- (1893 - 1919) Active on Broadway [credited as John C. Slavin early in career] in the following productions:
- (1897) Stage Play: The Belle of New York. Musical comedy. Libretto by C.M.S. McLellan [credited as Hugh Morton] (earliest Broadway credit). Music by Gustav Kerker. Musical Director: Gustav Kerker. Choreographed by Augusto Francioli. Directed by George W. Lederer. Casino Theatre (on hiatus from 14 Nov 1897- 19 Dec 1897): 28 Sep 1897- 26 Dec 1897 (64 performances). Cast: La Petite Adelaide (as "Dance Specialty"), Anna Baldarsara (as "Chorus"), Harriet Bond (as "Gladys Glee"), William Cameron (as "Blinky Bill McGuirk"), Crissie Carlisle (as "Birdie Seed"), Dan Daly (as "Ichabod Bronson"), Ada Dare Cora Angelique"), Bettie Dauble (as "Chorus"), Harry Davenport (as "Harry Bronson"), Harry Dodd (as "Mr. Twiddles"), Ida Doerge (as "Chorus"), Paula Edwards (as "Mamie Clancy"), Agnes Enright (as "Chorus"), George K. Fortescue (as "Doc Snifkins"), Marie George (as "Kissie Fitzgarter"), Winfred Goff (as "Billie Breeze"), Mollie Hoffman (as "Chorus"), Venie Hoffman (as "Chorus"), Sylvia Holte (as "Dorothy June"), Mabelle Howe (as "Marjorie May/Little Miss Flirt"), May Knight (as "Chorus"), Lionel Lawrence (as "Fricot/Mr. Snooper/Ah Bung"), Helen Lord (as "Myrtle Mince"), L.T. MacDonald (as "Mr. Peeper"), Edna May (as "Violet Gray"), Clarice Middleton (as "Chorus"), Phyllis Rankin (as "Fifi Fricot"), Maud Robinson (as "Chorus"), Babette Rodney (as "Pansy Pinns"), George A. Schiller (as "Kenneth Mugg"), John Slavin (as "Count Ratsi Rattatoo"), William Sloan (as "Count Patsi Rattatoo"), Marie Steinberg (as "Chorus"), Minnie Varrell (as "Mrs. Snuffy"), Austin Walsh (as "William/Mr. Snuffy"), David Warfield (as "Karl von Pumpernick"), Laura Witt (as "Chorus"), Rose Witt (as "Queenie Cake"), Sophie Witt (as "Chorus"). Produced by George W. Lederer. Notes: (1) By Guilded Age standards this was a modestly successful Broadway run, but the play would open in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 12 Aug 1898 and run for a remarkable 697 performances. (2) Filmed by Marion Davies Film Corporation (distributed by Select Pictures Corp.) as The Belle of New York (1919) as a Marion Davies vehicle. Remade by MGM as The Belle of New York (1952).
- The Little Host (1898). Musical comedy. Libretto by Edgar Smith [earliest Broadway credit] and Louis DeLange. Music by William T. Francis and Thomas Chilvers. Musical Director: William T. Francis. Featuring songs by Herman Perlet. Featuring songs with lyrics by Aubrey Boucicault. Choreographed by John Slavin. Directed by Max Freeman. Herald Square Theatre (moved to The Harlem Opera House from 16 Jan 1899- Jan 1899, then moved to The Grand Opera House 13 Mar 1899- Close): 26 Dec 1898- Mar 1899 (closing date unknown/37 performances). Cast: Wilford Arling (as "Dodge Taylor"), Adella Barker (as "Aunt Jane Hawkins"), Norma Bell (as "Edith Eddington"), Annie Black (as "Mazie Spanker"), H.D. Blakemore (as "Mink/Diggs"), Mabel Bouton (as "Susie Jones"), Lettie Bryan (as "Ollie Armstrong"), Edith Burbank (as "Mamie Mangen"), Bert Carter (as "Bob Upperton"), Hugh Chilvers (as "Jack Dashington"), Hattie Clark (as "Bessie Brownhill"), Caroline Cook (as "Harriet Henderson"), Beatrice Darlington (as "Flossie Flitterby"), Daisy Dwyer (as "Rosie Redpath"), Della Fox (as "Margery Dazzle"), Emily Francis (as "Mrs. Dashington"), R.E. Graham (as "Josiah Dashington, Sr."), Lou Harlow (as "Beatrice Bennington"), Alice Johnson (as "Olympia Longacre"), Jessie Jordan (as "Minnie Mingle"), Frank Kelly (as "Fuller Boozeby"), Emma Levy (as "Daisy Dandler"), Florine Murray (as "Dottie Lightfoot"), Kitty Nugent (as "Gertie Gertby"), Eugene O'Rourke (as "William Reilly"), Harry Rigby (as "Dick Hammersley"), Mabel Seymour (as "Lottie Longhouse"), John C. Slavin (as "Herr Einesang"), Charles Wallace (as "Charles Horsley"). Produced by Della Fox.
