- (1921 - 1947) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1921) Stage Play: June Love. Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Otto A. Harbach and William H. Post. Lyrics by Brian Hooker [earliest Broadway credit]. Based on a story by Charlotte Thompson [final Broadway credit]. Musical Director: Gene Salzer. Choreographed by David Bennett. Directed by George Vivian. Knickerbocker Theatre: 25 Apr 1921- 4 Jun 1921 (48 performances). Cast: Harold Abbey (as "Ensemble"), Else Adler (as "Mrs. June Love"), Nancy Bateman (as "Ensemble"), Bertee Beaumont (as "Belle Bolton"), James Billings (as "Geoffrey Love"), Caroline Cali (as "Ensemble"), Betty Campbell (as "Ensemble"), Leon Chrystal (as "Ensemble"), Lotta Corri (as "Ensemble"), W.B. Davidson (as "Jack Garrison"), Johnny Dooley (as "Eddie Evans"), Goldie Foley (as "Ensemble"), Rita Frederick (as "Ensemble"), Winifred Gibson (as "Ensemble"), Sam Goodman (as "Ensemble"), Alice Gordon (as "Kitty Smith/Ensemble"), Ann Greenway (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Grete (as "Ensemble"), Fred Grod (as "Ensemble"), Eve Hackett (as "Ensemble"), Robert Heft (as "Butler/Ensemble"), Dorothy Irving (as "Ensemble"), Irma Irving (as "Ensemble"), Lois Josephine (as "Tiny Golden"), Doris Landy (as "Polly Smith/Ensemble"), Louis Laub (as "Ensemble"), Paul Logan (as "Ensemble"), Constance Madison (as "Miss Elisman/Ensemble"), Ralfe Manning (as "Ensemble"), Martha Mayo (as "Mrs. Martia Golden"), Harry Miller (as "Ensemble"), Clarence Nordstrom (as "Bobbie Foster"), Lionel Pape (as "Thompson"), Bobby Renys (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Rice (as "Ensemble"), Boris Scott (as "Ensemble"), Billie Shilling (as "Miss Summers/Ensemble"), Mabel Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Tosbelle (as "Ensemble"), Norman Williams (as "Ensemble"), Martha Wood (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Sherman Brown.
- (1922) Stage Play: Marjolaine. Musical.
- (1922) Stage Play: Our Nell. Musical/melodrama.
- (1923) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand.
- (1924) Stage Play: Fashion. Comedy (revival).
- (1925) Stage Play: Engaged. Musical/burlesque/farce.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Vagabond King. Musical comedy.
- (1926) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand.
- (1926) Stage Play: Mozart. Comedy.
- (1927) Stage Play: White Eagle. Musical. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book by Brian Hooker and William H. Post. Lyrics by Brian Hooker and William H. Post. Based on "The Squaw Man" by Edwin Milton Royle. Musical Director: Anton Heindl. Music orchestrated by Joseph Majer. Staged by Richard Boleslawski. Choreographed by Busby Berkeley. Directed by Russell Janney and Olga Treskoff. Casino Theatre: 26 Dec 1927- 4 Feb 1928 (48 performances). Cast: Lucille Arden (as "Chorus"), Rowena Baker (as "Chorus"), Olyvve Bakke (as "Chorus"), Wallace Banfield (as "Chorus"), Elmer Barleb (as "Chorus"), Helen Berger (as "Chorus"), Rene Berteau (as "Chorus"), Ruth Bieber (as "Chorus"), Grace Cantrell (as "Chorus"), Shirley Carlton (as "Chorus"), Nat Christensen (as "Chorus"), Madeline Clancy (as "Chorus"), Lucille Constant (as "Chorus"), Walter Cross (as "Bates"), Leon Cunningham (as "Pete"), Harold Currier (as "Chorus"), Roberta Curry (as "Lady Mary/Chorus"), Royal Cutter (as "Andy"), Dorothy Davis (as "Chorus"), Muriel Dawn (as "Chorus"), June Day (as "Chorus"), Grace DeViney (as "Chorus"), Lawrence D'Orsay (as "Sir John Applegate") [final Broadway role], Constance Durand (as "Chorus"), Eldon Edwards (as "Chorus"), Ernest Ehler (as "Mr. Chiswick"), Helen Ely (as "Chorus"), Ross Ericksen (as "Chorus"), Michael Evans (as "Thunder Face/Chorus"), Jay Fassett (as "Happy"), Carlos Fessler (as "Chorus"), Blanche Fleming (as "Lady Mabel"), Dorothy Forsythe (as "Chorus"), John Fredericks (as "Chorus"), Randall Freyer (as "Chorus"), Charles Froom (as "Chorus"), Charles E. Galagher (as "Tabywana"), Hazel Glen (as "Countess of Kerhill"), Mildred Gordon (as "Chorus"), Helen Grenelle (as "English Dancer"), Margaret Grove (as "Chorus"), Florence Gunther (as "Chorus"), Edith Gwenn (as "Chorus"), William Hagen (as "Chorus"), Barton Hall (as "Chorus"), Pauline Hall (as "Chorus"), Vida Hanna (as "Chorus"), Alice Harper (as "Chorus"), Kay Hawley (as "Sadie"), Charles Henderson (as "Bud Hardy"), Lamar Hessenberg (as "Chorus"), Peggy Horan (as "Chorus"), Forrest Huff (as "Cash Hawkins"), Alice Huntington (as "Chorus"), Harry James (as "Chorus"), Earl Kardux (as "Chorus"), Aysa Kaz (as "The Indian Dancer"), Marion Keeler (as "Silverwing"), Arthur Kellar (as "Lieut. Alex. McGrath"), Elizabeth Kelly (as "Chorus"), George Kingsley (as "Chorus"), Helena Koffler (as "Chorus"), Edna Kulker (as "Chorus"), Sue Lake (as "Chorus"), Billie Lanctot (as "Chorus"), Helen Landis (as "Chorus"), George Leach (as "Chorus"), Paula Lind (as "English Dancer/Lily"), William MacDargh (as "Chorus"), Joan Marren (as "Chorus"), Beatrice Marsh (as "Chorus"), Bessie Masters (as "Chorus"), Earl Mayne (as "Gloomy"), Jock McGraw (as "Captain Leslie"), John Mealey (as "The Medicine Man of the Utes"), Thomas Mengert (as "Chorus"), Theresa Miller (as "Chorus"), Ralph Moana (as "The Sun Watcher"), Mary Morris (as "Chorus"), Armin Mueller (as "Chorus"), Virginia Nachant (as "Chorus"), Carlton Neville (as "Lieut. Henry George"), Ruth Norris (as "Chorus"), Laura Novea (as "Chorus"), Alice Olsen (as "Chorus"), Isabel O'Madigan (as "The Dowager Lady Kerhill"), Caroline Phillips (as "Chorus"), Horace Pollock (as "Malcolm Petrie"), Allan Prior (as "Capt. James Wynnegate"), Mabel Purdy (as "Chorus"), Mary Quinn (as "Chorus"), Rae Ring (as "Chorus"), Mae Robinson (as "Chorus"), Marius Rogati (as "Punk"), Fred Rogers (as "Chorus"), Jack Rose (as "Chorus"), Richard Rowley (as "Chorus"), Simeon Sabra (as "Chorus"), Albert Shaw (as "Little Hal"), Edward Sheldon (as "Chorus"), George Shields (as " Nick"), Alex Shishman (as "Chorus"), Mark Smith (as "Big Bill"), Harriet Standon (as "Chorus"), Evelyn Stockton (as "Chorus"), Fred Tiden (as "Earl of Kerhill"), Raymond Toben (as "Chorus"), Charles Trott (as "Chorus"), Florence Turner (as "Chorus"), Catherine Van Brunt (as "Chorus"), William Venus (as "Chorus"), Serge Vino (as "Chorus"), Efim Vitis (as "Chorus"), William Wally (as "Chorus"), Jewel Welter (as "Chorus"), Paul Winnell (as "Chorus"), Arthur Young (as "Chorus"). Produced by Russell Janney.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Beaux Stratagem. Comedy (revival).
- (1928) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand.
- (1932) Stage Play: Through the Years. Musical/romance. Music by Vincent Youmans. Book by Brian Hooker. Based on "Smilin' Through" by Jane Cowl. Lyrics by Edward Heyman. Musical Director: William Daly. Choreographed by Jack Haskell and Max Scheck. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Manhattan Theatre: 28 Jan 1932- 13 Feb 1932 (20 performances). Cast: Kay Adams, Peggy Andre, Marion Ballou, Frank Barron, Michael Bartlett, Gloria Beaumont, Caryl Bergman, Emily Burton, Dee Collins, Audrey Davis, Adline Forbes, Patricia Francis, John Frederick, Gregory Gaye, Mildred Gethins, Natalie Hall, Evelyn Hannons, Ann Hardman, Jack Lawrence, Nick Long, Gertrude Lowe, Anton Luksor, Estelle Malin, Dolly Martinez, Martha Mason, Evelyn Monte, Sonny Nelson, Leone Newmann, Reginald Owen (as "John Carteret"), Irving Pichler, Lelane Rivera, Peggy Schenck, Ivan Sokoloff, Ray Thomas, Winnie Torney, Marie Valot, Norman Van Emburgh, Charles Winninger (as "Dr. Owen Harding"), Paulette Winston, Anna Worth. Produced by Vincent Youmans.
- (1932) Stage Play: Chamberlain Brown's Scrap Book. Musical revue. Sketched by Chamberlain Brown. Featuring songs by Andy Razaf ("If It Ain't Love"), Don Redman ("If It Ain't Love"), Fats Waller ("If It Ain't Love"), Walter Donaldson ("My Mom"), Rudolf Friml ("Song of the Vagabonds"), Ruggiero Leoncavallo ("Prologue from 'I Pagliacci'"), Georges Bizet ("End of Act IV from 'Carmen'"), Eubie Blake ("(Lovin You) The Way I Do"), Richard Wagner ("Die Walküre"), Easthope Martin ("Come to the Fair"), Giuseppe Verdi ("Il Travatore"), Harry Warren ("You're My Everything"), Dana Suesse ("My Silent Love"), Bernice Petkere ("Lullaby of the Leaves") and Johnny Tucker ("Sleep Baby Sleep"), Featuring songs with lyrics by Andy Razaf ("If It Ain't Love"), Don Redman ("If It Ain't Love"), Fats Wllaer ("If It Ain't Love"), Walter Donaldson ("My Mom"), Brian Hooker ("Song of the Vagabonds"), Will Morrissey ("(Lovin You) The Way I Do"), Jack Scholl ("(Lovin You) The Way I Do"), Helen Taylor ("Come to the Fair"), Mort Dixon ("You're My Everything"), Joe Young ("You're My Everything," "Lullaby of the Leaves"), Edward Heyman ("My Silent Love") and Joe Schuster ("Sleep Baby Sleep"). Orchestra conducted by Smith Ballew. Assembled by Chamberlain Brown. Directed by Charles Schofield and Robert Lively. Ambassador Theatre: 1 Aug 1932- 8 Aug 1932 (10 performances). Cast: 3 Flashes of Lightning (Specialty Dancers), Laurette Adams, William Andrews, John Armstrong, Florence Auer, Valerie Bergere, Helen Bertam, Barbara Blair, Dwight Butcher, Carl Carmen, Terry Carroll, Frazer Coleman, Ruth Conley, Stella De Mette, Mae Dix, Robert Gordon, Betty Hanna, Vinton Haworth, Ina Hayward, Ray Hedge (as "Myrt and Marge" Performer/"Ray"/"In a Radio Station"), Charles Hedley, Barre Hill, Marjorie Hoffman, Jonathan Hole (as "Station Announcer"/"In a Radio Station"/"Francis Cameron"/"Skit Skat"), Frank Huyler, Paul Jachia (as "Kenneth"/"Picking a Play"), Harold Kennedy, Priscilla Knowles, Salvatore Lo Curto, Leda Lombard, Francis Lyman, Dorothy MacDonald, Edwin MacKenna, Nancy McCord, David Morris, Ethel Norris, John Patrick, Lillian Ridley, Cecile Sherman, Danny Simmons, Autumn Simms, Peter Smallwood, Louis Tanno, Paul Taubman, Leslie Urbach, Valerie Valaire, Percy Verwayne, Herbert Warren, Pierre Watkin, Pierre Watkins, Ernest Whitman, Robert Williamson, Edwin Wilson, Kate Woods Fiske. Produced by Chamberlain Brown.
