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Veils Playbill - March 1928
Veils
Broadway
Original
Forrest Theatre
230 W. 49th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
lyrics:
Donald Heywood
music:
Donald Heywood
book:
Irving Kaye Davis
People (37)
Grace Allen
Flossie
(Original)
Nancy Chalmers
Gladice
(Original)
Henry Crosby
Oscar Van Wyck
(Original)
Alan Floud
Father Francis
(Original)
Florence Foxhall
Sister Theresa
(Original)
Charlotte Granville
Sister Agnes
(Original)
Mimi Helmuth
Patricia Kent
(Original)
Chris Holt
Julien Macklin
(Original)
Alex Loghe
Col. Gerard Owens
(Original)
Agatha Lowry
Mamie
(Original)
Alice Manny
Jane
(Original)
Mary Moore
Sister Veronica
(Original)
Helen O'Donnell
Lil
(Original)
Florence Pendleton
Mag
(Original)
Julia Ralph
Mrs. Annie Hughes
(Original)
George Rogers
Mike Brady
(Original)
Elsa Shelley
Nan
(Original)
Sister Mary
(Original)
Ann Sherman
Sister Louise
(Original)
Hilda Spong
The Reverend Mother Superior
(Original)
Helen Steele
Sister Gertrude
(Original)
Grant Stewart
His Grace the Archbishop
(Original)
Mary Tabor
Nell Baxter
(Original)
Frances Underwood
Mrs. Angela Lumis
(Original)
Arthur R. Vinton
Jim
(Original)
Arthur Wellington
Clifford Sturgis
(Original)
Charlotte Wilkins
Birdie
(Original)
Warren William
Mr. Robert Sloan
(Original)
Irene Winston
Rosa
(Original)
Alan Winterburn
Jake
(Original)
John Mackley
A Bum
(Original)
J. Manley
Prison Guard
(Original)
Frank B. Miller
A Butler
(Original)
Donald Page
A Detective
(Original)
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Grace Allen
Flossie
(Original)
Nancy Chalmers
Gladice
(Original)
Henry Crosby
Oscar Van Wyck
(Original)
Alan Floud
Father Francis
(Original)
Florence Foxhall
Sister Theresa
(Original)
Charlotte Granville
Sister Agnes
(Original)
Mimi Helmuth
Patricia Kent
(Original)
Chris Holt
Julien Macklin
(Original)
Alex Loghe
Col. Gerard Owens
(Original)
Agatha Lowry
Mamie
(Original)
Alice Manny
Jane
(Original)
Mary Moore
Sister Veronica
(Original)
Helen O'Donnell
Lil
(Original)
Florence Pendleton
Mag
(Original)
Julia Ralph
Mrs. Annie Hughes
(Original)
George Rogers
Mike Brady
(Original)
Elsa Shelley
Nan
(Original)
Sister Mary
(Original)
Ann Sherman
Sister Louise
(Original)
Hilda Spong
The Reverend Mother Superior
(Original)
Helen Steele
Sister Gertrude
(Original)
Grant Stewart
His Grace the Archbishop
(Original)
Mary Tabor
Nell Baxter
(Original)
Frances Underwood
Mrs. Angela Lumis
(Original)
Arthur R. Vinton
Jim
(Original)
Arthur Wellington
Clifford Sturgis
(Original)
Charlotte Wilkins
Birdie
(Original)
Warren William
Mr. Robert Sloan
(Original)
Irene Winston
Rosa
(Original)
Alan Winterburn
Jake
(Original)
John Mackley
A Bum
(Original)
J. Manley
Prison Guard
(Original)
Frank B. Miller
A Butler
(Original)
Donald Page
A Detective
(Original)
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Irving Kaye Davis
Book
Donald Heywood
Music
Lyrics
Edward Elsner
Staging
A. A. Snyder
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Mar
13
1928
Closing Date
Mar
31
1928
Performances
4
as of Feb 11, 2026
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