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Kill That Story
Broadway
Original
Booth Theatre
222 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Philip Dunning
,
Harry Madden
People (24)
Joyce Arling
Emily
(Original)
Buford Armitage
Frank Martin
(Original)
Eleanor Audley
Millicent
(Original)
Oliver Barbour
Joe Blake
(Original)
James Bell
Duke Devlin
(Original)
Wyrley Birch
Joe McGuire
(Original)
Matt Briggs
Spike Taylor
(Original)
Claire Carleton
Agatha
(Original)
George Carleton
Detective
(Original)
William Foran
Sam Gersten
(Original)
Pedro A. Galvan
Second Bell Boy
(Original)
Gloria Grafton
Mitzi Gray
(Original)
Frederick Kaufman
Waiter
(Original)
James C. Lane
First Bell Boy
(Original)
Emily Lowry
Margaret McGuire
(Original)
William Lynn
Bayard Colton
(Original)
Royal Dana Tracey
Paul Simpson
(Original)
Thomas F. Tracey
J. Goodington Cartwright
(Original)
Alfred Webster
John T. Horrigan
(Original)
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Joyce Arling
Emily
(Original)
Buford Armitage
Frank Martin
(Original)
Eleanor Audley
Millicent
(Original)
Oliver Barbour
Joe Blake
(Original)
James Bell
Duke Devlin
(Original)
Wyrley Birch
Joe McGuire
(Original)
Matt Briggs
Spike Taylor
(Original)
Claire Carleton
Agatha
(Original)
George Carleton
Detective
(Original)
William Foran
Sam Gersten
(Original)
Pedro A. Galvan
Second Bell Boy
(Original)
Gloria Grafton
Mitzi Gray
(Original)
Frederick Kaufman
Waiter
(Original)
James C. Lane
First Bell Boy
(Original)
Emily Lowry
Margaret McGuire
(Original)
William Lynn
Bayard Colton
(Original)
Royal Dana Tracey
Paul Simpson
(Original)
Thomas F. Tracey
J. Goodington Cartwright
(Original)
Alfred Webster
John T. Horrigan
(Original)
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Harry Madden
Writer
George Abbott
Staging
Philip Dunning
Writer
Stewart Chaney
Scenic Design
Abbott-Dunning Inc.
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Aug
29
1934
Closing Date
Dec
15
1934
Performances
117
as of Dec 05, 2025
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