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What the Doctor Ordered Playbill - Aug 1927
What the Doctor Ordered
Broadway
Original
Ritz Theatre
219 W. 48th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Caesar Dunn
People (17)
Ruth Abbott
Daphne
(Original)
Frank Allworth
Will Scott
(Original)
Katherine Bogart
Bathing Girl
(Original)
Eva Condon
Mrs. Hortense Smiley
(Original)
Berenice Dewey
Bathing Girl
(Original)
Carye Gillen
Husband
(Original)
Eden Gray
Office Nurse
(Original)
Hale Hamilton
Thomas Foster, M.D
(Original)
Mrs. Gene Hughes
Wife
(Original)
A. O. Huhn
House Detective
(Original)
Joseph Johnson
Bell Hop
(Original)
Victor Kilian
Hotel Clerk
(Original)
Galina Kopernak
Fifi
(Original)
Dedette Lee
Judy Rock
(Original)
Herbert Yost
Cuthbert St. Clair, Ph.D
(Original)
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Ruth Abbott
Daphne
(Original)
Frank Allworth
Will Scott
(Original)
Katherine Bogart
Bathing Girl
(Original)
Eva Condon
Mrs. Hortense Smiley
(Original)
Berenice Dewey
Bathing Girl
(Original)
Carye Gillen
Husband
(Original)
Eden Gray
Office Nurse
(Original)
Hale Hamilton
Thomas Foster, M.D
(Original)
Mrs. Gene Hughes
Wife
(Original)
A. O. Huhn
House Detective
(Original)
Joseph Johnson
Bell Hop
(Original)
Victor Kilian
Hotel Clerk
(Original)
Galina Kopernak
Fifi
(Original)
Dedette Lee
Judy Rock
(Original)
Herbert Yost
Cuthbert St. Clair, Ph.D
(Original)
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Caesar Dunn
Writer
John Cromwell
Staging
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Aug
18
1927
Closing Date
Sep
1
1927
Performances
20
as of Dec 04, 2025
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