Henry Wilson Savage

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

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

Biography

Savage was born in New York City and 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. His more notable productions include The Prince of Pilsen, The Girl of the Golden West, The Merry Widow, The College Widow, The County Chairman, The Chocolate Soldier, Everywoman (1913–14), and Mr. Wu (1914).

Savage's last production in New York was Lass O'Laughter starring Flora Le Breton in 1925. Savage died in Boston on November 29, 1927.^[1]

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

1. (30 November 1927). HENRY W. SAVAGE, PRODUCER, IS DEAD; First Impresario to Present Grand Opera in English Succumbs at 68. HE STAGED 50 SUCCESSES; 'Prince of Pilsen' and 'Merry Widow' Among His Offerings -- Was Long a Real Estate Man, The New York Times

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "^{article name needed}". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

External links

• 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