- (1893 - 1922) Active on Broadway [often credited as W.H. Thompson] in the following productions:
- (1893) Stage Play: The Girl I Left Behind Me. Written by David Belasco and Franklin Fyles. Empire Theatre: 25 Jan 1893- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Orrin Johnson, Cyril Scott [Broadway debut], William H. Thompson (credited as W.H. Thompson) [Broadway debut] , Wallace Eddinger, Katherine Florence, Edna Wallace Hopper (credited as Edna Wallace) [Broadway debut].
- (1893) Stage Play: The Younger Son. Written by David Belasco. Empire Theatre: 24 Oct 1893- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Viola Allen, William Faversham, Henry Miller, May Robson, William H. Thompson [credited as W.H. Thompson], Edna Wallace Hopper [credited as Edna Wallace].
- (1895) Stage Play: The Great Diamond Robbery. Written by Edward M. Alfriend and A.C. Wheeler. American Theatre: 4 Sep 1895- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: George C. Boniface (as "Mr. Bulford"), B.R. Graham (as "Sheeny Ike"), Katherine Grey (as "Mary Lavelot"), Fanny Janauschek (as "Mother Rosenbaum"), Orrin Johnson (as "Frank Kennett"), George W. Middleton (as "Count Garbiadoff") [Broadway debut], William H. Thompson [credited as W.H. Thompson] (as "Dick Brummage"), Blanche Walsh (as "Mrs. Bulford"), Odell Williams (as "Senator McSorker").
- (1896) Stage Play: The Gay Mr. Lightfoot. Farce. Written by Louis De Lange and Lee Arthur. Bijou Theatre: 16 Dec 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Mabel Amber (as "Mrs. Beaumont"), Charles Bradshaw (as "Te Jim"), Frederic Conger (as "Lieutenant Farsely"), Bijou Fernandez (as "Helen"), Agnes Findlay (as "Ellen Opie"), Wright Huntington (as "Mr. Jerome"), William H. Thompson [credited as W.H. Thompson] (as "Mr. Lightfoot").
- (1899) Stage Play: A Greek Slave. Musical comedy. Music by Sidney Jones. Additional music by Lionel Monckton. Book by Owen Hall. Lyrics by Harry Greenbank and Adrian Ross. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Herald Square Theatre: 28 Nov 1899- 23 Dec 1899 (29 performances). Cast: Minnie Ashley (as "Iris"), Mittie Atherton (as "Tullia"), Adine Bouvier (as "Flavia"), Ethel Brougham (as "Circe"), Richard Carle (as "Heliodoris"), Hugh Chilvers (as "Diomed"), Minnie Halsey (as "Cornelia"), William Maitland (as "Silius"), Kate Michelena (as "Antonia"), Dorothy Morton (as "Maia"), Ole Norman (as "Lollius"), Albert A. Parr (as "Archias"), Inez Rae (as "Licinea"), 'Marion Singer' (qv_ (as "Melanopis"), Herbert Sparling (as "Marcus Pomponius"), Arthur Stanford (as "Curius"), William H. Thompson [credited as W.H. Thompson] (as "Manlius"). Produced by F.C. Whitney. Produced by arrangement with The Augustin Daly Estate.
- (1900) Stage Play: A Royal Family. Comedy. Written by Capt. R. Marshall. Incidental music by William Furst. Directed by Joe Humphries [credited as Joseph Humphreys]. Lyceum Theatre: 5 Sep 1900- Feb 1901 (closing date unknown/175 performances). Cast: Richard Bennett, Charles W. Butler, Lloyd B. Carleton, Lawrence D'Orsay, John Edwards, George Forbes, Donald Gallaher, Mrs. G.H. Gilbert, Robert Hickman, George S. Irving, Orrin Johnson, James Kean, Randolph Mordecai, Mabel Morrison, Allan Murnane [credited as Allen Murnane], Charles Richman, Harry Rose, Annie Russell, William H. Thompson [credited as W.H. Thompson], Harris Weed, Ellie Wilton. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1901) Stage Play: Sweet and Twenty. Comedy. Written by Basil Hood. Hoyt's Theatre: 30 Dec 1901- Jan 1902 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Richard Bennett, Sidney Drew, Mrs. Sidney Drew, Donald Gallaher, Annie O'Neill, Harry Rose, Eleanor Sanford, Harry B. Stanford, William H. Thompson. Produced by Charles Frohman. Note: Produced on film by Progress Productions [UK] as Sweet and Twenty (1919) [distributed by Butcher's Film Service].
- (1902) Stage Play: The Toreador. Musical.
