Sullivan, Harris & Woods' theatrical production of Theodore Kremer’s The Fatal Wedding was such a big hit that it not only played for several seasons, at times there were 4 separate troupes performing in different cities throughout the country (and others in Europe) on the same night. This particular program is from the Tuesday, November 10, 1903 performance at the Opera House in Amsterdam, NY--a show put on by the “eastern“ (B) troupe. When comparing the Mary Pickford Foundation's "Baby Gladys" scrapbook with reports in The New York Dramatic Mirror, the fact that it was an eastern troupe show means the young Mary Pickford, then still known as Gladys Smith, was disappointingly not a part of this performance. Gladys seems to have been touring with the “western“ (C) troupe and on the same night, playing the Little Mother in Taylorville, IL. For this Amsterdam, NY performance, that role seems to have been played by Madeline Clark. Regardless, this colorful program / handout was produced by Sullivan, Harris & Woods for the The Fatal Wedding so I think it is safe to assume it was distributed among all troupes--though I admittedly don't know for sure. If that is indeed the case, I guess that makes it sort of Pickford-related? Or maybe not...
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