- (1927) Stage: Wrote "The Road to Rome", produced on Broadway (earliest Broadway credit). Directed by Lester Lonergan. Playhouse Theatre: 31 Jan 1927-Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/392 performances). Cast: Charles Brokaw (as "Scipio"), Fairfax Burgher (as "Varius"), Joyce Carey (as "Meta"), Jane Cowl (as "Amytis"), Louis Hector (as "Hasdrubal"), Lionel Hogarth, Barry Jones, Walter Kinsella (as "Third Guard"), Ben Lackland (as "Second Guard"), Richie Ling (as "Fabius"), Lewis Martin, Jock McGraw, John McNulty, Peter Meade, Philip Merivale (as "Hannibal"), Harold Moffet (as "Carthalo"), Clement O'Loghlen, William Pearce, Gert Pouncy, Jessie Ralph (as "Fabia"), William R. Randall, Alfred Webster. Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman. NOTES: (1) The Playhouse Theatre was a 865-seat venue at 137 W. 48th St., NY. Built by William A. Brady, it opened in 1911. It was sold upon Brady's death to the Shuberts in 1944. ABC leased it from them from 1949-52, using it as a radio station. It was demolished in 1969 and incorporated as part of Rockefeller Center. (2) Filmed as The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927))
- (1927) Stage: Wrote "The Love Nest", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Based on the story by Ring Lardner. Comedy Theatre: 22 Dec 1927-Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Brewster Board (as "An Extra"), Albert Carroll (as "Slim Carey"), Clyde Fillmore (as "Lou Gregg"), Julius Goldman (as "Violinist"), George Heller (as "Property Man"), George Hoag (as "A Voice" / "Tobin"), Otto Hulett (as "Mercer"), Marc Loebell (as "Francis Deane"), Lily Lubell (as "Miss Jacobs"), Vincent Mallory (as "A Stage Hand"), John Francis Roche (as "Pete"), John Rynne (as "Bernie"), G.G. Thorpe (as "Forbes"), Paula Trueman (as "Maureen Milton"), June Walker (as "Celia Gregg"), Geraldine Wall (as "Mae Jennings"). Produced by Actors-Managers Inc. Produced in association with Sidney Ross.
- (1928) Stage: Wrote "The Queen's Husband", produced on Broadway. Directed by John Cromwell. Playhouse Theatre: 25 Jan 1928-May 1928 (closing date unknown/125 performances). Cast: Katharine Alexander (as "Princess Anne"), Reginald Barlow (as "Gen. Northrup"), William Boren (as "Maj. Blent"), Helen Cromwell (as "Another Lady-in-Waiting"), Dwight Frye (as "Prince William"), Gladys Hanson (as "Queen Martha"), Arthur Hughes (as "Dr. Fellman"), Gyles Isham (as "Frederick Granton"), John M. James (as "Sergeant"), Benedict MacQuarrie (as "Laker"), James H. Morrison (as "Petley"), Edward Rigby (as "Phipps"), Marguerite Taylor (as "Lady-in-Waiting"), Wallace Widdecombe (as "Lord Birten"), Roland Young (as "King Eric VIII"). Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman. NOTE: Filmed as The Royal Bed (1931).
- (1928) Stage: Wrote "The Road to Rome", produced on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Directed by Lester Lonergan. Playhouse Theatre: 21 May 1928-Jun 1929 (closing date unknown/ 440 performances). Produced by William A. Brady and Dwight Wiman [credited as Dwight Deere Wiman].
- (1930) Stage: Wrote "Waterloo Bridge", produced on Broadway. Drama. Directed by Winchell Smith. Fulton Theatre: 6 Jan 1930- Mar 1930 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Hannam Clark, Florence Edney (as "Mrs. Hobley"), William Evans, Allen Fagan, Alexander Frank, Douglas Garden, Eunice Hunt, Glenn Hunter, David Post, Herbert Saunders, Margaret Searls, George Spelvin, June Walker, George G. Wallen, Cora Witherspoon (as "Kitty"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham. NOTE: Filmed as Waterloo Bridge (1931), Waterloo Bridge (1940)
- (1930) Stage: Wrote "This is New York", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Directedl / produced by Arthur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 28 Nov 1930-Jan 1931 (closing date unknown/59 performances). Cast: Murray Alper (as "Babe Savito"), Allen Atwell, Robert Barrat (as "Harry Glassman"), Lota Bonner, Raymond Bramley (as "Judge Gohagan"), William T. Carpenter, Thaddeus Clancy, Audray Dale, Tom Fadden, Robert T. Haines, Ruth Hammond (as "Jean Doran"), Virginia Howell (as "Mrs. Krull"; final Broadway role), Geoffrey Kerr (as "Joseph Gresham Jr."), Frank Layton, Lois Moran, Boris Nicholai, Martin Noble, Henrietta Ravenell, Charles A. Richards, W.W. Watson, Bruno Wick (as "Waiter"), Sam Wren (as "Hauser"). NOTE: Filmed as Two Kinds of Women (1932).
