The Sancho Panza Era
Unknown Theatre-Cleveland, Ohio
First showing of Otis Skinner's production of "Sancho Panza"................................New York Times, 21 Oct 1923
Robert Rosaire plays the part of Sancho's sidekick, "Dapple" the donkey.
National Theater-Washington D.C.
Mention is made of a Sancho Panza performance here in the Tribune................Washington Tribune, 9 Dec 1923
Hudson Theatre-139-141 West 44th St / 135-144 West 145th St, New York City
Built 1903 by J. B. McElfatrick & Son and Isreals & Harder for Henry
B. Harris. Opened 19 Oct 1903 with "Cousin Kate" (featuring Ethel
Barrymore). 1048 seats. 1934-1937 used as a radio studio by CBS.
Since 1939 operated by the Shubert Company, since 1944 by Howard
Lindsay and Russel Crouse. 1950 bought by NBC. Subsequently used
for NBC's TV shows, "Broadway Open House" (1950-1954) and "The
Tonight Show" (1954-1959). 1960-1968 again used as a theatre.
"Sancho Panza" opens in New York City-Show runs from 26 Nov - 29 Dec 1923 for 40 performances at Hudson theatre
THE CAST OF "SANCHO PANZA"
Otis Skinner as Sancho Panza
Robert Rosaire as Dapple the Donkey
Anthony Andre as Gralva
Stewart Baird as Arvino
as The Court Physician
Marion Barney as Donna Rodriguez
Richard Cramer as Hernando
Herbert Delmore as Gregory
Grace Elliott as Altisidora
Kathleen George as Dolorida
Marguerite Ingram as Isabella
Harry Lewellyn as Mayor of Barataria
H.H. McCollum as Father Hyacinth
Robert Robson as Don Quixote
as A Farmer
Russ Whytall as Duke of Barataria
Kirk Allen as A Young Thief
Michael Barroy as The First Guard
Meyer Berenson as A Drover
Harold Brown as Another Singer
William H. Browne as A Citizen
Jack Cronin as Another Citizen
Royal Cutter as An Old Man
Marguerite Forrest as The Young Duchess
Aileen Grace as The Page with the Insignia
Helen Grenelle as The Page with the Staff of Office
as A Dancer
Charles Halton as A Tailor
as A Scrivener
Malcolm Hicks as A Street Singer
Smiley W. Irwin as A Citizen
Fred Kotek as Another Citizen
Walker Moore as Another Singer
Elizabeth Page as The Page with the Pin
Roberta Renys as The Page with the Cape
Merle Stevens as The Page with the Crown
Arthur C. Tennyson as The Third Guard
Frederick Tiden as Chamberlain
Ruby Trelease as A Drab
Olga Treskoff as A Fruit Woman
as The Page with the Mirror
Richard Trott as The Fourth Guard
William Venus as The Second Guard
Sancho Panza - Production Team
Melchior Lengyel
Writer
Hugo Felix
Songs
Miguel de Cervantes
Source Material ("Don Quixote de La Mancha")
Russell Janney
Producer
Powers Theatre-Chicago, IL
Show ran from December 1923 through May 1924
English's Opera House-Indianapolis, IL
Show ran 11-13 Dec 1924 with Three nights and a matinee...........................Indianapolis Star, 23 & 30 Nov 1924
The following review was in the Star on 12 Dec 1924:
Dapple the donkey, who is the boon companion of Sancho Panza in the play of that name at English's Opera House this week, is the work of that master of pantomime, Robert Rosaire, who has been imitating animals on the stage since he was 7--he is now 53 (sic) years old. Mr. Rosaire comes from a family of English pantomimes; his father and also his grandfather being leaders in that line of entertainment. Mr. Rosaire's "Dapple" is so perfect he has been dubbed by members of the company as the "prince of Donkeys," but Mr. Skinner laughingly calls him "the very devil of a donkey."
Lincoln Square Theater-Decatur, IL
The show ran during the week of 17 Dec 1924.........................................Decatur Review, 23 Nov & 17 Dec 1924
Orpheum, Lincoln, NE
Show ran for one night only on 6 Jan 1925............................................................Evening Star Journal, 5 Jan 1925
Unknown Theater-Helena, Montana
Playdate was 4 Apr 1925.........................................................................................Helena Independent, 5 Apr 1925
Bismark Auditorium-Bismark, ND
Playdates were 8, 9 & 10 Apr 1925 (Last known dates)....................Bismark Tribune, 26 Mar, 3 & 10 Apr 1925
Excerpts from two reviews.
Bismark Tribune, 3 Apr 1925----DONKEY HAS BIG ROLE IN PLAY COMING HERE---Dapple the little gray donkey in the comedy "Sancho Panza", which comes to the Auditorium on april 8, has a role of such length and importance that he practically shares the honors with Mr. Otis Skinner, the star. Indeed, Mr. Skinner insists that Dapple take all curtain calls with him.
Bismark Tribune, 10 Apr 1925---OTIS SKINNER AS CLEVER AS EVER IN CERVANTEAN ROLE AT AUDITORIUM---Sancho Panza and his little gray donkey companion, Dapple, stumbled into their brief occupancy of the governorship of the Spanis province of Barataria last evening at the city auditorium entertaining with their antics and droll wisdom entertaining an audience prepared for a skillful Otis Skinner characterization. And the audience was not a wit disappointed in that respect......................................................... Otis Skinner was as usual well cast. Which is more than can be said of several who supported him in the modern adaptation of the famous character of the rotund goatherd squire of the swashbuckling Don Quixote. Inarticulateness on the stage is often a virtue. Last night for instance, the dumb donkey ran a close second to the great star in effectiveness, and far outshone the rest of the cast which was mostly negligible.