''Buddies'' is a 1919 Broadway musical by George V. Hobart(2 February 1926)
Geo. Hobart Passes Away in Maryland
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byline) ("Hobart's most pronounced stage success was the morality play "Experience." Among the best known other plays were "Our Mrs. McChesney, written for

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; "Miss Print," designed as a vehicle for

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; "Sonny"; "Buddies" and "Sweet Sixteen".) and with music by Bentley Collingwood Hilliam. After an initial run in

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starting on August 12, it opened at the Selwyn Theatre on October 17, 1919, and played for 259 performances through June 12, 1920. The musical is set in

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Principal Broadway cast

* Camile Dalberg as Madame BenoitWoollcott, Alexander (29 October 1919)
The Play
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''(28 October 1919)
'Buddies' A Comedy With Few Flaws
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'', p. 8, col. 3. *

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as Julie *

Roland Young Roland Young (11 November 1887 – 5 June 1953) was an English-born actor. He began his acting career on the London stage, but later found success in America and received an Academy Award nomination for his role in the film '' Topper'' (19 ...

as Babe *

Donald Brian Donald Brian (February 17, 1877 – December 22, 1948) was an actor, dancer and singer born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Colony of Newfoundland, Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada). In 1907, he sta ...

as Sonny * Maxine Brown as Louise Maitland * Richard Cramer as Rube * Edouard Durand as Alphone Pettibois *

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as Babette *

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as Biff

References

External links

* 1919 musicals Musicals about World War I Broadway musicals Musicals set in France Musicals by George V. Hobart {{1910s-play-stub