Famous Prima Donnas

by Lewis Clinton Strang

Index

"Algerian,"
Tempest, Marie, [222], [232].
"All the Comforts of Home,"
Hall, Josephine, [47.]
"American Beauty,"
May, Edna, [152].
Russell, Lillian, [32].
American Opera Company, [98].
"Amorita,"
Hall, Pauline, [247], [248].
Anderson, Mary, [245].
"Apollo,"
Russell, Lillian, [32].
"Aristocracy,"
Hall, Josephine, [47].
Aronson, Rudolph, [247].
"Artist's Model,"
Tempest, Marie, [232].
Ashley, Minnie, [134].
Atherton, Alice, [40].
"Babette,"
D'Arville, Camille, [217].
Barnabee, H. C., [19].
Barnet, R. A., [82], [83], [140], [141].
Barrymore, Maurice, [190].
Beaudet, Louise, [251].
"Belle Hélène,"
Hall, Pauline, [248].
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [112].
Lessing, Madge, [82].
Russell, Lillian, [42].
"Belle of New York,"
Edwardes, Paula, [113], [118].
May, Edna, [148], [149], [150], [151], [153].
Bennett & Moulton Opera Company, [189], [190], [192], [193], [194], [199].
Bernard, Caroline Richings, [94].
Bernhardt, Sarah, [28].
"Billie Taylor,"
Fox, Della, [199].
"Bill's Boot,"
Raymond, Maud, [137].
"Black Sheep,"
Edwardes, Paula, [117].
"Blue Beard,"
Hall, Pauline, [246].
"Boccaccio,"
Tempest, Marie, [227].
"Bohemian Girl,"
Clark, Hilda, [256].
D'Arville, Camille, [218].
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [99].
Fox, Della, [199].
Nielsen, Alice, [20].
Bostonians,
Clark, Hilda, [255], [256].
D'Arville, Camille, [218], [219].
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [88], [98], [99].
Nielsen, Alice, [19], [20].
"Bottom's Dream,"
Hall, Pauline, [247].
Braham, Harry, [38].
Brand, John, [251].
"Bride Elect,"
Celeste, Marie, [169].
Clark, Hilda, [256], [257], [258].
MacDonald, Christie, [180].
"Brigands,"
Russell, Lillian, [31], [32], [42].
"Broadway to Tokio,"
Templeton, Fay, [76], [78].
"Brownies,"
Celeste, Marie, [169].
Burnett, Mrs. Frances Hodgson, [197].
Burt, Laura, [118].
"Carina,"
D'Arville, Camille, [217].
Carl Rosa Opera Company, [217], [218].
Carleton Opera Company, [98].
"Carmen,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [99].
Tempest, Marie, [229].
Casino, New York, [25], [27], [29], [40], [65], [66], [200], [201], [206], [218], [229], [240], [247], [248].
"Casino Girl,"
Earle, Virginia, [29].
Gilman, Mabelle, [65].
Castle Square Opera Company, [19], [169].
"Castles in the Air,"
Fox, Della, [194], [195], [200], [201].
"Cavalleria Rusticana,"
Celeste, Marie, [169], [170].
"Celebrated Case,"
Fox, Della, [196].
Celeste, Marie, [156].
Cellier, Alfred, [228].
"Chantaclara,"
Nielsen, Alice, [14].
"Chieftain,"
Glaser, Lulu, [128], [129], [130], [131].
MacDonald, Christie, [180].
"Chilperic,"
D'Arville, Camille, [216].
"Chimes of Normandy,"
Fox, Della, [199].
Hall, Pauline, [248].
"Chorus Girl,"
Ashley, Minnie, [141].
"Chris and the Wonderful Lamp,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [112].
"Chums,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [110].
"Cigale,"
Russell, Lillian, [32].
"Cinderella,"
Earle, Virginia, [26].
"Circus Girl,"
Ashley, Minnie, [135], [141].
Earle, Virginia, [28].
Gilman, Mabelle, [65].
Clark, Hilda, [221], [253].
"Club Friend,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [109].
Collier, Willie, [164].
"Combustion,"
Fox, Della, [197], [198], [199].
Conried, Heinrich, [199], [200].
"Contented Woman,"
May, Edna, [148].
"Corsair,"
Earle, Virginia, [26].
Templeton, Fay, [74].
"County Fair,"
Earle, Virginia, [26].
