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Escape Playbill - October 1927
Escape
Broadway
Original
Booth Theatre
222 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
John Galsworthy
People (20)
St. Clair Bayfield
The Captain
(Original)
The Laborer
(Original)
F. Cecil Butler
The Other Laborer
(Original)
The Other Policeman
(Original)
Henrietta Goodwin
The Girl of the Town
(Original)
Laurence Hanray
The Farmer
(Original)
The Fellow Convict
(Original)
The Old Gentleman
(Original)
Lois Heatherley
Miss Grace
(Original)
Leslie Howard
Matt Denant
(Original)
A. B. I. Imeson
The Policeman
(Original)
The Warder
(Original)
Frieda Inescort
The Shingled Lady
(Original)
Geraldine Kay
The Little Girl
(Original)
Edgar B. Kent
The Dartmoor Constable
(Original)
The Other Warder
(Original)
The Plain Clothes Man
(Original)
Lily Kerr
Wife of Shopkeeper
(Original)
Renee Macredy
Miss Dora
(Original)
Cyrena Smith
The Maid
(Original)
Viva Tattersall
Wife of Man in Plus Fours
(Original)
Austin Trevor
The Parson
(Original)
Alan Trotter
The Bellringer
(Original)
The Man in Plus Fours
(Original)
Ruth Vivian
SIster of Shopkeeper
(Original)
J. P. Wilson
The Shopkeeper
(Original)
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St. Clair Bayfield
The Captain
(Original)
The Laborer
(Original)
F. Cecil Butler
The Other Laborer
(Original)
The Other Policeman
(Original)
Henrietta Goodwin
The Girl of the Town
(Original)
Laurence Hanray
The Farmer
(Original)
The Fellow Convict
(Original)
The Old Gentleman
(Original)
Lois Heatherley
Miss Grace
(Original)
Leslie Howard
Matt Denant
(Original)
A. B. I. Imeson
The Policeman
(Original)
The Warder
(Original)
Frieda Inescort
The Shingled Lady
(Original)
Geraldine Kay
The Little Girl
(Original)
Edgar B. Kent
The Dartmoor Constable
(Original)
The Other Warder
(Original)
The Plain Clothes Man
(Original)
Lily Kerr
Wife of Shopkeeper
(Original)
Renee Macredy
Miss Dora
(Original)
Cyrena Smith
The Maid
(Original)
Viva Tattersall
Wife of Man in Plus Fours
(Original)
Austin Trevor
The Parson
(Original)
Alan Trotter
The Bellringer
(Original)
The Man in Plus Fours
(Original)
Ruth Vivian
SIster of Shopkeeper
(Original)
J. P. Wilson
The Shopkeeper
(Original)
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John Galsworthy
Writer
Winthrop Ames
Staging
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
26
1927
Closing Date
Mar
1
1928
Performances
173
as of Dec 04, 2025
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