- (1902) Stage Play: Sweet and Twenty/The Romanesques [joint production]. Hoyt's Theatre: 13 Jan 1902- Feb 1902 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Sweet and Twenty: Comedy. Written by Basil Hood. Cast: Richard Bennett, Sidney Drew, Mrs. Sidney Drew, Donald Gallaher, Annie O'Neill, Harry Rose, Eleanor Sanford, Harry B. Stanford, William H. Thompson. The Romanesques: Comedy. Written by Edmond Rostand. Cast: Stanley Dark, Ellis N. Harris, Isabel Irving, William H. Thompson [credited as W.H. Thompson], Elizabeth Tyree. Produced by Charles Frohman. Note: Sweet and Twenty as produced on film by Progress Productions [UK] as Sweet and Twenty (1919) [distributed by Butcher's Film Service].
- (1902) Stage Play: The Lady of Lyons. (Revival). Written by Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton. Garrick Theatre: 19 May 1902- May 1902 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Edward Abeles, Macklyn Arbuckle, Edwin Arden, Cosmo Kyrle Bellew, W.E. Chase, Russell Crauford, Charles Haskins, Robert Homans [credited as Robert E. Homans] (Broadway debut), Leonard Ide [Broadway debut], Mrs. W.G. Jones, Mary Mannering, Kate Pattison Selton, Becton Radford, May Seymour, William H. Thompson [credited as W.H. Thompson], Brandon Tynan. Produced by Frank McKee. Notes: (1) Filmed as In the Name of Love (1925) (2) Play was one of the earliest ever recorded on Broadway with the original production dating to 1838 at the Park Theatre (originally named the New Theatre, built in 1798 and which burned down in 1848).
- (1902) Stage Play: Robert Emmet. Melodrama.
- (1902) Stage Play: His Excellency the Governor (Revival). Written by Robert Marshall. Garrick Theatre: 20 Oct 1902- Nov 1902 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Richard Bennett, Leo Ditrichstein, James Erskine, Maggie Holloway Fischer, Beatrice Irwin, Martin Merle, Jesse Millward, Frederick Morris, Thomas Murphy, Reginald Simpson, Edwin Stevens, A.H. Stuart, William H. Thompson. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1902) Stage Play: Imprudence. Comedy. Written by H.V. Esmond. Empire Theatre: 17 Nov 1902- Jan 1903 (closing date unknown/66 performances). Cast: Annie Adams, Richard Bennett, Fay Davis [Broadway debut], Mrs. Georgie Dickson, Helen Douglas, Wallace Erskine, William Faversham, Joseph Francoeur, Charles Harbury, Julian L'Estrange, Jeffreys Lewis, Helen Lowell, Herbert Pollard, H. Carlton Redding, Mrs. Sol Smith, Hilda Spong, Caroline Starbuck, William H. Thompson [credited as W.H. Thompson]. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1902) Stage Play: When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Musical/opera.
- (1903) Stage Play: Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy (revival). Written by 'William Shakespeare (I). Directed by Eugene Wiley Presbrey. Knickerbocker Theatre: 25 May 1903- Jun 1903 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Edwin Arden, F.C. Bangs, H. Kyrle Bellew [credited as Kyrle Bellew] (as "Romeo, son of Montague"), Edmund Breese, George Clarke, T.M. Hunter, Franklyn Hurleigh, Mrs. W.G. Jones (as "Nurse to Juliet"), John E. Kellerd, A.W. Mafflin, E.J. Norris, Eben Plympton(as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo"), W.V. Ranous, Forrest Robinson, Eleanor Robson Belmont [credited as Eleanor Robson] (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), William H. Thompson (as "Friar Laurence, a Franciscan"). Produced by Liebler & Co.
- (1905) Stage Play: London Assurance. Comedy (revival). Written by Dion Boucicault. Directed by Charles Cartwright. Knickerbocker Theatre: 3 Apr 1905- May 1905 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Herbert Ayling (as "Mr. Solomon Isaacs"), Murray Carson (as "Mark Meddle, Attorney-at-law"), Ida Conquest (as "Grace Harkaway"), C.M. Dowd (as "James, Servant at Oak Hall"), Ellis Jeffreys (as "Lady Gay Spanker"), Alfred Lester (as "Martin, Sir Harcourt's butler"), James Neill (as "Dazzle"), Kate Phillips (as "Pert, Grace Harkaway's maid"), Eben Plympton (as "Sir Harcourt Courtly"), Herbert Sleath (as "Cool, Sir Harcourt's valet"), William H. Thompson (as "Max Harkaway"), Ben Webster (as "Charles Courtly"), Joseph Wheelock Jr. (as "Dolly Spanker"). Produced by Liebler & Co.
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