Brewster's Millions (play)

Brewster's Millions
Written by	Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley
Date premiered	December 31, 1906
Place premiered	New Amsterdam Theatre
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy

Brewster's Millions is a play written by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley, based on the 1902 novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheon. Producers Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy staged it on Broadway in 1906. The play is about a young man who must spend a million dollars that he has inherited in order to inherit many millions more.^[1]

Broadway production

An image from a promotional postcard shows a scene set aboard a yacht.

Thompson and Dundy previewed the play at the Taylor Opera House in Trenton, New Jersey, starting on October 11, 1906.^[2] It debuted on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on December 31, 1906. The production transferred to the Hudson Theatre on February 25, 1907, with the same cast.^[3]

The characters and cast from the Broadway production are given below:

Cast of the Broadway production

Character	Broadway cast
Montgomery Brewster	Edward Abeles
Fred Gardner	Leslie Bassett
Horace Pettingill	Gaston Bell
Trixie Clayton	Cecile Breton
Rawles	George Clare
Subway Smith	Jack Devereaux
Archibald Vanderpool	Sumner Gard
Frank Bragdon	Willard Howe
Colonel Drew	Nestor Lennon
Mrs. Dan De Mille	Emily Lytton
Thomas	Arthur Morris
Barbara Drew	Olive Murray
Janice Armstrong	Josephine Park
Nopper Harrison	George Probert
Monsieur Bargie	Eugene Redding
Mr. Grant	Albert Sackett
Joseph MacCloud	Joseph Woodburn

References

1. "Plays and Players". The Theatre. 7 (72). February 1907. pp. 31–32.
2. "Brewster's Millions". The New York Times. 56 (17,793). October 12, 1906. p. 9.
3. "In Manhattan". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 68 (54). February 24, 1907. p. News Local: 3 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Brewster's Millions at the Internet Broadway Database