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based firm of designers and builders established in 1894 by brothers Frank E. Gates (July 12, 1863, Keokuk, Iowa – December 18, 1952, Bronxville, New York) and Richard H. Gates (June 25, 1872,

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– September 16, 1964, Newport, Vermont), and the artist Edward A. Morange (March 20, 1865,

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– May 19, 1955, Torrington, Connecticut).Bordman & Hischak, p. 253 The firm had a prolific career as scenic designers for

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from the 1890s through the 1930s; creating sets for more than 50 productions. The firm also created designs for trade shows, exhibitions, and businesses. While the organization's work as set designers ended after the mid-1930s, the firm continued to operate in other capacities until it closed in 1953. Gates and Morange first drew widespread acclaim in 1895 for their designs for two works: the road musical ''Off the Earth'' and the Broadway play ''Kismet'' by playwright Richard F. Carroll. Some of their more celebrated designs included the orchard scene in C.M.S. McLellan's drama ''

Leah Kleschna ''Leah Kleschna'' is a drama in five acts by C.M.S. McLellan produced for the first time on Broadway by Minnie Maddern Fiske, Harrison Grey Fiske and the Manhattan Company with set design provided by Frank E. Gates and E. A. Morange. The play ...

'' (1904,

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) and the

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set for the 1912 revival of

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's play ''Oliver Twist''; adapted from the Dickens novel.

Partial list of Broadway works

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'', play, premiered at the Theatre Republic on September 27, 1900 *'' When Knighthood Was in Flower'', play (1901) *'' Nancy Brown'', musical (1903) *''

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'', musical (1906) *''

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'', operetta (1906) *''

A Stubborn Cinderella ''A Stubborn Cinderella'' is a musical in three acts with music by Joseph E. Howard, and book and lyrics co-written by William M. Hough and Frank R. Adams. A reinvention of the classic Cinderella folk tale, the plot is a spoof on American colleg ...

'', musical, premiered at the Alhambra Theater in

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on May 24, 1908; NYC premiere

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, January 25, 1909 *'' The Garden of Allah'', play (1911) *'' When Dreams Come True'', musical (1913) *''

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'', comic opera (1916) *'' The Bunch and Judy'', musical, premiered at the

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, November 28, 1922 *''

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'', musical (1923) *''

Mary Jane McKane ''Mary Jane McKane'' is a musical comedy in three acts with book and lyrics by William Cary Duncan and Oscar Hammerstein, II and music by Herbert Stothart and Vincent Youmans. The show was produced by Arthur Hammerstein at the Imperial Theatre, a ...

'', musical, premiered at the

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, December 25, 1923Owen, p. 70 *''

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'', musical (1923) *'' Ziegfeld Follies of 1924'', musical revue *''

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'', musical (1928) *'' Sweet Adeline'', musical (1929)

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