Crox, Elvia, [117].
"Cymbria, or the Magic Thimble,"
D'Arville, Camille, [215], [216].
"Cyrano de Bergerac,"
Glaser, Lulu, [124], [133].
Hall, Pauline, [240], [242].
Dale, Alan, [7], [8].
Daly, Augustin, [27], [29], [64], [71], [118].
"Dangerous Maid,"
Edwardes, Paula, [118].
Lessing, Madge, [86].
D'Arville, Camille, [190], [208], [256].
"Daughter of the Revolution,"
D'Arville, Camille, [220], [221].
Davenport, Eva, [251].
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [88], [208].
Davis, William J., [95].
Dazey, C. T., [103].
DeAngelis, Jefferson, [42], [206].
DeKoven, Reginald, [221], [232].
Desci, Max, [9].
"Devil's Deputy,"
Glaser, Lulu, [128].
MacDonald, Christie, [179], [180].
Dickson Sketch Club, [196], [197], [198], [199].
Dickson, W. F., [196], [197], [198], [199].
"Dinorah,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [97].
"Don Quixote,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [99].
"Dorcas,"
Hall, Pauline, [241], [248].
"Doris,"
Tempest, Marie, [228].
"Dorothy,"
Tempest, Marie, [228], [229], [232].
Dressler, Marie, [181].
"Dr. Syntax,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [111].
"Drum Major,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [98].
Hall, Pauline, [248].
Duff, J. C., [141], [217].
Duff Opera Company, [41].
Duse, Eleanora, [187].
Earle, Virginia, [21].
"Editha's Burglar,"
Fox, Della, [197], [198], [199].
Edouin, Willie, [40].
Edwardes, George, [232].
Edwardes, Paula, [47], [113].
Edwards, Julian, [172], [178].
"El Capitan,"
Ashley, Minnie, [140].
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [107], [111].
Engländer, Ludwig, [220].
"Erminie,"
Glaser, Lulu, [128], [133].
Hall, Pauline, [240], [242], [248].
MacDonald, Christie, [179].
Russell, Lillian, [32].
Tempest, Marie, [227].
"Evangeline,"
Earle, Virginia, [26].
Hall, Josephine, [47].
Hall, Pauline, [245].
Templeton, Fay, [74].
"Excelsior, Jr.,"
Templeton, Fay, [75].
"Falka,"
D'Arville, Camille, [217].
Farnie, H. B., [216].
Farrington, Adele, [187].
"Fatinitza,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [99].
"Faust,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [96], [97], [99].
"Fay o' Fire,"
Tempest, Marie, [228].
"Fencing Master,"
Tempest, Marie, [230], [231], [232].
"Fiedermaus,"
Hall, Pauline, [247].
"Fille de Madame Angot,"
D'Arville, Camille, [218].
First Corps of Cadets, [82], [117].
Fiske, Minnie Maddern, [67], [70], [71], [72].
"Fleur-de-lis,"
Fox, Della, [202].
"Fortune Teller,"
Nielsen, Alice, [5], [7], [20].
Fougère, [76], [78], [79], [80].
"1492," [82].
Ashley, Minnie, [140].
Dressler, Marie, [190].
Fox, Della, [27], [42], [72], [104], [110], [111], [168], [190], [192].
"Fra Diavolo,"
Fox, Della, [193], [194], [199].
Frazer, Robert, [74].
"Frivoli,"
Tempest, Marie, [228].
Frohman, Charles, [47], [109], [111].
Fursch-Nadi, [98].
Furst, William, [201], [202].
Garcia, Emanuel, [227].
"Geisha,"
Ashley, Minnie, [135], [141].
Earle, Virginia, [23], [24], [27].
Gilman, Mabelle, [65].
Tempest, Marie, [232].
Gerard, Bettina, [117].
Gilbert, W. S., [19], [26], [31].
Gill, William, [74].
Gillette, William, [199].
Gilman, Mabelle, [56], [86].
"Gipsy Baron,"
Hall, Pauline, [247], [248].
"Girl from Maxim's,"
Hall, Josephine, [49], [50], [51].
"Girl from Paris,"
Hall, Josephine, [46], [48].
"Girl I Left Behind Me,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [110].
"Giroflé-Girofla,"
Celeste, Marie, [168].
Russell, Lillian, [32], [42].
Templeton, Fay, [74].
