- (1934) Stage: Produced (w/Archibald Selwyn) "Revenge with Music" on Broadway (final Broadway credit). Musical comedy. Material and lyrics by Howard Dietz. Music by Arthur Schwartz. Based on a variation on the old Spanish folk tale "El Sombrero de Tres Picos" by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Musical Direction by Victor Baravalle. Dance ensembles by Mikhail Mordkin. Directed by Theodor Komisarjevsky. New Amsterdam Theater: 28 Nov 1934-27 Apr 1935 (158 performances). Cast: Libby Holman (as "Mariah"), Georges Metaxa, Charles Winninger (as "Don Emilio"), Joseph Macaulay, Helen Arden, Walter Armin, Beatrice Berens, Gertrude Berggren, Marcus Blechman, Geraldine Bork, Andre Charise, Ilka Chase, Natalia Danesi, Margaret Daum, Frank Davenport, Marguerite De Anguera, Nunez de Polanco, Bertha Donn (as "Juanita, Dona Isabella's Maid"), Tamara Doriva, John Dunbar, William Elliott, Frances Farnsworth, Raoul Fernandez, David Friedkin, Ernestine Henoch, Hernandez Brothers, Eleanor King, George Kirk, Ada Korvin, Marion Lawrence, Margaret Lee, Tom Long, Earle MacVeigh, Gene Martel, Paul Mathis, Rex O'Malley, Rosita Ortega, Harry Pick, Detmar Poppen, Frances Reid, Hyla Roberts, Charles Scanlon, Ivy Scott, Sidney Stark, George Thornton, Rowan Tudor, Omero Valencia, Bianca Volland, Eleanor Waldon, Herman Weiner, Cliff Whitcombe, Jay Wilson, Molly Wood, Paula Yasgour. NOTE: Holman sang "You and the Night and Music."
- (1934) Stage: Produced (w/Archibald Selwyn) "L'Aiglon" on Broadway. Drama/tragedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand. Book adapted by Clemence Dane. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne. Broadhurst Theatre: 3 Nov 1934-Dec 1934 (closing date unknown/58 performances). Cast: Ethel Barrymore (as "Marie-Louise, Duchess of Parma"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "L'Aiglon" / "Franz, Duke of Reichstadt, Napoleon's son"), Walter Beck (as "Count Sedlinsky, Chief of Police"), Stiano Broggiotti (as "Count Bombelles, in attendance on Marie-Louise"; Broadway debut), John H. Brewer (as "Gentz, a spy"), Hugh Buckler (as "Flambeau, a Grenadier"), Donald Cameron (as "A French Attache"), Bennett Challis (as "A Man" / "Marmont, a French Field Marshal"), Margaret Cloninger (as "A Lady-in-Waiting" / "Third Lilac Domino"), Barbara Cochrane (as "Ensemble"), Ethel Colt (as "Fanny Elssler, a dancer"), Samuel Colt (as "A Young Countryman" / "Fifth Conspirator"), Sayre Crawley (as "Franz, Emperor of Austria"), Martha Crego (as "Fourth Lilac Domino"), Marion Evenson (as "Countess Camerata, Napoleon's niece"), Betty Fouche (as "Ensemble"), Eugene Francis (as "Acolyte"), Helena Glenn (as "Second Lady" / "A Shepherdess"), Richard Heath (as "Ensemble"), Lionel Hogarth (as "Count Dietrichstein, the Duke's tutor" / "Second Conspirator" / "A Prelate"), Lawrence Hutt (as "Fourth Conspirator"), Dorothy Johnson (as "Singer"), Jane Kim (as "Ensemble"), Joseph A. Kramm (as "Foresti" / "a Captain" / "First Conspirator"), Paul Leyssac (as "Metternich, Chancellor of Austria"), Benedict MacQuarrie (as "Gen. Hartmann, in