First presented at the New York Theatre, New York on 5th. June 1902.
THE CHAPERONS
Cast of Characters
| ADAM HOGG |
(a Pork-Packer of Cincinnati and President of the International Society for the Investigation and Suppression of Vice) |
Henry Conor |
| AUGUSTUS (his Valet) | George K. Henery |
| ALGERNON O'SHAUNESSY (studying Rapid Transit in Paris) | Walter Jones |
| SIGNOR RICARDO BASSINI |
(Proprietor of the Opera Company known as the "Ancient and Honorable Parisians") |
Jos. C. Miron |
| SCHNITZEL (with an appetite for paper) | Edd Redway |
| TOM SCHUYLER (an American student of Vocal Music at the Paris Conservatory) | Albert Farrington |
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PIERRE PAUL PHILIP JACQUES |
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(Student friends of Tom) |
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D. G. Ruthven E. H. Randall Jake Weibly T. H. Burton |
| FRANÇOIS (a head waiter) | Carl Hartberg |
| ARAMANTHE DEDINCOURT |
(Managing Director of the English and Continental Order of Trained Chaperons) |
Trixie Friganza |
| PHROSIA (an admirer of Old Sleuth) | Eva Tanguay |
| VIOLET SMILAX |
(a ward of Adam Hogg and masquerading as Carola in the Paris Conservatory of Chaperons) |
Nellie Follis |
| JACQUELIN (Prima Donna Soprano in Bassini's Co.) | Winifred Florence |
| HORTENSE (Prima Donna Contralto in Bassini's Co.) | May Boley |
|
EDOURD JEAN |
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(Eaton Boys) |
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Geralda Malone Ida Hopper |
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PINZONETTE CAROMELLA SYBYLLENA SUZANOLA PAPINEZZA BIZZIBIZZI |
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(Pupils in Aramanthe's Conservatory of Choice Chaperons) |
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May Stebbins Sophia Williams Isabel Franklin Nellie Victoria Kathrine Monteith Nina Gillet |
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CLARABELLA BLEWSTER AHDELAIDE FETHERINGTON MAYMIE GILBURTON MAHDELINE PESSINGTON SARAHINE KENSINGTON |
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(American Chaperons accompanying Violet) |
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Geraldine Cooke Elsie Baird May Calvert Ruoy Paine Katherine Call |
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GERTRUDE GLADYS GWENDOLIN |
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(Chorus Girls in Bassini's Co.) |
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Sadie Harris Lillie de Vere Ida Hopper |
Synopsis of Scenery
| ACT I | - Street in Latin Quartier, Paris. |
| ACT II | - Court Yard of Imperial Hotel, Alexandria, Egypt. |
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