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The World We Live in
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Jolson's 59th Street Theatre
932 Seventh Ave. at W. 58th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Karel Capek
,
Josef Capek
People (32)
Lola Adler
Apatura Clythia
(Original)
Seldon Bennett
Messenger
(Original)
Mary Blair
Chrysalis
(Original)
Orrin Burke
Quartermaster
(Original)
Scott Cooper
Male Beetle
(Original)
Jane Corcoran
Female Beetle
(Original)
Jasper Deeter
Parasite
(Original)
James Difley
Inventor
(Original)
Grace Dougherty
Ichneumon Fly's Larva
(Original)
Robert Edeson
The Vagrant
(Original)
Vinton Freedley
Male Cricket
(Original)
Etienne Girardot
Otakar
(Original)
May Hopkins
War Worker
(Original)
Paul Irving
Another Male Beetle
(Original)
Blind Ant
(Original)
Rexford Kendrick
Victor
(Original)
Robert Lawler
Journalist
(Original)
Kenneth MacKenna
Felix
(Original)
Commander-in-Chief of Yellow Ants
(Original)
Ann Martin
A Baby
(Original)
Beatrice Maude
Apatura Iris
(Original)
Harold McGee
Bond Salesman
(Original)
Henry Mortimer
Woodcutter
(Original)
Edgar Norton
Ichneumon Fly
(Original)
Logan Paul
Telegrapher
(Original)
N. St. Clair Hales
Head of General Staff
(Original)
The Professor
(Original)
Susan Steele
A Woman
(Original)
John Ward
Dictator
(Original)
Mabel Withee
Female Cricket
(Original)
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Lola Adler
Apatura Clythia
(Original)
Seldon Bennett
Messenger
(Original)
Mary Blair
Chrysalis
(Original)
Orrin Burke
Quartermaster
(Original)
Scott Cooper
Male Beetle
(Original)
Jane Corcoran
Female Beetle
(Original)
Jasper Deeter
Parasite
(Original)
James Difley
Inventor
(Original)
Grace Dougherty
Ichneumon Fly's Larva
(Original)
Robert Edeson
The Vagrant
(Original)
Vinton Freedley
Male Cricket
(Original)
Etienne Girardot
Otakar
(Original)
May Hopkins
War Worker
(Original)
Paul Irving
Another Male Beetle
(Original)
Blind Ant
(Original)
Rexford Kendrick
Victor
(Original)
Robert Lawler
Journalist
(Original)
Kenneth MacKenna
Felix
(Original)
Commander-in-Chief of Yellow Ants
(Original)
Ann Martin
A Baby
(Original)
Beatrice Maude
Apatura Iris
(Original)
Harold McGee
Bond Salesman
(Original)
Henry Mortimer
Woodcutter
(Original)
Edgar Norton
Ichneumon Fly
(Original)
Logan Paul
Telegrapher
(Original)
N. St. Clair Hales
Head of General Staff
(Original)
The Professor
(Original)
Susan Steele
A Woman
(Original)
John Ward
Dictator
(Original)
Mabel Withee
Female Cricket
(Original)
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Josef Capek
Writer
Karel Capek
Writer
Owen Davis
Book Adaptation
John Cromwell
Staging
William A. Brady
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
31
1922
Closing Date
Feb
3
1923
Performances
111
as of Dec 05, 2025
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