- (1931) Stage: Wrote "Reunion in Vienna", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Robert E. Sherwood. Directed by Worthington Miner. Martin Beck Theatre: 16 Nov 1931-Jul 1932 (closing date unknown/264 performances). Cast: Lynn Fontanne (as "Elena"), Alfred Lunt (as "Rudolph Maximillian von Hapsburg"), Joseph Allen Sr. (as "Chef"), Joseph Allenton, Hendrik Booraem, Virginia Chauvenet, Eduardo Ciannelli (as "Poffy"), Phyllis Connard, Charles Douglass, Edward Fielding, Mary Gildia (as "Kathie"), Frank Kingdon (as "Gen. Hoetzler"), Bjorn Koefoed, Ben Kranz, George J. Lewis, Bela Lublov, Owen Meech, Lloyd Nolan (as "Emil"), William R. Randall, Otis Sheridan, Murray Stevens, Noel Taylor, Cynthia Townsend, Henry Travers (as "Herr Krug"), Minor Watson (as "Dr. Anton Krug"), Justina Wayne, Helen Westley (as "Frau Lucher"), Stanley Wood. Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). NOTE: Filmed as Reunion in Vienna (1933), Reunion in Vienna (1955))
- (1935) Stage: Wrote "The Petrified Forest", produced on Broadway. Drama. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Broadhurst Theatre: 7 Jan 1935-Jun 1935 (closing date unknown/197 performances). Cast: Leslie Howard (as "Alan Squier"), John Alexander, Humphrey Bogart (as "Duke Mantee"), Milo Boulton, Charles Dow Clark, Peggy Conklin, Guy Conradi, Aloysius Cunningham, James Doody, Tom Fadden, Ross Hertz (as "Jackie"), Robert Hudson, 'Eugene Keith' (as "A Deputy"), Esther Leeming, Frank Milan, Robert Porterfield, Harry Sherwin, Blanche Sweet, Slim Thompson, Frank Tweddell, Walter Vonnegut. Produced by Gilbert Miller and Leslie Howard. Produced in association with Arthur Hopkins. NOTES: (1) Filmed as The Petrified Forest (1936), The Petrified Forest (1955). (2) Leslie Howard--who acted in and co-produced it on Broadway--would insist that Humphrey Bogart be retained in the role of Duke Mantee when it was sold to Warner Brothers.
- (1936) Stage: Wrote "Idiot's Delight", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Production Supervised by Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (both also in cast). Dances Directed by Morgan Lewis. Assistant Stage Manager: LeRoi Operti (also in cast as "Signor Rossi"). Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Shubert Theatre: 24 Mar 1936-Dec 1936 (closing date unknown/300 performances). Cast: Margorie Baglin, Edgar Barrier, Gilmore Bush, Francis Compton, Connie Crowell, Ernestine De Becker, Frances Foley, Thomas Gomez, Sydney Greenstreet, Alan Hewitt, Jean MacIntyre, George Meader, Murry O'Neill, Jacqueline Paige, Edward Raquello, Edna Ross, Winston Ross, Stephen Sandes, Barry Thomson, Ruth Timmons, Tomasso Tittoni, Una Val, Richard Whorf, Bretaigne Windust (as "Mr. Cherry"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1936) Stage: "Tovarich". Musical comedy. Written by Jacques Deval. Orchestra / Arrangements by Alexander Haas. Directed / produced by Gilbert Miller. Plymouth Theatre: 15 Oct 1936-Aug 1937 (closing date unknown/356 performances). Cast: Marta Abba (as "Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna"), Adora Andrews, Margaret Dale (as "Fernande Dupont"), Aristides de Leoni (as "Martelleau"), Amanda Duff (as "Helene Dupont"), J. Colvin Dunn (credited as J. Colville Dunn; as "Concierge"), Jay Fassett (as "Charles Dupont"), Irina Feodorova (as "Olga"), Barbara Gott (as "Louise, the Cook"), John Halliday (as "Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch"), Cecil Humphreys (as "Commissar Gorotchenko"), Ernest Lawford (as "Chauffourier-Debieff"), Leni Stengel (as "Madame Van Hemert"), James E. Truex (as "Georges Dupont"), Frederick Worlock.
