- (1899 - 1936) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1899) Stage Play: The Ameer. Musical comedy/opera. Libretto by Kirke La Shelle and Frederic M. Ranken. Music by Victor Herbert. Musical Director: Louis F. Gottschalk [earliest Broadway credit]. Staged by John Stapleton. Scenic Design by Richard Marston, Frank E. Gates, E.A. Morange and Ernest Gros. Costume Design by Archie Gunn. Choreographed by J. Flectcher Rivers. Directed by John Stapleton. Wallack's Theatre: 4 Dec 1899- 20 Jan 1900 (51 performances). Cast: Harry L. Arthur (as "Benjaboo"), William Corliss (as "Crackasmile"), William Danforth [credited as Will Danforth] (as "Blackjack") [Broadway debut], Frank Daniels (as "Iffe Khan"), Robert Delius (as "A Weaver"), George Devoll (as " Ralph Winston"), Mae Emmons (as "Sereza"), Sadie Emmons (as "Lieutenant of British Guards"), Virginia Karroll (as "Ayali"), Norma Kopp (as "Fanny"), Howard Lawrence (as "A Dyer"), Tennie Leslie (as "A Dressmaker"), Jane Mandeville (as "Nana"), J.J. Martin (as "Knifem"), Frank Rainger (as "Slicem"), Helen Redmond (as "Constance"), W.F. Rochester (as "Heezaburd"), Kate Uart (as "Mirzah"). Produced by Kirke La Shelle.
- (1902) Stage Play: Miss Simplicity. Musical comedy/opera.
- (1903) Stage Play: Mr. Bluebeard. Musical. Music by Frederick Solomon. Additional music by C. Herbert Kerr. Book by Arthur Collins and J. Hickory Wood. Lyrics by J. Cheever Goodwin. Musical Director: Frederick Solomon. Adapted for America by John J. McNally. Additional numbers by William Jerome, Jean Schwartz, Al Bryan, Vincent Bryan, Gus Edwards, J. Rosamond Johnson, Theodore M. Morse, Bob Cole, Matt Woodward, Ben M. Jerome, Will D. Cobb, Harry von Tilzer and Dan McAvoy. Choreographed by Ernest D'Auban. Directed by Herbert Gresham and Ned Wayburn. Knickerbocker Theatre: 21 Jan 1903- 16 May 1903 (135 performances). Cast: Myrtle Artlington (as "Beca"), George A. Cameron (as "Dunfor"), Herbert Cawthorne (as "Irish Patsha"), Dane and Seymour (as "Specialty"), William Danforth (as "Mustapha"), Bessie De Voie (as "Korafai"), Rose Earle (as "Nadie"), Eddie Foy (as "Sister Anne"), Elizabeth Hauman (as "Pony Ballet"), Lonie Hauman (as "Pony Ballet"), Clara Havel (as "Mirza"), Chauncey Holland (as "Passai"), Helga Howard (as "Zara"), Elsa Huerting (as "Specialty"), Georgia Kelly (as "Stella"), Norma Kopp (as "Abdallah"), Beatrice Liddell (as "Pony Ballet"), Bonnie Maginn (as "Imer Dasher"), Eva Marlow (as "Pony Ballet"), Dorothy Marlowe (as "Pony Ballet"), Dan McAvoy (as "Mr. Blue Beard"), Seppie McNeil (as "Pony Ballet"), Harry Murdoc (as "Laidoff"), Thomas O'Brien (as "Hatrac"), Edith Palmer (as "Amina"), Flora Parker (as "Fatima"), Carolyn Poltz (as "Pony Ballet"), Premiere (as "Specialty"), Adele Rafter (as "Selim"), Sam Reed (as "Abaddin"), Ada Robertson (as "Pony Ballet"), Nellie Simmons (as "Zoli"), Abner Symmons (as "Badun"), May Taylor (as "Zaidee"), The Grigolatis Troupe of Aerialists (as "Specialty"), Fred Walsh (as "Knouse"), W.H. White (as "Hacnum"), Frank C. Young (as "Abumun"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1904) Stage Play: The Yankee Consul. Opera. Music by Alfred G. Robyn. Book by Henry Martyn Blossom [credited as Henry M. Blossom Jr.]