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Elmer Gantry Playbill - Aug 1928
Elmer Gantry
Broadway
Original
Playhouse Theatre
137 W. 48th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Patrick Kearney
People (31)
Vera Allen
Sharon Falconer
(Original)
Winifred Barry
Hettie Dowling
(Original)
Eugene Blake
Josiah Jessup
(Original)
Edward Boralle
Rev. Willis Fortune Tata
(Original)
Rose Burdick
Lily Anderson
(Original)
Tom Fadden
Floyd Naylor
(Original)
Lumsden Hare
T.J. Diggs
(Original)
Robert Harrigan
Frank Shallard
(Original)
Gwendolyn Hathaway
Lulu Bains
(Original)
Frank Johnson
Adelbert Shoop
(Original)
Mabel Montgomery
Mrs. Bains
(Original)
Edward Pawley
Elmer Gantry
(Original)
Ernest Pollock
Deacon Bains
(Original)
Dr. Hickenlooper
(Original)
Frank Shannon
Father Harvey
(Original)
Henry Sherwood
Oscar Dowling
(Original)
Eustace Wyatt
Cecil Ayleston
(Original)
Irving Tillish
(Original)
Mary Anderson
Third Choir Singer
(Original)
Jennie Bradley
First Trumpeter
(Original)
Alma Chase
Fourth Choir Singer
(Original)
Hazel Clinger
Seventh Choir Singer
(Original)
Julia Collier
Fifth Choir Singer
(Original)
Marion Sargent Connolly
Second Trumpeter
(Original)
Betty Donn
First Choir Singer
(Original)
Agnes Geraldi
Fourth Trumpeter
(Original)
Llewella Lloyd
Third Trumpeter
(Original)
Ann Meares
Second Choir Singer
(Original)
Louise Ross
Eighth Choir Singer
(Original)
Betty Wald
Sixth Choir Singer
(Original)
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Vera Allen
Sharon Falconer
(Original)
Winifred Barry
Hettie Dowling
(Original)
Eugene Blake
Josiah Jessup
(Original)
Edward Boralle
Rev. Willis Fortune Tata
(Original)
Rose Burdick
Lily Anderson
(Original)
Tom Fadden
Floyd Naylor
(Original)
Lumsden Hare
T.J. Diggs
(Original)
Robert Harrigan
Frank Shallard
(Original)
Gwendolyn Hathaway
Lulu Bains
(Original)
Frank Johnson
Adelbert Shoop
(Original)
Mabel Montgomery
Mrs. Bains
(Original)
Edward Pawley
Elmer Gantry
(Original)
Ernest Pollock
Deacon Bains
(Original)
Dr. Hickenlooper
(Original)
Frank Shannon
Father Harvey
(Original)
Henry Sherwood
Oscar Dowling
(Original)
Eustace Wyatt
Cecil Ayleston
(Original)
Irving Tillish
(Original)
Mary Anderson
Third Choir Singer
(Original)
Jennie Bradley
First Trumpeter
(Original)
Alma Chase
Fourth Choir Singer
(Original)
Hazel Clinger
Seventh Choir Singer
(Original)
Julia Collier
Fifth Choir Singer
(Original)
Marion Sargent Connolly
Second Trumpeter
(Original)
Betty Donn
First Choir Singer
(Original)
Agnes Geraldi
Fourth Trumpeter
(Original)
Llewella Lloyd
Third Trumpeter
(Original)
Ann Meares
Second Choir Singer
(Original)
Louise Ross
Eighth Choir Singer
(Original)
Betty Wald
Sixth Choir Singer
(Original)
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Patrick Kearney
Writer
Sinclair Lewis
Source Material (from the novel)
Lumsden Hare
Staging
Joseph E. Shea
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Aug
7
1928
Closing Date
Sep
15
1928
Performances
48
as of Dec 05, 2025
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