Artef Theatre

Official Broadway League sites:

110 W. 41st St., New York, NY

Seats (approximate): 625

D. G. Malcolm, architect. The Shuberts built it for small-scale productions. They often rented it to other producers, including Cecil B. DeMille, comedian William Collier, and the Washington Square Players (later the Theatre Guild). The stock market crash rendered the theatre dark from 1931 to 1935. Attracted by its intimacy, Orson Welles and John Houseman re-opened it in 1937 as the Mercury, home to their Mercury Players. A brief stint as a Yiddish theatre (the Artef) preceded its 1942 demolition.

Built: 1909 Demolished: 1942

Theatre Names	Named
Artef Theatre	1940
Mercury Theatre	1937
Comedy Theatre	1913
Collier's Comedy Theatre	1910
Comedy Theatre	1909

Productions

Productions	Production Dates

Mercury Theatre
Tell My Story Play, Original, Drama Written by Richard Rohman	Mar 15, 1939 - Mar 15, 1939
Danton's Death Play, Revival, Drama Music by Marc Blitzstein; Written by Geoffrey Dunlop	Nov 02, 1938 - Nov 1938
Heartbreak House Play, Revival, Comedy Written by George Bernard Shaw	Apr 29, 1938 - Jun 1938
The Shoemakers' Holiday Play, Revival Written by Thomas Dekker	Jan 01, 1938 - Closing date unknown
Julius Caesar Play, Revival, Tragedy Written by William Shakespeare	Nov 11, 1937 - Closing date unknown

