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Buddies (musical)

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Buddies
Peggy Wood in Buddies (1919)
Written byGeorge V. Hobart
Date premieredOctober 17, 1919
Place premieredSelwyn Theatre
New York City
Original languageEnglish

Buddies is a 1919 Broadway musical by George V. Hobart[1] and with music by Bentley Collingwood Hilliam.[2] After an initial run in Boston starting on August 12, it opened at the Selwyn Theatre on October 17, 1919, and played for 259 performances through June 12, 1920. The musical is set in Brittany, France.

Principal Broadway cast

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Peggy Wood as Julie

References

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  1. ^ (2 February 1926). Geo. Hobart Passes Away in Maryland, Plattsburgh Sentinel (Associated Press byline) ("Hobart's most pronounced stage success was the morality play "Experience." Among the best known other plays were "Our Mrs. McChesney, written for Ethel Barrymore; "Miss Print," designed as a vehicle for Marie Dressler; "Sonny"; "Buddies" and "Sweet Sixteen".)
  2. ^ Bordman, G.M.; Norton, R. (2010). American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle. Oxford University Press. p. 394. ISBN 9780199729708. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  3. ^ Woollcott, Alexander (29 October 1919). The Play, The New York Times
  4. ^ (28 October 1919). 'Buddies' A Comedy With Few Flaws, The Sun (New York), p. 8, col. 3.
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