The tenth of a 25-part series
This week Michael Craig traces the story of the emergent days of the modern American musical theatre.
EDWIN P. CHRISTIE who began with four men and two tins of boot polish, expanded to eight men with four tins, and eventually built up to a whole company who bought the stuff wholesale.
LEW DOCKSTATER who continued the Minstrel tradition.
The Syndicate comprising ABE ERLANGER , MARK KLAW. J. F. ZIMMERMAN , SAM NIXON, ABE HAYMAN. CHARLES and DANIEL FROHMAN. Their Idea was to make it impossible for any other management to make any money in the theatre without giving most of it to their syndicate.
CHARLES DILLINGHAM , Of Whom PEGGY WOOD says: He was a very distinguished producer, a delightful person, and not a bit like the ordinary entrepreneur. with Ian Carmichael as P. G. Wodehouse
Hilary Labow. Hal Galill and the recorded voices of: ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT
IRVING CAESAR , J. FRED COOTS STANLEY GREEN. RUBY HEELER Research by BILL SULLIVAN Written by BENNY GREEN
Producer, DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN