- (1885 - 1916) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1885) Stage Play: Dakolar. Comedy/drama. Written by Steele MacKaye. Directed by Wesley Sisson. Lyceum Theatre: 6 Apr 1885- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Joseph Adlemann, Viola Allen (as "Madelaine de Volnay") [Broadway debut], Maud Banks, Walter C. Bellows (credited as Walter Clarke Bellows) [Broadway debut], C.H. Canfield, Joseph Frankau, S. Blanche Gray, Laura Johnson, Archie Lindsay, Robert B. Mantell, Sadie Martinot, John B. Mason, Mary Saunders, Emma Sheridan Gillome, F.E. Stoddard, C.H. Welsh.
- (1889) Stage Play: Shenandoah. Written by Bronson Howard. Star Theatre (moved to Proctor's Theatre from 21 Oct 1889- close): 9 Sep 1889- 19 Apr 1890 (250 performances). Cast: Viola Allen (as "Gertrude Ellingham"), G.W. Bailey, William Barnes, J.O. Barrows, C.C. Brandt, Nanette Comstock, W.J. Cummings, W.L. Dennison, Dorothy Dorr (as "Mrs. Constance Haverhill") [Broadway debut], Esther Drew, Alice B. Haines, Harry Harwood, Mrs. C.A. Haslam, Lucius Henderson (as "Robert Ellingham"), John E. Kellerd (as "Capt. Thornton"), Wilton Lackaye (as "Gen. Haverhill"), G. Maxwell, Rube Miller (as "Kerchival West"), Morton Selten (as "Capt. Heartsease") [Broadway debut], Effie Shannon (as "Jenny Buckthorn"), W.H. Thorn. Replacement actors: Joseph Adelman (as "Capt. Thornton") [Broadway debut], Mary Breyer (as "Old Margery"), Frann Dayton (as "Robert Ellingham"), Louis Hendricks (as "Capt. Lockwood"), Joseph Holland (as "Gen. Haverhill") [Broadway debut]. Produced by Charles Frohman [earliest Broadway credit].
- (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, W.H. Thompson, Edna Wallace.
- (1894) Stage Play: The Masqueraders. Drama. Written by Henry Arthur Jones. Empire Theatre: 3 Dec 1894- Mar 1895 (closing date unknown/120 performances). Cast [as known]: Viola Allen (as "Dulcie"), William Faversham (as "Sir Brice Skene"), Henry Miller (as "David Remon"). Notes: (1) By Guilded Age standards, this was considered a smash hit. (2) Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as The Masqueraders (1915).
- (1895) Stage Play: John-a-Dreams. Melodrama. Written by C. Haddon Chambers. Empire Theatre: 18 Mar 1895- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: Viola Allen, Henry Miller. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1895) Stage Play: The Importance of Being Earnest. Comedy.
- (1896) Stage Play: Michael and His Lost Angel. Drama. Written by Henry Arthur Jones. Empire Theatre: 15 Jan 1896- Jan 1896 (unknown closing date/13 performances). Cast [as known]: Viola Allen, Henry Miller. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1896) Stage Play: A Woman's Reason. Melodrama.
- (1896) Stage Play: Marriage. Comedy. Written by Brandon Thomas and Henry Keeling. Empire Theatre: 17 Feb 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Viola Allen, Elsie DeWolfe, Robert Edeson [Broadway debut], William Faversham, Joseph Humphries.
- (1896) Stage Play: Bohemia. Drama. Written by Clyde Fitch, from the French of Henri Murger. Empire Theatre: 9 Mar 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Viola Allen, Henry Miller. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1896) Stage Play: Under the Red Robe. Romance. Written by Edward E. Rose. Based on the novel by Stanley Weyman. Empire Theatre: 28 Dec 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Viola Allen (as "Renee"), Lewis Baker (as "Henri de Cocheforet"), J.E. Dodson (as "Cardinal Richelieu"), William Faversham (as "Gil de Berault").
- (1898) Stage Play: The Conquerors. Drama. Written by Paul M. Potter. Empire Theatre: 4 Jan 1898- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: Viola Allen, William Faversham. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1895) Stage Play: The Christian. Drama.
- (1900) Stage Play: In the Palace of the King. Drama.
- (1902) Stage Play: The Hunchback (Revival). Written by James Sheridan Knowles [credited as Sheridan Knowles]. Directed by Eben Plympton. Garrick Theatre: 2 Jun 1902- Jun 1902 (closing date unknown/4 performances). Cast: C. Leslie Allen, Viola Allen, E.R. Angus, J.H. Benrimo, Frank Bixby, Aubrey Boucicault, Jameson Lee Finney, Harry Ford, Harry Hanlon, Walter Hitchcock, Robert Hopkins, Arthur Hoyt [credited as Arthur T. Hoyt], P. Jordan, Edward Mafflin, Eben Plympton, Adelaide Prince [Broadway debut].
- (1902) Stage Play: The Eternal City. Melodrama.
