- (1902 - 1930) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1902) Stage Play: Julius Caesar. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare.
- (1905) Stage Play: The Pearl and the Pumpkin. Musical. Music by John W. Bratton. Book by Paul West and W.W. Denslow. Lyrics by Paul West. Musical Director: A.M. Langstaff. Directed by Herbert Gresham and Ned Wayburn. Broadway Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House (from 20 Nov- close): 21 Aug 1905- Nov 1905 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: A.E. Anson (as "Captain Kidd"), Maude Benson (as "Bluebell"), Harry Bergman (as "Lyonnaise Portugeeser"), Vinnie Bradcome (as "Spangle Wings"), James Caldwell (as "Captain Jinks"), Gertie Carlisle (as "Pearl Pringle"), Ivan Charteris (as "Captain Bartholomew Roberts"), George Eaton Collins (as "Captain Blackbeard"), Miss Darling (as "Silver Clarion Quartette"), Grace Emmons (as "Dancing Eyes"), Taylor Granville (as "Joe Miller"), Ida Hawley (as "Polly Premier"), Tao Howard (as "Midshipman Easy"), Clara Huehn (as "Page"), Stella Huehn (as "Page"), Kathryn Hutchinson (as "Mother Carey"), Ethel Johnson (as "Sally Simpkins"), Joseph Kane (as "The Corn Dodger"), Harry MacDonough (as "Ike Cannem"), John Mayon (as "Davy Jones"), Carroll McComas (as "Jimmy Gingerbread"), Sager Midgley (as "Johnny Farnum"), Clare Moore (as "Sunbeam"), Miss Porter (as "Silver Clarion Quartette"), Roy Purviance (as "Captain Hick"), Florence Quinn (as "Nancy Lee"), Oscar Ragland (as "Philip Vanderdecken"), Allan Ramsay (as "Mons. Gigot/Captain Dolphin"), A.H. Ransome (as "Captain Stede Bonnet"), Martin Reddy (as "John Silver"), George Richards (as "John Doe"), Julius Schroeder (as "Captain Avery/The Silver Clarion Quartette"), Willian Sterling (as "Zephyr"), Edwin Stevens McGinty"), Mr. Walters (as "Silver Clarion Quartette"), Elta Weir (as "Thistledown"), Thomas Whiffen (as "Mr. Dudley"), Edward Wines (as "Henry Morgan"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1909) Stage Play: Antony and Cleopatra. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. New Theatre: 6 Nov 1909- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Julia Marlowe (as "Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt"), E.H. Sothern (as "Antony/Triumvir"), A.E. Anson, Lee Baker, Charles Balsar, Reginald Barlow, Rowland Buckstone, Alfred Cross, Lawrence Eyre, Ferdinand Gottschalk, William Harris, Ben Johnson, Howard Kyle, William McVay, Henry Stanford, George Venning, Jacob Wendell. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1909) Stage Play: Strife. Written by John Galsworthy. New Theatre: 17 Nov 1909- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: A.E. Anson, Lee Baker, Reginald Barlow, Albert Bruning, Rowland Buckstone, Louis Calvert, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Robert E. Homans, Ben Johnson, William McVay, Harry Melick, Nat Nazarro Jr., Wilfred North, Henry Stanford, John Tansey, Jacob Wendell, Cecil Yapp. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1909) Stage Play: The School for Scandal. Comedy. Written by Richard B. Sheridan. New Theatre: 27 Dec 1909- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: A.E. Anson, Albert Bruning, Louis Calvert, Rose Coghlan, Grace George (as "Lady Teazle"), Ferdinand Gottschalk, E.M. Holland, Matheson Lang, Thais Lawton, Henry Stanford, Jacob Wendell, Olive Wyndham, Cecil Yapp, Oswald Yorke. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Merry Wives of Windsor. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. New Theatre: 7 Nov 1910- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: A.E. Anson, Stewart Baird [Broadway debut], Lee Baker, Albert Bruning, Louis Calvert, Edwin Cushman, Pedro de Cordoba, Frank Gilmore, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Victor Johns, Ben Johnson, Arthur La Rue, William McVay, E.W. Morrison, William Raymond, John Sutherland, John Tansey. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Thunderbolt. Written by Arthur Wing Pinero. New Theatre: 12 Nov 1910- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: A.E. Anson, Albert Bruning, Louis Calvert, George Clarke, Patricia Collinge, Edwin Cushman, 'Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh', Frank Gilmore, Ferdinand Gottschalk, E.M. Holland , Ben Johnson, Thais Lawton, Olive Oliver, Helen Reimer, Louise Seymour, Olive Wyndham. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1911) Stage Play: Nobody's Daughter.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Witness for the Defense.
- (1912) Stage Play: The Lady of Dreams.
- (1913) Stage Play: Nan. Written by John Masefield. Hudson Theatre: 13 Jan 1913 (1 performance). Cast: A.E. Anson, Mary Barton, Constance Collier, William Fazan, Walter Leonard Howe, Mary Murillo, Alice O'Dea, Sidney Porter, Frederick Powell, Ivan F. Simpson, Henry Stephenson, Hugh Trebay, Silvia Zan. Produced by Stage Society of New York.
