A Yankee Circus on Mars

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A Yankee Circus on Mars is a musical in two scenes with music by Manuel Klein and Jean Schwartz, lyrics by Harry Williams, and a book by George V. Hobart.Gänzl, p. 782 It was one of four works presented together for the grand opening of Broadway's New York Hippodrome; the others being a collection of circus acts known as Circus Tournament, the ballet Dance of the Hours, and the war drama The Raiders by playwright Carroll Fleming.Bloom, 119-120Dietz, p. 281-283 These four works were performed together for the Hippodrome's first public performance on April 12, 1905.{{cite news|title=The New Hippodrome Opens|work=New York Sun|date= April 13, 1905|page= 5}} Produced by Frederic Thompson and Elmer "Skip" Dundy, A Yankee Circus on Mars continued to play together with these other works at the Hippodrome for 296 performances; closing on December 9, 1905.Dietz, p. 281 These works then toured the United States together; beginning a national tour in Chicago in February 1906.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1906/02/19/archives/hippodrome-circus-sets-off-for-chicago-lets-hope-the-elephants-wont.html|title=HIPPODROME CIRCUS SETS OFF FOR CHICAGO; Let's Hope the Elephants Won't Heel the Cars Over. BIG TRAIN FULL OF WONDERS 310 People, 8 Elephants, 18 Lions, and Ponies Innumerable Start to Astonish the West.|work=The New York Times|date=February 19, 1906|page= 9}}

The cast of A Yankee Circus on Mars included Felix Haney as King Borealis, Benjamin F. Grinnell as the Messenger from Mars, and Albert Hart as Signor Thunderairo among others.Dietz, p. 282