. Lyrics by Henry Martyn Blossom. Directed by George F. Marion. Broadway Theatre: 22 Feb 1904- 2 Jul 1904 (115 performances). Cast: Mr. Armour (as "Chorus"), Charles Books (as "Chorus"), Rose Botti (as "Papinta, her niece/Chorus"), Louise Burpee (as "Chorus"), Madge Burpee (as "Francesca/Chorus"), Estrella Carmichael (as "Inez, Sancho's wife/Chorus"), Eda Chandler (as "Chorus"), Mr. Colishaw (as "Chorus"), Lila Conquest (as "Jacinta/Chorus"), J. Parker Coombs (as "Carlos, a water carrier"), William Danforth (as "Don Rafael Deschado, Governor of Puerto Plata"), Mae Darling (as "Anita"), Eva Davenport (as "Donna Teresa Rebera-y Uruburu, a wealthy widow"), Mr. DeCourcey (as "Chorus"), Clara Eckstrom (as "Chorus"), Lillian Eldredge (as "Panilla/Chorus"), Harry Fairleigh (as "Lieutenant Jack Morrell, Commanding U.S. Gunboat"), M.C. Flavin (as "Chorus/Leonora"), Toma Hanlon (as "Chorus"), Jack E. Hazzard (as "Herr Gebubler, His Secretary"), Raymond Hitchcock (as "Abijah Booze"), Albert Juhre (as "Nunez"), Edna Marsh (as "Chorus"), J.H. McLean (as "Felipo, telegraph operator"), Sallie McNeel (as "Blanca, a bar maid/Chorus"), Basil Millspaugh (as "Rodrigo, local officer"), Gertrude O'Neil (as "Bella/Chorus"), Adelaide Orton (as "Juanita, flower girl"), Jack Pratt (as "Miguel"), Mr. Pugh (as Chorus"), Mr. Purvionce (as "Chorus"), Frank Ranney (as "Sancho, proprietor of Los Dos Toros restaurant"), Freda Rica (as "Chorus"), J. Joe Seley (as "Chorus"), Lester Templeton (as "Chorus"), Miss Turten (as "Chorus"), May Wheeler (as "Estrella, fruit girl/Chorus"), L. Whitte (as "Chorus"), Hubert Wilke (as "Captain Leopoldo, of the Dominican Army"), Sophie Witte (as "Maria/Chorus"), Flora Zabelle (as "Bonita, her daughter"). Produced by Henry W. Savage.
- (1905) Stage Play: The Yankee Consul. Opera [Return engagement]. Music by Alfred G. Robyn. Book by Henry Martyn Blossom [credited as Henry M. Blossom Jr.]. Lyrics by Henry Martyn Blossom. Directed by George F. Marion. Wallack's Theatre: 24 Jan 1905- 4 Mar 1905 (47 performances). Cast: William Danforth, Eva Davenport, John E. Hazzard, Raymond Hitchcock, Albert Parr, Joseph Ratliff, Flora Zabelle. Produced by Henry W. Savage.
- (1905) Stage Play: Happyland. Musical comedy/opera.
- (1910) Stage Play: The King of Cadonia.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Girl He Couldn't Leave Behind Him. Written by Gustav Kadelburg. Directed by William Collier Jr. Garrick Theatre: 9 Mar 1910- Apr 1910 (closing date unknown/37 performances). Cast: Grace Carlyle, William Danforth, Edgar Franklin, Richard Gordon, Eddie Gorman, Grace Johnson, Georgie Mendum, Edwin Nicander, Anita Rothe, Zelda Sears, Vincent Serrano, George Trader, Hattie Williams. Produced by William Collier Jr.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Mikado [The Town of Titipu]. Musical/operetta (revival). Written by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Directed by Joseph Herbert and William J. Wilson. Casino Theatre: 30 May 1910- Jul 1910 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Arthur Cunningham (as "Pish-Tush, a Noble Lord"), William Danforth (as "The Mikado of Japan"), Jefferson De Angelis (as "Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner of Titipu"), Josephine Jacoby (as "Katisha, an Elderly Lady, in love with Nanki-Poo"), Christie MacDonald (as "Pitti-Sing, one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko"), Andrew Mack (as "Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering minstr"), Christine Nielson (as "Peep-Bo, one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko"), William Pruette (as "Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything Else"), Fritzi Scheff (as "Yum-Yum, one of Three Sisters, ward of Ko-Ko"). Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1911) Stage Play: Little Miss Fix-It. Musical.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Three Romeos. Musical comedy.
