Produced for the first time at the Stamford Theatre, Stamford CT, on August 7th. 1917,
and performed at the Shubert Theatre, New York, from August 16th. 1917.

MAYTIME

Original Cast of Characters

ACT I - 1840

JOHN WAYNE Richard Morgan
COLONEL VAN ZANDT Carl Stall
OTTILLIE   (his daughter) Peggy Wood
RICHARD WAYNE   (an apprentice) Charles Purcell
MATILDA VAN ZANDT Edith Wright
ALICE TREMAINE Laura Arnold
MATTHEW VAN ZANDT William Norris
CLAUDE VAN ZANDT Douglas J. Wood
MARIA Grace Daniels
RUDOLFO Arthur Albro

ACT II - 1855

MADAME DELPHINE Rose Winter
HANNAFORD Gene Aubrey
STUYVESANT C. H. Millar
DOORMAN Frank Sidney
CLAUDE VAN ZANDT Douglas J. Wood
ANGELICA   (Matthew's second wife) Mdlle. Alice Favier
MATTHEW VAN ZANDT William Norris
P. T. BARNUM Edward F. Nannary
ESTRELLA AMORITA Minna Valieri
SIGNOR VIVALLA Arthur Albro
OTTILLIE VAN ZANDT Peggy Wood
ALICE TREMAINE Laura Arnold
RICHARD WAYNE Charles Purcell

ACT III - In the 1880's

MADAME DELPHINE Rose Winter
MATTHEW VAN ZANDT William Norris
LIZZIE   (Matthew's third wife) Maude Odell
LITTLE DICK WAYNE   (Age 5) Warner Anderson
RICHARD WAYNE Charles Purcell
JOHN RUTHERFORD Ralph J. Herbert
MR. HICKS   (auctioneer) Teddy Webb
ALGERNON R. Melbourn
OTTILLIE Peggy Wood

ACT IV - Twentieth Century

OTTILLIE   (known as Mlle. Brown) Peggy Wood
HORTENSE   (a model) Eleanor B. Fox
LETTY Rose Timble
ESTELLE   (forewoman) Janet Kenny
ERMINTRUDE D'ALBERT Gertrude Vanderbilt
WINIFRED ST. ALBANS Florence Bruce
MATTHEW VAN ZANDT William Norris
DICKY WAYNE Charles Purcell

Synopsis of Scenery

ACT I -   The Van Zandt home in Washington Square, New York City.   (1840)
ACT II -   Mme. Delphine's Night Club.   (1855)
ACT III -   The Back Parlor of the Van Zandt house in Washington Square.   (In the 1880's)
ACT IV -   Same location as Act III - now Mlle. Brown's Dressmaking Establishment.   (20th C.)

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