- (1938) Stage: Appeared (as "First Soldier") in "Processional" on Broadway (revival). Music by Earl Robinson. Written by John Howard Lawson. Scenic Design by Manuel Essman. Directed by Lem Ward. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 13 Oct 1937-Dec 1937 (closing date unknown/81 performances). Cast: John Anderson (as "Soldier and Miner"; Broadway debut), E.W. Ashworth (as "Soldier and Miner"), Fred Bael (as "Philpotts"), George Bardyguine (as "Soldiers"), Isabel Bonner (as "Mrs. Euphemia Stewart Flimmins"), S. Boonio (as "Isaac Cohen"), Helen Carter (as "The Miners' Wives"), Leon Colker (as "Soldier and Miner"), Scot Don (as "Soldier"), Thomas Dumont (as "The Drummer"), Agatha Entwistle (as "The Miners' Wives"), George Fairchild (as "Third Soldier"), Maurice Fallet (as "The Bazooka Player"), Julian Garfield (as "Soldier and Miner"), John Gary (as "Soldier"), Robert Gehr (as "Boob Elkins"), Ruth Gilbert (as "Sadie Cohen"), Solomon Goldstein (as "Soldier and Miner"), Theodore Gros (as "Gore"), John Hamdown (as "Soldiers"), Edward Hemmer (as "Soldier and Miner"), Leslie M. Hunt (as "The Sheriff"), Willie Kaufmann (as "Soldier and Miner"), James Kelly (as "Soldier and Miner"), Joe Kramm (credited as Joe Kramm; as "Jake Psinkski"), Sam Kuster (as "Second Soldier"), Sam Lazare (as "The Accordian Player"), Eddie Lester (as "MacCarthy"), Clifford Mack (as "Man in Silk Hat"), Clara Marsh (as "Old Maggie"), Rose Mary (as "The Miners' Wives"), George Mathews (as "Dynamite Jim"), George Moor (as "Joe Green"), Bert Norton (as "Pop Pratt"), Myron Paulson (as "Felix"), Clarence Redd (as "The Flute Player"), James Rodis (as "Angelo"), Marian Rudley (as "The Miners' Wives"), Edward Segal (as "Bill"), George Sinclair (as "Soldier and Miner"), Jack Smith (as "Soldiers"), Josephine Smith (as "The Miners' Wives"), Paul Sperrin (as "Slop"), Julian Taliaferro (as "Soldiers"), Aurelio Tobias (as "Soldier and Miner"), Jack Walters (as "Soldier and Miner"), Bert Weston (as "Smith"), Robert Worth (as "Soldier and Miner"), Edward Wright (as "Wayne Whifflehagen"). Produced by Federal Theatre Project of The WPA.
- (1938) Stage: Wrote "Abe Lincoln in Illinois", produced on Broadway. Drama. Stage Manager: Elmer Brown. Assistant Stage Mgr: John Triggs. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Elmer Rice. Plymouth Theatre: 15 Oct 1938-Dec 1939 (closing date unknown/472 performances). Cast: Raymond Massey (as "Abraham Lincoln"), Ora Alexander, Dorothy Allan (as "The Edwards' Maid"), Frank Andrews (as "Mentor Graham"), Lloyd Barry (as "Tad Lincoln"), Bette Benfield (as "Ensemble"), Hubert Brown, Everett Charlton (as "Bab" / "Cavalry Captain" / "Militia Captain"), George Christie, David Clarke (as "Feargus" / "Donner"), May Collins, Glenn Coulter, Howard Da Silva (as "Jack Armstrong"), Dearon Darnay (as "Ensemble"), Robert Fitzsimmons (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Foster (as "Nancy Green"), John Gerard (as "Barrick"), Dorothy Greeley (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Griffin, David Hewes (as "Ensemble"), Alfred Jenkins (as "Ensemble"), Walter Kapp (as "Ensemble"), Muriel Kirkland (as "Mary Todd"), Harry Levian, Adele Longmire (as "Ann Rutledge"), George Malcolm, Lewis Martin, Kevin McCarthy (as "Jasp" / "Phil"), Lex Parrish (as "Willie Lincoln"), John Payne (as "Robert Lincoln"), Albert Phillips, Wendell K. Phillips (as "William Herndon"), McKinley Reeves, Elizabeth Reller, Marion Rooney, Herbert Rudley, Bert Schorr, Allen Shaw, Howard Sherman, Lotte Stawisky, Anne Stevenson, Calvin Thomas (as "Joshua Speed"), Thomas F. Tracey (as "Sturveson"), John Triggs (as "Ogleby"), Frank Tweddell (as "Crimmin"), Iris Whitney, Dolores Williams (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Wiseman (as "Ensemble"; Broadway debut), Harrison Woodhull (as "Ensemble"). Replacement cast: Alexander Clark (as "Ninian Edwards"), John Corington (as "Ensemble"), Augusta Dabney (as "The Edwards' Maid"), Thomas Daly (as "Ensemble"), Edward Downes (as "Kavanaugh"), Robert Fitzsimmons (as "Feargus"), Peter Flint (as "Ensemble"), Richard Gaines (as "Abe Lincoln"), Fred Herrick (as "Seth Gale"), Wardell Jennings (as "Jasp"), Ted Kral (as "Ensemble"), Louis Marsh (as "Ensemble"), Mary Michael (as "Nancy Green"), James Moore (as "Sturveson"), Paul Nevens (as "Robert Lincoln"), William Norton (as "Ben Mattling"), Robert Porterfield (as "Jack Armstrong"), Grandon Rhodes (as "Joshua Speed"), Marion Rooney (as "Nancy Green"), Joanna Roos (as "Mary Todd"), Richard Ross (as "Ensemble"), Lewis L. Russell (as "Judge Bowling Green"), Margaret Stallings (as "Ensemble"), Anne Stevenson (as "The Lincolns' Maid"), David Stevenson (as "Ensemble"), Conway Washburn (as "Jed" / "Trum Cogdal"), Iris Whitney (as "Aggie Gale, The Edwards' Maid"), Jesse Wynne (as "Ensemble"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard). NOTE: Filmed as Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940).
