- (1922) Stage: Directed "Revue Russe" on Broadway. Musical revue.
- (1924) Stage: Directed "The Miracle" on Broadway.
- (1925) Stage: Supervised production (w/Russell Janney, who was also producer) of "The Vagabond King" on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book / lyrics by Brian Hooker and William H. Post. Based on "If I Were King" by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Musical Director: Anton Heindl. Book adapted by R.H. Russell. Scenic Design by James Reynolds. Musical Staging by Julian Alfred. Directed by Max Figman. Casino Theatre (moved to The Century Theatre from 15 Nov 1936-close): 21 Sep 1925-4 Dec 1926 (511 performances). Cast: Fern Adrian (as "Court Lady "), Marion Alta (as "First Court Lady"), Grace Angelau (as "Court Lady"), Ann Austin (as "Second Court Lady"), Francis Baldwin (as "Scotch Archer"), E.H. Barlab (as "Tavern Man"), Joseph Batistich (as "Scotch Archer"), Triny Broekman (as "Tavern Girl"), Caroline Cantlon (as "Tavern Girl"), Jane Carroll (as "Huguette du Hamel"), Charles Carver (as "Captain of Scotch Archers"), Betty Chapin (as "Page" / "Dancer"), Harry Clark (as "Scotch Archer"), Earl Clayton (as "Scotch Archer"), Alfred Cortez (as "Courtier"), Tamm Cortez (as "The Queen"), Herbert Corthell (as "Guy Tabarie"), Florence Courtney (as "Page" / "Dancer"), Robert Craik (as "Rene de Montigny"), Herbert Crane (as "Scotch Archer"), Walter Cross (as "First Courtier"), Leon Cunningham (as "Casin Cholet" / "An Astrologer"), Madeleine Dare (as "Page" / "Dancer"), Fanille Davies (as "Court Lady"), Muriel Dawn (as "Page" / "Dancer"), Florence DeBarde (as "Court Lady"), Herbert Delmore (as "Noel Le Jolys"), Helen Ely (as "Court Lady"), Ross Ericksen (as "Tavern Man"), Michael Evans (as "Scotch Archer"), Cynthia Farr (as "Court Lady"), Max Figman (as "Louis XIth"), Dorothy Fitzgibbon (as "Page" / "Dancer"), Dolores Frank (as "Page" / "Dancer"), Miriam Franken (as "Tavern Girl"), Ruth Gieber (as "Court Lady"), Helen Grenelle (as "The Dancer"), Margaret Grove (as "Court Lady"), Catherine Hayes (as "Margot"), Mimi Hayes (as "Jehanneton" / "Tavern Girl"), Walter Higgins (as "Tavern Man"), Arthur Hoyt (as "Scotch Archer"), Therese Hyle (as "Tavern Girl"), William Johnson (as "The Hangman"), Arthur Kellar (as "Tavern Man"), Virginia Kelley (as "Page" / "Dancer"), Vivian Kelley (as "Isabeau"), Dennis King (as "Francois Villon"), Marguerite De La Motte (as "Court Lady"), Lucy Lawlor (as "Tavern Girl"), Melba Lee (as "Page" / "Dancer"), Bryan Lycan (as "Thibaut D'Aussigny"), Glenn Macauley (as "Courtier"), Beatrice Marsh (as "Court Lady"), H.H. McCullum (as "Tristan L'Hermite"), John Mealey (as "Second Courtier" / "Scotch Archer"), Estelle Mercier (as "Page" / "Dancer"), Joseph Miller (as "Trois Echelles" / "Tavern Man"), Margot Miller (as "Page" / "Dancer"), George Mortimer (as "Tavern Man" / "The Bishop"), Eona Murillo (as "Tavern Girl"), Carlton Neville (as "Courtier, Colin de Cayeul"), Louise Olary (as "Courtier"), Nellie Paley (as "Page" / "Dancer"), Ethel Rea (as "Tavern Girl"), Kathryne Richmond (as "Tavern Girl"), Marius Rogati (as "Jehan Le Loup, Tavern Man"), Edwin Rogers (as "Courtier"), Jack Rose (as "Courtier"), Muriel Seaman (as "Court Lady"), Edward Sheldon (as "Tavern Man"), Merle Stevens (as "Blanche"), Evelyn Stockton, Carolyn Thomson (as "Katherine de Vaucelles"), Olga Treskoff (as "Lady Mary"), Theola Vincent (as "Court Lady"), Earl Waldo (as "Toison D'or, Burgundian Herald"), Julian Winter (as "Oliver Le Dain"), John York. NOTE: Filmed as The Vagabond King (1930) and The Vagabond King (1956).
