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A Million Dollars
''A Million Dollars'' is a musical in three acts with music by A. Baldwin Sloane, lyrics by George V. Hobart, and a book co-authored by Hobart and Louis Harrison. The musical's plot is about a barber who comes into sudden wealth and rapidly spends his new fortune. The work premiered on Broadway at the New York Theatre on September 27, 1900. It ran there for 28 performances; closing on October 20, 1900. ''A Million Dollars'' was directed by Frank Smithson and produced by Meyer L. Sire and Henry B. Sire. The cast included Joe Ott as Prince Punxatawney, Ignacio Martinetti as Consomme de Noodle, Cora Tanner as Aurora Borealis, Josie Sadler as Tryphena Shoolz, Nat M. Wills Nat M. Wills (born Louis McGrath Wills; July 11, 1873 – December 9, 1917) was a popular American stage star, vaudeville entertainer, and recording artist at the beginning of the 20th century. He is best known for his "tramp" persona and for per ... as Cecil Roads, Joseph Sparks as Wishbone McManus, Ethel Eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre, 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, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply, musicals. Although music has been a part of dramatic presentations since ancient times, modern Western musical theatre emerged during the 19th century, with many structural elements established by the light opera works of Jacques Offenbach in France, Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and the works of Edward Harrigan, Harrigan and Tony Hart (theater), Hart in America. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. George was born during the reign of his paternal grandmother, Queen Victoria, as the second son of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra). He was third in the line of succession to the British throne behind his father and his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1892, George served in the Royal Navy, until his elder brother's unexpected death in January 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. The next year Wedding of Prince George and Princess Victoria Mary, George married his brother's former fiancée, Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, and they had six children. When Death of Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria died in 1901, George's father ascended the throne as Edward VII, and George was created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Harrison
Louis Harrison (1859, Philadelphia – October 23, 1936, New York City) was an actor, playwright, comedian, lyricist, librettist, and theatre director. As both a performer and playwright, he was mainly active within the genres of musical theatre and light opera. Life and career Louis Harrison was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1859;Benjamin & Rosenblatt, p. 338 the son of immigrants from England. His family was Jewish. His brother was the theatrical manager Samuel Harrison. He attended the Northwest Grammar School in Philadelphia. Harrison had a prolific career as a stage actor that spanned more than 40 years. He began his career as a child actor in his native city performing at the Walnut Street Theatre and Arch Street Theatre. He left school while a teenager to join a touring acting troupe led by the actress Louisa Lane Drew. Harrison eventually co-established his own theatre troupe with the actor and dramatist John Gourlay. Together the men created and starred in the fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing company National Book Network based in Lanham, Maryland. History The current company took shape when the University Press of America acquired Rowman & Littlefield in 1988 and took the Rowman & Littlefield name for the parent company. Since 2013, there has also been an affiliated company based in London called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in Philosophy, Politics & International Relations and Cultural Studies. The company sponsors the Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching, the only national teaching award in political science given in the United States. It is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press, USA
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second-oldest university press after Cambridge University Press, which was founded in 1534. It is a department of the University of Oxford. It is governed by a group of 15 academics, the Delegates of the Press, appointed by the vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho. For the last 400 years, OUP has focused primarily on the publication of pedagogical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, American and British English spelling differences), many of the List of Broadway theaters, extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling ''Theatre'' as the proper noun in their names. Many performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations also use the spelling ''theatre''. or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional Theater (structure), theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater District, Manhattan, Theater District and Lincoln Center along Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Broadway and London's West End theatre, West End together represent the highest commercial level of live theater in the English-speaking world. While the Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway thoroughfare is eponymous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympia Theatre (New York City)
