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Lightnin'
A Live Wire American Comedy
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Aug 26, 1918
Closing Date
Aug 27, 1921
Performances
1,291
Play
Comedy
Original
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Open Date: Aug 26, 1918
Close Date: Aug 27, 1921
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Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Gaiety Theatre
(Aug 26, 1918 - Aug 27, 1921)
Setting
John Marvin's cabin in Nevada. Office of the Calivada Hotel on the state line between Nevada and California. Superior Court at Reno.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Klaw & Erlanger
; Theatre Leased by
Forsix Theatre Company (Charles Burnham, Manager)
Produced by
John Golden
Written by
Winchell Smith
and
Frank Bacon
Miss Oaker's costumes made by
Henri Bendel, Inc.
General Manager:
Edward G. Cooke
Stage Manager:
P.E. McCoy
Frank Bacon
Lightnin' Bill Jones
Bessie Bacon
Mrs. Harper
E. J. Blunkall
Everett Hammond
Sidney Coburn
Teddy Peters
Sam Coit
Nevin Blodgett
Fred Conklin
Liveryman
Harry Davenport
Rodney Harper
Mary Duryea
Mrs. Brainerd
William F. Granger
Walter Lennon
Frances Kennan
Mrs. Starr
James C. Lane
Hotel Clerk
Thomas MacLarnie
Lemuel Townsend
Beth Martin
Freda
Ralph Morgan
John Marvin
Beatrice Nichols
Mildred Buckley
Jane Oaker
Margaret Davis
Minnie Palmer
Mrs. Jordan
Jessie E. Pringle
Mrs. Jones
Phyllis Rankin
Mrs. Moore
George Spelvin
Zeb Crothers
Paul Stanton
Raymond Thomas
Helen Story
Mrs. Brewer
George Thompson
Oscar Nelson
Ruth Towle
Mrs. Corshall
Sue Wilson
Emily Jarvis
Gaiety Theatre
(Aug 26, 1918 - Aug 27, 1921)
Cast
Julio Brown
Mrs. Corshall
Margaret Campbell
Mrs. Brewer
Walter Ducart
Liveryman
John Hamilton
Rodney Harper
Helen Hutchens
Mrs. Starr
William Lamb
Teddy Peters
Georgie Drew Mendum
Mrs. Moore
Alice Quigley
Emily Jarvis
Jason Robards
John Marvin
George Spelvin
Oscar Nelson
George Thompson
Zeb Crothers
Beth Varden
Freda
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Klaw & Erlanger
; Theatre Leased by
Forsix Theatre Company (Charles Burnham, Manager)
Produced by
John Golden
Written by
Winchell Smith
and
Frank Bacon
Miss Oaker's costumes made by
Henri Bendel, Inc.
General Manager:
Edward G. Cooke
Stage Manager:
P.E. McCoy
Frank Bacon
Lightnin' Bill Jones
Bessie Bacon
Mrs. Harper
E. J. Blunkall
Everett Hammond
Sidney Coburn
Teddy Peters
Sam Coit
Nevin Blodgett
Fred Conklin
Liveryman
Harry Davenport
Rodney Harper
Mary Duryea
Mrs. Brainerd
William F. Granger
Walter Lennon
Frances Kennan
Mrs. Starr
James C. Lane
Hotel Clerk
Thomas MacLarnie
Lemuel Townsend
Beth Martin
Freda
Ralph Morgan
John Marvin
Beatrice Nichols
Mildred Buckley
Jane Oaker
Margaret Davis
Minnie Palmer
Mrs. Jordan
Jessie E. Pringle
Mrs. Jones
Phyllis Rankin
Mrs. Moore
George Spelvin
Zeb Crothers
Paul Stanton
Raymond Thomas
Helen Story
Mrs. Brewer
George Thompson
Oscar Nelson
Ruth Towle
Mrs. Corshall
Sue Wilson
Emily Jarvis
Gaiety Theatre
(Aug 26, 1918 - Aug 27, 1921)
Cast
Julio Brown
Mrs. Corshall
Margaret Campbell
Mrs. Brewer
Walter Ducart
Liveryman
John Hamilton
Rodney Harper
Helen Hutchens
Mrs. Starr
William Lamb
Teddy Peters
Georgie Drew Mendum
Mrs. Moore
Alice Quigley
Emily Jarvis
Jason Robards
John Marvin
George Spelvin
Oscar Nelson
George Thompson
Zeb Crothers
Beth Varden
Freda
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