- (1926) Stage: Directed "The Straw Hat" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Paul Tulane and Agnes Hamilton Jones. Based on the French of 'Eugene Labiche'. American Laboratory: 14 Oct 1926-Nov 1926 (closing date unknown/57 performances). Cast: Stella Adler (as "Baroness Creme de la Creme"), George Auerbach, Morton Brown, Adelaide George, Robert H. Gordon, Sam Hartman, Harold Hecht (as "Felix"), Florence House, Martha Johnson, Donald Keyes, Louis Quince, Roberta Renys, Anne Schmidt, Dora Schwartz, Arthur Sircom (as "Gillette Rapide"), Richard Skinner, Frances Wilson. Produced by The American Laboratory Theatre Company. NOTE: This was the original Broadway production of the famous French comedy, "The Italian Straw Hat".
- (1926) Stage: Directed "The Trumpet Shall Sound" on Broadway.
- (1927) Stage: Directed "Ballyhoo" on Broadway. Written by Kate Horton. 49th Street Theatre: 4 Jan 1927-Jan 1927 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Arline Blackburn, Louise Carter, Eric Dressler (as "Cameron MacDonald"), Smith E. Frazier, Kathryn Givney (as "Judy MacDonald"), Minna Gombell (as "Starlight Lil"), James Green, Adelaide Hibbard, Earle H. Mayne, Hugh O'Connell (as "Texas Dan"), William H. Post, William Sellery, Kent Thurber, Morgan Wallace. Produced by Russell Janney.
- (1927) Stage: Directed (credited as Richard Boleslavskyk) "Granite" on Broadway. American Laboratory: 11 Feb 1927-Apr 1927 (closing date unknown/70 performances). Cast: Roland Coombs (as "A Clergyman"), Herbert V. Gellendre (as "Jordan Morris"), Robert H. Gordon (as "The Nameless Man"), George Macready (as "Prosper"), Blanch Tancock (as "Judith"), Frances Wilson (as "Penny Holt"). Produced by The American Laboratory Theatre Company.
- (1927) Stage: Directed "Much Ado About Nothing" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by William Shakespeare. American Laboratory: 18 Nov 1927-Dec 1927 (closing date unknown/22 performances). Cast: Grover Burgess (as "Balthasar, a singer"), Francis Burk (as "Claudio, a young lord of Florence"), Greely Curtis (as "Sexton"), Lester Ford (as "Verges"), Herbert V. Gellendre (as "Don John, Don Pedro's bastard brother"), Robert Gordon (as "Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon"), Donald Hartman (as "Borachio, follower of Don John"), Thomas Hayes (as "Dogberry"), Harold Hecht (as "Conrade, follower of Don John"), Martha Johnson (as "Hero, Leonato's daughter"), George Macready (as "Benedick, a young lord of Padua"), Robert Parsons (as "Friar Francis"), Frances Simpson (as "Margaret, Attendant on Hero"), Joaquin Souther (as "Leonato, Governor of Messina"), Katherine Squire (as "Watch"), Blanch Tancock (as "Beatrice, an orphan, Leonato's niece"), Mariane F. Wetzel (as "Watch"), Frances Wilson. Produced by The American Laboratory Theatre Company.
- (1927) Stage: Directed "At the Gate of the Kingdom" on Broadway.
- (1927) Stage: Directed "White Eagle" on Broadway. Musical. Music by Rudolf Friml. Book / lyrics by Brian Hooker and 'William H. Post' (qv. 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 (also producer) 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 "Lt. 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 "Capt. 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 "Lt. 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").
- (1928) Stage: Directed "Dr. Knock" on Broadway. Comedy/satire. Written by Jules Romains. Translated by Harley Granville-Barker. American Laboratory: 27 Feb 1928- Mar 1928 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Francis Burk (as "The Town Crier"), Francis Fergusson (as "Another Country Fellow"), Herbert V. Gellendre (as "Dr. Parpalaid"), Robert H. Gordon (as "Dr. Knock"), Donald Hartman (as "Bernard"), Tom Hayes (as "Mosquet"), Harold Hecht (as "Jean"), Florence House (as "Madame Parpalaid"), Mary Martin (as "A Nurse"; Broadway debut), Erna Obermeier (as "A Farmer's Wife"), William D. Post (as "A Country Fellow"), Anne Schmidt (as "Madame Pons"), Frances Wilson (as "Madame Remy"). Produced by The American Laboratory Theatre Company.
