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The Man on Stilts
Broadway
Original
The Man on Stilts
Broadway
Original
Plymouth Theatre
236 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Albert Wineman Barker
,
Edwin L. Barker
People (38)
Raymond Bramley
Joe Day
(Original)
Kirk Brown, Jr.
Cleary
(Original)
Maud Burns
Minnie Schmaltz
(Original)
Hobart Cavanaugh
McGann
(Original)
Elmer Cornell
Mr. White Sheet
(Original)
Robert Cummings
Senator Abner Tarbottom
(Original)
Jack Daniels
Mr. Pink Sheet
(Original)
Helen Dodge
Georgia Van Allen
(Original)
Helen Dudley
Miss Tabloid
(Original)
Harry Ellerbe
Godfrey Block
(Original)
Lillian Emerson
"Homey" Callahan
(Original)
James T. Ford
Policeman Doyle
(Original)
Eda Heinemann
Miss Tousey
(Original)
Harold Kennedy
Heine Clabber
(Original)
Madeline King
Phoebe Smith
(Original)
Harry Knapp
Mark Van Allen
(Original)
Frank Layton
The Human Fly
(Original)
Arthur Marlowe
Mr. Yellow Sheet
(Original)
George Pembroke
Rufus Blindloss
(Original)
Paul Porter
Englehouse Verbena Coffypopper
(Original)
Samuel Schneider
B.J. Goldfoyle
(Original)
Mel Taylor
A.L. Fishel
(Original)
Charles P. Thompson
Ted Sensibull
(Original)
Flora Zabelle
Mrs. Van Allen
(Original)
James Bruce
Third Porter
(Original)
Owen Coll
A Detective
(Original)
Pascal Cowan
A Magazine Man
(Original)
Len Doig
An Accordion Player
(Original)
Bruce Duncan
A Bellboy
(Original)
Harold Enright
Fourth Porter
(Original)
Garland Kerr
A Radio Engineer
(Original)
William Layden
Second Porter
(Original)
James MacDonald
A Radio Announcer
(Original)
Charles F. O'Connor
A Song Plugger
(Original)
Jack Tyler
First Porter
(Original)
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Raymond Bramley
Joe Day
(Original)
Kirk Brown, Jr.
Cleary
(Original)
Maud Burns
Minnie Schmaltz
(Original)
Hobart Cavanaugh
McGann
(Original)
Elmer Cornell
Mr. White Sheet
(Original)
Robert Cummings
Senator Abner Tarbottom
(Original)
Jack Daniels
Mr. Pink Sheet
(Original)
Helen Dodge
Georgia Van Allen
(Original)
Helen Dudley
Miss Tabloid
(Original)
Harry Ellerbe
Godfrey Block
(Original)
Lillian Emerson
"Homey" Callahan
(Original)
James T. Ford
Policeman Doyle
(Original)
Eda Heinemann
Miss Tousey
(Original)
Harold Kennedy
Heine Clabber
(Original)
Madeline King
Phoebe Smith
(Original)
Harry Knapp
Mark Van Allen
(Original)
Frank Layton
The Human Fly
(Original)
Arthur Marlowe
Mr. Yellow Sheet
(Original)
George Pembroke
Rufus Blindloss
(Original)
Paul Porter
Englehouse Verbena Coffypopper
(Original)
Samuel Schneider
B.J. Goldfoyle
(Original)
Mel Taylor
A.L. Fishel
(Original)
Charles P. Thompson
Ted Sensibull
(Original)
Flora Zabelle
Mrs. Van Allen
(Original)
James Bruce
Third Porter
(Original)
Owen Coll
A Detective
(Original)
Pascal Cowan
A Magazine Man
(Original)
Len Doig
An Accordion Player
(Original)
Bruce Duncan
A Bellboy
(Original)
Harold Enright
Fourth Porter
(Original)
Garland Kerr
A Radio Engineer
(Original)
William Layden
Second Porter
(Original)
James MacDonald
A Radio Announcer
(Original)
Charles F. O'Connor
A Song Plugger
(Original)
Jack Tyler
First Porter
(Original)
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Edwin L. Barker
Writer
Albert Wineman Barker
Writer
Arthur Hopkins
Staging
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
9
1931
Closing Date
Sep
30
1931
Performances
6
as of Mar 11, 2026
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