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Twentieth Century
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 29, 1932
Closing Date
May 20, 1933
Performances
152
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Dec 29, 1932
Close Date: May 20, 1933
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Broadhurst Theatre
(Dec 29, 1932 - May 20, 1933)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
Observation car on the Twentieth Century Limited. En route. Grand Central Station, New York.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Shubert Theatre Corporation (Lee and J. J. Shubert, Directors)
Produced by
George Abbott
and
Philip Dunning
Written by
Ben Hecht
and
Charles MacArthur
; Based on a play by
Charles Bruce Millholland
Staged by
George Abbott
Scenic Design by
Cirker & Robbins
Company Manager:
Carl Fisher
Stage Manager:
Joseph Crehan
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
J. Ascher Smith
and
Cliffman Jewel
Press Representative:
Richard Maney
Frank Badham
Porter
Granville Bates
Conductor
Matt Briggs
Oliver Webb
Joseph Crehan
First Detective
Florence Edney
Sadie
William Frawley
Owen O'Malley
Etienne Girardot
Matthew Clark
Hans Hamsa
First Beard
Cristus
Ross Hertz
Train Secretary
Ernest Hunter
Waiter
Cliffman Jewel
Reporter
Moffat Johnston
Oscar Jaffe
Edward La Roche
Second Beard
Judas
Eugenie Leontovich
Lily Garland
Dennie Moore
Anita Highland
Roy Roberts
George Smith
Henry Sherwood
Max Jacobs
Robert Sloane
Gateman
J. Ascher Smith
Second Detective
James Spottswood
Grover Lockwood
Charles Wagenheim
Photographer
Alfred Webster
Flannagan
Clare Woodbury
Dr. Johnson
William Worth
Pullman Conductor
Broadhurst Theatre
(Dec 29, 1932 - May 20, 1933)
Cast
Robert Brill
Gateman
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Shubert Theatre Corporation (Lee and J. J. Shubert, Directors)
Produced by
George Abbott
and
Philip Dunning
Written by
Ben Hecht
and
Charles MacArthur
; Based on a play by
Charles Bruce Millholland
Staged by
George Abbott
Scenic Design by
Cirker & Robbins
Company Manager:
Carl Fisher
Stage Manager:
Joseph Crehan
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
J. Ascher Smith
and
Cliffman Jewel
Press Representative:
Richard Maney
Frank Badham
Porter
Granville Bates
Conductor
Matt Briggs
Oliver Webb
Joseph Crehan
First Detective
Florence Edney
Sadie
William Frawley
Owen O'Malley
Etienne Girardot
Matthew Clark
Hans Hamsa
First Beard
Cristus
Ross Hertz
Train Secretary
Ernest Hunter
Waiter
Cliffman Jewel
Reporter
Moffat Johnston
Oscar Jaffe
Edward La Roche
Second Beard
Judas
Eugenie Leontovich
Lily Garland
Dennie Moore
Anita Highland
Roy Roberts
George Smith
Henry Sherwood
Max Jacobs
Robert Sloane
Gateman
J. Ascher Smith
Second Detective
James Spottswood
Grover Lockwood
Charles Wagenheim
Photographer
Alfred Webster
Flannagan
Clare Woodbury
Dr. Johnson
William Worth
Pullman Conductor
Broadhurst Theatre
(Dec 29, 1932 - May 20, 1933)
Cast
Robert Brill
Gateman
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