- (1913) Stage Play: Romance. Written by Edward Sheldon. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 10 Feb 1913- Jun 1913 (closing date unknown (160 performances). Cast: A.E. Anson (as "Cornelius Van Tuyl"), William Courtenay (as "Thomas Armstrong"), Yorke Erskine, Mary Forbes, Claiborne Foster, Herman Gerold, Paul Gordon, Grace Henderson, Edith Hinkle, Doris Keane, George LeSoir, William Raymond, Louise Seymour, Gladys Wynne.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Man Inside.
- (1914) Stage Play: The Salamander.
- (1917) Stage Play: The Barton Mystery.
- (1917) Stage Play: The Wooing of Eve.
- (1918) Stage Play: The Riddle: Woman.
- (1919) Stage Play: Carnival. Drama.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Piper. Drama (revival).
- (1921) Stage Play: Romance. Comedy/drama (revival). Written by Edward Sheldon. Playhouse Theatre: 28 Mar 1921- May 1921 (closing date unknown/106 performances). Cast: A.E. Anson (as "Cornelius Van Tuyl"), Dorothy Chase (as "Miss Frothingham"), William Davis (as "Eugene"), Frank Dawson (as "Mr. Harry Putnam"), Edward Duane (as "Servant at Mr. Van Tuyl's"), Miriam Elliott (as "Susan Van Tuyl"), Harold Gwynn (as "M. Baptiste"), Bertram Hanauer (as "David Norman"), Doris Keane (as "Mme. Cavallini"), Esther Lyon (as "Mrs. Rutherford"), Denise Morris (as "Miss Snyder"), Lynn Pratt (as "Mr. Fred Livingston"), Gustave Rolland (as "Francois"), Charles Romano (as "Frank Burroughs"), John Monk Saunders (as "Butler at Rectory"), Florence Short (as "Signora Vanucci"), Frederic Sims (as "Louis"), Basil Sydney (as "Thomas Armstrong") [Broadway debut], Helen Tracy (as "Mrs. Frothingham") [final Broadway role], Isabelle West (as "Miss Armstrong"), Verna Wilkens (as "Mrs. Grey"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: Filmed by MGM as Romance (1930) starring Greta Garbo.
- (1922) Stage Play: The Merchant of Venice. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by David Belasco. Lyceum Theatre: 21 Dec 1922- 6 Mar 1923 (92 performances). Cast: Julia Adler (as "Jessica, Shylock's daughter"), A.E. Anson (as "Duke of Venice"), Horace Braham (as "Lorenzo, gentleman of Venice"), Henry Brown (as "Page"), Albert Bruning (as "Tubal, an associate of Shylock"), Edward Crandall (as "Leonardo, servant to Bassanio"), Ward DeWolfe (as "Jester"), Mary Ellis (as "Nerissa, Portia's waiting gentle-woman") [Broadway debut], Reginald Goode (as "Solanio, friend of Antonio"), Herbert Grimwood (as "Prince of Morocco"), Charles Harbury (as "Balthasar, servant to Portia"), Nick Long (as "Court Clerk"), Ian Maclaren (as "Antonio, a merchant of Venice"), Fuller Mellish (as "Old Gobbo, Launcelot's father"), Philip Merivale (as "Bassanio, friend of Antonio"), W.I. Percival (as "Gratiano, gentleman of Venice"), Herbert Ranson (as "Salarino, friend of Antonio"), Mary Servoss (as "Portia, an heiress in Belmont"), Morris Strassberg (as "Chus"), Percival Vivian (as "Launcelot Gobbo, servant to Shylock"), David Warfield (as "Shylock, a Jewish moneylender"), Edward H. Wever (as "Stephano, servant to Portia"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1923) Stage Play: As You Like It. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. 48th Street Theatre: 23 Apr 1923- Apr 1923 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast included: Walter Abel (as "Lord attending on the banished Duke/Jaques de Boys"), Hortense Alden (as "Audrey, a country wench"), A.E. Anson (as "Jacques attending on the banished Duke"), Frank Arundel (as "Amiens"), Dorothy Chase, John Craig (as "Frederick, younger brother of the banished Duke and usurper of his dominions"), Hilda Dallmann (as "Page"), Mercedes De Cordoba (as "Hymen"), J. Malcolm Dunn (as "Duke Frederick, living in banishment"), Margalo Gillmore, Ian Keith (as "Orlando"), Ernest Lawford (as "Touchstone, a clown"), Fuller Mellish, Marjorie Rambeau, Percival Vivian, William Williams. Produced by The American National Theatre and Robert Milton.
