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The Venetian
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The Venetian Playbill - October 1931
The Venetian
Broadway
Original
Theatre Masque
252 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Clifford Bax
People (22)
Howard Bailey
Piere Buonaventuri
(Original)
Phoebe Coyne
Emilia
(Original)
May Ediss
Marietta
(Original)
Patrick Glasgow
Scipio
(Original)
A Baker's Boy
(Original)
Roland Hogue
Consini
(Original)
Kemble Knight
Vettora
(Original)
Catherine Lacey
Antonia
(Original)
Julia
(Original)
Marian Litenius
Tessa
(Original)
A Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Lea Penman
Giovanna of Austria
(Original)
Margaret Rawlings
Bianca Cappello
(Original)
Gregory Robins
Celio Malespini
(Original)
Alastair Sim
Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici
(Original)
Wilfred Walter
Francesco de' Medici
(Original)
Edward Broadley
A Major-Domo
(Original)
Charles Crompton
A Servitor
(Original)
Helena Glenn
Another Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Frank Woodruff
A Servitor
(Original)
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Howard Bailey
Piere Buonaventuri
(Original)
Phoebe Coyne
Emilia
(Original)
May Ediss
Marietta
(Original)
Patrick Glasgow
Scipio
(Original)
A Baker's Boy
(Original)
Roland Hogue
Consini
(Original)
Kemble Knight
Vettora
(Original)
Catherine Lacey
Antonia
(Original)
Julia
(Original)
Marian Litenius
Tessa
(Original)
A Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Lea Penman
Giovanna of Austria
(Original)
Margaret Rawlings
Bianca Cappello
(Original)
Gregory Robins
Celio Malespini
(Original)
Alastair Sim
Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici
(Original)
Wilfred Walter
Francesco de' Medici
(Original)
Edward Broadley
A Major-Domo
(Original)
Charles Crompton
A Servitor
(Original)
Helena Glenn
Another Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Frank Woodruff
A Servitor
(Original)
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Clifford Bax
Writer
Ellen Van Volkenburg
Staging
Maurice Browne
Producer
Lee Shubert
Associated Producer
J.J. Shubert
Associated Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
31
1931
Closing Date
Nov
7
1931
Performances
9
as of Feb 12, 2026
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