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The Tyrant
Broadway
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The Tyrant Playbill - Nov 1930
The Tyrant
Broadway
Original
Longacre Theatre
220 W. 48th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Rafael Sabatini
People (56)
Charles Ashley
Micheletto da Corella
(Original)
Lily Cahill
Panthasilea Degli Speranzoni
(Original)
Louis Calhern
Cesare Borgia
(Original)
Burr Caruth
Paviano
(Original)
Arthur Geary
Scipione
(Original)
Patrick Glasgow
Simonetta
(Original)
Hugh Gordon
Mariano
(Original)
Averell Harris
Prince Ercole Sinibaldi
(Original)
Robert Henderson
Gianluce Della Pieve
(Original)
J. Harold Machon
Gino
(Original)
Arthur Marlowe
Agabito Gherardi
(Original)
James Maurier
Giovanni
(Original)
Arthur Metcalfe
Capello
(Original)
J. S. Murray
Del Campo
(Original)
John Park
Ramirez
(Original)
Walter Plinge
Gaspara
(Original)
Herbert Ranson
Count Guido Degli Speranzoni
(Original)
Cecil Reynolds
Niccolo Macchiavelli
(Original)
George Riddell
D'Aldi
(Original)
Frederick Rudin
Cardinal Remolino
(Original)
Byron Russell
Santafiora
(Original)
Ada Sinclair
Giulia
(Original)
C. Ellsworth Smith
Seneschal of Solignola
(Original)
Lloyd Taylor
Ferrante
(Original)
Leslie Bailey
Page
(Original)
Victor Bozardt
Counselor of Solignola
(Original)
Edward Brown
Page
(Original)
Hubert Brown
Executioner
(Original)
Cecil Clovelly
Counselor of Solignola
(Original)
Clay Cody
Counselor of Solignola
(Original)
Herschel Cropper
A Swiss Guard
(Original)
Gregory Deane
Monk
(Original)
Edward Douglas
Counselor of Solignola
(Original)
Victor Esker
Gentleman of Assisi
(Original)
Edward Field
Lackey
(Original)
Herbert Hasluck
Counselor of Solignola
(Original)
John Kramer
Swiss Guard
(Original)
Martin Lane
Gentleman of Assisi
(Original)
John Lyons
Chamberlain
(Original)
Florence Metcalfe
Lady of Assisi
(Original)
Helen Milligan
Lady of Assisi
(Original)
Leslie Pearsall
Swiss Guard
(Original)
Hugh Pollock
Lackey
(Original)
Ivan Ramer
Swiss Guard
(Original)
Iven Ross
Gentleman of Assisi
(Original)
Ben Small
Executioner
(Original)
Sam Smith
Lackey
(Original)
Ed Smythe
Gentleman of Assisi
(Original)
Clara Stager
Lady of Assisi
(Original)
Daniel E. Washington
Executioner
(Original)
Willie Watson
Lackey
(Original)
Walter Williams
Monk
(Original)
Billie Williams
Lady of Assisi
(Original)
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Charles Ashley
Micheletto da Corella
(Original)
Lily Cahill
Panthasilea Degli Speranzoni
(Original)
Louis Calhern
Cesare Borgia
(Original)
Burr Caruth
Paviano
(Original)
Arthur Geary
Scipione
(Original)
Patrick Glasgow
Simonetta
(Original)
Hugh Gordon
Mariano
(Original)
Averell Harris
Prince Ercole Sinibaldi
(Original)
Robert Henderson
Gianluce Della Pieve
(Original)
J. Harold Machon
Gino
(Original)
Arthur Marlowe
Agabito Gherardi
(Original)
James Maurier
Giovanni
(Original)
Arthur Metcalfe
Capello
(Original)
J. S. Murray
Del Campo
(Original)
John Park
Ramirez
(Original)
Walter Plinge
Gaspara
(Original)
Herbert Ranson
Count Guido Degli Speranzoni
(Original)
Cecil Reynolds
Niccolo Macchiavelli
(Original)
George Riddell
D'Aldi
(Original)
Frederick Rudin
Cardinal Remolino
(Original)
Byron Russell
Santafiora
(Original)
Ada Sinclair
Giulia
(Original)
C. Ellsworth Smith
Seneschal of Solignola
(Original)
Lloyd Taylor
Ferrante
(Original)
Leslie Bailey
Page
(Original)
Victor Bozardt
Counselor of Solignola
(Original)
Edward Brown
Page
(Original)
Hubert Brown
Executioner
(Original)
Cecil Clovelly
Counselor of Solignola
(Original)
Clay Cody
Counselor of Solignola
(Original)
Herschel Cropper
A Swiss Guard
(Original)
Gregory Deane
Monk
(Original)
Edward Douglas
Counselor of Solignola
(Original)
Victor Esker
Gentleman of Assisi
(Original)
Edward Field
Lackey
(Original)
Herbert Hasluck
Counselor of Solignola
(Original)
John Kramer
Swiss Guard
(Original)
Martin Lane
Gentleman of Assisi
(Original)
John Lyons
Chamberlain
(Original)
Florence Metcalfe
Lady of Assisi
(Original)
Helen Milligan
Lady of Assisi
(Original)
Leslie Pearsall
Swiss Guard
(Original)
Hugh Pollock
Lackey
(Original)
Ivan Ramer
Swiss Guard
(Original)
Iven Ross
Gentleman of Assisi
(Original)
Ben Small
Executioner
(Original)
Sam Smith
Lackey
(Original)
Ed Smythe
Gentleman of Assisi
(Original)
Clara Stager
Lady of Assisi
(Original)
Daniel E. Washington
Executioner
(Original)
Willie Watson
Lackey
(Original)
Walter Williams
Monk
(Original)
Billie Williams
Lady of Assisi
(Original)
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Rafael Sabatini
Writer
Horace Sinclair
Staging
Charles L. Wagner
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Nov
12
1930
Closing Date
Nov
30
1930
Performances
13
as of Dec 05, 2025
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