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The Fool
Broadway
Original
The Fool
Broadway
Original
Times Square Theatre
219 W. 42nd St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Channing Pollock
People (23)
Lillian Kemble Cooper
Mrs. Tice
(Original)
Robert Cummings
"Charlie" Benfield
(Original)
Arthur Eliot
"Grubby"
(Original)
Rev. Everett Wadham
(Original)
Pamela Gaythorne
Clare Jewett
(Original)
James Kirkwood
Daniel Gilchrist
(Original)
Tracy L'Engle
Mrs. Thornbury
(Original)
Wanda Laurence
Miss Levinson
(Original)
George Le Soir
A Servant
(Original)
Rollo Lloyd
Joe Hennig
(Original)
Rea Martin
"Dilly" Gilliam
(Original)
Adrienne Morrison
Pearl Hennig
(Original)
Lowell Sherman
"Jerry" Goodkind
(Original)
Sara Sothern
Mary Margaret
(Original)
Geoffrey Stein
Max Stedtman
(Original)
Henry Stephenson
George F. Goodkind
(Original)
Frank Sylvester
A Poor Man
(Original)
Mack
(Original)
Maude Truax
Mrs. Henry Gilliam
(Original)
Fredrik Vogeding
Umanski
(Original)
George Wright, Jr.
Mr. Barnaby
(Original)
Margaret Sumner
"Dilly" Gilliam
(Replacement)
Edith Shayne
Mrs. Thornbury
(Replacement)
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Lillian Kemble Cooper
Mrs. Tice
(Original)
Robert Cummings
"Charlie" Benfield
(Original)
Arthur Eliot
"Grubby"
(Original)
Rev. Everett Wadham
(Original)
Pamela Gaythorne
Clare Jewett
(Original)
James Kirkwood
Daniel Gilchrist
(Original)
Tracy L'Engle
Mrs. Thornbury
(Original)
Wanda Laurence
Miss Levinson
(Original)
George Le Soir
A Servant
(Original)
Rollo Lloyd
Joe Hennig
(Original)
Rea Martin
"Dilly" Gilliam
(Original)
Adrienne Morrison
Pearl Hennig
(Original)
Lowell Sherman
"Jerry" Goodkind
(Original)
Sara Sothern
Mary Margaret
(Original)
Geoffrey Stein
Max Stedtman
(Original)
Henry Stephenson
George F. Goodkind
(Original)
Frank Sylvester
A Poor Man
(Original)
Mack
(Original)
Maude Truax
Mrs. Henry Gilliam
(Original)
Fredrik Vogeding
Umanski
(Original)
George Wright, Jr.
Mr. Barnaby
(Original)
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Channing Pollock
Writer
Frank Reicher
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
23
1922
Closing Date
Jun
1
1923
Performances
272
as of Apr 02, 2026
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