Written by Edward Harrigan Original language English First performance 29 August 1881 Place premiered Theatre Comique | Date premiered 29 August 1881 Genre Comedic play Playwright Edward Harrigan | |
The Major is an 1881 comedic play produced by Edward Harrigan and Tony Hart.
It debuted to a full house at the new Theatre Comique on Broadway in New York City on August 29, 1881. Songs contributed by David Braham include Major Gilfeather, as well as Miranda, When We Are Made One, Veteran's Guards' Cadets, Clara Jenkins' Tea, and 4-11-44. It ran for over 150 performances, closing on January 7, 1882, the longest of any Harrigan and Hart production to that time.
The play was revived in March 1885 at the Fourteenth Street Theatre.
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