- (1913 - 1950) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1913) Stage Play: The Merchant of Venice. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Harris Theatre: 20 Jan 1913- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Eric Blind, Gordon Burbe [credited as Gordon Burby], Harry Calver, Margaret Cambell, Elwyn Eaton, Roydon Erlynne, Amelia Gardner, George Gat, Charles Howson, Nicholas Joy, John E. Kellerd, Edward MacKay, Isobel Merson, Ernest Rowan [Broadway debut], John Wray [Broadway debut].
- (1913) Stage Play: Oedipus Rex. Tragedy (revival). Written by Sophocles. Garden Theatre: 3 Feb 1913- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Eric Blind, Gordon Burbe [credited as Gordon Burby], Edith Chase, Elwyn Eaton, Roydon Erlynne, Henry Fearing, Lila Dell Frost, Marie Gale, Amelia Gardner, Charles Howson, Nicholas Joy, John E. Kellerd (as "Oedipus Rex"), Isobel Merson, Jessie Murray, Ernest Rowan, Harry Walsh.
- (1925) Stage Play: A Bit of Love. Drama.
- (1918) Stage Play: Julius Caesar. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare.
- (1913) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Garden Theatre: 4 Feb 1913- Feb 1913 (closing date unknown/unknown performances). Cast: Thomas Barry, Eric Blind, Gordon Burbe [credited as Gordon Burby] (as "Claudius, King of Denmark"), Elwyn Eaton (as "Polonius, Lord Chamberlain"), Arthur Edwards, Roydon Erlynne, Henry Fearing (as "Laertes, son to Polonius"), Lila Dell Frost, Amelia Gardner (as "Gertrude, Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet"), David George, Charles Howson, Arthur James, Nicholas Joy, John E. Kellerd (as "Hamlet, son to the late, and nephew to the present King"), Isobel Merson (as "Ophelia, daughter to Polonius"), George Pleydall, Theodore Reyner, Ernest Rowan (as "Ghost"), John Wray.
- (1914) Stage Play: Othello.Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Lyric Theatre: 9 Feb 1914- Feb 1914 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Constance Collier, Pedro de Cordoba, Herbert De Guere, Henley Edwards, Arthur Elliott, Louise Wakelee Elliott, William Faversham (as "Iago'), Frank Howson, Ralph Kemmett, Cecilia Loftus' (as "Desdemona"), R.D. MacLean (as "Othello"), Ernest Rowan, George C. Somnes, Charles Webster.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Weavers. Written by Gerhart Hauptmann. Translated by Mary Morrison. Directed by Augustin Duncan and Emanuel Reicher. Garden Theatre: 14 Dec 1915- Feb 1916 (closing date unknown/87 performances). Cast: Frank Bertrand, Isabel Blanche, Harmon Cheshire, Ogden Child, Alberta Gallatin, Beatrice Harron, John E. Hines, Bertha Mann, Mortimer Martini, Helen May, John S. O'Brien, Emanuel Reicher, Ernest Rowan, Edward Smith, Kraft Walton, Charles Webster, John Wray.
- (1920) Stage Play: George Washington. Historical drama. Written by Percy MacKaye. Lyric Theatre: 1 Mar 1920- Mar 1920 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Richard Abbott, Frank Arundel, Jerome Colamor, W. Donald DuTilly, Donald Foster, Coulter Gains, Katherine Haden, Gerald Hamer, Walter Hampden (as "George Washington/Colonel George Washington/General Washington"), G.F. Hannam-Clark (as "Zekiel"), J. Harry Irvine, Elsie Herndon Kearns, Paul Leyssac (as "Marquis de Lafayette"), Phyllis Loughton, George Marion (as "Quilloquon"), Beth Martin, Beatrice Maude, Bernard Merrick (as "A Virginia Soldier"), Elizabeth Milburn, LeRoi Operti (as "Captain Van Bramm/Selectman") [Broadway debut], Albert Oswald, Beatrice Reinhardt (as "Martha Washington"), Ernest Rowan, Maxwell Ryder (as "Tom Paine"), Nellie Peck Saunders (as "Mammy Sal"), William Sauter (as "Colonel Bicola/Lt. James Monroe/Myles Cooper/The Theatre"). Produced by Walter Hampden.
- (1921) Stage Play: Macbeth. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Walter Hampden. Broadhurst Theatre: 19 Apr 1921- Apr 1921 (closing date unknown/6 performances). Cast: Walter Hampden (as "Macbeth, a general of the Scottish army"), Mary Hall (as "Lady Macbeth"), Richard Abbott (as "Ross, a nobleman"), Roy Bucklee (as "Donalbain, son of Duncan"), Hannam Clark (as "Porter/Third Witch"), Edwin Cushman (as "First Murderer"), Arthur Fox (as "Lennox, a nobleman"), Sara Haden (as "Macduff's Son"), Geneva Harrison (as "Fleance, son of Banquo"), Richard Highley (as "Seyton, an officer attending on Macbeth/Second Murderer"), J. Harry Irvine (as "Macduff, a nobleman of Scotland"), Elsie Herndon Kearns (as "Gentlewoman, Second Witch"), P.J. Kelly (as "Sergeant"), LeRoi Operti (as "Menteith, a nobleman/First Witch"), Ernest Rowan (as "Malcolm, son of Duncan"), William Sauter (as "Banquo, a general of the Scottish army/Doctor"), Netta Sunderland (as "Lady Macduff"), Allen Thomas (as "Duncan, King of Scotland/Siward"). Produced by Walter Hampden.