- (1912) Stage Play: The Girl from Montmartre. Musical/farce. Material by Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith. Music by Henri Bereny. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith. Additional music by Jerome Kern. Adapted from the French farce "La Dame de chez Maxim" by Georges Feydeau. Based on a French operetta "Das Madel von Montmarte" by Rudolph Schanzer'. Additional music Howard Talbot, Lionel Monckton and Franz Wagner. Additional lyrics by M.E. Rourke, Clifford Harris, Arthur Wimperis, John Golden and Percy Greenbank. Musical Director: Harold Vicars. Directed by Thomas Reynolds. Criterion Theatre (on hiatus from 29 Sep 1912 to 6 Apr 1913 then moved to The Grand Opera House from 7 Apr 1913 to close): 5 Aug 1912- Apr 1913 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Marion Abbott, Grace Beaumont, Natalie Burr, Audrey Burr, Audrey Burton, Richard Carle, Alice Carrington, Frances Carter, George T. Chance, Maud Clare, Katherine Daly, William Danforth (as "Dr. Brumage"), Lillian Davis, Louise Donovan, Clara Eckstrom, Merceita Esmonde, Dolly Filly, Hazel Flint, Mary Gilmore, Jeanette Greene, John Hamilton, Al Hart, Viola Harty, Bertha Holly, Ida Howe, Percy F. Leach, Lela Lee, Helene Lucas, George Lydecker, George R. Lynch, Moya Mannering, Marion Miller, Alan Mudie, Ralph Nairn, Lennox Pawle, Lillian Rice, Marie Rose, Cissie Sewell, May Sheldon, Joseph C. Smith, Geraldine Taylor, Hazel Troutman, Dai Turgeon, Angie Weimers, Hattie Williams, Trixie Wilson. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1913) Stage Play: Adele. Musical comedy.
- (1914) Stage Play: The Debutante. Musical comedy/operetta. Book by Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith. Music by Victor Herbert. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith. Music orchestrated by Victor Herbert. Musical Direction by Carlo Edwards. Choreographed by Allan K. Foster. Costume Design by Cora MacCreachy and William Henry Matthews. Scenic Design by Edward G. Unitt and Joseph Wickes. Directed by George F. Marion. Knickerbocker Theatre: 7 Dec 1914- 16 Jan 1915 (48 performances). Cast: May Allen, Dolly Alwin, Stewart Baird, Zoe Barnett, Marie Baxter, Irma Bertrand, Bly Brown, Kitty Carmen, Marion Dale, William Danforth (as "Godfrey Frazer"), Hazel Dawn, Harriett DeNorma, Mae Doherty, Harriet Du Barry, E.G. Elliott, Florence Flandreaux, Anna George, William Gibney, James H. Hager, Adelaide Hall, Jack Hall, Helen Hardick, Lottie Harvey, Fanchon Haywood, Theodore Heinroth, Jack Heisler, Teresa Hendricks, May Hennessy, Irene Hopping, Anna Howard, Mary Howard, Fred Hudler, William Izzard, Sylvia Jason, Owen Jones, Carl C. Judd, Arthur Kugler, Dorothy Landers, Victor Le Roy, Gladys Macdonald, Isabel MacLeod, Eleanor Matthewson, Bert McCarthy, Beatrice McKay, Violet McKay, John Merkyl [credited as Wilmuth Merkyl] (as "Philip Frazer"), Adelaide Murray, Maude Odell, Peggy Parker, Hal Peel, Robert G. Pitkin, Frances Ramey, Thomas Reynolds, Evelyn Rosewood, Elsie Schneider, Cyril Smith, Fritzie Smith, Theodore Stein, Eva Stuart, May Thompson, Gertrude Thurston, Frank Travers, Robert Waite, Florence Walsh, Helen Walsh, Will West, Dorothy Whiting, J. Abbott Worthley. Produced by John C. Fisher.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Yeomen of the Guard [The Merryman and His Maid]. Musical/operetta (revival/played in repertory with The Mikado, The Sorcerer, Trial by Jury, H.M.S. Pinafore, Iolanthe). Written by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Arthur Sullivan. Musical Director: Clarence West. Directed by Herbert Cripps. 48th Street Theatre: 19 Apr 1915- 8 May 1915 (24 performances). Cast: George Abbott (as "Second Yeoman"), Arthur Aldridge (as "Colonel Fairfax"), Natalie Alt (as "Elsie Maynard"), May Arnold (as "Chorus"), Digby Bell (as "Chorus"), Alice Brady (as "Chorus"), Una Brooks (as "Chorus"), Gladys Caldwell (as "Phoebe Meryll"), Frank Clarke (as "First Yeoman"), William Danforth (as "Wilfred Shadbolt"), Hugh Dwyer (as "Leonard Meryll"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Jack Point"), Marie Horgan (as "Dame Carruthers"), James Hughes (as "The Headsman"), Alice McComb (as "Kate"), Maude Mordaunt (as "Chorus"), William Quimby (as "First Citizen"), Henry Smith (as "Second Citizen"), Richard Temple (as "Chorus"), Herbert Waterous (as "Sergeant Meryll"), John Willard (as "Sir Richard Cholmondeley"). Produced by William A. Brady and Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company.
