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Richelieu
Broadway
Revival
Richelieu
Broadway
Revival
Hampden's Theatre
1887 Broadway at 62nd St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
People (19)
Dallas Anderson
Louis XIII
(Original)
Gage Bennett
Anoher of the Twenty
(Original)
Second Secretary of State
(Original)
Edwin Cushman
First Secretary of State
(Original)
One of the Twenty
(Original)
Walter Hampden
Cardinal Richelieu
(Original)
Gordon Hart
Sieur De Beringhen
(Original)
Clark Hundley
First Gamester
(Original)
Stephen Irving
First Guard
(Original)
Moffat Johnston
Count De Baradas
(Original)
Charles McCarthy
Francois
(Original)
Caroline Meade
Marion De Lorme
(Original)
Ernest Rowan
Chevalier De Mauprat
(Original)
Franklin Salisbury
Third Secretary of State
(Original)
Robert C. Schnitzer
Duran
(Original)
Ingeborg Torrup
Julie De Mortimer
(Original)
Harold Williams
Second Guard
(Original)
Cecil Yapp
Joseph
(Original)
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Dallas Anderson
Louis XIII
(Original)
Gage Bennett
Anoher of the Twenty
(Original)
Second Secretary of State
(Original)
Edwin Cushman
First Secretary of State
(Original)
One of the Twenty
(Original)
Walter Hampden
Cardinal Richelieu
(Original)
Gordon Hart
Sieur De Beringhen
(Original)
Clark Hundley
First Gamester
(Original)
Stephen Irving
First Guard
(Original)
Moffat Johnston
Count De Baradas
(Original)
Charles McCarthy
Francois
(Original)
Caroline Meade
Marion De Lorme
(Original)
Ernest Rowan
Chevalier De Mauprat
(Original)
Franklin Salisbury
Third Secretary of State
(Original)
Robert C. Schnitzer
Duran
(Original)
Ingeborg Torrup
Julie De Mortimer
(Original)
Harold Williams
Second Guard
(Original)
Cecil Yapp
Joseph
(Original)
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Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Writer
Arthur Goodrich
Adaptation
Walter Hampden
Staging
William A. Brady
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
26
1929
Closing Date
Mar
8
1930
Performances
88
as of Dec 02, 2025
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