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Oh, Ernest!
Broadway
Original
Royale Theatre
242 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
music:
Robert Hood Bowers
lyrics:
Francis DeWill
book:
Francis DeWill
People (32)
Flavia Arcaro
Lady Bracknell
(Original)
Phyllis Austin
Jessica Esmond
(Original)
Dorothy Dilley
Cecily Cardew
(Original)
Hal Ford
Hon. John Worthing, J.P.
(Original)
Marjorie Gateson
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax
(Original)
William Jordan
Sir Percy Middowshire
(Original)
Dorothea Mabie
Evelyn Stuart
(Original)
Vivian Marlowe
Jane
(Original)
Harry McNaughton
Algernon Moncrieff
(Original)
Barbara Newberry
Pollyanna Montague
(Original)
Dimples Riede
Clarice Chitworth
(Original)
Ralph Riggs
James Lane
(Original)
Jethro Warner
Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.
(Original)
Sonia Winfield
Miss Prism
(Original)
Katherine Witchie
Martha
(Original)
Edith Mae Wright
Anne Aubrey
(Original)
Patricia Wynne
Peggy Vernon
(Original)
Mae Bligh
Friend
(Original)
Erma Chase
Friend
(Original)
Dorothy Dawn
Friend
(Original)
Florence Gunther
Friend
(Original)
Anita Loring
Friend
(Original)
Margot Miller
Friend
(Original)
Virginia Myers
Friend
(Original)
Wilma Roeloff
Friend
(Original)
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Flavia Arcaro
Lady Bracknell
(Original)
Phyllis Austin
Jessica Esmond
(Original)
Dorothy Dilley
Cecily Cardew
(Original)
Hal Ford
Hon. John Worthing, J.P.
(Original)
Marjorie Gateson
Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax
(Original)
William Jordan
Sir Percy Middowshire
(Original)
Dorothea Mabie
Evelyn Stuart
(Original)
Vivian Marlowe
Jane
(Original)
Harry McNaughton
Algernon Moncrieff
(Original)
Barbara Newberry
Pollyanna Montague
(Original)
Dimples Riede
Clarice Chitworth
(Original)
Ralph Riggs
James Lane
(Original)
Jethro Warner
Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.
(Original)
Sonia Winfield
Miss Prism
(Original)
Katherine Witchie
Martha
(Original)
Edith Mae Wright
Anne Aubrey
(Original)
Patricia Wynne
Peggy Vernon
(Original)
Mae Bligh
Friend
(Original)
Erma Chase
Friend
(Original)
Dorothy Dawn
Friend
(Original)
Florence Gunther
Friend
(Original)
Anita Loring
Friend
(Original)
Margot Miller
Friend
(Original)
Virginia Myers
Friend
(Original)
Wilma Roeloff
Friend
(Original)
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Francis DeWill
Book
Lyrics
Robert Hood Bowers
Music
Oscar Wilde
Source Material (from "The Importance of Being Ernest")
William J. Wilson
Staging
Ralph Riggs
Musical Staging
Walter Harvey
Scenic Design
Nesor Costume Company
Costume Design
P. T. Rossiter
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
May
9
1927
Closing Date
Jun
25
1927
Performances
56
as of Dec 05, 2025
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