- (1921) Stage Play: The Servant in the House. Drama (revival). Written by Charles Kennedy. Directed by Walter Hampden. Broadhurst Theatre: 2 May 1921- May 1921 (closing date unknown/3 performances). Cast: Hannam Clark (as "James Ponsonby Makeshyfte, D.D."), Walter Hampden (as "Manson"), Elsie Herndon Kearns (as "Auntie"), Mary Mabel Moore (as "Mary"), LeRoi Operti (as "Rogers"), Ernest Rowan (as "Robert Smith"), William Sauter (as "Reverend William Smythe"). Produced by Walter Hampden.
- (1923) Stage Play: The Jolly Roger. Comedy. Written by A.E. Thomas. National Theatre: 30 Aug 1923- Oct 1923 (closing date unknown/52 performances). Cast: Ruth Chorpenning, Murray Darcy, Pedro de Cordoba, Marcel Dill, Reynolds Evans, Paul Guilfoyle (as "Sebastian") [Broadway debut], C. Norman Hammond, H.E. Humphrey, P.J. Kelly, Joseph Latham, J.R. Lee, Carroll McComas, 'Le Roi Operti' (as "Barney Blum"), Ernest Rowan, William Sauter, William H. Stephens, Allen Thomas.
- (1923) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand. Incidental music from the opera "Cyrano" by Walter Damrosch. Adapted in verse by Brian Hooker. Entire Production Designed and Supervised by Claude Bragdon. Directed by Walter Hampden. National Theatre: 1 Nov 1923- Jun 1924 (closing date unknown/232 performances). Cast: Walter Hampden (as "Cyrano de Bergerac, a Gascon"), John Alexander, Margaret Barnstead, Nina Bruning, Kenneth Burchfield, Ray T. Busch, Ruth Chorpenning (as "Roxane's Duenna"), Lawrence Chrow, Frank Colletti, Hope Coxhead, Miriam Cutler, Marcel Dill, Reynolds Evans (as "Le Vicomte de Valvert/Cadet of Gascoyne"), Jay Fassett (as "A Light Horseman/Cadet of Gascoyne"), Ethel Fisher, Henry Fitzgerald, Charles Francis, Isabel Garland, Henry Goff, William Goodrich, Paul Guilfoyle (as "A Page/Poet"), Mary Hall, C. Norman Hammond (as "Montfleury, a tragic actor/A Capuchin"), H.E. Humphrey, Anthony Jochim, Stan Jones, Elsie Herndon Kearns, P.J. Kelly, Joseph Latham, Paul Leyssac (as "Le Comte de Guiche"), Margaret Low, Alfred Mack, Bernard Max, Carroll McComas (as "Roxane, Cyrano's cousin"), Fred McGuick, Mabel Moore (as "An Orange Girl/Sister Marthe"), Valentine Newmark, LeRoi Operti (as "Jodelet, the comedian/Poet"), Louis Polan, James R. Pray, Ernest Rowan, William Russell, Antonio Salerno, Franklin Salisbury, William Sauter, Bernard Savage, Helena Simkhovitch, William H. Stevens, Allen Thomas, Anne Tonetti, Thomas F. Tracey (as "A Marquis"), John Trevor, Fred Verdi, Earl Weatherford, Cedric Weller, Albert G. West, Edith Barrett Williams, John Wilson, Cecil Yapp (as "Ragueneau, a pastry cook"), Frank Young. Produced by Claude Bragdon.
- (1925) Stage Play: Othello. Tragedy/drama (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Walter Hampden. Shubert Theatre: 10 Jan 1925- Feb 1925 (closing date unknown/57 performances). Cast: Walter Hampden (as "Othello"), Frank Coletti, Murray Darcy, Marcel Dill, Reynolds Evans (as "Roderigo"), Jay Fassett (as "Messenger/Herald"), Charles Francis, Paul Guilfoyle (as "Sailor/Gentleman of Cyprus"), Mary Hall, Baliol Holloway, Elsie Herndon Kearns, P.J. Kelly, Joseph Latham, Mabel Moore (as "Desdemona"), Lou Polan, Ernest Rowan, William Sauter, Jeannette Sherwin, Robert Thorne, Thomas F. Tracey.
