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Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil
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Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil
Broadway
Original
39th Street Theatre
119 W. 39th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Stuart Walker
People (20)
Dorothea Carothers
Performer
(Original)
Robert Cook
Performer
(Original)
Edmond Crenshaw
Performer
(Original)
John Higgins
Performer
(Original)
Judith Lowry
Performer
(Original)
Charles McHugh
Performer
(Original)
Lew Medbury
Performer
(Original)
McKay Morris
Performer
(Original)
Agnes Rogers
Performer
(Original)
Edgar Stehli
Performer
(Original)
Ward Thornton
Performer
(Original)
Gitruda Tristjanski
Performer
(Original)
Willard Webster
Performer
(Original)
Nancy Winston
Performer
(Original)
Florence Wollerson
Performer
(Original)
Frank J. Zimmerer
Performer
(Original)
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Dorothea Carothers
Performer
(Original)
Robert Cook
Performer
(Original)
Edmond Crenshaw
Performer
(Original)
John Higgins
Performer
(Original)
Judith Lowry
Performer
(Original)
Charles McHugh
Performer
(Original)
Lew Medbury
Performer
(Original)
McKay Morris
Performer
(Original)
Agnes Rogers
Performer
(Original)
Edgar Stehli
Performer
(Original)
Ward Thornton
Performer
(Original)
Gitruda Tristjanski
Performer
(Original)
Willard Webster
Performer
(Original)
Nancy Winston
Performer
(Original)
Florence Wollerson
Performer
(Original)
Frank J. Zimmerer
Performer
(Original)
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Stuart Walker
Writer
Producer
Maximilian Elser, Jr.
Producer
Russell Janney
Producer
The Stuart Walker Portmanteau Theatre
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Nov
27
1916
Closing Date
Jan
6
1917
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