Glaser, Lulu, [120], [179].
Goodwin, J. Cheever, [201], [202], [204], [220].
Goodwin, N. C., [164], [247].
"Grand Duchess,"
Celeste, Marie, [168].
D'Arville, Camille, [218].
Russell, Lillian, [32], [42].
Grau, Jules, [188], [189].
"Great Metropolis,"
Celeste, Marie, [163].
"Great Ruby,"
Edwardes, Paula, [118].
"Greek Slave,"
Ashley, Minnie, [135], [142], [143], [144], [145], [146].
Hale, Philip, [202], [203], [204], [205].
"Half-a-King,"
Glaser, Lulu, [131].
MacDonald, Christie, [180].
Hall, Artie, [236].
Hall, Josephine, [46], [116].
Hall, Pauline, [179], [208], [229], [239].
Hallen, Fred, [26].
Hammerstein, Oscar, [148].
Harlow, Richard, [191].
Harris, Augustus, [228].
Hart, Joseph, [26].
Haverly, J. H., [85], [246].
Henderson, Arthur, [227].
Henderson, William J., [159].
"Hendrik Hudson,"
Templeton, Fay, [74], [75].
Herbert, Victor, [5], [6].
Herne, James A., [73].
"Highwayman,"
Clark, Hilda, [256].
"Hole in the Ground,"
Earle, Virginia, [26].
"Honeymooners,"
Hall, Pauline, [241], [248].
Hopper, DeWolf, [27], [104], [110], [111], [140], [146], [170], [200], [201].
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [42], [104], [140].
"Horrors,"
Hall, Pauline, [245].
"Hoss and Hoss,"
Celeste, Marie, [164], [165], [166], [167].
"Hotel Topsy Turvy,"
Dressler, Marie, [191].
Howard, Bronson, [47].
Hoyt, Charles H., [26], [148], [164].
Huntington, Agnes, [99], [218].
"In Gay New York,"
Earle, Virginia, [27], [28].
"In Mexico" (see "War Time Wedding").
Irwin, May, [235].
"Ixion,"
Hall, Pauline, [247].
"Jack,"
Hall, Josephine, [47].
"Jack and the Beanstalk,"
Celeste, Marie, [169].
Lessing, Madge, [81], [82], [84], [85], [86], [87].
"Jane,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [110].
Jansen, Marie, [120], [127], [128], [248].
Jones, Walter, [146].
Juch, Emma, [98], [200].
Kelley, Edgar Stillman, [249].
"King's Fool,"
Fox, Della, [200].
Klaw and Erlanger, [82], [169], [180], [256].
"Knickerbockers,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [100].
Koster and Bial's, [81].
Kruger, Jacques, [251].
"Lady of Lyons,"
Hall, Pauline, [245].
"Lady Slavey,"
Dressler, Marie, [183], [184], [188], [191].
Earle, Virginia, [27].
Lessing, Madge, [87].
L'Allemand, Pauline, [98].
LaShelle, Kirk, [172], [173], [174], [175].
Lask, George E., [19].
"Later On,"
Earle, Virginia, [26].
Lederer, George W., [25], [27], [148], [149], [150], [151], [152], [200].
"Lend Me Your Wife,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [109].
Lenox, Fred, [142].
Leonard, Charles E., [33], [35].
Leslie, Elsie, [197].
Leslie, Fred, [216].
Leslie, Henry J., [228].
Lessing, Madge, [81], [118].
"Lion Tamer,"
Glaser, Lulu, [127], [128].
MacDonald, Christie, [179].
"Little Corporal,"

Glaser, Lulu, [124], [131], [132].
"Little Duke,"
Celeste, Marie, [108].
Russell, Lillian, [32].
"Little Host,"
Fox, Della, [207].
"Little Red Riding Hood,"
Lessing, Madge, [86].
"Little Trooper,"
Celeste, Marie, [168].
Fox, Della, [168], [201], [202].
Lloyd, Violet, [27].
Lucia, Alice Nielsen as, [19].
MacDonald, Christie, [169], [172].
MacDonough, Glen, [232].
"Madame Favart,"
Hall, Pauline, [248].
Templeton, Fay, [75].
"Madeleine, or, the Magic Kiss,"
D'Arville, Camille, [221].
Dressler, Marie, [190].
"Maid of Plymouth,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [100].
