All the Kings Horses / January 5, 1934
Sam S. Shubert Theatre / New Haven
(out-of-town tryouts, two weeks before Broadway opening)
Broaday Opening Night Production Credits:
Produced by Harry L. Cort and Charles H. Abramson; Produced by arrangement with E. Steuart-Tavant
Book by Frederick Herendeen; Lyrics by Frederick Herendeen; Based on the play "Carlo Rocco" by Lawrence Clarke and Max Giersberg;
Music by Edward A. Horan; Musical Director: Oscar Bradley; Music orchestrated by
Robert Russell Bennett and Hans Spialek. Staged by José Ruben; Choreographed by Theodore Adolphus.
Scenic Design by Herbert Ward; Costume Design by John Booth, Jr.
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Opening Night Cast:
Doris Anderson.....Lady in Waiting
Frank Augustyn.....Peasant (role not listed in preview program.)
Virginia Davies....Lady in Waiting
Winnie Duncan......Lady in Waiting
Jack Edwards.......King Rudolph of Langenstein
Harold Freeman.....Peasant (role and performer not listed in preview program.)
Frank Greene.......Baron Koritz
Russell Hicks......Count Ergard Regitard Batthy
Gertrude Hogan.....Lady in Waiting
Einar Holt.........Peasant (role and performer not listed in preview program.)
Manart Kippen......A Patron (role and performer not listed in preview program.)
Dorothy Koster.....Lady in Waiting
Blanche Lytell.....A Spinster
Nancy McCord.......Queen Erna of Langenstein
Howard Morgan......A Father
Louis Morrell......Joseph (role and performer not listed in preview program.)
Robert O'Conner....Kessel
Joan Orner.........Lady in Waiting
Arthur F. Otto.....Albert
Naida Pahl.........Lady in Waiting
Doris Patston......Sherry Shannon (listed as Evangeline Raleigh in preview program.)
Guy Robertson......Donald McArthur
Leonard Rogall.....Peasant (role and performer not listed in preview program.)
Etna Ross..........Lady in Waiting
Helen Ryan.........Lady in Waiting
Betty Starbuck.....Countess Putkammer
June Tempest.......Lady in Waiting
Frances Thress.....Loli (listed as Augusta French in preview program.)
...................Lady in Waiting (IBDB has a slot for a 13th Lady of Waiting, but no name. The preview only lists 12.)
Andrew Tombes......Con Conley
Mora Vordkin.......Lady in Waiting
Edna West..........A Mother
Songs:
1. Vive La Romance (Kessel and girls)
2. A Kiss (Don, Conley and girls)
3. The Hair of the Heir (Loli and girls)
4. I'll Take My Time (Don and Sherry)
5. You're Asking Me (Sherry and the Baron)
6. Evening Star (Queen Erma)
7. I've Found A Song (Don and Queen Erma)
8. Reprise, I've Found A Song (Don and Queen Erman)
Settings: Andre Kessel's Barber Shop; In front of the Palace; A Room in the King's Quarters; The Royal Bed Chamber; The Morning Room in the Palace; The Royal Gardens.
(Settings as described for preview: An Anteroom in the Palace; Andre Kessel's Barber Shop; In front of the Palace; An Informal Dining-room in the Palace; A Room in the King's Quarter's, Several Days Later; the Royal Bed Chamber.)