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The Command Performance Playbill - October 1928
The Command Performance
Broadway
Original
Klaw Theatre
251 W. 45th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
C. Stafford Dickens
People (18)
Lee Baker
Count Vellenburg
(Original)
William H. Barwald
Hildred Sabidoff
(Original)
Robert Clear
Blondel
(Original)
Hubert Druce
Nicholas, King of Wallachia
(Original)
Charlotte Granville
Elizabeth, Queen of Wallachia
(Original)
George Haight
Servant
(Original)
Rose Keane
Lydia Petrovic
(Original)
Ian Keith
Alexis, Prince of Moldavia
(Original)
Peter Kraditch
(Original)
Jessie Royce Landis
Katerina, Princess of Wallachia
(Original)
Zvee Scooler
Ansche Milosovic
(Original)
Ivan Simpson
Paul Masoch
(Original)
Walter Soderling
Hugo
(Original)
George Spelvin
A Sergeant of Police
(Original)
Beatrice Terry
Elinor, Queen of Wallachia
(Original)
Maria Ziccardi
Yana Lodoffski
(Original)
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Lee Baker
Count Vellenburg
(Original)
William H. Barwald
Hildred Sabidoff
(Original)
Robert Clear
Blondel
(Original)
Hubert Druce
Nicholas, King of Wallachia
(Original)
Charlotte Granville
Elizabeth, Queen of Wallachia
(Original)
George Haight
Servant
(Original)
Rose Keane
Lydia Petrovic
(Original)
Ian Keith
Alexis, Prince of Moldavia
(Original)
Peter Kraditch
(Original)
Jessie Royce Landis
Katerina, Princess of Wallachia
(Original)
Zvee Scooler
Ansche Milosovic
(Original)
Ivan Simpson
Paul Masoch
(Original)
Walter Soderling
Hugo
(Original)
George Spelvin
A Sergeant of Police
(Original)
Beatrice Terry
Elinor, Queen of Wallachia
(Original)
Maria Ziccardi
Yana Lodoffski
(Original)
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C. Stafford Dickens
Writer
Clifford Brooke
Staging
Herman Shumlin
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
3
1928
Closing Date
Oct
27
1928
Performances
29
as of Dec 04, 2025
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The Command Performance - October 8, 1928
The Command Performance - October 8, 1928
The Command Performance - October 8, 1928
The Command Performance - October 8, 1928
The Command Performance - October 8, 1928
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