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Sun-up
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Original
Sun-up
Broadway
Original
Provincetown Playhouse
133 MacDougal St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Lula Vollmer
People (14)
Burnside Babcock
Preacher
(Original)
France Bendtsen
Sheriff Weeks
(Original)
Alan Birmingham
Rufe Cagel
(Original)
Eliot Cabot
The Stranger
(Original)
Norman Dale
Bob
(Original)
Anne Elstner
Emmy
(Original)
Lucille La Verne
Widow Cagel
(Original)
Eugene Lockhart
Bud
(Original)
Owen Meech
Pap Todd
(Original)
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Burnside Babcock
Preacher
(Original)
France Bendtsen
Sheriff Weeks
(Original)
Alan Birmingham
Rufe Cagel
(Original)
Eliot Cabot
The Stranger
(Original)
Norman Dale
Bob
(Original)
Anne Elstner
Emmy
(Original)
Lucille La Verne
Widow Cagel
(Original)
Eugene Lockhart
Bud
(Original)
Owen Meech
Pap Todd
(Original)
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Lula Vollmer
Writer
Benjamin Kauser
Director
Henry Stillman
Director
Players Company, Inc.
Producer
Lee Kugel
Arranging Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
May
25
1923
Closing Date
Jun
1
1923
Performances
28
as of Mar 16, 2026
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