Editing The Matchmaker (section)

===Characters and original Broadway cast===
The characters and original cast of ''The Matchmaker'' are recorded at the [[Internet Broadway Database]].<ref name=ibdb/>
*Horace Vandergelder, a Merchant of Yonkers – [[Loring Smith]]
*[[Dolly Gallagher Levi|Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi]], a Friend of Vandergelder's Late Wife – [[Ruth Gordon]]
*Irene Molloy, a Milliner – [[Eileen Herlie]]
*Minnie Fay, Mrs. Molloy's Assistant – [[Rosamund Greenwood]]
*Cornelius Hackl, a Clerk in Vandergelder's Store – [[Arthur Hill (Canadian actor)|Arthur Hill]]
*Barnaby Tucker, an Apprentice in Vandergelder's Store – [[Robert Morse]]
*Ermengarde, Mr. Vandergelder's niece, whom Ambrose wants to marry — [[Prunella Scales]]
*Miss Flora Van Husen, a Friend of Vandergelder's Late Wife – [[Esme Church]]
*Malachi Stack – [[Patrick McAlinney]]
*Ambrose Kemper, an Artist – [[Alexander Davion]]
*Gertrude, Vandergelder's Housekeeper – Charity Grace
*Miss Van Husen's Cook – Christine Thomas
*Rudolf, a Waiter – William Lanteau
*Joe Scanlon, a Barber – Philip Leeds
*August, a Waiter –  John Mulligan