Dr. Syntax (play)

Dr. Syntax is an 1894 play produced by DeWolf Hopper. His wife at that time, Edna Wallace Hopper, appeared in the cast.[1]

It debuted at the Broadway Theatre on June 23, 1894. The play is a rewrite of the 1881-82 hit Cinderella at School.[2] The Best Plays of 1884-1899 (1955) says it had a "comfortable run of 159 performances."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Chapman, John and Garrison P. Sherwood (eds.) The Best Plays of 1894-1899, p. 2 (1955)
  2. ^ Bordman, Gerald. American Musical Theater: A Chronicle, p. 149 (3rd ed. 2001)