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Like a King
Broadway
Original
Like a King
Broadway
Original
39th Street Theatre
119 W. 39th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
John Hunter Booth
People (18)
Arthur Allen
William Chubb
(Original)
E.L. Duane
Samuel Pemberton
(Original)
Charles Esdale
Thomas H. Coffin
(Original)
James Gleason
Nathaniel Artemus Alden
(Original)
Mina C. Gleason
Mrs. Alden
(Original)
Ann Harding
Phyllis Weston
(Original)
John Hardtap
Policeman
(Original)
Robert E. Homans
General Wade Weston
(Original)
Frances Howard
Arabella Alden
(Original)
Dodson Mitchell
George W. Grubble
(Original)
Hale Norcross
Dan Riordan
(Original)
Lucille Parker
Abigail
(Original)
Edward Poland
Calvin Lowe
(Original)
James Seeley
Robert Alden
(Original)
Max Waizman
J. W. Savage
(Original)
Margaret Wiltshire
Norah Smuts
(Original)
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Arthur Allen
William Chubb
(Original)
E.L. Duane
Samuel Pemberton
(Original)
Charles Esdale
Thomas H. Coffin
(Original)
James Gleason
Nathaniel Artemus Alden
(Original)
Mina C. Gleason
Mrs. Alden
(Original)
Ann Harding
Phyllis Weston
(Original)
John Hardtap
Policeman
(Original)
Robert E. Homans
General Wade Weston
(Original)
Frances Howard
Arabella Alden
(Original)
Dodson Mitchell
George W. Grubble
(Original)
Hale Norcross
Dan Riordan
(Original)
Lucille Parker
Abigail
(Original)
Edward Poland
Calvin Lowe
(Original)
James Seeley
Robert Alden
(Original)
Max Waizman
J. W. Savage
(Original)
Margaret Wiltshire
Norah Smuts
(Original)
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John Hunter Booth
Writer
Adolph Klauber
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
3
1921
Closing Date
Oct
31
1921
Performances
16
as of Mar 10, 2026
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