- (1904) Stage Play: Twelfth Night. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Knickerbocker Theatre: 8 Feb 1904- Feb 1904 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: C. Leslie Allen, Viola Allen, Frank Andrews, F.J. Bennett, John Blair, John Craig, Frank Currier, Grace Elliston, Clarence Handyside, Edwin Howard, John C. Lane, Robinson Newbold, E. Percival Stevens, Robert Tate, Zeffie Tilbury, Percy Waram, James Young. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1904) Stage Play: The Winter's Tale. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Frank Vernon. Knickerbocker Theatre: 26 Dec 1904- Jan 1905 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Viola Allen (as "Hermione"), C. Leslie Allen, M.L. Bassett, Frank G. Bennett, Sidney Bracey, James L. Carhart, Frank Currier (as "Autolycus"), F.G. Day, Thomas Day, Dagmar De Vere, Daisy De Vere, Mabel De Vere, J. Webb Dillion, W.F. Hamernick, Alfred Hudson, Louise Jansen, Henry Jewett (as "Leontes, King of Sicilia"), John Junior, Leopold Lane, Charles Langley, H. Leffler, Walter Maxwell, Warner Oland, Boyd Putnam, Florence Randolph, Frank Righton, Maurice Stewart, Robert Tate, Zeffie Tilbury, Frank Vernon, Carter Weaver, Evelyn Wiedling, James Young (as "Florizel, Pince of Bohemia"), Phyllis Young. Produced by Charles W. Allen.
- (1905) Stage Play: Twelfth Night. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Knickerbocker Theatre: 11 Jan 1905- 18 Jan 1905 (2 performances). Cast: Viola Allen (as "Viola"), Clarence Handyside (as "Sir Toby Belch, Olivia's kinsman"), Louise Jansen (as "Olivia, a countess"), Henry Jewett (as "Malvolio, Olivia's steward"), Zeffie Tilbury (as "Maria, Olivia's waiting woman").
- (1905) Stage Play: The Toast of the Town. Written by Clyde Fitch. Daly's Theatre: 27 Nov 1905- 30 Dec 1905 (38 performances). Cast: C. Leslie Allen, M.L. Bassett, Miss Coburn, Harold De Becker, Robert Drouet, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Harrison Hunter, Isabel Irving, Leopold Lane, Miss Northrup, Miss Phillios, Charles D. Pitt, Fanny Addison Pitt, Hassard Short, Maurice Steuart, Miss Terry, Alice Wilson.
- (1906) Stage Play: Cymbeline. Romance (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Astor Theatre: 22 Oct 1906- Nov 1906 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Viola Allen (as "Imogen"), C. Leslie Allen (as "Belarius"), C.H. Bates, Ivia Benton, Myron Calice, Burke Clark, William Davis, R.M. Dolliver, William Fiske, Douglas Gerard, J.H. Gilmour (as "Iachimo"), Henry J. Hadfield (as "Cymbeline, King of Britain"), P.C. Hartigan, Sidney Herbert (as "Cloten"), Lionel Hogarth, Leopold Lane, Fuller Mellish (as "Pisanio"), Margaret Montrose, Frederick Rolland, George Sheldon, Alison Skipworth (as "Queen"), Morgan Thorpe, G.D. Winn, Jefferson Winter (as "Posthumus Leonatus"). Produced by Frank Vernon.
- (1908) Stage Play: Irene Wycherley. Written by Anthony Wharton [credited as Anthony P. Wharton]. Astor Theatre: 20 Jan 1908- Feb 1908 (closing date unknown/39 performances). Cast: Viola Allen, Edwin Arden, John Glendinning, Dorothy Hammond [final Broadway role], Walter Hampden [Broadway debut], Selene Johnson, Ffolliott Paget, Lillian Shirley, Mrs. Sam Sothern, Grant Stewart, Hodgson Taylor, Nellie Thorne, May Whitty [Broadway debut]. Produced by Liebler & Co.
- (1909) Stage Play: The White Sister. Drama. Written by Francis Marion Crawford and Walter C. Hackett. Daly's Theatre: 27 Sep 1909- 6 Nov 1909 (48 performances). Cast: Viola Allen (as "Sister Giovanna"), Joseph Carducci, Dwight Dana, William Farnum (as "Giovanni Severi"), Minna Gale, Richie Ling, James O'Neill, Fanny Addison Pitt, Belle Chippendale Warner, Joseph Whiting. Produced by Liebler & Co. Note: Produced by Essanay Film Mfg. Co. as The White Sister (1915).
- (1911) Stage Play: The Lady of Coventry. Written and directed by Louis N. Parker. Daly's Theatre: 14 Nov 1911- Nov 1911 (unknown closing date/16 performances). Cast: Viola Allen (as "Lady Godiva"), Fred Block, Eleanor Brownell, George Cooke, Jane Ferrell, Winfield Freeman, Frank P. Giles, Charles Harbury, Lewis Howard, Henry Kolker, Howard Morgan, S. Van Dusen Phillips, Adelaide Robinson, Frances Savage, Henry Stanford, Vincent Sternroyd. Produced by Liebler & Co.
- (1912) Stage Play: The Daughter of Heaven. Written by Pierre Loti and Judith Gautier. Book adapted by George Egerton. Century Theatre: 12 Oct 1912- Jan 1913 (closing date unknown/98 performances). Cast: Viola Allen, Claude Brooke, Herbert Corey, Bernard Fairfax, Basil Gill, Charles Hayne, Clarence Heritage [final Broadway role], J.W. Howe, David Kirkpatrick, Roy Merrill, Norris Millington, Joseph Mitchell, Lawrence O'Leary, F. Wilmot, Marshall Wynn. Produced by Liebler & Co.
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