SMART SET, THE

SMART SET, THE. Touring vaudeville/musical comedy company. More than one company used this name. The original Smart Set was organized in 1902 by Billy McClain and Ernest Hogan with white producer Gus Hill. McClain and Hogan wrote the first show, Southern Enchantment, staged by the company, which featured them and their wives, among others. After Hogan left the company, Tom McIntosh became the leading performer; and after his death in 1904, Sherman H. Dudley took the leading role...