attendance on the Duke"), Ysobel Martin (as "A Maid" / "Sixth Lilac Domino"), Edward McHugh (as "An Usher"), Georgie Drew Mendum (as "An Old Woman" / "A Princess"), Gabrielle Morgan (as "Ensemble"), Sam Pearce (as "A Harlequin" / "A Doctor"), Martin Pollock (as "A Tailor" / "Third Conspirator"), Stella Reynolds (as "First Lady" / "Fifth Lilac Domino"), Leona Roberts (as "The Archduchess, Marie-Louise's sister-in-law"), Douglas Rowland (as "First Servant"), John Salzman (as "First Swiss Guard"), Larry Schwimmer (as "Second Swiss Guard"), Charles Sedgwick (as "Third Servant" / "A Jester" / "Acolyte"), Alice Swanson (as "Singer"), Theodore Tenley (as "An Old Peasant" / "A Fop"), David Turk (as "A Farmer"), Helen Walpole (as "Therese de Lorget"), William Walsh (as "Second Servant"), Mary Ward (as "A Woman" / "Second Lilac Domino"), Richard Waring (as "Tiburce de Lorget, an exile in the Austrian pay"), Nelson Welch (as "Baron D'Obenaus, the Duke's history tutor" / "A Folly" / "Sixth Conspirator"), William Whitehead (as "Prokesch, the Duke's personal friend"), Ruth Wilton (as "Third Lady" / "Fifth Lilac Domino" / "Singer").
- (1934) Stage: Produced "Conversation Piece" on Broadway. Romantic comedy.
- (1934) Stage: Co-produced (w/Archibald Selwyn) "Continental Varieties" on Broadway. Musical revue. "Caprice Viennois" and "La Guitana" by Fritz Kreisler. "Mr. Balieff's Vocabulary" by Irving Caesar. "Valse No. 6" by Frédéric Chopin. "Cordoba" by Isaac Albéniz. Music / lyrics for "Les Gueuses" by Vincent Scotto. Music for "Attends!" and "Parlez-moi d'amour" by Jean Lenoir. Lyrics for "Parlez-moi d'amour" by Jean Lenoir. Music for "Viens danser...," "D'amour en amour," "Je ne savais pas" & "Parlez-moi..." by Jean Delettre. Lyrics for "Viens danser quant-même" by Jamblan. Music / lyrics for "Moi, j'crache dans l'eau" by Jean Tranchant. Lyrics for "D'amour en amour" by Léo Lelièvre. Lyrics for "Je ne savais pas" by Maurice Aubert. Music for "Si petite" by Gaston Claret. Lyrics for "Si petite" by Pierre Bayle-Silverman. Scenic Design by Angel Carretero. Little Theatre: 3 Oct 1934-13 Nov 1934 (44 performances). Cast: Lucienne Boyer (as "Performer"), Nikita Balieff (as "Performer"), Carmita (as "Performer"), Lydia Chaliapine (as "Performer"), Georges De Roze (as "Performer"), Vincente Escudero (as "Performer"), Emma Runitch (as "Performer"), Sacre Monte Gypsies (as "Performer").
- (1934) Stage: Co=produced (w/Archibald Selwyn) "Lady Jane" on Broadway (earliest Broadway credit). Comedy. Written / directed by H.M. Harwood. Plymouth Theatre: 10 Sep 1934-Oct 1934 (closing date unknown/40 performances). Cast: Frances Starr (as "Lady Jane Kingdom"), Frank Elliott (as "Lord Aldingham"), Lowell Gilmore (as "David Remington"), Frieda Inescort (as "Sybil Kingdom"; final Broadway role), Lila Lee (as "Liza Kingdom"), Alan Marshal (as "Steven Rains"), Reginald Mason (as "Prof. Charles Kingdom"), Paul McGrath (as "Douglas Allenby"), Florence Selwyn (as "Maid"), Henry Vincent (as "Hume"). Produced in association with Arthur Hopkins.
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