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'"Mrs AYiggs of the Cabbage Patch,' - which ran for several years in the United States without a break before it was seen on tile other side of the Atlantic, is said to .have yielded nearly three-quarters of a million pounds profit for those who were lucky enough to have a share in its production. Enormous as has been the success of tli's popular play, it still fa'.ls far short of the record made by "Hip Van Winkle," in which Joseph Jefferson appeared over 5000 times, and which earned the amazing gam of £1,000,009. "The Old Homestead," with Denman Thompson in the leading part, is sa d to have yielded £950,000 in a dozen years at the rote of nearly £ SO.OOO a year: while "Erminie" was a go'd mine across the Atlantic, running for 1567 n'ghts at a single theatre, and earning well over £BOO,OOO. "Colleen Rnwn," "'Fust Lyune," "Peep o* Day," "Uncle Tom's C.ib'ii," and several ether plays linv~ — ,1;1 r t rrnniiir: far into six figv— * (Secretary" is ■ " ' with * tot;!
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIII, Issue 14353, 19 November 1910, Page 1 (Supplement)
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173RECORD RUNS. Timaru Herald, Volume XCIII, Issue 14353, 19 November 1910, Page 1 (Supplement)
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