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57:, the plot begins with Nell Colfax tricking Jack Hemingway into participating in a fox hunt, a sport he knows nothing of, by inviting him to join her on a hike. She dresses him in the fox hunters colors and thrusts the unsuspecting Jack into a large party of Long Island hunters. Everyone mistakes him for his cousin, also named Jack Hemingway, who is a famous jockey that won the 87:
Review of the play were positive, and for its time period, the play had a respectable run of 81 performances; closing after a two-month long run in April 1906. Richman starred as Jack Hemingway, and Nell Colfax was portrayed by
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and George Braham; with the latter serving as conductor. The work also featured hunting horn calls and traditional classical music works with hunting themes.
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on February 12, 1906. The work was the first play presented by The Garrick Theatre Stock Company; a company founded by
61:. Jack is challenged to a horse race, and is compelled to accept even though he has never ridden a horse in his life. 58: 259: 92:. Richman also directed the production and the play was produced by William H. Reynolds. The set were designed by 279: 81: 26: 22: 274: 240: 42: 172:"'GALLOPS' MAY HAVE A RUN.; Hunting Play, with Charles Richman, Entertains a First-Night Audience" 176: 97: 73: 101: 96:
and Arthur Corbault. While not a musical, the play did have an orchestra which performed
29:, the work's plot was loosely adapted from several short stories written by Gray about 268: 93: 89: 54: 235:
Mantle, Burns; Sherwood, Garrison P.; Chapman, John Arthur (1944). "Gallops".
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and horses which were published in the short story collections
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Six Centuries of Foxhunting: An Annotated Bibliography
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David Gray
Charles Richman
fox hunts
The Century Company
Long Island
Steeplechase
Broadway
Garrick Theatre
Charles Richman
Frances Starr
Ernest Albert
incidental music
George M. Cohan
"David Gray's New Sporting Play"






"'GALLOPS' MAY HAVE A RUN.; Hunting Play, with Charles Richman, Entertains a First-Night Audience"
The New York Times
"The Current Plays; GARRICK. 'Gallops.' Play in four acts by David Gray"
"Gray, David (1870–1968)"
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dodd, Mead & Co.
​Gallops​
Internet Broadway Database
Categories
1906 plays

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