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If Booth Had Missed
Broadway
Original
If Booth Had Missed
Broadway
Original
Craig Theatre
152 W. 54th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Arthur Goodman
People (25)
S. Kennard Brookmire
General Ulysses S. Grant
(Original)
Earl J. Currie
John Hay
(Original)
Richard Davis
William H. Seward
(Original)
George U. Denny
Benjamin Butler
(Original)
Sidney A. Diamond
Tad Lincoln
(Original)
T.D. Du Plantier
Henry Stanberry
(Original)
Payne
(Original)
Milton Forman
William Dennison
(Original)
George Glascow
Thaddeus Stevens
(Original)
George Goetz
Theodore Tilton
(Original)
Arthur Goodman
Sambo
(Original)
W.H. Gottlieb
Henry W. Davis
(Original)
E. H. Hartzell
Chief Justice Chase
(Original)
George H. Pendleton
(Original)
Franklin Irving
Call Boy
(Original)
Richard Lambert
Edwin M. Stanton
(Original)
William Lovejoy
John Nicholas
(Original)
M. Manisoff
John Wilkes Booth
(Original)
Joseph Marra
Hugh McCulloch
(Original)
Lloyd
(Original)
Samuel R. Moore
Benjamin F. Wade
(Original)
Mary Lou Plugge
Mrs. Lincoln
(Original)
D. E. Plugge
Abraham Lincoln
(Original)
Harold B. Putney
Andrew Johnson
(Original)
William Raphael
Major Rathbone
(Original)
A. H. Sanders
Gideon Wells
(Original)
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S. Kennard Brookmire
General Ulysses S. Grant
(Original)
Earl J. Currie
John Hay
(Original)
Richard Davis
William H. Seward
(Original)
George U. Denny
Benjamin Butler
(Original)
Sidney A. Diamond
Tad Lincoln
(Original)
T.D. Du Plantier
Henry Stanberry
(Original)
Payne
(Original)
Milton Forman
William Dennison
(Original)
George Glascow
Thaddeus Stevens
(Original)
George Goetz
Theodore Tilton
(Original)
Arthur Goodman
Sambo
(Original)
W.H. Gottlieb
Henry W. Davis
(Original)
E. H. Hartzell
Chief Justice Chase
(Original)
George H. Pendleton
(Original)
Franklin Irving
Call Boy
(Original)
Richard Lambert
Edwin M. Stanton
(Original)
William Lovejoy
John Nicholas
(Original)
M. Manisoff
John Wilkes Booth
(Original)
Joseph Marra
Hugh McCulloch
(Original)
Lloyd
(Original)
Samuel R. Moore
Benjamin F. Wade
(Original)
Mary Lou Plugge
Mrs. Lincoln
(Original)
D. E. Plugge
Abraham Lincoln
(Original)
Harold B. Putney
Andrew Johnson
(Original)
William Raphael
Major Rathbone
(Original)
A. H. Sanders
Gideon Wells
(Original)
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Arthur Goodman
Writer
Milton Smith
Director
Walter Hartwig
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
May
13
1931
Closing Date
May
13
1931
Performances
1
as of Jan 09, 2026
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