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Button, Button Playbill - October 1929
Button, Button
Broadway
Original
Bijou Theatre
209 W. 45th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Maurice Clark
People (14)
Justine Chase
Phoebe Weed
(Original)
Harry Cooke
Emery
(Original)
Reginald Fife
Al
(Original)
Mary Gildea
Maudie
(Original)
Shirley O'Hara
Josie
(Original)
Lynne Overman
Button
(Original)
Harry Selby
Ed
(Original)
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Patience Boynton-Woodhouse
(Original)
Alison Skipworth
Rita Weed
(Original)
John Westley
Mr. George Woodhouse
(Original)
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Justine Chase
Phoebe Weed
(Original)
Harry Cooke
Emery
(Original)
Reginald Fife
Al
(Original)
Mary Gildea
Maudie
(Original)
Shirley O'Hara
Josie
(Original)
Lynne Overman
Button
(Original)
Harry Selby
Ed
(Original)
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Patience Boynton-Woodhouse
(Original)
Alison Skipworth
Rita Weed
(Original)
John Westley
Mr. George Woodhouse
(Original)
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Maurice Clark
Writer
Director
H. C. Potter
Director
Associated Producer
Herman Shumlin
Producer
George Haight
Associated Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
23
1929
Closing Date
Oct
31
1929
Performances
5
as of Apr 14, 2026
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