- (1938) Stage: Co-produced "American Landscape" on Broadway. Drama. Written / directed by Elmer Rice. Cort Theatre: 3 Dec 1938-Jan 1939 (closing date unknown/43 performances). Cast: Jules Bennett (as "Paul Kutno"), Donald Cook (as "Gerald Spinner"), John Hammond Dailey (as "Patrick O'Brien"; final Broadway role), Pierre D'Ennery (as "Henri Dupont"), Charles Dingle (as "Capt. Samuel Dale"), Isobel Elsom (as "Moll Flanders"), Lillian Foster (as "Harriet Beecher Stowe"), Phoebe Foster (as "Carlotta Dale"), Rachel Hartzell (as "Frances Dale Spinner"), Alfred Hesse (as "Klaus Stillgebauer"), Ethel Intropidi (as "Abby Kutno"), George Macready (as "Capt. Anthony Dale"), Con MacSunday (as "Capt. Heinrich Kleinschmidt"), Howard Miller (as "William Fiske"), Theodore Newton (as "Joe Kutno"), Patricia Palmer (as "Betty Kutno"), Emory Richardson (as "Rev. Jasper Washington"), Philip Singer (as "Abraham Cohen"), Aage Steenshorne (as "Nils Karenson"), Charles Waldron (as "Capt. Frank Dale"), Sylvia Weld (as "Constance Dale"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- (1939) Stage: Co-produced "Key Largo" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 27 Nov 1939-24 Feb 1940 (105 performances). Cast: Paul Muni (as "King McCloud"), Evelyn Abbott, Richard Barbee (as "Mr. Wheeler"), Richard Bishop, Helen Carroll, William Challee (as "Osceola Horn"), Richard Cowdery, Crahan Denton, Charles Ellis, Alfred Etcheverry, John Fearnley, José Ferrer (as "Victor D'Alcala"), James Gregory (as "Jerry"; Broadway debut), Uta Hagen (as "Alegre D'Alcala"), Goldie Hannelin, Averell Harris, Ethel Jackson, Harold Johnsrud, Karl Malden (as "Hunk"), Ruth March, Norma Millay, Hudson Shotwell, Ralph Theodore, Frederic Tozere (as "Murillo"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- (1940) Stage: Co-produced "Two On An Island" on Broadway. Comedy. Written / directed by Elmer Rice. Incidental music by Kurt Weill. Scenic / Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner. Broadhurst Theatre: 22 Jan 1940-13 Apr 1940 (22 performances). Cast: Luther Adler (as "Lawrence Ormont"), Roberta Bellinger, Herschel Bentley, Whit Bissell (as "Frederic Winthorp"), Alvin Childress, John Craven, Howard Da Silva (as "The Sightseeing Guide"), Dorothy Darling, Evelyn Davis, Edward Downes, Betty Field (as "Mary Ward"), Virginia Girvin, Frederica Going, Norma Green, Terry Harris, Martha Hodge, Charles La Torre, Eva Langbord, Larri Lauria, Adele Longmire, Harriet E. MacGibbon (as "Helen Ormont"), Assotta Marshall, Roderick Maybee, Earl McDonald, Mary Michael, Sellwyn Myers, Robert O'Brien, Sara Peyton, John Philliber, Hilary Phillips, Charles Polacheck, Helen Renee, Martin Ritt (as "Samuel Brodsky"), Arthur L. Sachs, Lucille Sears, Don Shelton, Aage Steenshorne, Earl Sydnor, Ann Thomas, John Triggs, Rudolph Weiss, Dora Weissman, Joan Wetmore, Robert Williams. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- (1940) Stage: Wrote / co-produced "There Shall Be No Night", produced on Broadway. Drama. Scenic Design by Richard Whorf. Costume Design by Valentina. Directed by Alfred Lunt. Alvin Theatre: 29 Apr 1940-9 Aug 1940 (115 performances). Cast: Charles Ansley (as "Joe Burnett"), Charva Chester (as "Ilma"), Montgomery Clift (as "Erik Valkonen"), Maurice Colbourne (as "Dr. Ziemssen"), Robert Downing (as "Photographer"), Lynn Fontanne (as "Miranda Valkonen"), Elisabeth Fraser (as "Kaatri Alquist"), Thomas Gomez (as "Ben Gichner"), Sydney Greenstreet (as "Uncle Waldemar"), Claude Horton (as "Sgt. Gosden"), William LeMassena (as "Frank Olmstead"), Alfred Lunt (as "Dr. Kaarlo Valkonen"), Ralph Nelson (as "Photographer"), Edward Raquello (as "Maj. Rutkowski"), Phyllis Thaxter (as "Lempi"), Brooks West (as "Gus Shuman"), Richard Whorf (as "Dave Corween"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard). NOTE: It is the only one of Sherwood's well-known plays that was never filmed.
