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The Shanghai Gesture
Broadway
Revival
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The Shanghai Gesture Playbill - February 1928
The Shanghai Gesture
Broadway
Revival
Century Theatre
Central Park West at W. 62nd St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
John Colton
People (24)
Beatrice Bayard
Apprentice Mouse
(Original)
Langdon Bruce
Ex-Envoy Mandarin Koo Lot Foo
(Original)
Conrad Cantzen
Lin Chi
(Original)
C. Haviland Chappell
Caesar Hawkins
(Original)
Georgia Decker
Ni Pau
(Original)
Louie Emery
Ching Chang Mary
(Original)
Mary Fowler
Poppy
(Original)
C. Henry Gordon
Prince Oshima
(Original)
Gladys Heaney
Mrs. Dudley Gregory
(Original)
Frank Hotaling
Dudley Gregory
(Original)
Mayme Kelso
Lady Blessington
(Original)
Bobby Lee
Apprentice Mouse
(Original)
Eunice Lyle
Mme. Le Comptesse de Michot
(Original)
Charles Mather
M. Le Compte de Michot
(Original)
J. Carrol Nash
Don Querebro d'Achuna
(Original)
Margarita Orlova
Donna Querebro d'Achuna
(Original)
Helen Ray
Apprentice Mouse
(Original)
Florence Reed
Mother Goddam
(Original)
Percy Waram
Sir Guy Charteris
(Original)
Henry Warwick
Sir John Blessington
(Original)
Ruth Weeker
Apprentice Mouse
(Original)
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Beatrice Bayard
Apprentice Mouse
(Original)
Langdon Bruce
Ex-Envoy Mandarin Koo Lot Foo
(Original)
Conrad Cantzen
Lin Chi
(Original)
C. Haviland Chappell
Caesar Hawkins
(Original)
Georgia Decker
Ni Pau
(Original)
Louie Emery
Ching Chang Mary
(Original)
Mary Fowler
Poppy
(Original)
C. Henry Gordon
Prince Oshima
(Original)
Gladys Heaney
Mrs. Dudley Gregory
(Original)
Frank Hotaling
Dudley Gregory
(Original)
Mayme Kelso
Lady Blessington
(Original)
Bobby Lee
Apprentice Mouse
(Original)
Eunice Lyle
Mme. Le Comptesse de Michot
(Original)
Charles Mather
M. Le Compte de Michot
(Original)
J. Carrol Nash
Don Querebro d'Achuna
(Original)
Margarita Orlova
Donna Querebro d'Achuna
(Original)
Helen Ray
Apprentice Mouse
(Original)
Florence Reed
Mother Goddam
(Original)
Percy Waram
Sir Guy Charteris
(Original)
Henry Warwick
Sir John Blessington
(Original)
Ruth Weeker
Apprentice Mouse
(Original)
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John Colton
Writer
Guthrie McClintic
Staging
A. H. Woods
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
13
1928
Closing Date
Feb
29
1928
Performances
16
as of Dec 03, 2025
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The Shanghai Gesture - February 20, 1928
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