- (1889) Stage: Wrote book for "The Charlatan" on Broadway. Musical comedy/opera. Lyrics by Charles Klein [earliest Broadway credit]. Music by John Philip Sousa. Musical Director: Paul Steindorff. Directed by H.A. Cripps. Harlem Opera House (moved to The Knickerbocker Theatre from 5 Sep 1898-8 Oct 1898, then moved to The Fifth Avenue Theatre from 11 May 1899-close): 5 Dec 1899-17 Jun 1899 (82 performances). Cast: Charles Arthur (as "Showman"), George Barnum (credited as George W. Barnum; as "Capt. Peshofski"; Broadway debut), Nella Bergen (as "Anna, alias Princess Ruchkowski"), Adine Bouvier (as "Grand Duchess"), Catherine Carlisle (as "Sophia"), Arthur Cunningham (as "Grand Duke"), DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Demidoff"), Alice Judson (as "Katrinka"), Alfred Klein (as "Jelikoff"), Mark Price (as "Gogol"), Edmund Stanley (as "Prince Boris"), Harry P. Stone (as "Koreff"). Produced by De Wolf Hopper Opera Company.
- (1895) Stage: "The District Attorney" on Broadway. Melodrama. Written by Charles Klein and Harrison Grey Fiske [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by Minnie Maddern Fiske [credited as Mrs. Fiske]. American Theatre: 21 Jan 1895-unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Annie Irish (as "Grace"), Wilton Lackaye (as "John Stratton"), Frank Mordaunt (as "Matthew Brainerd"). NOTE: Filmed as The District Attorney (1915).
- (1895) Stage: "The Merry Countess" on Broadway.
- (1895) Stage: "A Happy Little Home" on Broadway.
- (1896) Stage: "Two Little Vagrants" on Broadway. Drama. Book adapted by Charles Klein. From "Les Deux Gosses" by Pierre Decourcelle. Academy of Music: 23 Nov 1896-unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: Minnie Dupree [Broadway debut].
- (1897) Stage: "Heartsease" on Broadway. Drama.
- (1897) j Stage: "Dr. Belgraf" on Broadwayf. Garden Theatre: 19 Apr 1897-unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Wilton Lackaye (as "Dr. Belgraff"), Forrest Robinson (as "Gerald Fenton"), Marie Wainwright.
- (1900) Stage: "A Royal Rogue" on Broadway. Musical comedy.
- (1901) Stage: "The Auctioneer" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Charles Klein and Lee Arthur. Scenic Design by John H. Young. Directed by David Belasco. Bijou Theatre: 23 Sep 1901-Dec 1901 (closing date unknown/105 performances). Cast: Corah Adams (as "Miss Finch"), Marie Bates (as "Mrs. Eagan"), Elizabeth Berkeley (as "Miss Crompton"), Tony Bevan (as "Chestnut Vendor"), William Boag (as "Groode"), Eugene Canfield (as "Mo Fininski"), Maria Davis (as "Mrs. Levi"), Ruth Dennis (as "Mandy" / "Miss Crompton"), Horace James (as "Dawkins"), Nina Lyn (as "Miss Manning"), Nellie Lynch (as "Minnie"), H. S. Millward (as "Critch"), Helena Phillips (as "Mrs. Sampson"), Harry L. Rawlins (as "Policeman"), Harry Rogers (as "Jacob Sampson"), Brandon Tynan (as "Richard Eagan"), Cyril Vezina (as "Customer"), David Warfield (as "Simon Levi"), Odell Williams (as "Callahan"), Maude Winter (as "Helga"). Produced by David Belasco. NOTE: Filmed as The Auctioneer (1927).
- (1901) Stage: "The Cipher Code" on Broadway. Melodrama. Written by Charles Klein. Haverly's 14th Street Theatre: 30 Sep 1901-Oct 1901 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Mabel Aylward, Estabrook Galloway, William Harcourt, Maud Hoffman, John E. Kellerd (as "James Kelso"), Cecil Magnus, George Douglas Parker, John Ried, Harry St. Maur, George C. Staley, William Thomas, Kate Vandenhoff, Charles Walcott, Harry A. Weaver, Richard Webster, Mrs. Russ Whytal [credited as Mrs. Russ Whytall], Frank Winston.
- (1913) Stage: "The Auctioneer" on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Written by Charles Klein and Lee Arthur.
- (1903) Stage: "Mr. Pickwick" on Broadway. Musical. Music by Manuel Klein [earliest Broadway credit]. Book by Charles Klein. Based on the book by Charles Dickens. Lyrics by Grant Stewart. Featuring songs with lyrics by Hermann Klein. Featuring songs by George Spink. Directed by George F. Marion. Herald Square Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House from 27 Apr 1903 to close): 19 Jan 1903-May 1903 (closing date unknown/73 performances). Cast: J.K. Adams, Guy H. Bartlett, Digby Dell, Laura Joyce Bell, George Chapman, Marguerite Clark, Augustus Coletti, Philip Connor, Mary Davis, Grace Fisher, Louise Gunning, Ruth Halbert, DeWolf Hopper Sr., Marion Lee, Henry Norman, Louis Payne, Alice Maude Poole, George Rolland, Grant Stewart (as "Alfred Jingle"), George Williams. Produced by The De Wolfe Hopper Opera Company.