- (1940) Stage: Wrote "There Shall Be No Night", produced on Broadway. Drama [return engagement]. Scenic Design by Richard Whorf. Costume Design by Valentina. Stage Manager: Charva Chester. Assistant Stage Mgr.: Ralph Nelson and Robert Downing. Directed by Alfred Lunt. Alvin Theatre: 9 Sep 1940-2 Nov 1940 (66 performances). Cast: Lynn Fontanne (as "Miranda Valkonen"), Alfred Lunt (as "Dr. Kaarlo Valkonen"), Charles Ansley (as "Joe Burnett"), Charva Chester (as "Ilma"), Montgomery Clift (as "Erik Valkonen"), Maurice Colbourne (as "Dr. Ziemssen"), Donald Fox (as "Photographer"), Elisabeth Fraser (as "Kaatri Alquist"), Thomas Gomez (as "Ben Gichner"), Sydney Greenstreet (as "Uncle Waldemar"; final Broadway role), Claude Horton (as "Sgt. Gosden"), William LeMassena (as "Frank Olmstead"), Ralph Nelson (as "Photographer"), Edward Raquello (as "Maj. Rutkowski"), Phyllis Thaxter (as "Lempi"), Brooks West (as "Gus Shuman"), Richard Whorf (as "Dave Corween"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- (1943) Stage: Co-produced "The Patriots" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Sidney Kingsley. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Rose Bogdanoff and Toni Ward. Lighting Design by Moe Hack. Directed by Shepard Traube. National Theatre: 29 Jan 1943-26 Jun 1943 (173 performances). Cast: Roland Alexander (as "Mr. Fenno"), Leslie Bingham (as "Mrs. Conrad"), Francis Compton (as "Col. Humphrey"), Thomas Dillon (as "Jacob"), Madge Evans (as "Patsy"), Doe Doe Green (as "James Monroe"), Cecil Humphreys (as "George Washington"), House Jameson (as "Alexander Hamilton"), Raymond Edward Johnson (as "Thomas Jefferson"), Peg La Centra (as "Mrs. Hamilton"), Judson Laire (as "James Monroe"), Robert Lance (as "Butler"), Hope Lange (as "Anne Randolph"; Broadway debut), Jack Lloyd (as "George Washington Lafayette"), Ross Matthew (as "Doctor"), George Mitchell (as "Ned"), Henry Mowbray (as "Henry Knox"), Billy Nevard (as "Thomas Jefferson Randolph"), Frances Reid (as "Martha"), Byron Russell (as "Captain"), John Souther (as "James Madison"), Victor Southwick (as "Sergeant"), John Stephen (as "Frontiersman"), Philip White (as "Mat"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard) and Rowland Stebbins.
- (1945) Stage: Wrote "The Rugged Path", produced on Broadway. Costume Design by Valentina. Lighting / Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Garson Kanin. Plymouth Theatre: 10 Nov 1945- 19 Jan 1946 (81 performances). Cast: Spencer Tracy (as "Morey Vinion"), Paul Alberts, Sandy Campbell, Vito Christi, Clay Clement (as "Col. Rainsford"), Ralph Cullinan (as "Pete Kenneally"), Conrad De La Cruz, Frank De Silva, Nita De Sota, Nick Dennis (as "Fred"), Annette Erlanger, Howard Ferguson, Lawrence Fletcher, Henry Lascoe, Theodore Leavitt, Kay Loring (as "Hazel"), Gordon Nelson, Simeon Ochoco, Cleto M. Oliveras, Eliseo Parrenas, Theodora Racaza, Edward Raquello, Emory Richardson, Francisco Salvacion, William Sands, Peggy Sanford, Lynn Shubert, Martha Sleeper, Margot Stevenson (as "Edith Bowsmith"), David Stone, Clinton Sundberg (as "George Bowsmith"), Sam Sweet, Robin Taylor, Herbert Urbano, Mamerto Ventura, Ernest Woodward, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (as "Gil Hartnick"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard). NOTE: Production marked Spencer Tracy's only return to the Broadway stage after his entry into films.
