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The Good Companions Playbill - October 1931
The Good Companions
Broadway
Original
49th Street Theatre
235 W. 49th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
J.B. Priestley
People (30)
J. C. Aubrey
Fauntley
(Original)
Mr. Gooch
(Original)
The Ginger Policeman
(Original)
James Baber
Monte Mortimer
(Original)
Matthew Boulton
Sam Oglethorpe
(Original)
A Reporter
(Original)
Linoleum Man
(Original)
George Carney
Jess Oakroyd
(Original)
Norah Wyn Clare
Effie Longstaffe
(Original)
Elsie Longstaffe
(Original)
Mildred Cottell
Lady Partlit
(Original)
Mrs. Oakroyd
(Original)
Roy Emerton
Joe Brundit
(Original)
Summers
(Original)
Wallace Evennett
Jimmy Nunn
(Original)
Mr. Tarvin
(Original)
Henry Hallatt
Morton Mitcham
(Original)
Basil Hanbury
Mr. Dulver
(Original)
Railway Porter
(Original)
Robert Harrigan
Leonard Oakroyd
(Original)
Professor Miro
(Original)
A Photographer
(Original)
Ernest Jay
Joby Jackson
(Original)
Mr. Pitzner
(Original)
Max Kirby
Albert Tuggeridge
(Original)
Jerry Jerningham
(Original)
Vera Lennox
Susie Dean
(Original)
Isabel Ohmead
Mrs. Joe
(Original)
Mrs. Tarvin
(Original)
Frank Petley
Ridvers
(Original)
Envelope Man
(Original)
The Landlord at Tumbleby
(Original)
Hugh Sinclair
Inigo Jollifant
(Original)
Marcella Swanson
Ethel Georgia
(Original)
Valerie Taylor
Elizabeth Trant
(Original)
Lillian Brennard Tonge
Mrs. Mounders
(Original)
Boyd Gilmour
The Dulver Family
(Original)
James Jolley
A Waiter
(Original)
Landlord of the Crown, Gatford
(Original)
Minnie Pine
The Dulver Family
(Original)
Ann Pinner
The Dulver Family
(Original)
Walter Plinge
The Dulver Family
(Original)
Philip Tonge
The Dulver Family
(Original)
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J. C. Aubrey
Fauntley
(Original)
Mr. Gooch
(Original)
The Ginger Policeman
(Original)
James Baber
Monte Mortimer
(Original)
Matthew Boulton
Sam Oglethorpe
(Original)
A Reporter
(Original)
Linoleum Man
(Original)
George Carney
Jess Oakroyd
(Original)
Norah Wyn Clare
Effie Longstaffe
(Original)
Elsie Longstaffe
(Original)
Mildred Cottell
Lady Partlit
(Original)
Mrs. Oakroyd
(Original)
Roy Emerton
Joe Brundit
(Original)
Summers
(Original)
Wallace Evennett
Jimmy Nunn
(Original)
Mr. Tarvin
(Original)
Henry Hallatt
Morton Mitcham
(Original)
Basil Hanbury
Mr. Dulver
(Original)
Railway Porter
(Original)
Robert Harrigan
Leonard Oakroyd
(Original)
Professor Miro
(Original)
A Photographer
(Original)
Ernest Jay
Joby Jackson
(Original)
Mr. Pitzner
(Original)
Max Kirby
Albert Tuggeridge
(Original)
Jerry Jerningham
(Original)
Vera Lennox
Susie Dean
(Original)
Isabel Ohmead
Mrs. Joe
(Original)
Mrs. Tarvin
(Original)
Frank Petley
Ridvers
(Original)
Envelope Man
(Original)
The Landlord at Tumbleby
(Original)
Hugh Sinclair
Inigo Jollifant
(Original)
Marcella Swanson
Ethel Georgia
(Original)
Valerie Taylor
Elizabeth Trant
(Original)
Lillian Brennard Tonge
Mrs. Mounders
(Original)
Boyd Gilmour
The Dulver Family
(Original)
James Jolley
A Waiter
(Original)
Landlord of the Crown, Gatford
(Original)
Minnie Pine
The Dulver Family
(Original)
Ann Pinner
The Dulver Family
(Original)
Walter Plinge
The Dulver Family
(Original)
Philip Tonge
The Dulver Family
(Original)
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J.B. Priestley
Writer
Source Material
Edward Knoblock
Writer
Julian Wylie
Staging
Lee Shubert
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
1
1931
Closing Date
Nov
1
1931
Performances
68
as of Nov 28, 2025
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