Comedy Theatre
Wall Street Scene Play, Original, Comedy Written by John Lawrence	Oct 18, 1937 - Oct 1937
Black Rhythm Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Donald Heywood; Book by Donald Heywood; Lyrics by Donald Heywood	Dec 19, 1936 - Dec 24, 1936
The Life and Loves of Dorian Gray Play, Original, Comedy Written by Cecil Clarke	Aug 17, 1936 - Sep 1936
Dorian Gray Play, Original, Drama Written by Jeron Criswell	Jul 20, 1936 - Closing date unknown
Elizabeth Sleeps Out Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Leslie Howard	Apr 20, 1936 - May 1936
People on the Hill Play, Original, Drama Written by Torvald Liljencrantz	Sep 25, 1931 - Sep 1931
Cinderelative Play, Original, Comedy Written by Dorothy De Jagers, Dorothy Heyward	Sep 18, 1930 - Sep 1930
Ruth Draper Special, Original, Sketches Written by Ruth Draper	Apr 14, 1929 - Closing date unknown
The Seagull Play, Revival, Comedy, Drama Written by Anton Chekhov	Apr 09, 1929 - May 1929
Exceeding Small Play, Original Written by Caroline Francke	Oct 22, 1928 - Dec 1928
Maya Play, Original Written by Simon Gantillon	Feb 21, 1928 - Mar 1928
So Am I Play, Original, Comedy Written by C. M. Selling	Jan 27, 1928 - Feb 1928
The Love Nest Play, Original, Comedy	Dec 22, 1927 - Jan 1928
The Scarlet Lily Play, Original Written by David Arnold Balch	Jan 29, 1927 - Mar 1927
Black Cockatoo Play, Original, Melodrama	Dec 30, 1926 - Jan 1927
Black Boy Play, Original, Comedy, Drama Written by Frank Mitchell Dazey, Jim Tully	Oct 06, 1926 - Nov 1926
Kept Play, Original, Comedy Written by Pierre Gendron	Sep 17, 1926 - Sep 1926
The Importance of Being Earnest Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Oscar Wilde	May 03, 1926 - Jul 1926
Ghosts Play, Revival, Drama Written by Henrik Ibsen	Mar 16, 1926 - Apr 1926
Hedda Gabler Play, Revival, Drama Written by Henrik Ibsen	Jan 26, 1926 - Mar 1926
Morals Play, Original Written by Ludwig Thoma	Nov 30, 1925 - Jan 1926
Candida Play, Revival, Comedy Written by George Bernard Shaw	Nov 09, 1925 - Nov 1925
The Call of Life Play, Original Written by Arthur Schnitzler	Oct 09, 1925 - Oct 1925
The Book of Charm Play, Original, Comedy	Sep 03, 1925 - Oct 1925
Thrills Play, Original, Drama Written by William Francis Dugan	Apr 16, 1925 - Apr 1925
Ostriches Play, Original Written by Edward Wilbraham	Mar 30, 1925 - Apr 1925
A Good Bad Woman Play, Revival Written by William J. McNally	Feb 09, 1925 - Feb 1925
Lass O'Laughter Play, Original, Comedy Written by Edith Carter	Jan 08, 1925 - Feb 1925
The Farmer's Wife Play, Original, Comedy Written by Eden Phillpotts	Oct 09, 1924 - Jan 1925
Nerves Play, Original Written by John Farrar, Stephen Vincent Benet	Sep 01, 1924 - Sep 1924
Children of the Moon Play, Original, Drama Written by Martin Flavin	Aug 17, 1923 - Nov 1923
The Adding Machine Play, Original, Tragedy	Apr 23, 1923 - May 19, 1923
Anything Might Happen Play, Original, Comedy Written by Edgar Selwyn	Feb 20, 1923 - Apr 1923
Jitta's Atonement Play, Original, Comedy, Tragedy Written by Siegfried Trebitsch	Jan 17, 1923 - Feb 1923
Gringo Play, Original Written by Sophie Treadwell	Dec 12, 1922 - Jan 1923
The Romantic Age Play, Original, Comedy Written by A. A. Milne	Nov 14, 1922 - Dec 1922
Thin Ice Play, Original, Comedy, Drama Written by Percival Knight	Sep 30, 1922 - Dec 1922
The Hindu Play, Original, Drama Written by Carl Mason, Gordon Kean	Mar 21, 1922 - May 1922
The White Peacock Play, Original, Melodrama Written by Olga Petrova	Dec 26, 1921 - Mar 1922
The Mad Dog Play, Original, Drama Written by George Scarborough	Nov 08, 1921 - Nov 1921
The Right to Strike Play, Original, Drama Written by Ernest Hutchinson	Oct 24, 1921 - Oct 1921
Pot Luck Play, Original, Comedy Written by Edward Childs Carpenter	Sep 29, 1921 - Oct 1921
The Triumph of X Play, Original, Drama Written by Carlos Wupperman	Aug 24, 1921 - Sep 1921
Just Married Play, Original, Comedy, Farce Written by Adelaide Matthews, Anne Nichols	Apr 26, 1921 - Closing date unknown
The Bad Man Play, Original, Comedy, Satire Written by Porter Emerson Browne	Aug 30, 1920 - Jun 1921
The Americans in France Play, Original, Comedy Written by Eugene Brieux	Aug 03, 1920 - Aug 1920
My Lady Friends Play, Original, Farce Written by Emil Nyitray, Frank Mandel	Dec 03, 1919 - Jun 1920
Fifty-Fifty, Ltd. Musical, Original, Comedy Music by Leon De Costa; Book by Margaret Michael, William Lennox; Lyrics by Leon De Costa	Oct 27, 1919 - Nov 29, 1919
Up from Nowhere Play, Original, Comedy Written by Booth Tarkington, Harry Leon Wilson	Sep 08, 1919 - Oct 1919
Augustus Does His Bit Play, Original Written by George Bernard Shaw	Mar 12, 1919 - Mar 1919
Toby's Bow Play, Original Written by John Taintor Foote	Feb 10, 1919 - Jun 1919
The Climax Play, Revival Written by Edward Locke	Jan 16, 1919 - Feb 1919
A Place in the Sun Play, Original Written by Cyril Harcourt	Nov 28, 1918 - Jan 1919
An Ideal Husband Play, Revival, Comedy Written by Oscar Wilde	Sep 16, 1918 - Nov 1918
Mrs. Warren's Profession Play, Revival Written by George Bernard Shaw	Mar 11, 1918 - Apr 20, 1918
Youth Play, Original Written by Miles Malleson	Feb 20, 1918 - Mar 09, 1918
In The Zone Play, Original, One Act Written by Eugene O'Neill	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
The Avenue Play, Original Written by Fenimore Merrill	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
Blind Alleys Play, Original Written by Grace Latimer Wright	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
His Widow's Husband Play, Original Written by Jacinto Benavente	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
The Home of the Free Play, Original	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
Lonesome Like Play, Revival Written by Harold Brighouse	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
