On Monday, September 27, 1897, was produced for the first time on any stage, by Miss Fortescue, a play in three acts by Mr. W. S. Gilbert, entitled The Fortune Hunter.
Dramatis Personæ
The Duke of Dundee, K.G. | Mr. O. B. Clarance |
Sir Cuthbert Jameson | Mr. Edmund Maurice |
Marquis de Breville | Mr. Ivan Watson |
Armand Viscomte de Breville | Mr. Luigi Lablache |
Maitre Lachand | Mr. George F. Hawtry |
Mr. Dudley Coxe | Mr. Compton Coutts |
Mr. Barker | Mr. W. R. Staveley |
Mons. Paillard | Mr. C. G. Axton |
Mr. McQuarrie | Mr. Vivian Strenhouse |
Pollard | Mr. A. Clay |
Captain Munroe | Mr. Howard Sturge |
Quatermaster | Mr. Charles Leighton |
Duchess of Dundee | Miss Cicely Richards |
Marquise de Breville | Miss Adelina Baird |
Mrs. Dudley Coxe | Miss Nora O'Neill |
Miss Somerton | Miss Regina Repton |
Miss Bailey | Miss A. Beauchamp |
Diana Caverel | Miss Fotescue |
- Synopsis by Arthur Robinson
- Review from The Times, 28th September 1897.
- Photographs of members of the cast
- Script
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