Louis Harrison

Together the men created and starred in the farce Skipped by the Light of the Moon with which they toured the United States successfully; including performances on Broadway at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in 1884.

[5] In 1888 he returned to Broadway in the role of Tyfoo in Edward E. Rice's staging of Gustave Kerker's comic opera The Pearl of Pekin at the Bijou Theatre with critics citing his comedic gifts as the main attraction of the show.

[9] Harrison, Furst, and Byrne collaborated again to create the operetta The Princess Nicotine (1894); a work which was staged at the Lyric Theatre and starred Lillian Russell in the title role.

[11] When the operetta La Belle Hélène was revived on Broadway in 1899 at the Casino Theatre, the production used an English language translation by Harrison which also included many new original lyrics to the arias.

[12] Harrison translated another French-language work for the Broadway stage that year, the 1896 play In Paradise (French: Le Paradis), which was co-authored by Maurice Hennequin, Paul Bilhaud, and Fabrice Carre.

[13] With George V. Hobart, Harrison co-wrote both the lyrics and book to the musical Broadway to Tokio (1900, New York Theatre) in collaboration with composer Alfred Baldwin Sloane.

[15] Harrison directed Ramsay Morris's play Madge Smith, Attorney which premiered at the Bijou Theatre on December 10, 1900;[16][17] later transferring to the Grand Opera House where it closed in March 1901.

[29] In 1905 Harrison portrayed several roles in Jean Schwartz's musical revue Lifting the Lid at the Aerial Gardens; including a celebrated parody of Oscar Hammerstein I.