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The Passing Present
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The Passing Present Playbill - Dec 1931
The Passing Present
Broadway
Original
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W. 47th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Gretchen Damrosch
People (19)
Jose Alessandro
Orloff
(Original)
E. J. Ballantine
Doctor Henry
(Original)
Lynn Beranger
Laura Tobey
(Original)
Josephine Brown
Kathie French
(Original)
Thaddeus Clancy
A Man
(Original)
Marjorie Dalton
Jenny
(Original)
Herbert Duffy
Luke Bodey
(Original)
Lillian Emerson
Maud French
(Original)
Morgan Farley
Lansing French
(Original)
Douglas Gilmore
Brock Tobey
(Original)
Elizabeth Goddard
A Girl
(Original)
Louis Le Bay
Mr. Lerner
(Original)
Neil McFee
James Simpson
(Original)
Maria Ouspenskaya
Fraülein
(Original)
Cyril Scott
Ridgley French
(Original)
Helen Strickland
Aunt Hallie
(Original)
Hope Williams
Page French
(Original)
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Jose Alessandro
Orloff
(Original)
E. J. Ballantine
Doctor Henry
(Original)
Lynn Beranger
Laura Tobey
(Original)
Josephine Brown
Kathie French
(Original)
Thaddeus Clancy
A Man
(Original)
Marjorie Dalton
Jenny
(Original)
Herbert Duffy
Luke Bodey
(Original)
Lillian Emerson
Maud French
(Original)
Morgan Farley
Lansing French
(Original)
Douglas Gilmore
Brock Tobey
(Original)
Elizabeth Goddard
A Girl
(Original)
Louis Le Bay
Mr. Lerner
(Original)
Neil McFee
James Simpson
(Original)
Maria Ouspenskaya
Fraülein
(Original)
Cyril Scott
Ridgley French
(Original)
Helen Strickland
Aunt Hallie
(Original)
Hope Williams
Page French
(Original)
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Gretchen Damrosch
Writer
Arthur Hopkins
Staging
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
7
1931
Closing Date
Dec
31
1931
Performances
16
as of Dec 04, 2025
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