Salome Play, Revival, Drama Written by Oscar Wilde	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
Neighbors Play, Original Written by Zona Gale	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
The Critic's Comedy Play, Original Written by Samuel Kaplan	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
The Girl in the Coffin Play, Original Written by Theodore Dreiser	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
Yum Chapab Play, Original Written by Beatrice De Holthoir, J. Garcia Pimentel	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
Suppressed Desires Play, Original Written by George Cram Cook, Susan Glaspell	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
The Sandbar Queen Play, Original Written by George Cronyn	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
Habit Play, Original Written by Frank Dare	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
The Beautiful Legend of Pokey Play, Original Written by Philip Moeller	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
The Poisoned Flower Play, Original Written by Armand Vecsey	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
Enter the Hero Play, Original Written by Theresa Helburn	Oct 31, 1917 - Apr 27, 1918
The Barton Mystery Play, Original Written by Walter Hackett	Oct 13, 1917 - Oct 1917
The Family Exit Play, Original Written by Lawrence Langner	Sep 19, 1917 - Oct 1917
The Life of Man Play, Original Written by Leonid Andreyev	Jan 14, 1917 - Closing date unknown
Literature Play, Revival Written by Arthur Schnitzler	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Eugenically Speaking Play, Revival Written by Edward Goodman	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
A Miracle of St. Anthony Play, Revival Written by Maurice Maeterlinck	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
A Bear Play, Revival Written by Anton Chekhov	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
A Merry Death Play, Original Written by Nikolai Evreinov	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Lover's Luck Play, Original Written by Georges De Porto-Riche	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Sugar House Play, Original Written by Alice Brown	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Sisters of Susanne Play, Original Written by Philip Moeller	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Trifles Play, Original Written by Susan Glaspell	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Another Way Out Play, Original Written by Lawrence Langner	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Bushido Play, Original Written by Takeda Izumo	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Altruism Play, Original Written by Karl Ettlinger	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Last Straw Play, Original Written by Bosworth Crocker	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
A Private Account Play, Original Written by Georges Courteline	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Hero of Santa Maria Play, Original Written by Ben Hecht	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Death of Tintagiles Play, Revival, Tragedy Written by Maurice Maeterlinck	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Plots and Playwrights Play, Original Written by Edward Massey	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
The Poor Fool Play, Original Written by Hermann Bahr	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Sganarelle Play, Revival Written by Molière	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Pariah Play, Revival Written by August Strindberg	Aug 30, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Ghosts Play, Revival Written by Henrik Ibsen	May 07, 1916 - May 26, 1917
The Fear Market Play, Original Written by Amelie Rives	Feb 28, 1916 - Closing date unknown
Hobson's Choice Play, Original Written by Harold Brighouse	Nov 08, 1915 - Closing date unknown
Mrs. Boltay's Daughters Play, Original Written by Marion Fairfax	Oct 23, 1915 - Nov 1915
The Bargain Play, Original Written by Herman Scheffauer	Oct 06, 1915 - Oct 1915
Just Boys Play, Original Written by Allena Kanka, Katherine Browning Miller	Sep 13, 1915 - Sep 1915
Mr. Myd's Mystery Play, Original Written by Lillian Trimble Bradley	Aug 16, 1915 - Aug 1915
The White Feather Play, Original Written by J. E. Harold Terry, Lechmere Worrall	Feb 04, 1915 - Jun 1915
The Fallen Idol Play, Original Written by Guy Bolton	Jan 23, 1915 - Jan 1915
Lady Luxury Musical, Original, Comedy Music by William Schroeder; Book by Rida Johnson Young; Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young	Jan 11, 1915 - Jan 23, 1915
The Dumb and the Blind Play, Original Written by Harold Chapin	Dec 18, 1914 - Jan 1915
The Marriage of Kitty Play, Original Written by Francois De Croisset, Fred De Gresac	Dec 18, 1914 - Jan 1915
At the Barn Play, Original Written by Anthony P. Wharton	Nov 30, 1914 - Dec 1914
Mary Goes First Play, Original Written by Henry Arthur Jones	Nov 02, 1914 - Nov 1914
Consequences Play, Original Written by H.F. Rubinstein	Oct 01, 1914 - Nov 1914
A Modern Girl Play, Original Written by Marion Fairfax, Ruth C. Mitchell	Sep 12, 1914 - Sep 1914
Kitty Mackay Play, Original	Jan 07, 1914 - Sep 1914
The Marriage Game Play, Original, Comedy Written by Anne Crawford Flexner	Oct 29, 1913 - Jan 1914
Believe Me Xantippe Play, Original Written by Frederick Ballard	Oct 06, 1913 - Oct 1913
Her Own Money Play, Original, Comedy Written by Mark E. Swan	Sep 01, 1913 - Closing date unknown
Her First Divorce Play, Original Written by C. W. Bell	May 05, 1913 - May 1913
The Gentleman from Number 19 Play, Original	May 01, 1913 - May 1913

