352     A  HISTORY  OF  THE NEW YORK  STAGE     UiSqs
 

Elbert Rogers
Mrs. Rogers .
Dave Hardy .
Estabrook . .
Jack Desmond
 

E. M. Holland

Minnie Monck

C- J. Richman

E. J. Henley

Reuben Fax
 

Nora Desmond
Kate Desmond
Marquis . .
George Drew -
Esmeralda .    .
 

Virginia Harned
Madeline Bouton
. . T. Terriss
. Harry Talbot
.   Annie RusseU
 

" The Fatal Card," by Haddon Chambers and B. C. Stephenson,
was seen for the first time in America Dec. 31, when it had this
cast:
 

Gerald Austen . . . E. J. Ratcliffe
George Forrester . W. H. Thompson
Jim Dixon .... W. J. Ferguson
Harry Burgess . . . R. A. Roberts
Terence O'Flynn ... J. Barrows
A. K. Austen . . J. H. Stoddard
Hiram Webster . . . C. J. Richman
Cyrus Wackford . . . . E. Lawlor
Dutch Winnigan. . . . J.Kearney
Bully Jack.....W. Cummings
 

Kid WiUiams .    .    .    .   J. E. Pierson

Barr Tom.....Geo. Lennox

Perrero......Robt. Giddons

Thomasso......James BeU

Margaret Marrable . . . Amy Busby
Mercedes . . . Adrienne DairoUes
Cecile Austen . . . Agnes MiUer
Miss Penelope Austen       May Robson

Kate......Georgia Busby

Servant.....Harriet Sterling
 

This was followed March 11, 1895, by Mrs. Langtry in " Gossip,"
by Clyde Fitch and Leo Ditrichstein, the cast of which was:

Mrs. Barry     ....    Mrs, Langtry   Clara Cummings      .    .    .   Ada Curry

Mr. Barry ....   James W. Pigott   Hallows     .    .    .    . T. B. Williamson

Mrs. Stanford     .    .    .   Effie Shannon   Dr. Robbins   .    .    .  Holden Chandler

Mr. Stanford .    .    .    . C. J. Richman   Gaston Barney   .    .    .    Ivan Watson

Myriam Stanford     .     Blanche Burton   Count Marcy .    .    .     Eben Plympton
Mrs. Cummings .    .    Louisa Eldridge

The house was closed April i, but was reopened April 2, with
" The Two Colonels," by Richard Goodall, son of the old actor,
William Goodall, which had this cast: Andrew Sloane, Frank
Mordaunt; John Whittaker, George C. Staley; Ralph Whittaker,
Charles S. Abbe; Hubert Knowlton, Henry Godden; Stephen
Benton, Lawrence Eddinger; Hiram Skinner, Robert Ransom;
Theophilus, Willis P. Sweatnam; Squire Benton, Walter Lawrence ;
Clara Thornton, Edith Crane; Charlotte Sloane, Georgia Welles;
Mrs. Whittaker, Pauline Markham; Mammy, Louise Larendon.
The burlesque " Little Christopher," which had closed its season at
the Garden Theatre April 13, was transferred to this house, April 15.
" The Viking," a comic opera, by Estelle Clayton and E. J. Darling,
was sung the afternoon of May 9.    It had this cast:
 

King.......Burt Haverly

Saga......Gilbert Clayton

Prince.....Bernard Dyllyn

Olaf.......Charles Kirk

Ivan.....WilUam MandeviUe

Bjohnson Bjones.    .    .      Harry Dietz
 

Thora......Grace Reals

Saffa......Clara Lipman

Froda......LiUian Green

Helga......Rosa Cooke

Princess     ....     Beatrice Goldie