Brewster's Millions is a play written by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley, based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. Producers Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy staged it on Broadway in 1906. The play is about a young man who must spend a million dollars that he has inherited in order to inherit many millions more.
Broadway production
Thompson and Dundy previewed the play at the Taylor Opera House in Trenton, New Jersey, starting on October 11, 1906. It debuted on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 31, 1906. The production transferred to the Hudson Theatre on February 25, 1907, with the same cast.
The characters and cast from the Broadway production are given below: + Cast of the Broadway production Character Broadway castMontgomery Brewster Edward AbelesFred Gardner Leslie BassettHorace Pettingill Gaston BellTrixie Clayton Cecile BretonRawles George ClareSubway Smith Jack DevereauxArchibald Vanderpool Sumner GardFrank Bragdon Willard HoweColonel Drew Nestor LennonMrs. Dan De Mille Emily LyttonMargaret "Peggy" Gray Mary RyanThomas Arthur MorrisBarbara Drew Olive MurrayJanice Armstrong Josephine ParkNopper Harrison George ProbertMonsieur Bargie Eugene ReddingMr. Grant Albert SackettJoseph MacCloud Joseph Woodburn
Waltz
Australian composer Thomas Bulch published a waltz by the same name to coincide with a 1908 Australian tour of the play.
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