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The Wooden Idol
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The Wooden Idol Playbill - May 1930
The Wooden Idol
Broadway
Original
Waldorf Theatre
116 W. 50th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Leonard White
People (17)
Louis Gans
Hon. Adrian Molyneux
(Original)
Emanuel Gottfried
Lord Alfred Wonersh
(Original)
Ruth Gottfried
Hannah Dudgeon
(Original)
Morris Honig
Toby
(Original)
Louis Horton
A Museum Attendant
(Original)
Billie Kowit
Judith Fison
(Original)
Herbert Lizt
Tombs
(Original)
Harvey Platt
James Pontifex
(Original)
Harriet Ross
Louisa Pontifex
(Original)
Philip Sloninsky
Richard Merryweather
(Original)
Bess Soltes
Ethel Pontifex
(Original)
Harry Thaler
An Elderly Gentleman
(Original)
Sam Weintraub
Gilbert Fison
(Original)
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Louis Gans
Hon. Adrian Molyneux
(Original)
Emanuel Gottfried
Lord Alfred Wonersh
(Original)
Ruth Gottfried
Hannah Dudgeon
(Original)
Morris Honig
Toby
(Original)
Louis Horton
A Museum Attendant
(Original)
Billie Kowit
Judith Fison
(Original)
Herbert Lizt
Tombs
(Original)
Harvey Platt
James Pontifex
(Original)
Harriet Ross
Louisa Pontifex
(Original)
Philip Sloninsky
Richard Merryweather
(Original)
Bess Soltes
Ethel Pontifex
(Original)
Harry Thaler
An Elderly Gentleman
(Original)
Sam Weintraub
Gilbert Fison
(Original)
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Leonard White
Writer
Mrs. J. Glenwood Jones
Director
Walter Hartwig
Producer
The Manhattan Little Theatre Club, Inc.
Produced in Association with
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Pro Info
Opening Date
May
12
1930
Closing Date
May
12
1930
Performances
1
as of Jan 31, 2026
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