Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (play)
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Alice Hegan Rice suggested to Liebler & Company that [[Anne Crawford Flexner]] do the stage adaptation.{{cite news |title=The Famous Story of "Mrs. Wiggs" and "Lovey Mary" to be Seen on the Stage of the Grand Opera House, Chicago |work=Dixon Evening Telegraph |date=July 9, 1904 |location=Dixon, Illinois |page=2 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} The character of Mrs. Wiggs was based on Mrs. Mary A. Bass, a resident of the Cabbage Patch neighborhood.{{cite news |title=A Pilgrimage to Home of the Real "Mrs. Wiggs" |work=The State |date=November 1, 1903 |location=Columbia, South Carolina |page=20 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} By the time the play started being performed, she had been inundated with visitors, helped by newspaper articles that printed her address. |
Alice Hegan Rice suggested to Liebler & Company that [[Anne Crawford Flexner]] do the stage adaptation.{{cite news |title=The Famous Story of "Mrs. Wiggs" and "Lovey Mary" to be Seen on the Stage of the Grand Opera House, Chicago |work=Dixon Evening Telegraph |date=July 9, 1904 |location=Dixon, Illinois |page=2 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} The character of Mrs. Wiggs was based on Mrs. Mary A. Bass, a resident of the Cabbage Patch neighborhood.{{cite news |title=A Pilgrimage to Home of the Real "Mrs. Wiggs" |work=The State |date=November 1, 1903 |location=Columbia, South Carolina |page=20 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} By the time the play started being performed, she had been inundated with visitors, helped by newspaper articles that printed her address. |
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Oscar Eagle was credited for [[stage management]] in contemporary reviews.{{cite news |title=Park Theatre: "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" |work=Boston Evening Transcript |date=March 8, 1904 |location=Boston, Massachusetts |page=10 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} At that time it might still encompass the creative role of [[Theatre director|director]] with the traffic control of individual performances it now entails. Incidental music for the play was composed by [[John Joseph Braham Sr.|John Braham]].{{cite news |title=Loses Music of "Mrs. Wiggs" |work=Chicago Tribune |date=July 6, 1904 |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=11 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} According to Tyler's memoirs, the third act as written wasn't working. He consulted an old playwright named |
Oscar Eagle was credited for [[stage management]] in contemporary reviews.{{cite news |title=Park Theatre: "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" |work=Boston Evening Transcript |date=March 8, 1904 |location=Boston, Massachusetts |page=10 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} At that time it might still encompass the creative role of [[Theatre director|director]] with the traffic control of individual performances it now entails. Incidental music for the play was composed by [[John Joseph Braham Sr.|John Braham]].{{cite news |title=Loses Music of "Mrs. Wiggs" |work=Chicago Tribune |date=July 6, 1904 |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=11 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}} According to Tyler's memoirs, the third act as written wasn't working. He consulted an old playwright named George Hoey who suggested having Mrs. Wiggs place some pies in the train box car with Stubbins at the second act's end. These entice him back to the Cabbage Patch to bolster the comedy in the third act. |
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===Cast=== |
===Cast=== |
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