- (1925) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Walter Hampden. Hampden's Theatre (moved to The National Theatre from Nov 1925 to close): 10 Oct 1925- Dec 1925 (closing date unknown/68 performances). Cast: Walter Hampden (as "Hamlet, son to the late, and nephew to the present King"), Ethel Barrymore (as "Ophelia, daughter to Polonius"), Albert Bruning (as "Polonius, Lord Chamberlain"), Mary Hall (as "Gertrude, Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet"), Kenneth Hunter, Ernest Rowan (as "Laertes, son to Polonius"), Edith Barrett, Marcel Dill, Reynolds Evans (as "Bernardo/Officer/Player King"), Thomas Gomez (as "Reynaldo, a Sailor"), Gordon Hart, Hart Jenks, P.J. Kelly, Max Montor (as "Ghost"), Mabel Moore (as "Player Queen"), LeRoi Operti (as "Osric, a Courtier"), Louis Polan (as "Captain"), William Sauter(as "Horatio, friend to Hamlet"), Thomas F. Tracey (as "Rosencrantz/Courtier/Priest"), J. Plumpton Wilson, Philip Wood, Cecil Yapp (as "First Gravedigger"). Produced by Walter Hampden.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Merchant of Venice. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Walter Hampden. Hampden's Theatre: 26 Dec 1925- Feb 1926 (closing date unknown/54 performances). Cast: Edith Barrett (as "Jessica, Shylock's daughter"), Ethel Barrymore (as "Portia, a rich heiress"), Maurice Colbourne, Marcel Dill, Reynolds Evans (as "Solanio, friend of Antonio"), Walter Hampden (as "Shylock, a Jew of Venice"), Gordon Hart, Kenneth Hunter, Hart Jenks, P.J. Kelly, Mary Low, Mabel Moore (as "Nerissa, Portia's waiting gentle-woman"), LeRoi Operti (as "Prince of Aragon"), Ernest Rowan (as "Prince of Morocco"), Franklin Salisbury, William Sauter, Albert West, J. Plumpton Wilson, Philip Wood, Cecil Yapp (as "Launcelot Gobbo, servant to Shylock").
- (1926) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand. English version in verse by Brian Hooker. Directed by Walter Hampden. Hampden's Theatre: 18 Feb 1926- May 1926 (closing date unknown/96 performances). Cast: Walter Hampden (as "Cyrano de Bergerac, a Gascon"), Marie Adels, Charles Francis, John Alexander, Edith Barrett, Nancy Bevill, Ruth Chorpenning (as "Roxane's Duenna"), Maurice Colbourne, Frank Coletti, Edwin Cushman, Murray Darcy, Marcel Dill, Brice Disque Jr., Reynolds Evans (as "Le Vicomte de Valvert"), Howard Galt, Gordon Hart, Hart Jenks, P.J. Kelly, Mary Law, Parker Mills, Mabel Moore (as "An Orange Girl/Sister Marthe"), Grania O'Malley, LeRoi Operti (as "Jodelet, the comedian"), Louis Polan (as "D'Artagnan"), Ernest Rowan (as "Le Bret"), Antonio Salerno, William Sauter, Bernard Savage, Ruth Seward, Thomas F. Tracey (as "A Marquis"), Cedric Weller, Albert West, Dot Willens, J. Plumpton Wilson, Philip Wood, Cecil Yapp (as "Ragueneau, a pastry cook").
- (1944) Stage Play: Snafu. Written by Louis Solomon and Harold Buchman. Directed by George Abbott. Hudson Theatre (moved to The Biltmore Theatre from 1 Jan 1945- close): 25 Oct 1944- 10 Mar 1945 (158 performances). Cast: Ralph W. Chambers (as "Senator Phil Ford"), Dort Clark (as "Pfc. Danny Baker"), Edwin Cooper (as "1st Legionnaire"), Eugenia Delarova (as "Josephina"), Ann Dere (as "Mrs. Garrett"), Cliff Dunstan (as "Detective"), Elspeth Eric (as "Madge Stevens"), Stefan Gierasch (as "3rd Legionnaire"), Russell Hardie (as "Ben Stevens"), Pat Kirkland (as "Laura Jessup"), Bethel Leslie (as "Kate Hereford"), Enid Markey (as "Aunt Emily"), Eve McVeagh (as "Martha"), William Redfield [credited as Billy Redfield] (as "Ronald Stevens"), Ernest Rowan (as "2nd Legionnaire"), Winfield Smith (as "Col. West"), John Souther (as "Mr. Taylor"). Produced by George Abbott. Note: Filmed as Snafu (1945).
- (1931) Stage Play: The School for Scandal. Comedy. Written by Richard B. Sheridan. Minuet in Tableau I composed by Maurice Nitke. Minuet arranged by Vaughn Godfrey. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Directed by E.M. Blyth. Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 10 Nov 1931- Nov 1931 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Ethel Barrymore (as "Lady Teazle"), A.G. Andrews (as "Moses"), John Drew Colt (as "Sir Harry Bumper") [Broadway debut], Charles H. Croker-King, Marcel Dill, Albert Froom (as "Sneerwell Servant"), Walter Gilbert, William Kershaw, McKay Morris (as "Joseph Surface"), Harry Plimmer (as "Sir Oliver Surface"), Ralph Roberts, Charles Romano, Anita Rothe, Erna Rowan (as "Lady Teazle's Maid"), Ernest Rowan (as "Snake"), Anne Seymour, William Tannen (as "Joseph's Servant"), Beatrice Terry, Arthur Treacher (as "Sir Benjamin Backbite"). Produced by Lee Shubert.
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