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Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Shows · Robin Hood

The most celebrated American operetta of the 19th century, Robin Hood was produced by a touring company that first presented it in Chicago in June 1890. Though hastily put together at a total cost of $109.50, the musical caught on and was remounted in a more stylish production. It made an auspicious New York bow at the Standard Theatre (then on Broadway at 32nd Street), but its run was cut short because of a prior bo…

Opened
1891
Performances
40
Type
Musical
Era
Origins
Music: Reginald DeKovenLyrics: Harry B. SmithBook: Harry B. Smith

Productions9 on Broadway

1872 Wallacks Theatre Original. July 22, 1872 · predates this show 22 performances
1891 Standard Theatre Revival. September 28, 1891 · Harry Dixon 40 performances
1900 Knickerbocker Theatre Revival. April 30, 1900
1902 Academy Of Music Revival. September 8, 1902 32 performances
1912 New Amsterdam Theatre Revival. May 6, 1912 105 performances
1918 Park Theatre Revival. September 30, 1918
1929 Jolsons 59th Street Theatre Revival. November 18, 1929 · Milton Aborn 31 performances
1932 Erlangers Theatre Revival. January 27, 1932 · Milton Aborn 29 performances
1944 Adelphi Theatre Revival. November 7, 1944 15 performances

Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. 1 of these predate the show itself and are almost certainly a different work of the same name. Shown, marked, not merged. West End runs are not yet held.

Recordings 5 albums held

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In the literature15 passages

Two operettas were popular here in 1912: Reginald De Koven's Robin Hood and the American premiere of Lehar's The Count of Luxembourg. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p26

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,… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p521

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. book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p14

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). book:historical-dictionary-of-the-broadway-musical-volume-22-william-a-everett-paul-r#p297

Robin Hood had played in London the year before. book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p139

Robin Hood may not have been the first distinctly American light opera, but it initiated what de Koven's wife called \ book:showtime-a-history-of-the-broadway-musical-theatre-larry-stempel#p143

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