- Poem: "Go Down, Death!" (filmed as Go Down, Death! (1945))
- (1927) Book: "God's Trombones"
- (1930) Book: "Black Manhattan"
- (1930) Book of verse: "St. Peter Relates an Incident of the Resurrection Day"
- (1934) Book: "Negro Americans, What Now?"
- (1934) Book: "Along This Way"
- (1936) Poetry book: "Selected Poems"
- Poem: "Creation" (filmed as Five (1951)).
- (1912) Novel: "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man".
- (1917) Poetry book: "Fifty Years and Other Poems"
- (1920) Book: "Self-Determining Haiti"
- (1900 - 1930) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1900) Stage Play: The Rogers Brothers in Central Park. Musical/farce/vaudeville. Music by Maurice Levi. Book by John J. McNally. Lyrics by J. Cheever Goodwin. Musical Director: Maurice Levi. Additional music by J. Rosamond Johnson [credited as J. Rosamond Johnson]. Additional lyrics by James Weldon Johnson [earliest Broadway credit] and Bob Cole [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Ben Teal. Victoria Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House on 1 Apr 1901 to close): 17 Sep 1900- Apr 1901 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Jeanette Bageard (as "Marie LeHaute"), James Cherry (as "Con Maguffin/Park Policeman/Chief Inspector") [Broadway debut], Mildred Claire (as "Willie Want"), Elsie Davis (as "Carrie Page"), Leonie Dueth (as "Daisy Money"), Della Fox (as "Belle Money"), Emma Francis (as "Constance Strain"), Grace Freeman (as "Rose Merri"), Lee Harrison (as "Ben Dunne"), Carl King (as "Lavord/Inspector Botts"), Marion Langdon (as "Floretta Diggs"), Joseph Merrick (as "Inspector Wotts"), George H. Nagel (as "Inspector Dotts"), Eugene O'Rourke (as "Al Money"), John Page (as "Sam Clippe"), Madge Pierce (as "Sisie Camera"), Ruth Renard (as "Charlie Plenty"), Gus Rogers (as "Marcus Blatter"), Max Rogers (as "Lucas Stucke"), Gertrude Say (as "Ezi Money"), Edith St. Clair (as "Bettina Betts"), Margaret Stewart (as "Cora De Fitzmaurice"), May Taylor (as "Lucy Ricky"), Willie Torpey (as "Tom Swift"), Hattie Waters (as "Alona Money"), William West (as "George Merri"), Dollie Wiggins (as "Helen Money"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1900) Stage Play: The Belle of Bridgeport. Farce. Written by Glen MacDonough. Music by J. Rosamond Johnson. Lyrics by Bob Cole and James Weldon Johnson. Additional music by William J. Accooe, William Jefferson and Cecilia Loftus [credited as Cissie Loftus]. Additional lyrics by William Jefferson, Cecilia Loftus [credited as Cissie Loftus] and William J. Accooe. Musical Director: Watty Hydes. Directed by George A. Beane. Bijou Theatre: 29 Oct 1900- 8 Dec 1900 (45 performances). Cast: Grace Almy (as "Miss Green"), George A. Beane (as "John Smith"), Edith Blair (as "Miss Roberts"), Jane Burby (as "Mrs. John Smith"), Roland Carter (as "Dr. Luke Craven"), Charles Church (as "Phil Bonhomie"), Lillie Collins (as "Mamie Cassidy"), Mabel Florence (as "Jessica"), Ruth Grey (as "Miss Black"), Raymond Hitchcock (as "Bokhara Skitbollitski"), Alice Howard (as "Mary Doyle"), May Irwin (as "Ariel Smith"), Frank M. Johnson (as "A.J. Factor"), Gussie Jones (as "Parepa Box"), Jacques Kruger (as "Ferdinand"), James McDonough (as "Roundsman Sharp"), Sadie Peters (as "Agnes Crane"), Charles Prince (as "Alonzo Topping"), Helen Rainsley (as "Mrs. Marion Colby"), Bert Thayer (as "Malcolm Crane"), Queenie Vassar (as "Miss Popkins"), Frank H. White (as "Ethelbert Box"), Anne Woodward (as "Miss White"). Produced by May Irwin.
