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The Off Chance
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Original
The Off Chance
Broadway
Original
Empire Theatre
1430 Broadway (40th & 41st), New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
R.C. Carton
People (17)
Ethel Barrymore
Lady Cardonnell
(Original)
Clara T. Bracy
Mrs. Meecher
(Original)
John W. Cope
Cornelius Jeffcott Bayne
(Original)
Edward Emery
Major Bagleigh
(Original)
Charles Gibson
Lethbridge
(Original)
Albert Gran
Sir George Rainsford
(Original)
Cyril Keightley
Duke of Burchester
(Original)
Eva Le Gallienne
Duchess of Burchester
(Original)
Thomas Louden
Mr. Brunson
(Original)
Cecilia Radclyffe
Lady Rainsford
(Original)
Marcelle Roussillon
Madame Maria de Blanca
(Original)
E. Lyall Swete
Lord Cardonnell
(Original)
J. M. Troughton
Meecher
(Original)
Charles Webster
Deade
(Original)
Louise Worthington
Watson
(Original)
View All Current Cast
Ethel Barrymore
Lady Cardonnell
(Original)
Clara T. Bracy
Mrs. Meecher
(Original)
John W. Cope
Cornelius Jeffcott Bayne
(Original)
Edward Emery
Major Bagleigh
(Original)
Charles Gibson
Lethbridge
(Original)
Albert Gran
Sir George Rainsford
(Original)
Cyril Keightley
Duke of Burchester
(Original)
Eva Le Gallienne
Duchess of Burchester
(Original)
Thomas Louden
Mr. Brunson
(Original)
Cecilia Radclyffe
Lady Rainsford
(Original)
Marcelle Roussillon
Madame Maria de Blanca
(Original)
E. Lyall Swete
Lord Cardonnell
(Original)
J. M. Troughton
Meecher
(Original)
Charles Webster
Deade
(Original)
Louise Worthington
Watson
(Original)
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R.C. Carton
Writer
Charles Frohman, Inc.
House Manager
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
14
1918
Closing Date
May
1
1918
Performances
92
as of Jan 31, 2026
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