| The Butterflies | |
| Image Alt: | Three female actors, with two dressed as men and the third, in the center, dressed in an elegant gown with a large headpiece; the leftmost character offers a chair, being held by the rightmost character, to the woman in the center. |
| Setting: | St. Augustine, Florida and Lenox, Massachusetts[1] |
| Place: | Palmer's Theater New York City |
The Butterflies is an American play. It was featured on Broadway in 1894 and starred Maude Adams. Olive May was also in the cast.
It was written by Henry Guy Carleton.[2] It opened on February 5, 1894, at Palmer's Theater in New York City. It played for thirteen weeks, closing on May 5. It toured Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and later San Francisco.[3]