- (1900) Stage Play: Madge Smith, Attorney. Comedy/farce. Written by Ramsay Morris. Music by Dave Reed Jr., A. Baldwin Sloane, Francis Bryant, Ernest Hogan and Theodore H. Northrup. Additional music by James O'Dea. Musical Director: Watty Hydes. Featuring songs by J. Rosamond Johnson and Cissie Loftus. Featuring songs with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson, Cissie Loftus and Bob Cole. Directed by Louis Harrison. Bijou Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House 25 Mar 1901- close): 10 Dec 1900- Mar 1901 (closing date unknown/46 performances). Cast: May Irwin (as "Mrs. Madge Smith"), Grace Almy (as "Flossy Greensleeves"), George A. Beane (as "John Smith"), Edythe Blair (as "Diana Blush"), Edward Bowen (as "Another Detective"), Roland Carter (as "Judge of Police Court, Montressor Bing"), Charles Church (as "Clerk of Police Court"), Mabel Florence (as "Clarice Gay"), Frank W. Johnson (as "Upson Downes"), Jacques Kruger (as "Wilson"), James M. MacDonough (as "Detective"), Ignacio Martinetti (as "Count Cotton"), Sadie Peters (as "Bijou Leech"), Alice Sands (as "Kate Maxwell"), Joseph M. Sparks (as "Ajax O'Shaughnessey"), Bert Thayer (as "Gunnington Swift"), Anne Woodward (as "Cissy Peachblow"). Produced by May Irwin.
- (1901) Stage Play: The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast. Musical extravaganza. Music by J.M. Glover and Frederick Solomon. Book by Arthur Collins and J. Hickory Wood. Book adapted by John J. McNally and J. Cheever Goodwin. Lyrics by J. Cheever Goodwin. Musical Director: Frederick J. Solomon. Featuring songs by J. Rosamond Johnson and Jean Schwartz. Featuring songs with lyrics by Bob Cole, James Weldon Johnson', William Jerome and Vincent Bryan. Choreographed by Ernest D'Auban. Directed by Ben Teal and Marshall Moore. Broadway Theatre: 4 Nov 1901- 31 May 1902 (241 performances). Cast: James Beall (as "Chorus"), Harry Bulger (as "King Bardout"), Anna Carr (as "Dora/Chorus"), Joseph Cawthorn (as "Lena"), Nora Cecil (as "Algie"), Kathryn Colvin (as "Eglantine"), Phoebe Coyne (as "Malevolentia"), Maude Cummings (as "Nora"), Nina Fitzwilliams (as "Freddie"), Mazie Follette (as "Chorus"), Viola Gillette (as "Prince Charming"), Florence Hengler (as "Flossie"), May Hengler (as "Lord Jocelyn"), Lillian Hudson (as "Daffodil"), John Hyams (as "Doctor Squills"), Violet Kellogg (as "Jessamine"), Pearl Landers (as "Violet/Evelina"), Lelia Lewis (as "Maudie"), Mlle. Martina (as "Witch's Attendant"), Jeannette Mozar (as "Dash"), Kittie Norman (as "Mignonette"), John Page (as "President Petit"), Nellie Reed (as "Spirit of the Air"), Lillian Rice (as "Flash"), Charles J. Ross (as "Queen Spadia"), Susie Rusholme (as "Columbine/Mariana"), Ella Snyder (as "Princess Beauty"), Bessie Stanton (as "Cora"), Myrtle Steele (as "Gwendoline"), Nellie Thorne (as "Benevolentia"), Virginia Vorhees (as "Claudie"), Jane Whitbeck (as "Reggie"), Annabelle Whitford (as "Johnnie"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1903) Stage Play: Nancy Brown. Musical comedy. Music by Henry K. Hadley. Book by George Broadhurst [credited as George H. Broadhurst] and Frederic Ranken. Lyrics by George Broadhurst and Frederic Ranken. Musical Director: George P. Towle. Featuring songs by Max S. Witte, J. Rosamond Johnson [credited as J. Rosamond Johnson], Louis G. Munz and Eugene Ellsworth. Featuring songs with lyrics by Eugene Ellsworth, Bob Cole, James Weldon Johnson and Aaron Hoffman [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Frank Smithson. Bijou Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House from 26 Oct 1903- close): 16 Feb 1903- Nov 1903 (closing date unknown/112 performances). Cast: Adele Archer (as "Maud"), Ada Bartlett (as "Ensemble"), George Beban (as "Count Fromage de Brie"), Anna Bennett (as "Ensemble"), Judith Berolde (as "The Princess Barboo"), Minna Blackman (as "Ensemble"), Henry Borden (as "Ensemble"), May Bordley (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Botsford (as "Strolling Minstrel"), Aline Boyd (as "Nara"), Alice Brown (as "Ensemble"), Harry Brown (as "Socrates Finis"), Harry Burgess (as "Strolling Minstrel), Marie Cahill (as "Nancy Brown"), Grace Cameron (as "Muriel"), Ethel Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Lita Castello (as "Zuzu"), Gertrude Cochrane (as "Ensemble"), Daniel Corse (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Cumming (as "Ensemble"), Helen Curzon (as "Rena"), Philip Dale (as "Ensemble"), Frank Dearduff (as "The Grand Duke of Drinkamutchsky"), Gertrude Doremus (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Earlcott (as "Ensemble"), Louise Egener (as "Ensemble"), Julie Fenton (as "Ensemble"), Maud Francis (as "Gwendolen"), Florence French (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Gardner (as "Ensemble"), Al Grant (as "Noah Little"), Farron Gray (as "Ensemble"), Jennie Hardy (as "Ensemble"), Sadie Harris (as "Ensemble"), John Havens (as "Lord Worcestershire"), Alfred Hickman (as "Venderhyphen Jenks"), Agnes Hinton (as "Ensemble"), Adelaide Howland (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth King (as "Ensemble"), Alice Knowlton (as "Tutu"), Helen Lathrop (as "Tulu"), Eva Lewis (as "Ensemble"), Ella Mann (as "Ensemble"), Leslie Mayo (as "Sally"), W.W. Meehan (as "Ensemble"), Edythe Moyer (as "Alice"), Jean Newcombe (as "Mrs. John Jenks"), T.R. O'Brian (as "Ensemble"), Ruby Paine (as "Gracie"), Albert Parr (as "Mara Mustapha"), Mlle. Proto (as "The Dancer"), Estelle Rogers (as "Ensemble"), V.A. Rose (as "Ensemble"), Maud Sloane (as "Sadie"), Madison Smith (as "Hullybaloo"), Mason Smith (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Stevens (as "Muley Mustapha"), Rose Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Maude Stillman (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Stuart (as "Ensemble"), Beth Titus (as "Ensemble"), G.M. Vale (as "Ensemble"), Henry Vogel (as "Baron Sauerbraten"). Produced by Daniel V. Arthur.
