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It Is to Laugh
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It Is to Laugh Playbill - December 1927
It Is to Laugh
Broadway
Original
Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre
234 W. 42nd St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Fannie Hurst
People (17)
Lois Arnold
Miss Binney
(Original)
Frank Beaston
Eddie Lenzer
(Original)
Mona Bracken
French Governess
(Original)
Jean Bryant
Maid
(Original)
Edward Butler
Spike Hennessey
(Original)
John Davidson
Mr. Morris Goldfish
(Original)
Sonia Evanof
Mrs. Morris Goldfish
(Original)
Bella Gudinsky
Mrs. Julius Goldfish
(Original)
Edna Hibbard
Birdie Goldfish
(Original)
Irving Honigman
Mr. Julius Goldfish
(Original)
Henry Pemberton
Doctor
(Original)
Sonia Radina
Mrs. Rabinovitch
(Original)
Muriel Reid
Eulalie Goldfish
(Original)
Meyer Seltzer
Mr. Rabinovitch
(Original)
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Lois Arnold
Miss Binney
(Original)
Frank Beaston
Eddie Lenzer
(Original)
Mona Bracken
French Governess
(Original)
Jean Bryant
Maid
(Original)
Edward Butler
Spike Hennessey
(Original)
John Davidson
Mr. Morris Goldfish
(Original)
Sonia Evanof
Mrs. Morris Goldfish
(Original)
Bella Gudinsky
Mrs. Julius Goldfish
(Original)
Edna Hibbard
Birdie Goldfish
(Original)
Irving Honigman
Mr. Julius Goldfish
(Original)
Henry Pemberton
Doctor
(Original)
Sonia Radina
Mrs. Rabinovitch
(Original)
Muriel Reid
Eulalie Goldfish
(Original)
Meyer Seltzer
Mr. Rabinovitch
(Original)
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Fannie Hurst
Writer
Rollo Lloyd
Staging
Barbour, Crimmins & Bryant
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
26
1927
Closing Date
Jan
1
1928
Performances
32
as of Jan 30, 2026
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