The Olympia Theatre (1514–16 Broadway at 44th Street), also known as Hammerstein's Olympia and later the Lyric Theatre and the New York Theatre, was a theater complex built by impresario Oscar Hammerstein I at Longacre Square (later Times Square) in Manhattan, New York City, opening in 1895. It consisted of a theater, a music hall, a concert hall, and a roof garden. Later, sections of the structure were substantially remodeled and used for both live theatre and for motion pictures. As a cinema, it was also known at various times as the Vitagraph Theatre and the Criterion Theatre. History According to ''The New York Times'', the Olympia was a "massive gray stone building", and extended on Longacre Square, on 45th Street, and on 44th Street. It was made from Indiana limestone, featured an imposing façade, and followed French Renaissance designs. It was designed by J. B. McElfatrick & Son. The building opened on November 25, 1895 with the Broadway debut of '' Excelsior, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dodd, Mead & Co
Dodd, Mead and Company was one of the pioneer publishing houses of the United States, based in New York City. Under several names, the firm operated from 1839 until 1990. History Origins In 1839, Moses Woodruff Dodd (1813–1899) and John S. Taylor, at that time a leading publisher in New York, formed the company of Taylor and Dodd as a publisher of religious books. In 1840, Dodd bought out Taylor and renamed the company as M.W. Dodd. Frank Howard Dodd (1844–1916) joined his father in business in 1859 and became increasingly involved in the publishing company's operation. With the retirement of founder Moses Dodd in 1870, control passed to his son Frank Howard Dodd, who joined in partnership with his cousin Edward S. Mead (1847–1894), and the company was reorganized as Dodd and Mead. In 1876, Bleecker Van Wagenen became a member of the firm and the name was changed to Dodd, Mead and Company. Tebbel, John, ''Between Covers: The Rise and Transformation of Book Publishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Smithson
Frank Smithson (11 February 1861 – 15 January 1949, New York City) was an Irish born American actor and theatre and film director. He began his career as a leading comic actor in Britain in the late 1880s and 1890s. He immigrated to the United States in 1896; making his Broadway debut in December of that year both directing and starring as Major Fossdyke in the Edwardian musical comedy '' The Girl from Paris''. He directed 250 productions for the American stage during his lengthy career, many of them for Broadway, and was also active as a film director for Edison Studios and Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios. Early career in Britain Frank Smithson was born on 11 February 1861 in Tralee, Ireland. He began his career as an actor. From May–July 1887 he toured the British provinces as Jinks in Harry Monkhouse's ''Larks''; portraying that role at the Theatre Royal, West Hartlepool, and the Prince of Wales Theatre, Salford. He spent the remainder of that year touring in the leading com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cora Tanner
Cora Tanner (c. 1861–1945) was an American stage actress who was most popular in the mid-1880s through her retirement from the stage in 1902. Biography Tanner was born in Cleveland, Ohio around 1861. She first appeared on stage at McVicker's Theater in Chicago; she reported she was 14 at the time.(May 1896)An Artist in Melodrama ''Munsey's Magazine'', p. 238 She first appeared in London in 1880. She was the first American Princess Ida in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera of the same name in 1884. The 1901 book ''Players of the Present'' opined that "since the beginning of the season of 1885-86 she has been constantly before the public more or less prominently as a star," reporting her first success was the role of Annie Meadows in Robert Buchanan's ''Alone in London'' (playing the role from 1884 to 1888), and then in 1888 in the same author's play ''Fascination''. In 1895-96 she appeared in the Broadway hit '' The Sporting Duchess''. In 1900 she portrayed Aurora Borealis i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josie Sadler
Josie Sadler (1871–1927) was for twenty years a leading American stage comedienne known for her "Dutch" (German) dialect routines and heavy-set appearance. She made several early phonograph recordings for the major companies of the time, and also made several silent films, mostly for Vitagraph. She retired from show business to operate her deceased husband's electrical research business. Biography Early life and career Josie Sadler was born as Josephine Rauscher in New York City in 1871. Her father was German, and her mother was French. Sadler was discovered at age 9 by Tony Pastor, and after Pastor received parental acquiescence, she appeared in Pastor's production ''Nursery Rhymes.'' This engagement lasted for about 4 months. She was educated in the United States, and later in Germany, ending her education at age 15. She then joined the Broadway production of '' Erminie''. Next she worked as a chorus girl in traveling productions of ''La Marquise'' and ''Madelon''. Her superi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nat M
Nat or NAT may refer to: Computing * Network address translation (NAT), in computer networking Chemistry, biology, and medicine * Natural antisense transcript, an RNA transcript in a cell * N-acetyltransferase, an enzyme; also NAT1, NAT2, etc. * Nucleic acid test, for genetic material * Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia, a disease * Noradrenaline transporter (NAT), also called norepinephrine transporter (NET) * Nucleobase ascorbate transporter (NAT) family, or Nucleobase cation symporter-2 (NCS2) family * Sodium ammonium tartrate tetrahydrate, the material crystallized by Pasteur as enantiomers Organizations * National Actors Theatre, New York City, U.S. * National AIDS trust, a British charity * National Archives of Thailand * National Assembly of Thailand, the national parliament People * Nat (name), a given name or nickname, usually masculine, and also a surname * Nat (Muslim), a Muslim community in North India * Nat caste, a Hindu caste found in northern India and Nep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