- (1949) Stage: Wrote book for "Miss Liberty", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music/lyrics by Irving Berlin. Musical Director: Jay Blackton. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Dance arrangements by Genevieve Pitot. Vocal arrangements by Jay Blackton. Piano Arrangements by Helmy Kresa. "Train" Dance Arrangement by Trude Rittman. Choreographed by Jerome Robbins. General Manager: Victor Samrock. Directed by Moss Hart. Imperial Theatre: 15 Jul 1949-8 Apr 1950 (308 performances). Cast: Eddie Albert (as "Horace Miller"), Stephanie Augustine (as "A Model" / "Singer"), Herbert Berghof (as "Bartholdi"), Lewis Bolyard (as "A Brother" / "Singer"), Forrest Bonshire (as "A Shark" / "Dancer"), Philip Bourneuf (as "Joseph Pulitzer"), William B. Calhoun (as "A Boy"), Irene Carroll (as "Singer"), Ed Chappel (as "A Lover" / "A Minister" / "Singer"), Leonard Claret (as "A Shark" / "Strong Man" / "Dancer"), David Collyer (as "A Brother" / "Singer"), Virginia Conwell (as "Acrobat" / "Reception Delegate" / Dancer"), Trudy Deluz (as "A Model"), Charles Dingle (as "James Gordon Bennett"), Norma Doggett (as "Dancer"), Marilyn Frechette (as "A Model" / "A Socialite"), Dolores Goodman (as "Reception Delegate" / "The Sailor's Girl" / "Dancer"), Ethel Griffies (as "The Countess"), Patricia Hammerlee (as "Dancer"), Fred Hearn (as "Reception Delegate" / "Dancer"), Maria Karnilova (as "The Girl" / "Ruby"), Allen Knowles (as "A Shark:" / "Reception Delegate" / "Dancer"), Eric Kristen (as "The Judge" / "The Train" / "Dancer"), Bob Kryl (as "Boy #1" / "Newsboy"), Ernest Laird (as "Boy #2" / "Newsboy"), Sid Lawson (as "Carthwright"), Mary McCarty (as "Maisie Doll"), Donald McClelland (as "The Mayor, Richard K. Fox"), Allyn Ann McLerie (as "Monique DuPont"), Joe Milan (as "Acrobat" / "The Train" / "Dancer"), Robert Pagent (as "A Shark" ' /"Dancer"), Gloria Patrice (as "A Maid" / "Dancer"), Robert Patterson (as "An Admiral" / "A Policeman" / "Singer"), Robert Penn (as "A Gendarme" / "Singer"), Eddie Phillips (as "Acrobat" / "The Train" / "A Sailor" / "Dancer"), Tommy Rall (as "The Boy" / "Another Lamplighter" / "The Dandy"), Emile Renan (as "French Ambassador"), Johnny V.R. Thompson (as "A Lamplighter"), Evans Thornton (as "Police Captain" / "The Policeman" / "Immigration Officer" / "Singer"), Bob Tucker (as "Reception Delegate" / "Dancer"), Rowan Tudor (as "The Herald Reader"), Elizabeth Watts (as "The Mother"), Helene Whitney. Produced by Irving Berlin, Robert E. Sherwood and Moss Hart.
- (1951) Stage: Wrote "Idiot's Delight", produced on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Scenic Design by Eldon Elder. Directed by George Schaefer. City Center: 23 May 1951-unknown (10 performances). Cast: Sybil Baker (as "Mrs. Cherry"), Rita Barry (as "Francine"), Martine Bartlett (as "Signora Rossi"), John C. Becher (as "Dumptsy"), Louis Borell (as "Capt. Locicero"), Stiano Broggiotti (as "Achille Weber"), Ruth Chatterton (as "Irene"), Irene Dailey (as "Shirley"), Michael DuChesne (as "Musician"), Scott Fielding (as "2nd Officer"), Alan Furlan (as "Major"), Gretchen Houser (as "Beulah"), Bruce Jewell (as "4th Officer"), Max Marlin (as "Musician"), Sarah Marshall (as "Anna"), Felice Orlandi (as "3rd Officer"), Nancy Pearson (as "Edna"), Sidney Rich (as "Musician"), Emmett Rogers (as "Quillery"), Rock Rogers (as "Pittaluga"), Winston Ross (as "Mr. Cherry"), Dan Rubinate (as "1st Officer"), Phil Salomon (as "Musician"), Stefan Schnabel (as "Dr. Waldersee"), Chester Stratton (as "Donald Navadel"), Theodore Tenley (as "Auguste"), Lee Tracy (as "Harry Van"), Lillian Udvardy (as "Bebe"), John Weaver (as "Signor Rossi"), Joanne Woodlock (as "Elaine:). Produced by New York City Theatre Company.
- (1952) Stage: Co-produced "Mr. Pickwick" on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Written by Stanley Young. Based on incidents from "The Pickwick Papers" by Charles Dickens. Production Design by Kathleen Ankers. Directed by John Burrell. Plymouth Theatre (moved to The John Golden Theatre from 27 Oct 1952- close): 17 Sep 1952-8 Nov 1952 (61 performances). Cast: Wallace Acton (as "Wilberforce"), C.K. Alexander (as "Joe" / "Twinkey"), Jacques Aubuchon (as "Mr. Buzfuz"), Philippa Bevans (as "Mrs. Weller"), Richard Case (as "Tommy"), Jane Cooke (as "Miss Emily Wardle"), Neil Fitzgerald (as "Mr. Wardle"), Nigel Green (as "Mr. Jingle"), Louis Hector (as "Mr. Weller"), Nora Howard (as "Mrs. Bardell"), George Howe (as "Mr. Pickwick"), Basil Howes (as "Mr. Stiggins"), Anthony Kemble-Cooper (as "Mr. Snodgrass"), Lucie Lancaster (as "Mrs. Cluppins"), Sarah Marshall (as "Mary"), Earl Montgomery (as "Mr. Tupman"), Dolores Pigott (as "Miss Isabella Wardle"), William Podmore (as "Justice"), Clive Revill (as "Sam Weller"), Kurt Richards (as "Mr. Perker"), Derek Tansley (as "Mr. Winkle"), Nydia Westman (as "Miss Rachel Wardle"), Estelle Winwood (as "Mrs. Leo Hunter"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard).
- (1955) Stage: Co-produced "Once Upon A Tailor" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Baruch Lumet. Incidental music by Sol Kaplan. Book adapted by Henry Sherman. Scenic Design by Boris Aronson. Costume / Lighting Design by Paul Morrison. Directed by Joseph Anthony. Cort Theatre: 23 May 1955-28 May 1955 (8 performances). Cast: Anita Cooper(as "Sheindel"), Rebecca Darke (as "Elka"), Peter Fernandez (as "Bertzi"), Anne Hegira (as "Sorelle"), Oskar Karlweis (as "Frenzl"; final Broadway role), Adelaide Klein (as "Chana Bayle"), Jimmy Oster (as "Leibel"), Milton Selzer (as "Mechel"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood [final Broadway production during lifetime; he would continue to receive producer credits until 1993], Sidney Howard) and George Boroff.
- (1956) Stage: Co-produced "The Ponder Heart" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Based on a story by Eudora Welty. Music Advisor: Lehman Engel. Stage Manager: Tony Kraber. Directed by Robert Douglas. Music Box Theatre: 16 Feb 1956- 23 Jun 1956 (149 performances). Cast: David Wayne (as "Uncle Daniel Ponder"), Will Geer (as "Dorris R. Gladney"), Juanita Hall (as "Narciss"), Don Hanmer (as "De Yancey Clanahan"), Sarah Marshall (as "Bonnie Dee Ponder"), Una Merkel (as "Edna Earle Ponder"), Daniel Bergin (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Joe Bishop (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Theodore Browne (as "Jacob"), Edwin Buckley (as "Purdel Peacock"), Vinie Burrows (as "Sarah"), William Dwyer (as "Clyde"), Mary Farrell (as "Mrs. Bodkin"), Donald Foster (as "Dr. Eubanks"), Tom Geraghty (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Barbara Jean Gilliam (as "Eloise"), Harold Grau (as "Mr. Peacock"), Jim Holden (as "Jurors and Spectators"), J. Talbot Holland (as "Al"), James Karr (as "Clerk"), Charlotte Klein (as "Mrs. Peacock"), Johnny Klein (as "Rodney"), Richard Klein (as "Bruce Peacock"), Tony Kraber (as "Bailiff"), David Leland (as "Mr. Springer"), Alan Manson (as "Foreman"), Dwight Marfield (as "Truex Bodkin"), John Marriott (as "Big John"), Junior Marshall (as "Willie"), John McGovern (as "Judge Waite"), Helen Quarrier (as "Treva Peacock"), Richard Rothrock (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Jeanne Shelley (as "Johnnie Ree Peacock"), Lieselotte Singer (as "Jurors and Spectators"), Ruth White (as "Teacake Magee"), Noel Williams (as "Sam"). Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, S.N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard). Note: Una Merkel was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic).
- (1963) Stage: Wrote source material (play "Tovarich", w/Jacques Deval)) for "Tovarich" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Based on a book by David Shaw. Music by Lee Pockriss. Lyrics by Anne Croswell. Musical Director / Vocal Arrangements by Stanley Lebowsky. Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang. "You'll Make an Elegant Butler (I'll Make an Elegant Maid)" by Joan Javits and Philip Springer. Dance music composed by Lee Pockriss. Additional dance music by Dorothea Freitag. Translation of "Tovarich" from the original French of Jacques Deval by 'Bettina Liebowitz Knapp' and Alba della Fazia. Assistant Musical Dir.: Milton Setzer. Directed by Peter Glenville. Broadway Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 10 Jun 1963-28 Sep 1963 then moved to The Winter Garden Theatre from 7 Oct 1963 to close): 18 Mar 1963-9 Nov 1963 (264 performances). Cast: Jean-Pierre Aumont, Vivien Leigh (as "Tatiana"), George S. Irving, Louise Kirkland, Alexander Scourby (as "Gorotchenko"), Louise Troy, Tom Abbott, Lorenzo Blanco, Antony De Vecci, Alice Evans, Marion Fels, Carol Flemming, Michele Franchi, Katia Geleznova, William Glassman, Margery Gray, Harald Horn, Del Horstmann, Bettye Jenkins, Barney Johnston, Pat Kelly, Michael Kermoyan, Jeff Killion, Dale Malone, Don McHenry, Charlene Mehl, Rita Metzger, Paul Michael, Byron Mitchell, Barbara Monte, Will Parkins, William Reilly, Barbara Richman, Larry Roquemore, Elliott Savage, Maggie Task, Eleanore Treiber, Joan Trona, Gene Varrone. Produced by Abel Farbman and Sylvia Harris.
