Selwyn Theatre
FORTY-SECOND WEEK
Beginning Sunday Evening, October 12, 1924
Matinee Thursday and Saturday
TOM WILKES presents
THE DUNCAN SISTERS
in Catherine Chisholm Cushing's
"Topsy and Eva": A Musical Comedy
(Suggested by "Uncle Tom's Cabin")
Music and Lyrics by the Duncan Sisters
Staged under the direction of Oscar Eagle
Musical numbers staged by Jack Holland
Settings designed by Dickson Morgan
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
(In order in which they speak)
Chloe . . . . . . AIMEE TORRIANI
Harry . . . . . . GLORY MINEHART
Uncle Tom . . . . BASIL RUYSDAEL
George Shelby . . REX CHERRYMAN
Mrs. Shelby . . . . HELEN CASE
Friends of Mariette:
Helen . . . . . . RENEE LOWRIE
Ann . . . . . . . . . LEA SWAN
Jane . . . . . . EDITH MAYBAUN
Bessie . . . . ANTOINETTE BOOTS
Augustine St. Clare . . WILBUR CUSHMAN
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Henrique . . . . . HARRIET HOCTOR
Simon Legree . . FRANK K. WALLACE
Gee Gee . . . . . . DAVIS GOODMAN
Eliza . . . . . . FLORENCE MARTIN
Mariette . . . . . NYDIA D'ARNELL
Erasmus Marks . . . ASHLEY COOPER
Ophelia St. Clare . MYRTLE FERFUSON
Topsy . . . . . . . ROSETTA DUNCAN
Eva St. Clare . . . VIVIAN DUNCAN
Danseuse Premiere . HARRIET HOCTOR
Rastus . . . . . . . ROSS HIMES
PLANTATION QUARTETTE—HAROLD DUNCAN, HARRY FURNEY, ROY COLLINS AND
FLOYD CARDER.
OLD FASHIONED GIRLS—ERNAY GRIVEL, ALDERINE GRAFKE, DIXIE HARKINS,
RENEE LOWRIE, LEA SWAN, ANTOINETTE BOOTS, KATHRYN GRAVES, JESSIE
POLLARD, EDITH MAYBAUN, NATASHA VEROVA, LORRAINE RAY BESSIE PATTISSON
AND HAZEL CUSHMAN.
PICKANINNIES—London Palace Dancers especially contracted for the
Duncan Sisters in "Topsy and Eva" direct from the Palace Music Hall,
London, England.—BILLIE BART, HETTIE WARD, TERESA McSPIRIT, ROSIE
SWETTENHAM, VIOLET LITTLE, ROSA THOMSON and KITTY DOLAN.
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SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY
ACT I. Uncle Tom's Cabin on the Shelby Plantation,
Kentucky. An October afternoon.
ACT II. Court Yard of Augustine St. Clare's Home in
New Orleans. An April evening.
ACT III. The Shelby Home in Kentucky. Early
evening.
TIME—In the Fifties.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Director—Jerome Stewart
ACT I.
1. Opening Selection—Plantation Melodies . . Uncle Tom, Chloe, Harry and Darkies
2. Dance . . . . . . . . Gee Gee
3. Dance . . . . . . . . Henrique
4. Dance . . . . Eliza and Gee Gee
5. "Give Me Your Heart and Give Me Your Hand" . . Mariette and George
6. "Um-Um-Da-Da" . . . . Topsy and Eva with Girls and Pickaninnies
7. "Moon Am Shinin'" . . . . Uncle Tom, Chloe and Pickaninnies
8. "Rememberin'" . . . . Mariette, George and Mrs. Shelby
9. Finale . . . . Principals and Ensemble
ACT II.
1. "The Land of Long Ago . . . . Mariette and Girls
2. "Do-Re-Mi . . . . Topsy, Eva and Ophelia
3. "In the Autumn . . . . George and Girls
4. "Just in Love With You" . . . . Mariette and George
5. "Signin" . . . . Uncle Tom, Topsy and Eva
6. "Bird Dance . . . . Harriet Hoctor
7. "Rememberin'" (Reprise) . . . . Topsy and Eva
ACT III.
1. "Cotton Time . . . Roy Collins, Harry Furney, Floyd Carder, Harold Duncan
2. Selection—"Mariette" . . . Southern Belles, Beaux and Pickaninnies
3. "We'll Dance Thru Life Together" . . . . Mariette, George and Girls
(Lyrics by Catherine Chisholm Cushing)
4. Dance . . . . . . . . . Hoctor
5. "Moon Am Shinin'" (Reprise) . . . . Uncle Tom
6. "We'll Dance Thru Life Together" (Reprise) . . Gee Gee, Rastus and Pickinannies
7. Dance (Drum Tatoo). . . . . . . . Eliza
8. Dance . . . Gee Gee, Eliza, Rastus and Pickinannies
9. "I Never Had a Mammy" . . . . Topsy and Eva
10. Dance . . . . . . . . .Topsy and Eva
11. Wedding Procession . . . . Principals and Ensemble
12. FINALE . . . . . . . . Principals and Ensemble
Company Manager . . . . . John R. Willadsen
Musical Director . . . . Jerome Stewartson
Stage Director . . . . . . . Wilbur Cushman
Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . Rosa Himes
Principals and all ladies' costumes designed by
Madam Kieser.
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