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Robinson Crusoe, Jr.
Sheet music cover (cropped)
MusicSigmund Romberg and James Hanley
LyricsHarry Atteridge
BookEdgar Smith
Productions1916 Broadway

Robinson Crusoe, Jr. is a Broadway musical with a book by Edgar Smith, lyrics by Harry Atteridge, and music by Sigmund Romberg and James Hanley.

Produced by Lee Shubert and J. J. Shubert, the Broadway production, staged by John Kennedy and choreographed by Helen Tamiris, opened on February 17, 1916 at the Winter Garden Theatre, where it ran for 139 performances. Cast included Al Jolson, Kitty Doner, Claude Flemming, and Mlle. Rodriguez.

This show was a “musical extravaganza” dominated by the personality of Al Jolson. He starts out as the chauffer for a person who falls asleep and dreams he is Robinson Crusoe and Jolson is his man Friday. They go from place to place: a Spanish castle, a pirate ship, a forest. Finally, the show gives up all pretense and Jolson just takes over.

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