Sag Harbor (play)

Sag Harbor is a play in four acts by American playwright James Herne.[1] The play premiered on September 27, 1900 for the grand opening of Oscar Hammerstein I's Theatre Republic; a theatre located on West 42nd Street next to the Victoria Music Hall.[2] The production's sets were designed by Frank E. Gates, E. A. Morange and Ernest Albert.[1] The premiere cast included the author in the role of Capt. Dan Marble.[3] Other cast members in the premiere included Lionel Barrymore as Frank Turner, Frank Monroe as William Turner, Forrest Robinson as Ben Turner, William Hodge as Freeman Whitmarsh, Charles Dibdin Pitt as George Salter, Margaret Dibden Pitt as Susan Murphy, John D. Garrick as Hosea Stevens, Mrs. Sol Smith as Mrs. John Russell, Marion Abbott as Elizabeth Ann, Julia A. Herne as Martha Reese, Chrystal Herne as Jane Cauldwell, Mollie Revel as Frances Town, and Harriett McDonald as Miss Dolly.[2]

This article is about the James Herne play. For the New York village, see Sag Harbor, New York.

The plot of the play centers around the brothers Frank and William Turner and their competition for the love of the same girl.[2]

Notes
  1. Mantle, Burns; Sherwood, Garrison P.; Chapman, John Arthur (1944). "Sag Harbor". The Best Plays of 1899-1909. Dodd, Mead & Co. p. 372.
  2. "Hammerstein's New Theatre Republic Opened Last Night. James A. Herne's New Rustic Drama, "Sag Harbor" -- "A Million Dollars" the New Spectacular Piece at the New York". The New York Times. September 28, 1900. p. 5.
  3. Playbill in Library of Congress collection


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