The Major (play)

The Major
The Major
Written by	Edward Harrigan
Date premiered	29 August 1881
Place premiered	Theatre Comique (728-730 Broadway)
Original language	English
Genre	Comedic play

The Major is an 1881 comedic play produced by Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart.

It debuted to a full house at the new Theatre Comique on Broadway in New York City on August 29, 1881. Songs contributed by David Braham include "Major Gilfeather", "Miranda, When We Are Made One", "Veteran's Guards' Cadets", "Clara Jenkins' Tea" and "4-11-44". It ran for over 150 performances, closing on January 7, 1882, the longest of any Harrigan and Hart production at that time.^[1]

The play was revived in March 1885 at the Fourteenth Street Theatre.^[2]

Cast

Edward Harrigan as Major Gilfeather
Annie Mack as Arabella Pinch
Tony Hart as Henry Higgins
Marie Gorenflo at Amelia
Edward Burt as Granville Bright
Annie Yeamans as Miranda Biggs
Michael F. Drew as Percival Popp
Gertie Granville as Henrietta

References

^ Boardman, Gerald Martin (2011). American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle (Fourth ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-19-972970-8 – via Google Books.
- Edward Harrigan and David Braham (1997). Jon W. Finson (ed.). Collected Songs: 1873-1882. American Musicological Society. p. 223-24. ISBN 9780895793959 – via Google Books.
- Franceschina, John (2003). David Braham: The American Offenbach. Routledge. p. 141-43. ISBN 9780415937696 – via Google Books.
^ "The Major", The New York Times, 17 March 1885

External links

1911 recording of "Clara Jenkins' Tea" at Archive.org

[1] Boardman, Gerald Martin (2011). American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle (Fourth ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-19-972970-8 – via Google Books.
- Edward Harrigan and David Braham (1997). Jon W. Finson (ed.). Collected Songs: 1873-1882. American Musicological Society. p. 223-24. ISBN 9780895793959 – via Google Books.
- Franceschina, John (2003). David Braham: The American Offenbach. Routledge. p. 141-43. ISBN 9780415937696 – via Google Books.

[2] "The Major", The New York Times, 17 March 1885

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