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John Brown
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John Brown Playbill - Jan 1934
John Brown
Broadway
Original
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W. 47th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Ronald Gow
People (24)
George Abbott
John Brown
(Original)
Eddie Acuff
A Virginia Militiaman
(Original)
Buford Armitage
Salmon Brown
(Original)
Oliver Barbour
Oliver Brown
(Original)
Whitney Bourne
Annie Brown
(Original)
William Corbett
Colonel Robert E. Lee
(Original)
John Emery
John Kagi
(Original)
Robert Foulk
Watson Brown
(Original)
Harold Gould
Uncle Jeremiah
(Original)
Edna Hagan
Ellen Brown
(Original)
Betty Kendall
Bell
(Original)
Alma Kruger
Mrs. John Brown
(Original)
James C. Lane
J.P. Gallagher
(Original)
Charles McClelland
A Slave-Owner
(Original)
Tom Morgan
Colonel Lewis Washington
(Original)
Walter Price
Shields Green
(Original)
William Shea
A Telegraph Operator
(Original)
J. Ascher Smith
A Sentry
(Original)
Alfred Webster
Stevens
(Original)
Ernest R. Whitman
Frederick Douglass
(Original)
Iris Whitney
Martha
(Original)
Herbert Yost
T.W. Higginson
(Original)
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George Abbott
John Brown
(Original)
Eddie Acuff
A Virginia Militiaman
(Original)
Buford Armitage
Salmon Brown
(Original)
Oliver Barbour
Oliver Brown
(Original)
Whitney Bourne
Annie Brown
(Original)
William Corbett
Colonel Robert E. Lee
(Original)
John Emery
John Kagi
(Original)
Robert Foulk
Watson Brown
(Original)
Harold Gould
Uncle Jeremiah
(Original)
Edna Hagan
Ellen Brown
(Original)
Betty Kendall
Bell
(Original)
Alma Kruger
Mrs. John Brown
(Original)
James C. Lane
J.P. Gallagher
(Original)
Charles McClelland
A Slave-Owner
(Original)
Tom Morgan
Colonel Lewis Washington
(Original)
Walter Price
Shields Green
(Original)
William Shea
A Telegraph Operator
(Original)
J. Ascher Smith
A Sentry
(Original)
Alfred Webster
Stevens
(Original)
Ernest R. Whitman
Frederick Douglass
(Original)
Iris Whitney
Martha
(Original)
Herbert Yost
T.W. Higginson
(Original)
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Ronald Gow
Writer
George Abbott
Staging
Producer
Cirker & Robbins
Scenic Design
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Jan
22
1934
Closing Date
Jan
31
1934
Performances
2
as of Dec 04, 2025
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