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Dearest Enemy
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Dearest Enemy
Broadway
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Knickerbocker Theatre
1396 Broadway (West 38th St.), New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
book:
Herbert Fields
music:
Richard Rodgers
lyrics:
Lorenz Hart
People (60)
Flavia Arcaro
Mrs. Robert Murray
(Original)
Charles Bennington
Dance Specialty
(Original)
Arthur Brown
Lieutenant Sudsby
(Original)
Rachel Chester
Cynthia
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
Harold Crane
General Sir William Howe
(Original)
Roberta Curry
Adele
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
James Cushman
Major Aaron Burr
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
Marian Dabney
Josephine
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
H.E. Eldridge
General George Washington
(Original)
William Evill
General Henry Clinton
(Original)
Helen Ford
Betsy Burke
(Original)
Percy French
Private Woods
(Original)
Alden Gay
Caroline
(Original)
Frank Lambert
Envoy
(Original)
Andrew J. Lawlor, Jr.
Jimmy Burke
(Original)
Betty Linn
Marjorie
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
Jane Overton
Dance Specialty
(Original)
Peg
(Original)
Detmar Poppen
General John Tryon
(Original)
Charles Purcell
Captain Sir John Copeland
(Original)
John Davenport Seymour
Captain Harry Tyron
(Original)
Jack Shannon
Private Peters
(Original)
Helen Spring
Jane Murray
(Original)
Mark Truscott
Private Lindsay
(Original)
Marian Williams
Annabelle
(Original)
Percy Woodley
General Israel Putnam
(Original)
Mabel Zoeckler
Susan
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
Peggy Bancroft
Ensemble
(Original)
Walter Burke
Ensemble
(Original)
Marita Dennis
Ensemble
(Original)
Gloria Faye
Ensemble
(Original)
Louis Gomez
Ensemble
(Original)
Conrad Gordon
Ensemble
(Original)
George Harold
Ensemble
(Original)
Don Knobloch
Ensemble
(Original)
Edward Larkin
Ensemble
(Original)
Joy Leitch
Ensemble
(Original)
Mildred Mann
Ensemble
(Original)
Burton McEvilly
Ensemble
(Original)
Elizabeth North
Ensemble
(Original)
Josephine Payne
Ensemble
(Original)
Geneva Price
Ensemble
(Original)
Eugenia Renon
Ensemble
(Original)
Lucille Smyser
Ensemble
(Original)
John Valentine
Ensemble
(Original)
Polly Williams
Ensemble
(Original)
Devah Worrell
Ensemble
(Original)
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Flavia Arcaro
Mrs. Robert Murray
(Original)
Charles Bennington
Dance Specialty
(Original)
Arthur Brown
Lieutenant Sudsby
(Original)
Rachel Chester
Cynthia
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
Harold Crane
General Sir William Howe
(Original)
Roberta Curry
Adele
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
James Cushman
Major Aaron Burr
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
Marian Dabney
Josephine
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
H.E. Eldridge
General George Washington
(Original)
William Evill
General Henry Clinton
(Original)
Helen Ford
Betsy Burke
(Original)
Percy French
Private Woods
(Original)
Alden Gay
Caroline
(Original)
Frank Lambert
Envoy
(Original)
Andrew J. Lawlor, Jr.
Jimmy Burke
(Original)
Betty Linn
Marjorie
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
Jane Overton
Dance Specialty
(Original)
Peg
(Original)
Detmar Poppen
General John Tryon
(Original)
Charles Purcell
Captain Sir John Copeland
(Original)
John Davenport Seymour
Captain Harry Tyron
(Original)
Jack Shannon
Private Peters
(Original)
Helen Spring
Jane Murray
(Original)
Mark Truscott
Private Lindsay
(Original)
Marian Williams
Annabelle
(Original)
Percy Woodley
General Israel Putnam
(Original)
Mabel Zoeckler
Susan
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
Peggy Bancroft
Ensemble
(Original)
Walter Burke
Ensemble
(Original)
Marita Dennis
Ensemble
(Original)
Gloria Faye
Ensemble
(Original)
Louis Gomez
Ensemble
(Original)
Conrad Gordon
Ensemble
(Original)
George Harold
Ensemble
(Original)
Don Knobloch
Ensemble
(Original)
Edward Larkin
Ensemble
(Original)
Joy Leitch
Ensemble
(Original)
Mildred Mann
Ensemble
(Original)
Burton McEvilly
Ensemble
(Original)
Elizabeth North
Ensemble
(Original)
Josephine Payne
Ensemble
(Original)
Geneva Price
Ensemble
(Original)
Eugenia Renon
Ensemble
(Original)
Lucille Smyser
Ensemble
(Original)
John Valentine
Ensemble
(Original)
Polly Williams
Ensemble
(Original)
Devah Worrell
Ensemble
(Original)
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Herbert Fields
Book
Richard Rodgers
Music
Lorenz Hart
Lyrics
John Murray Anderson
Director
Harry Ford
Libretto Direction
Charles Sinclair
Libretto Direction
Carl Hemmer
Dance and Ensemble Director
Clark Robinson
Scenic Design
Hubert Davis
Costume Design
Mark Mooring
Costume Design
James Reynolds
Costume Design
Emil Gerstenberger
Music Orchestrations
George Ford
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
18
1925
Closing Date
May
22
1926
Performances
286
as of Dec 04, 2025
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