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Within the Law
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Revival
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Within the Law Playbill - March 1928
Within the Law
Broadway
Revival
Cosmopolitan Theatre
5 Columbus Circle (W. 58th & 59th), New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Bayard Veiller
People (24)
George Alison
William Irwin
(Original)
Peggy Allenby
Helen Morris
(Original)
J.H. Brewer
Dan
(Original)
Claudette Colbert
Agnes Lynch
(Original)
James T. Ford
"Chicago Red"
(Original)
Philip Heege
Detective Sergeant Cassidy
(Original)
Violet Heming
Mary Turner
(Original)
Edgar Henning
Williams
(Original)
George Hoag
Thompson
(Original)
Julia Hoyt
Sarah
(Original)
Robert Linden
Thomas
(Original)
Stanley Logan
Eddie Griggs
(Original)
Margaret Luerssen
Fannie
(Original)
Charles Ray
Richard Gilder
(Original)
Edward E. Rose
Smithson
(Original)
Frank Shannon
Inspector Burke
(Original)
Fred L. Tiden
George Demarest
(Original)
Ralph Vincent
Tom Dacey
(Original)
Robert Warwick
Joe Garson
(Original)
H. Conway Wingfield
Edward Gilder
(Original)
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George Alison
William Irwin
(Original)
Peggy Allenby
Helen Morris
(Original)
J.H. Brewer
Dan
(Original)
Claudette Colbert
Agnes Lynch
(Original)
James T. Ford
"Chicago Red"
(Original)
Philip Heege
Detective Sergeant Cassidy
(Original)
Violet Heming
Mary Turner
(Original)
Edgar Henning
Williams
(Original)
George Hoag
Thompson
(Original)
Julia Hoyt
Sarah
(Original)
Robert Linden
Thomas
(Original)
Stanley Logan
Eddie Griggs
(Original)
Margaret Luerssen
Fannie
(Original)
Charles Ray
Richard Gilder
(Original)
Edward E. Rose
Smithson
(Original)
Frank Shannon
Inspector Burke
(Original)
Fred L. Tiden
George Demarest
(Original)
Ralph Vincent
Tom Dacey
(Original)
Robert Warwick
Joe Garson
(Original)
H. Conway Wingfield
Edward Gilder
(Original)
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Bayard Veiller
Writer
Clifford Brooke
Staging
Mabel Brownell
Staging
Chamberlain Brown Cosmopolitan Artists
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Mar
5
1928
Closing Date
Mar
17
1928
Performances
16
as of Feb 11, 2026
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