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Empire Theatre
1430 Broadway (40th & 41st), New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Zoe Akins
People (15)
Ethel Barrymore
Lady Helen Haden
(Original)
Beatrice Beckley
Charlotte Ashley
(Original)
Ralf Belmont
Count Paolo del Magiore
(Original)
Madeline Delmar
Alice Vance
(Original)
Clare Eames
Lady Wildering
(Original)
Charles Francis
Harry Charteris
(Original)
Katherine Harris Barrymore
Mrs. Leslie
(Original)
Claude King
Rudolph Solomon
(Original)
Edward Le Hay
Walters
(Original)
Harry Plimmer
Sir Bruce Haden
(Original)
Gabrielle Ravine
Zellito
(Original)
Julian Royce
Sir Emmett Wildering
(Original)
Vernon Steel
Edward Thayer
(Original)
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Ethel Barrymore
Lady Helen Haden
(Original)
Beatrice Beckley
Charlotte Ashley
(Original)
Ralf Belmont
Count Paolo del Magiore
(Original)
Madeline Delmar
Alice Vance
(Original)
Clare Eames
Lady Wildering
(Original)
Charles Francis
Harry Charteris
(Original)
Katherine Harris Barrymore
Mrs. Leslie
(Original)
Claude King
Rudolph Solomon
(Original)
Edward Le Hay
Walters
(Original)
Harry Plimmer
Sir Bruce Haden
(Original)
Gabrielle Ravine
Zellito
(Original)
Julian Royce
Sir Emmett Wildering
(Original)
Vernon Steel
Edward Thayer
(Original)
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Zoe Akins
Writer
Charles Frohman, Inc.
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
6
1919
Closing Date
May
1
1920
Performances
257
as of Mar 31, 2026
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