- (1932) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand. Book adapted by Brian Hooker. Directed by Walter Hampden. New Amsterdam Theatre: 26 Dec 1932- Jan 1933 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Walter Hampden (as "Cyrano de Bergerac, a Gascon"), Laura Barrett, Bessie Beatty, W. Messenger Bellis, Pickering Brown, Guy Collins, Eliza Connolly, Alice Dalton, Murray D'Arcy, Joseph V. De Santis, Mary Alice Dill, Joanna Dorman, Reynolds Evans (as "Le Comte de Guiche"), Howard Galt, Wanda Gelb, Evelyn Goodrich, Edward Everett Hale, C. Norman Hammond (as "Carbon de Castel Jaloux, Captain of the Gascony Cadets"), Gordon Hart, Wilfred Jessop, Whitford Kane (as "Ragueneau, a pastry cook"), P.J. Kelly, Spencer Kimbell, Robert B. Mantell Jr., John P. Marquand (as "D'Artagnan, Cadet of Gascoyne"), Lewis McMichael, Esther Mitchell, Mabel Moore, Helen O'Connor, Gerald O'Neill, Frank Terry (as "Bertrandou, the fifer"), James R. Pray, Edwin Ross, Ernest Rowan, Phyllis Sallee, William Sauter, Harvey Sayers, Robert C. Schnitzer, John D. Seymour, Cyrus H. Staehle, Arthur Stenning, George Thorp, Mildred Vail, Evelyn Venable, Katherine Warren (as "Roxane, Cyrano's cousin"), Henry Warwick, Margaret Watson, Harold Williams, J.P. Wilson. Produced by Walter Hampden.
- (1934) Stage Play: The O'Flynn. Musical/operetta.
- (1936) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand.
- (1946) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand. Book adapted by Brian Hooker [final Broadway credit during lifetime]. Directed by Mel Ferrer. Alvin Theatre: (moved to The Ethel Barrymore Theatre (18 Nov 1946- close): 8 Oct 1946- 22 Mar 1947 (193 performances). Cast: José Ferrer (as "Cyrano de Bergerac Gascon"), Leopold Badia (as "Montfleury, a tragic actor"), Lee Baxter (as "Ensemble"), Toni Brown (as "Ensemble"), Robert Carroll (as "Lignière, the poet/Ensemble"), Leonardo Cimino (as "Another Poet/Ensemble"), Ralph Clanton (as "Le Comte de Guiche"), Marion Clements (as "Ensemble"), Francis Compton (as "Carbon de Castel Jaloux, Captain of the Gascony Cadets"), Nick Dennis (as "A Cut Purse/Ensemble"), Vincent Donahue (as "A Poet/Ensemble")[Broadway debut], Ernest Graves, Phyllis Hill (as "A Flower Girl/Sister Claire"), Anthony Jordan (as "Le Vicomte de Valvert/Ensemble"), Walter Kelly (as "Citizen's Son/Ensemble"), Mary Jane Kersey (as "A Soubrette/Ensemble"), Samuel N. Kirkham (as "A Cavalier/Ensemble"), Paula Laurence (as "Roxane's Duenna"), Francis Letton, Stewart Long, Nan McFarland (as "Lise, Ragueneau's wife/Mother Marguerite"), Benedict McQuarrie (as "A Porter/Ensemble"), Ralph Meeker (as "Another Lackey/Ensemble"), John O'Connor, George B. Oliver (as "Ensemble/A Musketeer"), Frances Reid (as "Roxane, Cyrano's cousin"), Hiram Sherman, Jacqueline Soans (as "A Comedienne/Sister Marthe"), Robinson Stone (as "Jodelet, the comedian/A Capuchin"), Charles Summers (as "A Guardsman/Ensemble"), Patricia Wheel (as "An Orange Girl/A Nun"), Bert Whitley (as "Brisaille/Ensemble"), Wallace Widdicombe [credited as Wallace Widdecombe] (as "A Citizen/Ensemble"), Howard Wierum (as "Bellerose, leader of the acting company/Ensemble"), Paul Wilson (as "A Cadet/Ensemble"), William Woodson (as "Le Bret"). Replacement actors [during Alvin Theatre run]: Vincent Donahue (as "A Marquis"), Denise Flynn (as "A Soubrette"), Van Graves (as "A Lackey"). [During Ethel Barrymore Theatre run:] Joan Bower (as "Ensemble"), Dean Cetrulo (as "Le Vicomte de Valvert" [Alternate]), Marion Hatfield (as "Ensemble"), Anthony Jordan (as "First Cadet/Le Vicomte de Valvert" [Alternate]), Dorothy Kimmel (as "Ensemble"), Adeline Tinder (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Todd (as "Ensemble"), Shannon Wells (as "Ensemble"). Produced by José Ferrer. Notes: (1) One of the most revived works on Broadway (originally produced in 1898); this was it's 8th revival). (2) Filmed by Stanley Kramer Productions [distributed by United Artists] as Cyrano de Bergerac (1950).
- (19??). Operas: "Mona" (Metropolitan Opera Award); "Fairyland" (Metropolitan Opera Award).
- (19??). Books: "The Right Man"; "The Professor's Mystery"; "Morven and the Grail".
