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Volpone
Broadway
Original
Volpone
Broadway
Original
Guild Theatre
245 W. 52nd St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Ben Jonson
People (21)
Ernest Cossart
Corvino
(Original)
Dudley Digges
Volpone
(Original)
Margalo Gillmore
Colomba
(Original)
Philip Leigh
Voltore
(Original)
Alfred Lunt
Mosca
(Original)
McKay Morris
Leone
(Original)
Henry Travers
Corbaccio
(Original)
Helen Westley
Canina
(Original)
Mary Bell
Maid to Colomba
(Original)
Morris Carnovsky
Judge
(Original)
John Davis
Corbaccio's Servant
(Original)
Court Attendant
(Original)
John Henry
Slave to Volpone
(Original)
Sanford Meisner
Clerk of the Court
(Original)
Mark Schweid
Second Groom
(Original)
Vincent Sherman
Court Attendant
(Original)
Albert Dekker
Captain of the Sbirri
(Original)
Louis Veda
First Groom
(Original)
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Ernest Cossart
Corvino
(Original)
Dudley Digges
Volpone
(Original)
Margalo Gillmore
Colomba
(Original)
Philip Leigh
Voltore
(Original)
Alfred Lunt
Mosca
(Original)
McKay Morris
Leone
(Original)
Henry Travers
Corbaccio
(Original)
Helen Westley
Canina
(Original)
Mary Bell
Maid to Colomba
(Original)
Morris Carnovsky
Judge
(Original)
John Davis
Corbaccio's Servant
(Original)
Court Attendant
(Original)
John Henry
Slave to Volpone
(Original)
Sanford Meisner
Clerk of the Court
(Original)
Mark Schweid
Second Groom
(Original)
Vincent Sherman
Court Attendant
(Original)
Albert Dekker
Captain of the Sbirri
(Original)
Louis Veda
First Groom
(Original)
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Ben Jonson
Writer
Ruth Langner
Translation
Philip Moeller
Director
The Theatre Guild
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Apr
9
1928
Closing Date
May
1
1928
Performances
46
as of Apr 01, 2026
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