Panjandrum (musical)

Edna Wallace Hopper and DeWolf Hopper in Panjandrum (1893)

Panjandrum is a musical with music by Woolson Morse, words by J. Cheever Goodwin, written for and produced by the DeWolf Hopper Opera Company. It opened on May 1, 1893, at the Broadway Theatre (on 41st Street, now demolished) in New York and closed at the end of September 1893.[1]

Described as an "olla podrida" in two acts, Panjandrum is set in the Philippines. It starred Hopper as Pedro and Della Fox as Paquita; Fox was replaced by Hopper's new wife, Edna Wallace, but Fox eventually rejoined the cast. The plot centers around a toreador trying to regain his sweetheart. The two of them and her friend are all captured by a savage tribe, and Pedro is disguised as the king of the tribe.[2]

  1. ^ Brown, p. 412
  2. ^ Bordman, p. 143