Collier's Comedy Theatre
The Poetasters of Ispahan Play, Original Written by Clifford Bax	Nov 29, 1912 - Nov 29, 1912
Beauty and the Jacobin Play, Original Written by Booth Tarkington	Nov 29, 1912 - Nov 29, 1912
Fanny's First Play Play, Original Written by George Bernard Shaw	Sep 16, 1912 - Apr 1913
Bunty Pulls the Strings Play, Original Written by Graham Moffat	Oct 10, 1911 - Sep 1912
Speed Play, Original Written by Lee Wilson Dodd	Sep 09, 1911 - Sep 1911
The Dictator Play, Revival, Farce Written by Richard Harding Davis	Apr 13, 1911 - May 1911
I'll Be Hanged If I Do Play, Original, Comedy Written by Edgar Selwyn, William Collier	Nov 28, 1910 - Feb 1911
The Cub Play, Original, Comedy Written by Thompson Buchanan	Nov 01, 1910 - Nov 1910
Keeping Up Appearances Play, Original Written by Butler Davenport	Oct 19, 1910 - Oct 1910
The Family Play, Original Written by Robert H. Davis	Oct 11, 1910 - Oct 1910
The Little Damozel Play, Original, Comedy Written by Monckton Hoffe	Sep 24, 1910 - Closing date unknown
The Marriage of a Star Play, Original	Sep 05, 1910 - Closing date unknown
The Three Daughters of Monsieur Dupont Play, Original	Apr 13, 1910 - May 1910
A Man's World Play, Original Written by Rachel Crothers	Feb 08, 1910 - Apr 1910

Comedy Theatre
The Watcher Play, Original Written by Cora Maynard	Jan 27, 1910 - Feb 1910
The Affinity Play, Original	Jan 03, 1910 - Jan 1910
In the Long Run Play, Original Written by Archer Jones	Dec 03, 1909 - Dec 03, 1909
The Melting Pot Play, Original Written by Israel Zangwill	Sep 06, 1909 - Jan 1910