Pique (play)

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First performance 14 December 1875 Adapted from Her lord and master		Playwright Augustin Daly

Pique is an 1875 play produced by Augustin Daly, which had a very successful run of 237 consecutive performances in New York at the Fifth Avenue Theatre.

It was based in part on the Florence Marryat novel Her Lord and Master. It debuted on December 14, 1875, and was withdrawn after Saturday, July 29, 1876. It ran in at least two versions in London and also was produced on tour.

The original cast included Maurice Barrymore, where he met his future wife Georgiana Drew.

Though the play was a success, critical response varied from "highly laudatory puff pieces to accusations of excessive sentiment and irritating sensationalism."

Original Broadway cast

Charles Fisher as Matthew Standish

D. H. Harkins as Arthur Standish

Maurice Barrymore as Raymong Lessing

Frank Hardenbergh as Rga-Monney Jim

Belle Wharton as Little Arthur

Fanny Davenport as Mabel Renfrew

Mrs. G.H. Gilbert as Aunt Dorothy

Kate Holland as Mother Thames

Lizzie Griffiths as Sylvie

John Brougham as Dr. Gossitt

Jason Lewis as Sammy Dymple

John Drew, Jr. as Thorsby Gyll

C.H. Rockwell as Picker Bob

William Pleater Davidge as Pedder

W. Beekman as Rattlin

J. Deaveau as Captain Spears

Emily Rigl as Lucille Renfrew

Jeffreys Lewis as Mary Standish (replaced by Georgiana Drew in April 1876)

Sydney Cowell (daughter of Sam Cowell) as Raitch

References

Pique (play) Wikipedia

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