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Two Seconds
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Two Seconds Playbill - Oct 1931
Two Seconds
Broadway
Original
Ritz Theatre
219 W. 48th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Elliott Lester
People (26)
Blythe Daly
Shirley Day
(Original)
Dale Dardner
Annie
(Original)
Preston Foster
Bud Clark
(Original)
Harold Huber
Tony Scafidi
(Original)
J. Gordon Kelly
Doctor Walton
(Original)
Justice of Peace
(Original)
Rhea Martin
Lizzie
(Original)
Edward Pawley
John Allen
(Original)
Joseph Graham
Minister
(Original)
William Green
District Attorney
(Original)
Edna Howard
A Fat Girl
(Original)
Leonard Jerome
Prison Doctor
(Original)
Joseph Kramm
Student
(Original)
James Marr
Warden
(Original)
Gordon McCracken
A Tough Guy
(Original)
Katherine McHugh
1st Girl
(Original)
Frank B. Miller
A Judge
(Original)
Victor Morgan
1st Detective
(Original)
2nd Reporter
(Original)
Harold Shackman
Screw
(Original)
Phillip M. Sheridan
A Bookie
(Original)
Paul Stewart
1st Reporter
(Original)
2nd Detective
(Original)
Ann Williams
2nd Girl
(Original)
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Blythe Daly
Shirley Day
(Original)
Dale Dardner
Annie
(Original)
Preston Foster
Bud Clark
(Original)
Harold Huber
Tony Scafidi
(Original)
J. Gordon Kelly
Doctor Walton
(Original)
Justice of Peace
(Original)
Rhea Martin
Lizzie
(Original)
Edward Pawley
John Allen
(Original)
Joseph Graham
Minister
(Original)
William Green
District Attorney
(Original)
Edna Howard
A Fat Girl
(Original)
Leonard Jerome
Prison Doctor
(Original)
Joseph Kramm
Student
(Original)
James Marr
Warden
(Original)
Gordon McCracken
A Tough Guy
(Original)
Katherine McHugh
1st Girl
(Original)
Frank B. Miller
A Judge
(Original)
Victor Morgan
1st Detective
(Original)
2nd Reporter
(Original)
Harold Shackman
Screw
(Original)
Phillip M. Sheridan
A Bookie
(Original)
Paul Stewart
1st Reporter
(Original)
2nd Detective
(Original)
Ann Williams
2nd Girl
(Original)
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Elliott Lester
Writer
Egon Brecher
Staging
Alexander Leftwich
Director
Irving Lande
Producer
William Stephens
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
9
1931
Closing Date
Nov
1
1931
Performances
59
as of Dec 13, 2025
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