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The Sporting Thing to Do
Broadway
Original
The Sporting Thing to Do
Broadway
Original
Ritz Theatre
219 W. 48th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Thompson Buchanan
People (15)
James K. Applebee
Rev. Dr. Clegg
(Original)
Bertha Belmore
Mrs. Suzanne Clegg
(Original)
William Boyd
Jack Thornton
(Original)
Walker Dennett
Colonel Thornton
(Original)
Mary Fisher
Miss Simpson
(Original)
Robert Hudson
Thomas Kennedy
(Original)
Clara Joel
Eleanor Ainsworth
(Original)
Della Johnson
Mandy
(Original)
Jack Raffael
Judge McLean
(Original)
H. Reeves-Smith
Jim Loundsbury
(Original)
Emily Stevens
Jean Thornton
(Original)
Ethel Winthrop
Mrs. Thornton
(Original)
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James K. Applebee
Rev. Dr. Clegg
(Original)
Bertha Belmore
Mrs. Suzanne Clegg
(Original)
William Boyd
Jack Thornton
(Original)
Walker Dennett
Colonel Thornton
(Original)
Mary Fisher
Miss Simpson
(Original)
Robert Hudson
Thomas Kennedy
(Original)
Clara Joel
Eleanor Ainsworth
(Original)
Della Johnson
Mandy
(Original)
Jack Raffael
Judge McLean
(Original)
H. Reeves-Smith
Jim Loundsbury
(Original)
Emily Stevens
Jean Thornton
(Original)
Ethel Winthrop
Mrs. Thornton
(Original)
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Thompson Buchanan
Writer
Oliver Morosco
Director
Producer
Clifford Brooke
Director
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
19
1923
Closing Date
Mar
1
1923
Performances
40
as of Apr 10, 2026
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