- (1923) Stage Play: White Cargo. Drama. Written by Leon Gordon. Directed by Leon Gordon. Greenwich Village Theatre: 5 Nov 1923- Nov 1924 (closing date unknown/257 performances). Cast: A.E. Anson (as "Witzel"), Tracy Barrow (as "The Engineer"), J. Malcolm Dunn (as "The Missionary"), Harris Gilmore (as "Worthing"), Curtis Karpe (as "The Skipper"), Annette Margulies (as "Tondeleyo"), Frederick Roland (as "Ashley"), Richard Stevenson, H. Conway Wingfield (as "The Doctor"). Produced by Earl Carroll.Note: Filmed by MGM as White Cargo (1942).
- (1924) Stage Play: The Road Together. Written by George Middleton. Frazee Theatre: 17 Jan 1924 (1 performance). Cast: Robert Adams (as "Armour Deering"), A.E. Anson (as "Wallace Kent"), William Balfour (as "Fred Taintor"), John Dwyer (as "Warren"), Charles W. Guthrie (as "George Gilmore"), Harry Minturn (as "Fred Safford"), Marjorie Rambeau (as "Dora Kent"), H. Reeves-Smith (as "Tom Porter"), Ivy Troutman (as "Julia Deering"), Ethel Tucker Mary"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1925) Stage Play: Cape Smoke. Written by Walter Archer Frost. Directed by A.E. Anson. Martin Beck Theatre: 16 Feb 1925- May 1925 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: Francis Corbie (as "Witch Doctor'), Frazer Coulter' (as "Doctor Hammerstone"), Alice Dunn (as "Ann Netherby"), Donald Lashley (as "Umtata"), Chandler Myers (as "Bank Messenger"), Horace Pollock (as "Neal"), James Rennie (as "John Ormsby"), Georges E. Romain (as "Sybout Jacobus Zelig"), Nathaniel Sack (as "Bomba"), Louis Schooler (as "as "Kudu"), John Davenport Seymour (as "Gregory Bradbroke"), Ruth Shepley (as "Catherine Bradbroke"), Allan Waith (as "Sixpence"), Henry Walters (as "Diggy"), Percy Waram (as "Hugh Chadwell"), Sir Gerard Maxwell Willshire (as "Jim Fraser"). Produced by Charles K. Gordon.
- (1925) Stage Play: Odd Man Out.
- (1925) Stage Play: Just Beyond. Drama. Written by Reginald Goode. Directed by A.E. Anson. National Theatre: 1 Dec 1925- Dec 1925 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Leslie Barrie (as "Norman Towers"), Alison Bradshaw (as "Nancy"), John C. Carlyle (as "King Billy"), Madelane Hartford (as "Maloga"), Cyril Keightley (as "Major Gerald Towers/Bill"), Wanda Lyon (as "Marjorie"), Frank Terry [credited as Walter Plinge] (as "Jack"), George Romain (as "Dr. Jan Koetbrock"), Horace Sinclair (as "Hon. Cecil Broughton/Dead Fish"), Zeffie Tilbury (as "Mrs. Towers") [final Broadway role], "Wally" (as "Wally"). Produced by Charles K. Gordon.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Furies. Written by Zoe Akins. Directed by George Cukor. Shubert Theatre: 7 Mar 1928- Apr 1928 (closing date unknown/45 performances). Cast: A.E. Anson (as "Oliver Bedloe"), Alan Campbell, John Cumberland, Clarence Handyside [final Broadway role], Charles Henderson, Ross Hertz (as "Bradley"), Alfred Kappeler (as "District Attorney"), Greta Kemble-Cooper, Ian Maclaren (as "Dr. Paul Hemmingway"), Maurine O'Moor, John Parrish, Ernest Stallard, Laurette Taylor (as "Fifi Sands"), Estelle Winwood (as "Fern Andrews"). Produced by John Tuerk.
- (1928) Stage Play: Mima. Written by David Belasco. Based on "The Red Mill" by Ferenc Molnár. Directed by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 12 Dec 1928- May 1929 (closing date unknown/180 performances). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1929) Stage Play: Young Alexander. Written by Hardwick Nevin. Directed by Ira Hards. Biltmore Theatre: 12 Mar 1929- Mar 1929 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: A.E. Anson (as "Aristotle/Aristandos"), Doan Borrup [credited as Doan Borup] (as "Clitus"), Cleo Coil (as "Another Courtesan"), Charles Dalton (as "Darius III"), Henry Davis (as "Slave"), James B. Devereaux (as "Macedonian Soldier"), Edward Donnelly (as "Parmenio"), Don Goss (as "Persian Captain"), Henry Hull (as "Alexander'), Jessie Royce Landis' (as "Statira"), Gladys Lloyd (as "A Courtesan"), A. McWaith (as "Slave"), Francis Moran (as "Persian Captain"), Peter Parke (as "Philotas"), Edward Rigby (as "Spirthrides"), Ben Starkie (as "A Young Greek Boy"), Bernard Thornton (as "Themakales"), William Wallack (as "Macedonian Soldier"), Arthur West (as "Persian Soldier"), Lawrence Zavell (as "Coenus").
- (1929) Stage Play: Soldiers and Women. Drama.
- (1930) Stage Play: That's the Woman.
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