- (1903) Stage Play: In Dahomey. Musical/farce.
- (1904) Stage Play: Humpty Dumpty. Musical. Music by J.W. Johnson, Bob Cole, J. Rosamond Johnson, J.M. Glover and Frederick Solomon. Written by Arthur Collins and J. Hickory Wood. Lyrics by James Weldon Johnson, Bob Cole, Rosamond Johnson, J.M. Glover and Frederick Solomon. Book adapted by John J. McNally. Choreographed by Ernest D'Auban. New Amsterdam Theatre: 14 Nov 1904- 4 Mar 1905 (132 performances). Cast: David Abrams, Maud Lillian Berri, Hilarion Ceballos, Lillian Coleman, Arthur Conquest, Nellie Daly, Mlle. Grigolatis, John McVeigh, Frank Moulan, J.H. Powers, Fredericka Raymond, Nora Sarony, George Schiller, William C. Schrode, Joseph C. Smith. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1904) Stage Play: In Newport. Musical/burlesque. Music by James Weldon Johnson, Bob Cole and J. Rosamond Johnson. Book by John J. McNally. Lyrics by James Weldon Johnson, Bob Cole and Rosamond Johnson. Directed by Herbert Gresham and Ned Wayburn. Liberty Theatre: 26 Dec 1904- 14 Jan 1905 (24 performances). Cast: Gussie Bennett (as "Millie"), Florence Brennan (as "Piano Girl"), Mildred Claire (as "Carrie"), Joseph Coyne (as "Percy Van Alstyne"), Peter F. Dailey (as "Alert Pincherton"), Virginia Earle (as "Viola Cartwright"), Alfred Fisher (as "Burton"), Lee Harrison (as "John Bankwell"), Lillian Hudson (as "Maizie Mason"), Louis Kelso (as "Harvey Haws"), Peggy Lawton (as "Daisy"), Charles F. MacDonald (as "Neil Nelson"), Edith Milward (as "Lorette"), Alice Palmer (as "May"), Irene Palmer (as "Fay"), Elphye Snowden (as "Lillian Bankwell"), Sue Stuart (as "Belle Martelle"), Fay Templeton (as "Mlle. Fleurette"), Frank Todd (as "Jim Props"), Edith Yerrington (as "Mrs. Jack Bankwell"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1906) Stage Play: Humpty Dumpty. Musical (revival).
- (1907) Stage Play: The Shoo-Fly Regiment. Musical comedy.
- (1930) Stage Play: Kilpatrick's Old-Time Minstrels. Musical/minstrel. Featuring songs by George Evans, James Weldon Johnson [final Broadway credit during lifetime], Banks Winter, Theo A. Metz, R.C. MacPherson, Elmer Bowman and Chris Smith. Featuring songs with lyrics by Bob Cole, Ren Shields, Banks Winter, Theo A. Metz, R.C. MacPherson, Elmer Bowman and Chris Smith. Source Material Edited by Henry Myers. Musical Staging by Donald Heywood. Directed by Jesse A. Shipp. Royale Theatre: 19 Apr 1930- 26 Apr 1930 (9 performances). Cast: George Battles, Tom Bethel, Harrison Blackburn, Thomas H. Brandon, J. Mardo Brown, John W. Cooper, William Cornish, Louis Craddock, Amon Davis, Rudolph Dawson, Billy Demont, Sidney Easten, William Hart, Donald Hayes, Bert Howell, "Jarahal", J. Lewis Johnson, John La Rue, James K. Love, Stanford McKissick, Dan C. Michaels, J. W. Mobley, George Myrick, George W. Nixon, R.C. Raines, Henry Troy. Produced by Thomas Kilpatrick.
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