Frank W. White, drama editor of the Denver Post, commented on the loyalty of Elitch Theatre employees:
“Old Captain Shirley, who took tickets at the gate until his death this spring, was with the Elitches and later the Longs for over eighteen years. He was a fixture. His job was understood to be a life one. Mr. Alexander, who looks after the stage and Theatre, has been there twenty-two years, and his father eighteen years, or until he died. Signor Cavallo has been the musician at the Gardens for fifteen years, and it is hoped he will be there for fifteen more. Mr. Houck has been treasurer for a dozen years. Messrs. Earl Johnstone and Thomas Mohr have had charge of the box offices for nine years.
Bruce McRae, one of the biggest favorites among Denver audiences, returned to Elitch as the leading man after an absence of five years. He had just completed an entire season run with Blanche Bates in Nobody’s Widow in New York’s Hudson Theater. The leading woman was Jane Grey…. Robert Morris was the director for the season.
[Borrillo, T. A. (2012). Denver’s historic Elitch Theatre: A nostalgic journey (a history of its times). Colorado. p. 97-98]
Theatre Staff:
- Mrs. Mary Elitch Long, President
- Robert Morris, Stage Director
Resident Company:
- Jane Grey
- Julia Blanc
- Ethel Gray Terry
- The Suzanne Perry
- Bertha Van Norman
- Bruce McRae
- Ben Johnson
- Thomas Findlay
- Clarence Handyside
- Forrest Winant
- William Weston
- Charles Halton
- George LeGuere
- George D. Roberts
Productions:
- Week of June 11:1 Such a Little Queen, by Channing Pollock.
- Week of June 18: A Woman’s Way, by Thompson Buchanan.
- Week of July 25: The Fourth Estate, by Joseph Medill Patterson and Harriet Ford.
- Week of July 2: Before and After, by Leo Ditrichstein.
- Week of July 9: An American Widow, by Kellett Chambers.
- Week of July 16: The Melting Pot, by Israel Zangwill.
- Week of July 23: The Chorus Lady, by James Forbes.
- Week of July 30: The Dawn of a Tomorrow, by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
- Week of Aug. 6: The Little Damozel, by Mockton Hoffe.
- Week of Aug. 20: The Wolf, by Eugene Walter.
- Week Aug. 27: The Bachelor, by Clyde Fitch.
- Special Matinee, Thursday, June 29: The Man Who Lied to Himself (premiere) by Mann Page, with Edwin (Ted) Shawn and Mann Page.
