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Harlem Playbill - March 1929
Harlem
Broadway
Original
Apollo Theatre
223 W. 42nd St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
William Jourdan Rapp
,
Wallace Thurman
People (63)
Billy Andrews
Roy Crowe
(Original)
Frank Badham
Roy Crowe
(Original)
Edna Wise Barr
Arabella Williams
(Original)
Nat Cash
Officer Sam
(Original)
Inez Clough
Ma Williams
(Original)
Lillian Fairley
Effie
(Original)
Colington Hayes
Thaddeus Jenkins
(Original)
Richard Landers
Basil Venerable
(Original)
Carmen Marshall
Mary Lou
(Original)
Lew Payton
Pa Williams
(Original)
Emory S. Richardson
Jasper Williams
(Original)
Clarence Taylor
George Williams
(Original)
Elise Thomas
Mazie Williams
(Original)
A.B. Walker
Will
(Original)
Hillis Walters
Ippy Jones
(Original)
Isabell Washington
Cordelia Williams
(Original)
Ernest R. Whitman
Kid Vamp
(Original)
Hemsley Winfield
Jimmie
(Original)
Bud Allen
Ensemble
(Original)
Alec Archer
Ensemble
(Original)
Emory Bonner
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Bramlett
Ensemble
(Original)
Rosette Brown
Ensemble
(Original)
Grace Burke
Ensemble
(Original)
Suzanne Cartier
Ensemble
(Original)
Gertie Chambers
Ensemble
(Original)
Ray Coleman
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Corbin
Ensemble
(Original)
Malvina Dabney
Ensemble
(Original)
Ardelle Dabney
Ensemble
(Original)
Mary Daniels
Ensemble
(Original)
Roy De Coverly
Ensemble
(Original)
Ernest De Sharpe
Ensemble
(Original)
Alberta Foster
Ensemble
(Original)
Rex Goreleigh
Ensemble
(Original)
Lorenze E. Graham
Ensemble
(Original)
George Grissom
Ensemble
(Original)
Arthur Hughes
Ensemble
(Original)
Aline Lewis
Ensemble
(Original)
Harry Long
Ensemble
(Original)
Larri Lorear
Ensemble
(Original)
Emma Maitland
Ensemble
(Original)
William McFarland
Ensemble
(Original)
Mae Morrison
Ensemble
(Original)
Thula Ortiz
Ensemble
(Original)
Cora Parkes
Ensemble
(Original)
Albert W. Patrick
Ensemble
(Original)
Daisy Pilgram
Ensemble
(Original)
Jenney Roe
Ensemble
(Original)
Phoebe Roe
Ensemble
(Original)
Joseph Slocum
Ensemble
(Original)
Irene Temple
Ensemble
(Original)
George Thomas
Ensemble
(Original)
F. Barclay Trigg
Ensemble
(Original)
Mary Jane Watkins
Ensemble
(Original)
Rita Weldon
Ensemble
(Original)
A. Wheedlin
Ensemble
(Original)
Stanley Wolcott
Ensemble
(Original)
Jimmy Young
Ensemble
(Original)
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Billy Andrews
Roy Crowe
(Original)
Frank Badham
Roy Crowe
(Original)
Edna Wise Barr
Arabella Williams
(Original)
Nat Cash
Officer Sam
(Original)
Inez Clough
Ma Williams
(Original)
Lillian Fairley
Effie
(Original)
Colington Hayes
Thaddeus Jenkins
(Original)
Richard Landers
Basil Venerable
(Original)
Carmen Marshall
Mary Lou
(Original)
Lew Payton
Pa Williams
(Original)
Emory S. Richardson
Jasper Williams
(Original)
Clarence Taylor
George Williams
(Original)
Elise Thomas
Mazie Williams
(Original)
A.B. Walker
Will
(Original)
Hillis Walters
Ippy Jones
(Original)
Isabell Washington
Cordelia Williams
(Original)
Ernest R. Whitman
Kid Vamp
(Original)
Hemsley Winfield
Jimmie
(Original)
Bud Allen
Ensemble
(Original)
Alec Archer
Ensemble
(Original)
Emory Bonner
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Bramlett
Ensemble
(Original)
Rosette Brown
Ensemble
(Original)
Grace Burke
Ensemble
(Original)
Suzanne Cartier
Ensemble
(Original)
Gertie Chambers
Ensemble
(Original)
Ray Coleman
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Corbin
Ensemble
(Original)
Malvina Dabney
Ensemble
(Original)
Ardelle Dabney
Ensemble
(Original)
Mary Daniels
Ensemble
(Original)
Roy De Coverly
Ensemble
(Original)
Ernest De Sharpe
Ensemble
(Original)
Alberta Foster
Ensemble
(Original)
Rex Goreleigh
Ensemble
(Original)
Lorenze E. Graham
Ensemble
(Original)
George Grissom
Ensemble
(Original)
Arthur Hughes
Ensemble
(Original)
Aline Lewis
Ensemble
(Original)
Harry Long
Ensemble
(Original)
Larri Lorear
Ensemble
(Original)
Emma Maitland
Ensemble
(Original)
William McFarland
Ensemble
(Original)
Mae Morrison
Ensemble
(Original)
Thula Ortiz
Ensemble
(Original)
Cora Parkes
Ensemble
(Original)
Albert W. Patrick
Ensemble
(Original)
Daisy Pilgram
Ensemble
(Original)
Jenney Roe
Ensemble
(Original)
Phoebe Roe
Ensemble
(Original)
Joseph Slocum
Ensemble
(Original)
Irene Temple
Ensemble
(Original)
George Thomas
Ensemble
(Original)
F. Barclay Trigg
Ensemble
(Original)
Mary Jane Watkins
Ensemble
(Original)
Rita Weldon
Ensemble
(Original)
A. Wheedlin
Ensemble
(Original)
Stanley Wolcott
Ensemble
(Original)
Jimmy Young
Ensemble
(Original)
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William Jourdan Rapp
Writer
Wallace Thurman
Writer
Chester Erskin
Staging
Edward A. Blatt
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
20
1929
Closing Date
May
1
1929
Performances
93
as of Dec 05, 2025
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