Henry Wilson Savage

Henry W. Savage in 1925

Henry Wilson Savage (March 21, 1859 – November 29, 1927) was an American theatrical manager.

Biography[]

Henry W. Savage was born March 21, 1859, in New Durham, New Hampshire.^[1]:503 He graduated from Harvard in 1880. He became president of the Henry W. Savage Company, Inc., and of the Castle Square Opera Company of Boston, and director of the National Association of Theatrical Producing Managers of America.

Productions[]

Ad for the Savage produced musical Pom-Pom (1916) starring Mitzi Hajos

Savage's more notable productions include the following:

• The Prince of Pilsen
• The Girl of the Golden West
• The Merry Widow
• The College Widow
• The County Chairman
• The Chocolate Soldier
• Madama Butterfly (the first American performance in 1906)
• Toot Toot (1917) – featuring The Last Long Mile
• Everywoman (1913–14)
• Mr. Wu (1914).
• Lass O'Laughter starring Flora Le Breton in 1925, Savage's last production in New York.,

Savage died in Boston on November 29, 1927.^[2]

In the 1953 memoir Bring On the Girls! (by P. G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton), he is depicted as an extraordinarily manipulative and money-grubbing entrepreneur.

References[]

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links[]

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• Works by Henry Wilson Savage at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Henry Wilson Savage at Internet Archive
• Henry Wilson Savage at the Internet Broadway Database

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