The Pride of Jennico
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The Pride of Jennico is a four-act play based on the book by the same name from Agnes and Egerton Castle
published in 1897 by the Macmillan
Company.
The setting is the mid 1700s and the plot revolves around Captain Basil Jennico, an English gentleman in the service of the Austrian Empire, and the Princess Marie Ottilie of Lausitz-Rothenburg.
In America The Pride of Jennico was produced by Charles Frohman
and staged by Edward Everett Rose. The play was adapted for the stage by Abby Sage Richardson and Grace L. Furniss with costumes and set design by Herrmann and E. G. Unitt, respectively. The Pride of Jennico opened in New York on March 6, 1900, at the Criterion Theatre on 44th and Broadway, and had a run of 111 performances.
“Three emphatic hits were scored last night in the Criterion Theatre by James K. Hackett
, who again establishes his right to rank high in the list of romantic actors; by Bertha Galland
, who met a New York audience for the first time and conquered it, and by the The Pride of Jennico a melodramatic play that Abby Sage Richardson and Grace L. Furniss have constructed from the chief incident in the novel by Agnes and Egerton Castle.”
Egerton Castle
Egerton Castle M.A., F.S.A. was a Victorian era author, antiquarian, and swordsman, and an early practitioner of reconstructed historical fencing, as well as the captain of the British épée and saber teams at the 1908 Olympics.He was born into a wealthy family; his maternal grandfather was the...
published in 1897 by the Macmillan
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
Company.
The setting is the mid 1700s and the plot revolves around Captain Basil Jennico, an English gentleman in the service of the Austrian Empire, and the Princess Marie Ottilie of Lausitz-Rothenburg.
In America The Pride of Jennico was produced by Charles Frohman
Charles Frohman
Charles Frohman was an American theatrical producer. Frohman was producing plays by 1889 and acquired his first Broadway theatre by 1892. He discovered and promoted many stars of the American theatre....
and staged by Edward Everett Rose. The play was adapted for the stage by Abby Sage Richardson and Grace L. Furniss with costumes and set design by Herrmann and E. G. Unitt, respectively. The Pride of Jennico opened in New York on March 6, 1900, at the Criterion Theatre on 44th and Broadway, and had a run of 111 performances.
Revue
New York Times revue, March 7, 1900“Three emphatic hits were scored last night in the Criterion Theatre by James K. Hackett
James Keteltas Hackett
James Keteltas Hackett was an American actor and manager.-Life:He was the son of James Henry Hackett, a comedian and celebrated Falstaff. His elderly father died age 71 when Hackett was just two years old thus never living to see Hackett grow to an adult...
, who again establishes his right to rank high in the list of romantic actors; by Bertha Galland
Bertha Galland
Bertha Galland was an American dramatic stage actress remembered for her romantic roles.-Early life:She was the daughter of Berthold Galland and the former Anna Miller Hawley...
, who met a New York audience for the first time and conquered it, and by the The Pride of Jennico a melodramatic play that Abby Sage Richardson and Grace L. Furniss have constructed from the chief incident in the novel by Agnes and Egerton Castle.”
Opening Night Cast
- Carl Ahrendt...........Janos
- George Alison.........Karl
- Frank Anderson......Gottlieb
- Virginia Buchanan...Lisbeth
- Edward Donnelly.....Anton
- Bertha GallandBertha GallandBertha Galland was an American dramatic stage actress remembered for her romantic roles.-Early life:She was the daughter of Berthold Galland and the former Anna Miller Hawley...
........Marie Ottilie - Mace GreenleafMace GreenleafMace Greenleaf was an American stage and silent film actor.-Early Life:Mace Greenleaf was born at Dixfield, Maine the only child of Charles Ward and Mary Greenleaf. Charles Greenleaf was a native of Massachusetts and supported his family employed as a surveyor...
......Timar - James K. HackettJames Keteltas HackettJames Keteltas Hackett was an American actor and manager.-Life:He was the son of James Henry Hackett, a comedian and celebrated Falstaff. His elderly father died age 71 when Hackett was just two years old thus never living to see Hackett grow to an adult...
...Basil Jennico - Thomas A. Hall.......Von Krappitz
- Miss Head.............Rosel
- Arthur Hoops.......Sir John Beddoes
- James Ottley.......Landlord
- Sidney Price........Ismali
- Grace Reals........Michel
- Amy Ricard.........Bertha
- Gertrude Rivers....Marie Pahlen
- Brigham Royce....Van Rothenburg
- Longley Taylor.....Markham
- George Trimble.....Hildebrand
- Stephen Wright.....Fabula