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I Want a Policeman
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I Want a Policeman Playbill - Jan 1936
I Want a Policeman
Broadway
Original
Lyceum Theatre
149 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Milton Lazarus
,
Rufus King
People (20)
Wendy Atkin
Eleanore Breen
(Original)
Robert Bartron
Jepson
(Original)
Lawrence Bolton
Cotswold
(Original)
Sylvia Field
Fern Davidson
(Original)
Frederick Graham
Arthur Semple
(Original)
H. Dudley Hawley
Eric Davidson
(Original)
Weldon Heyburn
Alfaro
(Original)
Paul Huber
Police Commissioner Baldwin
(Original)
Con MacSunday
Karl
(Original)
Harold Morfet
Dennis
(Original)
Barry Sullivan
Captain Lynch
(Original)
Clinton Sundberg
Charles Talbot
(Original)
Estelle Winwood
Lady Breen
(Original)
Eric Wollencott
John Davidson
(Original)
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Wendy Atkin
Eleanore Breen
(Original)
Robert Bartron
Jepson
(Original)
Lawrence Bolton
Cotswold
(Original)
Sylvia Field
Fern Davidson
(Original)
Frederick Graham
Arthur Semple
(Original)
H. Dudley Hawley
Eric Davidson
(Original)
Weldon Heyburn
Alfaro
(Original)
Paul Huber
Police Commissioner Baldwin
(Original)
Con MacSunday
Karl
(Original)
Harold Morfet
Dennis
(Original)
Barry Sullivan
Captain Lynch
(Original)
Clinton Sundberg
Charles Talbot
(Original)
Estelle Winwood
Lady Breen
(Original)
Eric Wollencott
John Davidson
(Original)
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Rufus King
Writer
Milton Lazarus
Writer
Arthur Sircom
Staging
Cleon Throckmorton
Scenic Design
Francis I. Curtis
Producer
Richard Meyers
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Jan
14
1936
Closing Date
Feb
1
1936
Performances
47
as of Feb 08, 2026
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