53 (1999) It had its

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debut at the former

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on May 2, 1888, presented by the J.C. Duff Company.(2 May 1888)
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'' It ran through June 30 for 61 total performances,(30 June 1888)
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'' The Sun (New York)'' (last two shows)(20 June 1888)
The Queen's Mate
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'' (brief note that 50th performance was reached on June 19, where sovenir programmes where engraved illustrations were distributed) before returning after a summer break to play again from August 13(14 August 1888)
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'' to September 8 (28 additional performances).(13 August 1888)
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'' The Sun (New York)'' ("Grand Reopening")(8 September 1888)
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'' The Sun (New York)'' (last two shows of fall) After closing in New York, it again went on the road, for 14 weeks, and played the month of October in Chicago.

Original Broadway cast

*Anita by

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(her first appearance in America)(2 April 1888)
Camille D'Arville's Arrival
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'' *Inez by Lillian Russell *Catarina by Rose Leighton *Guzman by Harry W. Emmett *Pedrillo by Frederic Darrell *Inigo by Harry Paulton *Bombardos by W.H. Clark *Pataques by J.H. Ryley *Hans by Frederic Clifton *Gomez by

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*Juan by W. Stell The scenery was created by H.E. Hoyt and Harley Merry.

References

External links

Photographs of Russell and D'Arville in The Queen's Mate
at Museum of the City of New York {{DEFAULTSORT:Queen's Mate, The 1888 plays Adaptations of works by French writers