- (1915) Stage Play: H.M.S. Pinafore. Musical/operetta (revival/played in repertory with The Yeomen of the Guard, The Mikado, The Sorcerer, Trial by Jury, Iolanthe, The Pirates of Penzance). Written by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Arthur Sullivan. Musical Director: Clarence West. Directed by Herbert Cripps. 48th Street Theatre: 19 Apr 1915- 19 Jun 1915 (unknown performances). Cast: Arthur Aldridge (as "Ralph Rackstraw"), Alice Brady (as "Josephine, the Captain's Daughter"), William Danforth (as "The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., First Lord of the Admiralty"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Dick Deadeye"), Marie Horgan (as "Little Buttercup, Mrs. Cripps, a Portsmouth Bumboat Woman"), George MacFarlane (as "Captain Corcoran, Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore"), Alice McComb (as "Hebe, Sir Joseph's First Cousin"), Herbert L. Waterous (as "Bill Bobstay, Boatswain"). Produced by William A. Brady and Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company.
- (1915) Stage Play: Trial by Jury. Musical/operetta (revival/played in repertory with The Yeomen of the Guard, The Mikado, The Sorcerer, H.M.S. Pinafore, Iolanthe, The Pirates of Penzance). Written by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Arthur Sullivan. Musical Director: Clarence West. Directed by Herbert Cripps. 48th Street Theatre: 19 Apr 1915- 19 Jun 1915 (unknown performances). Cast: Arthur Aldridge (as "The Defendant"), Miss Allen (as "Chorus"), William Annisman (as "Chorus"), Mr. Annison (as "Chorus"), George Averill (as "Chorus"), Mr. Barrett (as "Chorus"), Miss Brooks (as "Chorus"), Gladys Caldwell (as "Plaintiff"), William Danforth (as "Usher"), Mr. Dupont (as "Chorus"), Miss Flynn (as "Chorus"), Mr. Flynn (as "Chorus"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "The Learned Judge"), Miss Kurrier (as "Chorus"), Christine Beau Mar (as "Chorus"), Miss Maudant (as "Chorus"), Alice McComb (as "Bridesmaid"), Mr. Soyer (as "Chorus"), Mr. Thayman (as "Chorus"), Herbert Waterous (as "Foreman of the Jury"), Mr. West (as "Chorus"), John Willard (as "Counsel for the Plaintiff"), M. Wood (as "Chorus"). Produced by William A. Brady and Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Mikado. Comedy/musical/operetta (revival). Libretto by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Directed by Milton Aborn. 44th Street Theatre: 11 Apr 1925- May 1925 (closing date unknown/33 performances). Cast: Tom Burke, William Danforth (as "The Mikado of Japan"), Leo De Hierapolis, Sarah Edwards, Stanley Forde (as "Pooh-Bah, Lord High Everything Else"), Faye Gilmore, Mr. Kushiki, Lupino Lane (as "Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner of Titipu"), Barbara Maurel, Miss Miramuna, Marguerite Namara, Elsa Peterson, Florence Poyet, Mr. Schumazuni, Evelyn Stone, John Willard, Miss Yamardani. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1929) Stage Play: Robin Hood. Musical/operetta (revival). Music by Reginald De Koven. Libretto by Harry B. Smith. Additional lyrics by Clement W. Scott. Additional music by Louis Kroll. Directed by Milton Aborn. Jolson's 59th Street Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 23 Dec 1929- close): 16 Nov 1929- 14 Jan 1930 (31 performances). Cast: Frances Baviello (as "Chorus"), Lisette Braddock (as "Chorus"), Evelyn Brown (as "Chorus"), Fritzi Bullard (as "Chorus"), William Burbank (as "Chorus"), Donald Catlin (as "Chorus"), John Cherry (as "Guy of Gisborne"), Roy Cropper (as "Robin Hood"), William Danforth (as "Sheriff of Nottingham"), Alfred Deste (as "Chorus"), Louis Diamond (as "Chorus"), Dene Dickens (as "Chorus"), Helen Etheridge (as "Chorus"), Greek Evans (as "Little John"), Elizabeth Flannigan (as "Chorus"), Charles E. Galagher (as "Will Scarlet"), Sally Galbreaith (as "Chorus"), Eleanor Gilmore (as "Chorus"), Wee Griffin (as "Chorus"), Ida Brooks Hunt (as "Dame Durden"), Lorna Doone Jackson (as "Alan-a-Dale"), Faye Joffee (as "Chorus"), Catherine Kent (as "Chorus"), Harry Knabenshue (as "Chorus"), George Koenig (as "Chorus"), Florence Lamorer'e as "Chorus"), Ehel Lynne ("Chorus"), William J. McCarthy (as "Friar Tuck"), Nell McCormick (as "Chorus"), Daniel Medwin (as "Chorus"), Frances Moore (as "Chorus"), George Plummer (as "Chorus"), Helen Rae (as "Chorus"), Bernie Sager (as "Chorus"), Adele Savage (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Seegar(as "Annabel"), Oga Steck (as "Maid Marian"), Mary Thurman (as "Chorus"), Dorothy Wadleigh (as "Chorus"), Betty Wald (as "Chorus"), Lillian Wallace (as "Chorus"), Jack Willard (as "Chorus"), Bronek Wrobleski (as "Chorus"), Francesco Yannelli (as "Chorus"). Produced by Jolson Theatre Musical Comedy Company.
- (1932) Stage Play: Robin Hood. Musical/operetta (revival). Book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Directed by Milton Aborn. Erlanger's Theatre: 27 Jan 1932- 20 Feb 1932 (29 performances). Cast: Jeanne Adams (as "Chorus"), Marynia Apel (as "Chorus"), Frances Baviello (as "Chorus"), Helen Bertram (as "Dame Durden"), Katherine Calle (as "Chorus"), John Cardini (as "Chorus"), John Cherry (as "Guy of Gisborne"), Frank Clark (as "Sexton/Chorus"), Patricia Clark (as "Chorus"), Anna May Coburn (as "Chorus"), Mary Combs (as "Chorus"), William Danforth (as "Sheriff of Nottingham"), Georgina Dieter (as "Chorus"), Frank Dowling (as "Chorus"), John Eaton (as "King's Herald/Chorus"), Norma Edwards (as "Chorus"), Alice Farley (as "Chorus"), Harrison Fuller (as "Chorus"), Eleanor Gilmore (as "Chorus"), Harriet Gottlieb (as "Chorus"), Mary Harper (as "Chorus"), Vivian Hart (as "Annabel"), Mary Hennessy (as "Chorus"), Harriet Irwin (as "Chorus"), Ann Johnson (as "Chorus"), Marie Kelly (as "Chorus"), Lillian Koniver (as "Chorus"), Eleanor La Mance (as "Alan-a-Dale"), Frank Lalor (as "Friar Tuck"), Bernard Lane (as "Chorus"), Charlotte Lansing (as "Maid Marian"), Deborah Ledger (as "Chorus"), Donna Leonard (as "Chorus"), Howard Marsh (as "Robin Hood"), Mary McQuade (as "Chorus"), Bert Melrose (as "Chorus"), Evelyn Messer (as "Chorus"), Frances Moore (as "Chorus"), Frank Murray (as "Chorus"), Felix Noonan (as "Chorus"), Isabel Norwood (as "Chorus"), Fred Patton (as "Will Scarlet"), Pat Quinton (as "Jailer/Chorus"), Harold Raymond (as "Chorus"), Paula Reades (as "Chorus"), Julia Reed (as "Chorus"), Rosa Rubenstein (as "Chorus"), Richard Scharff (as "Chorus"), Thomas Q. Seabrooke (as "Chorus"), Rosalyn Shaw (as "Chorus"), Adele Story (as "Chorus"), Mabel Thompson (as "Chorus"), Gertrude Waldon (as "Chorus"), Allen Waterous (as "Little John"), June Wilcox (as "Chorus"), Hobson Young (as "Chorus"). Produced by The Civic Light Opera Company.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Mikado [The Town of Titipu]. Musical/operetta (revival). Written by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Directed by Herbert Cripps. 48th Street Theatre: 10 May 1915- 19 Jun 1915 (20 performances). Produced by William A. Brady and Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Pirates of Penzance. Musical/operetta (revival). Written by W.S. Gilbert. Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Produced by William A. Brady and Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Girl Who Smiles. Musical comedy.
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