- (September 21, 1925) Rudolf Friml, William H. Post, and his musical, "The Vagabond King," was performed at the Casino Theatre in New York City for 511 performances.
- (April 24, 1927) He and William H. Post wrote the book and lyrics for the musical play, "The Vagabond King," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Dennis King (Crancois Villon); Arthur Deagon; Berna Deane; George Robert; Daily Belmore; David London; Raymond O'Brien; Hazel Drury, Mildred Gordon; David Bogart; Martin Sheppard; Mary Bell; Joan Marren; Andrew George; Byron Russell; Ben Roberts; Ivan Arbuckle; Aleta Edwards; Joseph Latham; Alexander F. Frank; Vida Hanna; Olga Leigh; William Sunderman; Eileen Bowers; Collette; Charles Sutton; Albert Shrubb; Vlademir Dorman; George Leach; William Hagen; and Henrietta Abrams in the cast. Rudolf Friml was composer. Based on the story by Justin Huntley McCarthy. James Reynolds was set and costume designer. Royal Cutter and Helen Grenellie were choreographers. Fred Walz was orchestra conductor. Richard Boleslawsky was director. Russell Janney was producer.
- (1954) William H. Post and his musical, "The Vagabond King," was performed at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Dorothy Sandlin, Ted Scott, and Clarence Nordstrom in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.
- (October 16 to November 24, 1973) He translated Edmond Rostand's play, "Cyrano De Bergerac," at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California with Richard Chamberlain,, Werner Klemperer, Kurt Kasznar, Jane Connell, Robert Burr, Victor Garber and Joan Van Ark in the cast. Joseph Hardy was director. H.R. Poindexter was set designer. Lewis Brown was costume designer. H.R. Poindexter and Donald Harris were lighting designers.
- (October 29 to November 30, 1980) His translation of Edmond Rostand's play, "Cyrano De Bergerac," was performed at the Actors Theatre of Louisville (Mainstage) in Louisville, Kentucky with Ken Jenkins (Cyrano Savinien Hercule De Bergerac); Lee Anne Fahey (Roxane); Richard Bowne (Christian De Neuvillette); Michael Kevin (Comte De Guiche); Andy Backer (Le Bret); William McNulty (Ragueneau); Jean Barker (Roxane's Duenna, Nun); Brian Rose (Carbon De Castel-Jaloux, Lignière); Brian Keeler (Cuigy, Spaniard); Steve Wise (Brissaille, Cadet); Stephen Cowie (Bellerose, Jodelet, comedian, a Cut Purse, Citizen Spaniard); George Kimmel (The Porter, Musketeer, Spaniard); Laura Hicks (The Orange Girl, Bakery Staff, Sister Marthe); Susan Cash (The Flower Girl, Bakery Staff, Citizen, Sister Claire); Ken Knose (Street Entertainer, comedian, Bakery Staff, Spaniard); Michael Bologna (comedian, Cavalier); Nat Warren-White (comedian, Lackey, Poet, Cadet); David Jaffe (Lackey, Cadet); Rob Adams (Page, Citizen); Greg Alexander (Page, Citizen); Kelly Maurer (Page, Citizen); Gerald Lancaster (Cavalier, Bakery Staff, Poet, Spaniard); Jon Huffman (A Guardsman, Marquis, Cadet); David Lively (A Citizen, Fifer); Timothy Busfield (His Son, Cadet); Vaugn McBride (A Drunkard, Cardinal Richelieu, Poet); Peter M. Sgro (Pick-Pocket, Bakery Staff, Spaniard); Dierk Toporzysek (Marquis, D'Artagan, Bakery Staff, Cadet); J. Michael McCullough (Madame La Presidente, Lady, Citizen); Joan McMurtrey (Lady, Citizen, Nun); Janet F. Orr (Lady,Citizen); Gary Sloan (Vicomte De Valvert, Poet, Cadet, Spanish Captain); Ray Fry (Montfleury, Capuchin Monk); David Livel (Bakery Staff); Adale O'Brien (Lise, Mother Marguérite); Michael Bologna (Cadet); Richard Cunningham Footman); Henry Godinez (Footman); and Bob Hornrung (Footman) in the cast. Jon Jory was director.
- (1985 to 1986 season) He translated Edmond Rostand's play, "Cyrano De Bergerac," at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota with David Hyde Pierce in the cast. Edward Gilbert was director. Jack Barkla was set designer. Jack Edwards was costume designer. Judy Rasmuson was lighting designer. Thomas Fay was composer.
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