- (1935) Stage: "Potash and Perlmutter" on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Written by Montague Glass [posthumous credit] and Charles Klein [posthumous credit]. Directed by Robert Leonard (also in cast as "Mawruss Perlmutter"). Park Theatre: 5 Apr 1935-Apr 1935 (closing date unknown/19 performances). Cast: Frank Allworth (as "Mozart Rabiner"; final Broadway role), Willard Dashiell (as "Sen. Murphy"), Paula Denning (as "Mozart Rabiner"), Hazel Drury (as "Katie"), Waldo Edwards (as "Boris Andrieff"), Harry Eshback (as "Farrell"), Nancy Evans (as "Miss Cohen"), Walter Fenner (as "Henry D. Feldman"), Betty Hanna (as "Ruth Goldman"), Ethel Harris (as "Miss Nelson"), Frank Jaquet (as "Expressman"), Sylvia Leigh (as "Irma Potash"), Louis Morrell (as "A Gentleman"; final Broadway role), Arthur S. Ross (as "Abe Potash"), Sam Sidman (as "Steuerman"), Beau Tilden (credited as Milano Tilden; as "Irma Potash"), Bertha Walden (as "Mrs. Potash"), Gaile Watson (as "Miss Levin"), Joseph K. Watson (as "Marks Pasinsky"). Produced by United Players Inc.
- (1904) Stage: "The Music Master" on Broadway. Written by Charles Klein. Directed by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre (moved to the Bijou Theatre on 9 Jan 1905-close): 26 Sep 1904-Sep 1906 (closing date unknown/627 performances). Cast: Marie Bates (as "Miss Houston"), Tony Bevan (as "Mr. Ryan"), William Boag (as "Andrew Cruger"), H.G. Carleton (as "Ditson"), Downing Clarke (as "A Collector"), Jane Cowl (as "Octavie'), Minnie Dupree (as "Helen Stanton"), Campbell Gollan (as "Henry A. Stanton"), Louis Hendricks (as "Al. Costello"), Alfred Hudson (as "Mr. Schwartz"), Master Richard Kessler (as "Danny"), Sybil Klein (as "Charlotte"), Lee Kohlmar (as "August Poons"), Harold Mead (as "Joles"), William Ricciardi (credited as W.G. Ricciardi; as "Signor Tagliafico"; Broadway debut), Louis P. Verande (as "Louis Pinac"), Isabel Waldron (as "Mrs. Andrew Cruger"), Antoinette Walker (as "Jennie"), David Warfield (as "Anton Von Barwig"), J. Carrington Yates (as "Beverly Cruger"). Produced by David Belasco. NOTE: One of the biggest hits of the era.
- (1906) Stage: "The Daughters of Men" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Charles Klein. Astor Theatre: 19 Nov 1906-Jan 1907 (closing date unknown/59 performances). Cast: Joseph Adelman, Carl Ahrendt, Edwin Brandt, Frank Brownlee, Ralph Delmore, George W. Deyo, Dorothy Donnelly (as "Louise Stolbeck"), Grace Filkins, J.H. Howland, Orrin Johnson (as "John Stedman"), Herbert Kelcey, Kate L. McLaurin [Broadway debut], E.W. Morrison, George Parsons, Lynn Pratt, Effie Shannon (as "Grace Crosby"). Produced by Henry B. Harris.
- (1902) Stage: "Hon. John Grigsby" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Charles Klein.
- (1914) Stage: "The Money Makers" on Broadway. Written by Charles Klein [final Broadway credit during lifetime]. Booth Theatre: 5 Oct 1914-Oct 1914 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Joseph Adelman, Lionel Bevans, Eva Condon, Emmett Corrigan, Alfred Fisher, Echlin Gayer, Walter Kingsford, Felix Krembs, Dodson Mitchell, Eugene O'Brien, Eugene Prazier, Calvin Thomas, Margaret Wycherly. Produced by Selwyn & Co.
- (1913) Stage: "Potash and Perlmutter" on Broadway. Written by Montague Glass [earliest Broadway credit] and Charles Klein. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 16 Aug 1913-Sep 1915 (closing date unknown/441 performances). Cast: Barney Bernard (as "Abe Potash"), Alexander Carr (as "Mawruss Perlmutter"), Marguerite Anderson (as "Irma"), Fred Carter, Leo Donnelly, Louise Dresser (as "Ruth Snyder"), Grace Fielding, Edward Gillespie, Stanley Jessup, Joseph Kilgour (as "Feldman"), Lee Kohlmar, Dorothy Landers, Gertrude Millington, Albert Parker (as "Boris Andrieff"; final Broadway role), Arthur J. Pickens, Russell Pincus, Dore Rogers. Produced by A.H. Woods. NOTES: (1) One of the biggest hits on Broadway prior to WWI (2) Filmed as Potash and Perlmutter (1923).
- (February 4 to 13, 1932) His play, "The Music Master," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Ralph Freud was director.
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