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A Free Soul Playbill - January 1928
A Free Soul
Broadway
Original
Playhouse Theatre
137 W. 48th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Willard Mack
People (30)
William Edwin Barry
Hooper
(Original)
George Baxter
Dwight Sutro
(Original)
James Bell
Bill Wilfong
(Original)
George Christie
Judge Beasley
(Original)
Ramsay Joliffe
(Original)
John Costello
Mullaly
(Original)
Ellen Dorr
Gwennie Wilfong
(Original)
Melvyn Douglas
Ace Wilfong
(Original)
Jane Houston
Mrs. Dorothea Joliffe
(Original)
John Irwin
Fresno Kelly
(Original)
Kay Johnson
Jan Ashe
(Original)
Joseph Kennedy
Dean
(Original)
Foreman of Jury
(Original)
Hugh Lester
Carroll
(Original)
Charles F. Lewis
Big Mack
(Original)
Lester Lonergan
Stephen Ashe
(Original)
Frank McGlynn
Nolan, District Attorney
(Original)
John Morris
Mullins
(Original)
John Daly Murphy
Abe Sloan
(Original)
Walter Powers
Red
(Original)
Adelaide Prince
Mrs. Deborah Ashe
(Original)
Edward Roseman
Nelson
(Original)
Lou Turner
Jack
(Original)
A Gambler
(Original)
Ann Winston
Grace Carling
(Original)
E. J. Barrett
Bailiff
(Original)
George Benson
Clerk of the Court
(Original)
Charles Stanley
Patrolman
(Original)
Spencer Stoddart
Another Officer
(Original)
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William Edwin Barry
Hooper
(Original)
George Baxter
Dwight Sutro
(Original)
James Bell
Bill Wilfong
(Original)
George Christie
Judge Beasley
(Original)
Ramsay Joliffe
(Original)
John Costello
Mullaly
(Original)
Ellen Dorr
Gwennie Wilfong
(Original)
Melvyn Douglas
Ace Wilfong
(Original)
Jane Houston
Mrs. Dorothea Joliffe
(Original)
John Irwin
Fresno Kelly
(Original)
Kay Johnson
Jan Ashe
(Original)
Joseph Kennedy
Dean
(Original)
Foreman of Jury
(Original)
Hugh Lester
Carroll
(Original)
Charles F. Lewis
Big Mack
(Original)
Lester Lonergan
Stephen Ashe
(Original)
Frank McGlynn
Nolan, District Attorney
(Original)
John Morris
Mullins
(Original)
John Daly Murphy
Abe Sloan
(Original)
Walter Powers
Red
(Original)
Adelaide Prince
Mrs. Deborah Ashe
(Original)
Edward Roseman
Nelson
(Original)
Lou Turner
Jack
(Original)
A Gambler
(Original)
Ann Winston
Grace Carling
(Original)
E. J. Barrett
Bailiff
(Original)
George Benson
Clerk of the Court
(Original)
Charles Stanley
Patrolman
(Original)
Spencer Stoddart
Another Officer
(Original)
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Willard Mack
Writer
Adela Rogers St. John
Source Material (from the novel)
George Cukor
Staging
William A. Brady
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Jan
12
1928
Closing Date
Apr
1
1928
Performances
100
as of Dec 04, 2025
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