"Mam'selle 'Awkins,"
Edwardes, Paula, [113], [116], [119].
Hall, Josephine, [47], [52], [53].
"Man in the Moon,"
Dressler, Marie, [191].
Templeton, Fay, [76], [77].
Mapleson, Colonel, [95], [96], [97].
"Marjorie,"
D'Arville, Camille, [218].
"Martha,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [99].
Martinot, Sadie, [216].
"Mascotte,"
D'Arville, Camille, [218].
Templeton, Fay, [74].
May, Edna, [147].
McCaull, John A., [40].
McLellan, C. M. S., [249].
McLellan, George B., [252].
"Meg Merrilies,"
Earle, Virginia, [27].
"Men and Women,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [110].
"Merchant of Venice,"
Gilman, Mabelle, [65].
"Merry Monarch,"
Glaser, Lulu, [128].
MacDonald, Christie, [179].
"Merry War,"
Hall, Pauline, [246].
"Merry World,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [98].
Earle, Virginia, [27].
"Midsummer Night's Dream,"
Templeton, Fay, [71], [73].
"Mikado,"
Dressler, Marie, [188].
Earle, Virginia, [26].
Nielsen, Alice, [19].
Miles, R. E. J., [243], [244].
"Mountebanks,"
Russell, Lillian, [32].
"Muldoon's Picnic,"
Fox, Della, [195].
"Mynheer Jan,"
D'Arville, Camille, [217].
"Nadjy,"
Hall, Pauline, [248].
Russell, Lillian, [41].
"Nanon,"
Hall, Pauline, [247].
National Opera Company, [98].
Neutwig, Benjamin, [10], [11].
Nielsen, Alice, [1], [219], [255].
Nirdlinger, Charles Frederick, [222], [223], [224], [225], [226].
Oates, Alice, [243], [244].
Offenbach, Jacques, [31], [216].
"One Round of Pleasure,"
Celeste, Marie, [169].
O'Neill, James, [196].
"Orpheus and Eurydice,"
Hall, Pauline, [246].
Palmer, A. M., [191].
Palmer, Frank, [166], [167].
"Panjandrum,"
Fox, Della, [194], [201].
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [106], [110], [111].
"Passing Show,"
Earle, Virginia, [27].
Lessing, Madge, [82].
Pastor, Tony, [33], [38], [39], [238].
"Patience,"
Earle, Virginia, [26].
Hall, Pauline, [246].
Russell, Lillian, [40].
Patti, Adelina, [96], [97].
"Paul Jones,"
D'Arville, Camille, [218].
"Penelope,"
Nielsen, Alice, [18].
"Perichole,"
Celeste, Marie, [168].
Nielsen, Alice, [19].
Russell, Lillian, [32], [42].
Perugini, Giovanni, [45].
Pike Opera Company, [18], [26].
"Pinafore,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [95].
Earle, Virginia, [26].
Fox, Della, [195], [196].
Russell, Lillian, [37].
"Pirates of Penzance,"
Earle, Virginia, [26].
Fox, Della, [199].
Plympton, Eben, [47].
"Polly,"
Russell, Lillian, [41].
"Poor Jonathan,"
D'Arville, Camille, [218].
Russell, Lillian, [32].
"Poupée,"
Gilman, Mabelle, [65].
"Prince Ananias,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [100].
Nielsen, Alice, [20].
"Prince Pro Tem,"
Ashley, Minnie, [137], [141], [142].
"Princess Bonnie,"
Clark, Hilda, [255].
"Princess Chic,"
MacDonald, Christie, [172], [176], [177], [178], [180].
"Princess Nicotine,"
Celeste, Marie, [168].
Dressler, Marie, [191].
Russell, Lillian, [32], [45].
"Princess of Trebizonde,"
Russell, Lillian, [41], [42].
Puerner, Charles, [190].
"Puritania,"
Hall, Pauline, [241], [248], [249], [250], [251], [252].
"Queen's Mate,"
D'Arville, Camille, [217].
Russell, Lillian, [32].
"Rainmakers,"
Raymond, Maud, [238].
Raymond, Maud, [233].
"Red Hussar,"
Tempest, Marie, [228], [229].
Reed, Charles, [164].
Reed, Roland, [109].
Rehan, Ada, [28].
"Reign of Error,"
Raymond, Maud, [238].
"Revels,"
Hall, Pauline, [245].
