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First Night Playbill - Dec 1930
First Night
Broadway
Original
Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre
234 W. 42nd St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Frederick Rath
People (28)
Donald Blackwell
Stanley Reid
(Original)
William Bonelli
Bartlett Harvey
(Original)
Edith Broder
Irene Barnes
(Original)
Tom Burton
Joe
(Original)
Jack Clifford
Berg
(Original)
Edwin Cushman
Warden Ross
(Original)
Emily Graham
Joan Reid
(Original)
Richard N. Gregg
George
(Original)
Al Guin
Hogan
(Original)
Alf Helton
Barnes
(Original)
Harold Huber
Frank Pisano
(Original)
Spencer Kimbell
Sharpe
(Original)
First Reporter
(Original)
George MacQuarrie
Inspector Owens
(Original)
Ronnee Madson
Betty
(Original)
Louis E. Miller
Connelly
(Original)
John F. Morrissey
Governor Moore
(Original)
Walter Powers
Larry
(Original)
Robert C. Schnitzer
Hicks
(Original)
Phillip M. Sheridan
Kerr
(Original)
Henry Wadsworth
Robert Martin
(Original)
Wallace Widdecombe
The Duke
(Original)
Salvatore Zito
Rizzo
(Original)
Britton Diller
Second Reporter
(Original)
Perry Norman
Convict
(Original)
Frank Stringfellow
Third Reporter
(Original)
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Donald Blackwell
Stanley Reid
(Original)
William Bonelli
Bartlett Harvey
(Original)
Edith Broder
Irene Barnes
(Original)
Tom Burton
Joe
(Original)
Jack Clifford
Berg
(Original)
Edwin Cushman
Warden Ross
(Original)
Emily Graham
Joan Reid
(Original)
Richard N. Gregg
George
(Original)
Al Guin
Hogan
(Original)
Alf Helton
Barnes
(Original)
Harold Huber
Frank Pisano
(Original)
Spencer Kimbell
Sharpe
(Original)
First Reporter
(Original)
George MacQuarrie
Inspector Owens
(Original)
Ronnee Madson
Betty
(Original)
Louis E. Miller
Connelly
(Original)
John F. Morrissey
Governor Moore
(Original)
Walter Powers
Larry
(Original)
Robert C. Schnitzer
Hicks
(Original)
Phillip M. Sheridan
Kerr
(Original)
Henry Wadsworth
Robert Martin
(Original)
Wallace Widdecombe
The Duke
(Original)
Salvatore Zito
Rizzo
(Original)
Britton Diller
Second Reporter
(Original)
Perry Norman
Convict
(Original)
Frank Stringfellow
Third Reporter
(Original)
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Frederick Rath
Writer
Milton Stiefel
Staging
Richard G. Herndon
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Nov
26
1930
Closing Date
Feb
1
1931
Performances
86
as of Dec 05, 2025
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