Dr. Syntax (musical)
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Dr. Syntax is a musical in two acts with music by Woolson Morse and a libretto by J. Cheever Goodwin that was adapted from Thomas William Robertson's 1869 play School. The work was a revised version of Morse's earlier work Cinderella at School.
The original 1894 production was produced by DeWolf Hopper. His wife at that time, Edna Wallace Hopper, appeared in the cast.[1]
It debuted at the Broadway Theatre on June 23, 1894.[2] The Best Plays of 1884-1899 (1955) says it had a "comfortable run of 159 performances."[1] It then toured, and was notably performed for the inaugural opening of Parsons Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut on April 1, 1896.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Chapman, John and Garrison P. Sherwood (eds.) The Best Plays of 1894-1899, p. 2 (1955)
- ^ Bordman, Gerald. American Musical Theater: A Chronicle, p. 149 (3rd ed. 2001)
- ^ J. W. P. (April 1, 1916). 1896-1916:Parsons' Theatre, Twentieth Anniversary Historical Souvenir. Parsons' Theatre. p. 5-6.