The run dates incomplete
- Opened
- September 28, 1891
- Closed
- —
- Performances
- 40
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Standard Theatre
Of the 147 productions we hold that opened in the 1890s and record a performance count, this is the 74th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
No closing date. 5,632 of 13,459 productions have none, and at this distance that means the ending was never recorded rather than that the run went on.
Other stagings of Robin Hood 8 more that season
| 1872 | Wallacks Theatre Original | 22 perf. |
| 1900 | Knickerbocker Theatre Revival | |
| 1902 | Academy Of Music Revival | 32 perf. |
| 1912 | New Amsterdam Theatre Revival | 105 perf. |
| 1918 | Park Theatre Revival | |
| 1929 | Jolsons 59th Street Theatre Revival · Milton Aborn | 31 perf. |
| 1932 | Erlangers Theatre Revival · Milton Aborn | 29 perf. |
| 1944 | Adelphi Theatre Revival | 15 perf. |
Who was in it9 named
George B Frothingham
William H Macdonald
7 of these 9 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 2 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Harry Dixon
- Producer
- The Bostonians
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Recordings 5 held for the work
None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against Robin Hood, and nothing in the record says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.
Around this production
'It was that choreographed, that perfect, that astonishing,' recalls Jess. 'John Gielgud later told me, 'There were things about it that were breathtaking.' And when Hamlet died and there was the 'Good Night, Sweet Prince' part, it was touching and moving.' 91
Speaker not recorded. Before the Parade Passes By Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical Joh, p. 369- Two operettas were popular here in 1912: Reginald De Koven's Robin Hood and the American premiere of Lehar's The Count of Luxembourg. At This Theatre 100 Years of Broadway Shows Stories and Botto Louis Viagas Rober, p. 26
- Smith’s greatest musical successes—Robin Hood, The Spring Maid, Sweethearts, Watch Your Step, Countess Maritza, The Girl from Utah, and The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer—were written in collaboration with such composers as Ludwig Englander, Reginald De Koven, Victor Herbert, John Philip Sousa, Robert Hood Bowers, Gus Edwards,… Broadway Its History People and Places An Encyclopedia Bloom Ken 1949 2nd Ed New, p. 521
- 22 September: Robin Hood, a spectacularly successful comic opera with libretto by Harry B. Smith and music by Reginald De Koven, opens at the Standard Theater. Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 14
- Among the most successful American works of the time were Reginald De Koven’s Robin Hood (1891) and Victor Herbert’s The Fortune Teller (1898). Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical Volume 22 William A Everett Paul R, p. 297
- Robin Hood had played in London the year before. Showtime A History of the Broadway Musical Theatre Larry Stempel, p. 139
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- Which of the 5 recordings of Robin Hood document this run, if any.
- When it closed.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.