- The following work was adapted to the Broadway stage:
- (1908) Stage Play: Little Nemo. Musical comedy. Music by Victor Herbert. Book by Harry B. Smith. Based on the cartoons of Winsor McCay. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Orchestra under the direction of Max Hirschfeld. Directed by Herbert Gresham. New Amsterdam Theatre: 20 Oct 1908- 23 Jan 1909 (111 performances). Cast: Dave Abrams (as "Gladys, the cat/Teddy, the bear/ Nutty, the squirrel"), W.W. Black (as "Morpheus, King of Poppyland"), Joseph Cawthorn (as "Dr. Pill, physician to King Morpheus"), Sim Collins (as "Mons Graeso, Olympian wrestler"), Master Gabriel (as "Little Nemo"), Louis Hart (as "Mons Roma, Olympian wrestler"), Harry Kelly (as "The Dancing Missionary"), Florence Tempest (as "The Candy Kid, Messenger of King Morpheus"), Billy B. Van (as Flip, nephew of the Guard of the Dawn"), Louis F. Barnes (as "Ruler of the Isle of Table d'Hote"), Rose Beaumont (as "Mrs. Nemo"), Albertine Benson (as "The Valentine Fairy/The Barometer Girl"), Aimee Ehrlich (as "The Little Princess"), A.H. Hendricks (as "An Officer in the Continentals"), Sunshine James (as "Betty, a traveler in Slumberland"), Edward B. Kramer (as "Aide to Officer of the Continentals"), Mildred Manning (as "Tilly, a traveler in Slumberland"), Madeline Marshall (as "Sally, a traveler in Slumberland"), Elphye Snowden (as "The Weather Vane"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger. Note: Winsor McCay (1867-1934) was a stellar American cartoonist and animator. His strip, Little Nemo ran in the New York Herald from 1905-14 and were set in the dreams of the title character. [refer: The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland, Vols. I-VI: 1905-1914; Fantagraphics ISBN 0-930193-63-6 (Vol. 1)].
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