- (1928) Stage: Staged "The Three Musketeers" on Broadway. Musical drama. Music by Rudolf Friml. Lyrics by Clifford Grey and P.G. Wodehouse. Book by / directed by'William Anthony McGuire'. Based on the story by Alexandre Dumas. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Musical Staging by Albertina Rasch. Lyric Theatre: 13 Mar 1928-15 Dec 1928 (318 performances). Cast: Pirkko Ahlquist (as "Ensemble"), Lester Allen (as "Planchet"), Virginia Beardsley (as "Ensemble"), Yvonne Beaupre as "Ensemble"), Marye Bern (as "Ensemble"), Jeanette Bradley (as "Ensemble"), Harrison Brockbank (as "Innkeeper"), Eleanor Buffington (as "Ensemble"), Edna Bunte (as "Ensemble"), Robert D. Burns (as "Jussac"), Katherine Cavelli (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Clark (as "Ensemble"), John Clarke (as "The Duke of Buckingham"), Nancy Corrigan (as "Ensemble"), Dona Desne Curry (as "Ensemble"), Yvonne D'Arle (as "Anne, Queen of France"), Audrey Davis (as "Ensemble"), Helen Derby (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia Derby (as "Ensemble"), Clarence Derwent (as "Louis XIII"), William Dillon (as "Ensemble"), Marion Dodge (as "Ensemble"), L. Dumbadse (as "Ensemble"), Douglass Dumbrille (as "Athos"), Ernest Ehler (as "Ensemble"), Marguerite Eisele (as "Ensemble"), Byrdeatta Evans (as "Ensemble"), Rose Gale (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Greenley (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Groves (as "Ensemble"), Emily Hadley (as "Ensemble"), Sally Hadley (as "Ensemble"), William Hagen (as "Ensemble"), Pauline Hall (as "Ensemble"), Libby Hanley (as "Ensemble"), Vida Hanna (as "Ensemble"), Catherine Hayes (as "Aubergiste"), Louis Hector (as "Comte De La Rochefort"), Eve Hellesness (as "Ensemble"), Harriet Hoctor (as "Premiere Danseuse of the Court"), Stanley Howard (as "Ensemble"), Ivan Ismailov (as "Ensemble"), Norman Ives (as "Ensemble"), Harry James (as "Ensemble"), Andy Jochim (as "Cardinal's Guard"), Naomi Johnson (as "Zoe"), Wilma Kaye (as "Ensemble"), Frances Kelly (as "Ensemble"), William Kershaw (as "Brother Joseph"), Dennis King (as "D'Artagnan"), Charles Kirby (as "Ensemble"), John Kline (as "M. De Treville"), Lydia Krushinsky (as "Ensemble"), Julia Lane (as "Ensemble"), Elaine Lank (as "Ensemble"), Randolph Leyman (as "Cardinal's Guard"), Eleanor Little (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Macaulay (as "Aramis"), Glenn Macauley (as "Ensemble"), Mary MacDonald (as "Ensemble"), Lottie Marcy (as Ensemble"), Joan Marren (as "Ensemble"), Marie Merrifield (as "Ensemble"), G. Moore (as "King's Attendant"), Ellen Moray (as "Ensemble"), Ann Moss (as "Ensemble"), Armundi Muzzi (as "Ensemble"), Raymond O'Brien (as "Patrick"), Lucille O'Connor (as "Ensemble"), Vivienne Osborne (as "Lady De Winter"), Nona Otero (as "Ensemble"), Reginald Owen (as "Cardinal Richelieu"), Ivy Palmer (as "Ensemble"), Esther Peters (as "Ensemble"), Detmar Poppen (as "Porthos"), Nora Puntin (as "Ensemble"), Louise Raymond (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Reign (as "Ensemble"), Lee Russell (as "Ensemble"), Vivienne Segal (as "Constance Bonacieux"), Martin Sheppard (as "Ensemble"), Robert Shields (as "Ensemble"), Hilda Steiner (as "Ensemble"), Miriam Stockton (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Sutton (as "Ensemble"), Richard Thornton (as "The Bo'sun"), Mildred Turner (as "Ensemble"), Regina Tushinska (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Valient (as "Ensemble"), A. Van Mueller (as "Ensemble"), Serge Vino (as "Ensemble"), Lillian White (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Williams (as "Ensemble"), Helen Withers (as "Ensemble"), John Zak (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..
- (1928) Stage: Directed "Martine" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Jean-Jacques Bernard. Translated by Helen Grayson. American Laboratory: 4 Apr 1928-Apr 1928 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Frank Burk (as "Julien Mervan"), Herbert V. Gellendre (as "Alfred Murieux"), Mary Steichen (as "Martin Jeanne"), Ruth Nelson (as "Martine Gevin"; Broadway debut), Frances Williams (as "Madame Mervan"). Produced by The American Laboratory Theatre Company.
- (1928) Stage: Directed "Mr. Moneypenny" on Broadway. Comedy.
- (1928) Stage: Directed "Falstaff" on Broadway. Comedy.
- (1929) Stage: Directed "Judas" on Broadway.
- (4/24/27) Stage: Directed the musical "The Vagabond King," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, OH, with Dennis King (as "Francois Villon"); Arthur Deagon; Berna Deane; George Probert; Daisy 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. William H. Post and Brian Hooker wrote the book and lyrics. Based on the story by Justin Huntly McCarthy. James Reynolds was set and costume designer. Royal Cutter and Helen Grenellie were choreographers. Fred Walz was orchestra conductor. Russell Janney was producer.
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