- (1934) Stage: Wrote "Reunion in Vienna," performed at the Lyric Theatre in London, England, with Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne and Cecil Parker in the cast.
- (1971) Stage: Wrote "Reunion in Vienna," performed in a Chichester Festival Production at Chichester, Sussex, England, with Margaret Leighton, Michael Aldridge, Beatrix Lehmann and Nigel Patrick in the cast. Frith Banbury was director.
- (1948) Biography: "Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History".
- (1930) Stage: Wrote "The Road to Rome," performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, with Alice Brady and Pedro de Cordoba in the cast.
- (1937) Stage: Wrote "The Petrified Forest," performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, with Phillips Holmes and Martha Scott in the cast.
- (1938) Stage: Wrote "The Road to Rome," performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, with Jane Cowl in the cast.
- (1938) Stage: Wrote "Idiots' Delight," performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA, with Phil Baker and Mary Brian in the cast.
- (2/19/28) Stage: Wrote "The Road to Rome," performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, OH, with Grace George in the cast.
- (3/15/37) Stage: Wrote "Idiot's Delight," performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, OH, with Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, George Meader, Stephen Sandes, Barry Thomson, S. Thomas Gomes, Edgar Barrier, Edward Raquello, Sydney Greenstreet, Bretaigne Windust (also director), Jean MacIntyre, Jacqueline Paige, Connie Crowell, Frances Foley, Etna Ross, Marjorie Baglin, Ruth Timmons, Charles Ansley, Winston Ross, Gilmore Bush, David Selva, 'Richard Whorf' (q), LeRoi Operti, Ernestine De Becker, Gordon Nelson, Una Val and Francis Compton in the cast. Lee Simonson was set designer. Morgan Lewis was choreographer.
- (3/24/36) Stage: Wrote "Idiot's Delight," performed at the Sam. S. Shubert Theatre in New York City. Ran for 300 performances.
- (10/4/37) Stage: Translated Jacques Deval's play, "Tovarich," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, OH, with Rudolph Forster, Marta Abba, Polly De Loos, Bram Nossen, Ernest Lawford, Aristides De Leon, Margaret Dale, Jay Fassett, Barbara Gott, James E. Truex, Amanda Duff, Oscar Sterling, Leni Stengel, Andora Andrews, and Cecil Humphreys in the cast. Raymond Sovey was set designer. Gilbert Miller was producer / director.
- (12/12/39) Stage: Wrote "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, OH, with Raymond Massey (as "President Abraham Lincoln") in the cast.
- (11/18/40) Stage: Wrote "There Shall Be No Night," performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, OH, with Montgomery Clift, Alfred Lunt, and Lynn Fontanne in the cast.
- (7/20/43) Stage: Wrote "The Petrified Forest," performed at the Hanna Theater in Cleveland, OH, with Eddie Dowling in the cast.
- (11/13/44) Stage: Adapted "Rebecca", by Daphne Du Maurier, performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, OH, with Florence Reed' in the cast.
- Playwright: "Jupiter's Darling" (filmed as Jupiter's Darling (1955).
- (May 18 to June 24, 1979) His play, "Idiot's Delight," was performed at The Arena Stage Theatre in Washington D.C. Edward Cornell was director.
- (March 17 to April 25, 1970) His play, "Idiot's Delight," was performed at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California with Jack Lemmon, Rosemary Harris and Sam Jaffe in the cast. Garson Kanin was director.
- (1975) His play, "The Petrified Forest," was performed in an Oregon Shakespeare Festival production at the Angus Bowmer Theatre in Ashland, Oregon. Jerry Turner was director and artistic director.
- (June 5 to 14, 1930) His play, "The Queen's Husband," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Charles Levison was director.
- (February 1 to 12, 1938) His play, "Idiot's Delight," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California with Robert Preston and Gwen Horn Wilson in the cast. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Hale McKeen was director.
- (July 10 to 15, 1945) His play, "The Petrified Forest," was performed in Eleventh Midsummer Festival (Living American Playwrights) production at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Onslow Stevens was director.
- (October 27 to November 7, 1948) His play, "Road to Rome," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Barbara Vajda was director.
- (August 21 to September 17, 1952) His play, "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," was performed in an Eighteenth Midsummer Festival (Plays about Great Americans) production at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Morris Ankrum was director.
- (Summer 1947) His' play, "The Petrified Forest," was performed in a Kenley Players production in Deer Lake, Pennsylvania with Conrad Nagel in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director.
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