- The Singing Girl (1899). Musical comedy/opera. Libretto by Hugh Stanislaus Stange. Music by Victor Herbert. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Musical Director: Paul Steindorff. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Casino Theatre: 23 Oct 1899- 6 Jan 1900 (80 performances). Cast: William Bechtel (as "Oelrich"), May Boley (as "Freda"), Ruby Capen (as "Paula"), Joseph Cawthorn (as "Aufpassen"), Eugene Cowles (as "Duke Rodolph"), Lillian Devere (as "Xesia"), May Devere (as "Vida"), Eunice Drake (as "Elizabeth"), Frank Edwards (as "Ferdinand"), Ursulla Gurnett (as "Minnie"), Jennie Hawley (as "Elsa"), Joseph W. Herbert (as "Prince Pumpernickel"), Louise Hilliard (as "Margaret"), H.W. Humphreys (as "Ludwig"), Clara Isham (as "Alma"), Louis Kelso (as "Francis"), Louise Lawton (as "Tolfta"), Richie Ling (as "Count Otto"), M.H. Lorenz (as "Hans"), Nellie Marsh (as "Lena"), Albert McGuckin (as "Felix"), Edward F. Metcalfe (as "Frederick"), Alice Nielsen (as "Greta"), Lillian Samuels (as "Katrina"), Lucille Saunders (as "Marie"), John Slavin (as "Stephan"), George Tennery (as "Karl"), R. Wallace (as "Herman"), J.A. Wallerstedt (as "Fritz"), Winnifred Williams (as "Netta"). Produced by Alice Nielsen Opera Company (Manager: Frank L. Perley).
- The Liberty Belles (1901). Musical comedy. Additional music by John W. Bratton, Clifton Crawford, Aimee Lachaume, Harry von Tilzer [earliest Broadway credit], A. Baldwin Sloane, Louis F. Gottschalk, William J. Accooe and Mae Anwerda Sloane. Book by Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Musical Director: Aimee Lachaume. Additional lyrics by George V. Hobart, Walter Ford, Irving Claxton and Clifton Crawford. Hoyt's Theatre (moved to the Grand Opera House on 19 Jan 1902 to close): 30 Sep 1901- Jan 1902 (closing date unknown/112 performances). Cast: Edith Barr, Bobby Burns, Atta Butler, Nat C. Cafferty, Crissie Carlisle, Harry Davenport, Lotta Faust, Elsie Ferguson (as "Maria Morris") [Broadway debut], Harry Gilfoil, Augusta Glose, Edna Hunter, Violet Jewell, Grace Kimball (as "Edith May"), Dorothy Lester, Helene Lucas, D. Mack Lumsden, Esther Lyons, J.C. Marlowe, Louise Middleton, Sandol Milliken, Marie Murphy, Edward Pooley, Katherine Roberts, John Slavin, Margaret Walker. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- Love's Lottery (1904). Musical comedy/opera.
- Mamselle Sallie (1906). Musical comedy.
- A Knight for a Day (1907). Musical/farce.
- A Skylark (1910). Musical comedy.
- A Country Girl (1911). Musical (revival).
- Baron Trenck (1912).
- The Century Girl (1916). Musical revue.
- Fifty-Fifty, Ltd. (1919). Musical comedy. Music by Leon De Costa. Book by Margaret Michael and William Lennox. Lyrics by Leon De Costa. Based on a farce by William Gillette. Additional numbers by Arthur Swanstrom and Carey Morgan. Musical Director: George Hirst. Scenic Design by Mabel A. Buell. Costume Design by Akramere Inc. Directed by Walter Brooks. Comedy Theatre: 27 Oct 1919- 29 Nov 1919 (40 performances). Cast: Doris Arden (as "Claire Crosby"), Frank Bernard (as "Poultney Steele"), Wilma Bruce (as "Tommy Gallagher"), Alice Cavanaugh (as "Toodles Gray"), Herbert Corthell (as "Cornwallis Crosby"), Elsie Douglas (as "Rosabelle Wyndham"), Fanny Driscoll (as "Polly Leeds"), Marian Driscoll (as "Cissie Merideth"), Barrett Greenwood (as "Kenneth Patterson"), Norma Hark (as "Marian Carter"), Rose King (as "Frederica"), Lillian Lee (as "Pauline Bell"), Ann Lemeau (as "Miss De Bath"), William Lennox (as "Monty"), Marguerite McNulty (as "Phyllis Wyndham"), Margaret Michael (as "Katy"), Beatrice Moran (as "Betty Roberts"), Jean Newcombe (as "Minerva Crosby"), Lynn Pratt (as "Judge Geoffrey Wyndham"), Dorothy Quintette (as "Specialty"), Kathryn Richards Claire Campbell"), John Slavin (as "Prof. Josephus Dabney") [final Broadway role], Gosman Twins (as "Dolly and Angelica Manners"), Gertrude Vanderbilt (as "Fluffy La Grange"), Frank Walsh (as "Phineas Tanner"), Elsie Young (as "Giovannina Yon"). Produced by Scibilia Theatrical Enterprises (Anton Scibilia).
- (June 17, 1902) He played the Wizard of Oz in a stage adaptation of L. Frank Baum's novel, "The Wizard of Oz," at Fred R. Hamlin's Grand Opera House in Chicago, Illinois with Fred Stone (Scarecrow); Dave Montgomery (Woodman); Neil McNeil (Pastoria II); Bessie Wynn (SIr Dashemoff Daily); Steve Maley (Sir Wiley Gyle); Joseph Schrode (Timothy Alfalfa); May McKenzie (Bardo); Ida Doerge (Tommie Toq); Grace Kimball (Peter Boq); Anna McLaughlin (Dorothy); Helen Byron (Lady Lunatic); Mabel Barrison (Trixie Tryfle); Aileen May (Witch of the North); Dorris Mitchell (Glinda); Edwin J. Stone (Cow); and Arthur Bill (Cowardly Lion) in the cast. Paul Tietjens was composer. Fred R. Hamlin was theatre owner. William W. Denslow was costume designer.
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