Rice, Edward E., [26], [37], [47], [140], [219], [245], [246].
"Rip Van Winkle,"
D'Arville, Camille, [216], [217].
"Robber of the Rhine,"
Dressler, Marie, [190].
"Robin Hood,"
Clark, Hilda, [255].
D'Arville, Camille, [218], [219].
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [91], [99], [100], [101].
Nielsen, Alice, [20].
Rogers Brothers, [233], [238].
"Rogers Brothers in Wall Street,"
Raymond, Maud, [235], [236], [238].
"Romeo and Juliet,"
Hall, Pauline, [245].
Root, Fred, [94].
Root, George F., [95].
"Rounders,"
Gilman, Mabelle, [56], [61], [62], [63], [65], [86].
Lessing, Madge, [86], [87].
"Runaway Girl,"
Celeste, Marie, [160], [161], [169].
Earle, Virginia, [23], [24], [28].
Edwardes, Paula, [113], [115], [116], [117], [119].
Gilman, Mabelle, [65].
Russell, Lillian, [30], [168], [191], [206], [208], [217], [229].
Sadler, Josie, [142].
"Santa Maria,"
May, Edna, [148].
Savage, Henry W., [19], [169].
Seabrooke, Thomas Q., [117].
"Serenade,"
Clark, Hilda, [255].
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [100].
Nielsen, Alice, [20].
"Seven Ravens,"
Hall, Pauline, [246], [247].
Sheldon, William, [146].
"Shenandoah,"
Hall, Josephine, [47].
"Singing Girl,"
Nielsen, Alice, [4], [5].
Smith, Edgar, [97].
Smith, Harry B., [5], [7], [65], [159], [221].
Smythe, W. G., [196].
"Snake Charmer,"
Russell, Lillian, [40].
Solomon, Edward, [41].
Solomon, Frederic, [251].
Solomon Opera Company, [82].
"Sorcerer,"
Russell, Lillian, [40].
Sothern, E. H., [197].
Sousa, John Philip, [256], [257].
Spenser, Willard, [255].
"Sphinx,"
MacDonald, Christie, [180].
Stange, Stanislaus, [5], [6].
St. John, Florence, [228].
Stone, Marie, [218].
Sullivan, Arthur, [19], [26].
Sullivan, Joe J., [237].
"Suzette,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [99].
Sykes, Jerome, [112].
Teal, Ben, [163].
"Tempest,"
Earle, Virginia, [28].
Gilman, Mabelle, [65].
Tempest, Marie, [222].
Templeton, Fay, [67].
Templeton, John, [72].
Thomas, Augustus, [196], [197], [198], [199].
Thomas, Theodore, [98].
Thompson, L. S., [141].
Titus, Fred, [147].
Tivoli Opera Company, [19].
"Tobasco,"
Edwardes, Paula, [117].
"Troubadour,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [99].
"Twenty Minutes in Shirt Waists,"
Dressler, Marie, [186], [187], [188].
"Tyrolean,"
Tempest, Marie, [229], [230].
"Tzigane,"
Celeste, Marie, [168].
Russell, Lillian, [32].
Urquhart, Isabelle, [41].
Vane, Alice, [67].
"Venus,"
D'Arville, Camille, [219], [220].
"Vie,"
D'Arville, Camille, [216].
"Virginia,"
Russell, Lillian, [41].
"Walking Delegate,"
MacDonald, Christie, [180].
"Wang,"
Celeste, Marie, [170].
Earle, Virginia, [27].
Fox, Della, [194], [201].
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [111].
"War Time Wedding,"
Davis, Jessie Bartlett, [100], [102], [103].
Nielsen, Alice, [20].
Weathersby, Eliza, [74].
Weber and Fields, [42], [75], [197].
"Wedding Day,"
Fox, Della, [206].
Russell, Lillian, [42].
Weil, Oscar, [103].
Wheelan, Alf. C., [251].
"Whirl of the Town,"
Lessing, Madge, [82].
White, Edward, [252].
Wilson, Francis, [120], [121], [125], [126], [127], [128], [129], [130], [131], [132], [179], [240], [242], [249].
"Wonder,"
Earle, Virginia, [28].
"World's Fair,"
Earle, Virginia, [26].
"Yankee Doodle Dandy,"
Hopper, Edna Wallace, [112].

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained from the original.

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected as follows:

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