- (1896 - 1927) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1896) Stage Play: The War of Wealth. Melodrama. Written by Charles T. Dazey. Star Theatre: 10 Feb 1896- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Madeline Bouton (as "Marcia Dudley"), Lawrence Hanley (as "John Warfield"), A.S. Lipman (as "Sanford Farley"), Malcolm Williams (as "Philip Norwood'), 'Thomas A. Wise' (as "Major Pinckney Poindexter") [Broadway debut].
- (1899) Stage Play: The Cuckoo. Farce. Written by Charles H. Brookfield. Based on "Decore" by Henri Meilhac. Wallack's Theatre: 3 Apr 1899- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Amelia G. Bingham, Joseph Holland, Thomas A. Wise. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1900) Stage Play: The House That Jack Built. Written by George Broadhurst. Hoyt's Theatre: 24 Dec 1900- Jan 1901 (closing date unknown/18 performances). Cast: Albert Amberg, Harrison Armstrong, Anita Bridger, Charles Cherry (as "Sir Edward Singleton"), Brandon Douglas, Grace Dudley, Roy Fairchild, John Findlay (as "Dr. Jack'), Alexis Law Gisiko, Fred W. Peters, Frank Short , George Henry Trader [Broadway debut], 'Thomas A. Wise' (as "Willie Slab"), Annie Yeamans, Jennie Yeamans.
- (1901) Stage Play: Are You a Mason? Farce. Book adapted by Leo Ditrichstein. Adapted from the German of Lauf and Kraatz. Directed by Leo Ditrichstein. Wallack's Theatre: 1 Apr 1901- Apr 1901 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Nellie Butler, Sally Cohen, Leo Ditrichstein (as "George Fisher"), Charles Greene, Charlotte Lambert, Amy Muller, Jeanette Northern, Theresa Renold, John C. Rice, George Richards, May Robson, Esther Tittell, Thomas A. Wise. Produced by Charles Frohman. Note: Filmed by Famous Players Film Company [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as Are You a Mason? (1915), and by Real Art Productions (UK) [Distributed in UK by Universal Pictures and in the U.S. by M.J. Kandel and Olympic/States Rights System] as Are You a Mason? (1934).
- (1901) Stage Play: Are You a Mason? Farce (revival). Book adapted by Leo Ditrichstein. Adapted from the German of Lauf and Kraatz. Garrick Theatre: 19 Aug 1901- Sep 1901 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Hazel Chappel, Sally Cohen, Oscar Dane, Leo Ditrichstein, James S. Edwards, Grace Hadsell, Charles Halton [Broadway debut], Amy Muller, John C. Rice, George Richards, Esther Tittell, Maude Travers, Gertrude Whitty, Thomas A. Wise. Note: Filmed by Famous Players Film Company [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as Are You a Mason? (1915), and by Real Art Productions (UK) [Distributed in UK by Universal Pictures and in the U.S. by M.J. Kandel and Olympic/States Rights System] as Are You a Mason? (1934).
- (1903) Stage Play: Vivian's Papas. Written by Leo Ditrichstein. Garrick Theatre: 17 Aug 1903- Sep 1903 (closing date unknown/49 performances). Cast: Thomas Burns, Hazel Chappel, William Davis, Charles Greene, Lillie Hall, J. Beresford Hollis, Jack J. Horwitz, David Johnson, John J. Mahony, Hall McAllister, John C. Rice, Esther Tittell, John Watts, Gertrude Whitty, Hattie Williams, Thomas A. Wise. Produced by Rich & Harris.
- (1904) Stage Play: Harriet's Honeymoon. Comedy. Written by Leo Ditrichstein. Garrick Theatre: 4 Jan 1904- Jan 1904 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: A.S. 'Pop' Byron (as "Elliot Baird"), Lillie Hall, Charles Haskins, Louise Hollister, Jack Horwitz, H. Irwin, Adolph Jackson, Carolyn James, Henry Kolker [Broadway debut], Kate Lester, Mary Mannering (as "Harriet Baird"), Sydney Mansfield, Louis Massen, Hall McAllister, David Proctor, Edward See, Hope Sansberry, Frances Stevens, Thomas A. Wise. Produced by Frank McKee.
- (1904) Stage Play: Military Mad. Comedy. Written by Leo Ditrichstein. From the German of Fritz Von Schoenthan. Garrick Theatre: 22 Aug 1904- Sep 1904 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Herbert Ayling, Edith Barker, William Cline, Elly Collmer, Ida Conquest, Leo Ditrichstein, Henry V. Donnelly, John Emerson, Elizabeth Emmett, Charles J. Greene, Charles James, Henry Kolker, Amy Lesser, William Little, Jennie Reiffarth, Brinsley Shaw, Giles Shine, Harry Surgent, Margaret Sutherland, Florence Thornton, George Henry Trader, Thomas A. Wise.
- (1904) Stage Play: Home Folks. Drama. Written by Charles T. Dazey. New York Theatre: 26 Dec 1904- Jan 1905 (closing date unknown/34 performances). Cast: Belle D'Aube, William S. Hart, Chrystal Herne, Julie Herne, William Ingersoll, Charles Lamb, Desiree Lazard, Roso Marston, Charles Mason, Morton McKim, Samuel Reed, Jack Ryan, Arthur Sanders, Howard Sloat, Charles Stedman, Frances Stevens, Walter Thomas, Ida Waterman, Thomas A. Wise.
- (1905) Stage Play: Mrs. Temple's Telegram. Farce.
- (1905) Stage Play: The Prince Chap. Comedy.
- (1905) Stage Play: Before and After. Farce. Written by Leo Ditrichstein. Americanized from "La Poudre de l'escampette" by Albert Milhaud and Alfred Hennequin. Manhattan Theatre: 12 Dec 1905- Feb 1906 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Frederic Barton, Kenyon Bishop, George C. Boniface, Leo Ditrichstein, Roy Fairchild, Mabel Findlay, Katherine Florence, Georgie Lawrence, John Daly Murphy, Jean Newcombe, Helen Warren, Fritz Williams, Thomas A. Wise. Produced by Robert Hunter.
- (1906) Stage Play: The Optimist. Comedy. Written by Sydney Rosenfeld. Daly's Theatre: 23 Apr 1906- 29 Apr 1906 (8 performances). Cast: Martin Alsop, Oscar Apfel [only Broadway role], Consuelo Bailey, Kathryn Browne (as "Phyllis"), Grace Gaylor Clark, Lizzie Hudson Collier, Wallace Eddinger (as "Jack"), J.H. Gilmour (as "Norman"), Gerald Griffin, Christine Hall, John Ince, Anna Stannard, Andrew Stephens, Genevieve Thomas, Wynne Vorhees, Charlotte Walker, Thomas A. Wise.
- (1906) Stage Play: The Little Cherub. Musical comedy. Music by Ivan Caryll. Book by Owen Hall. Musical Director: William T. Francis. The song "The Doggie in Our Yard" by Marie Doro. Lyrics by Owen Hall. Additional music by Charles Collins, Jerome Kern, Frank Tours and Jean Schwartz. Additional lyrics by Charles Collins, Adrian Ross, George Grossmith, Jr., C.H. Bovill, Clifford Harris and William Jerome. Scenic Design by Ernest M. Gros. Costume Design by Mrs. Robert Osborn and Pascaud. Directed by Ben Teal. Criterion Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House from 30 Dec 1906- Jan 1907. On hiatus during most of Jan 1907 and reopened in Feb 1907 to close): 6 Aug 1906- Feb 1907 (closing date unknown/176 performances). Cast: David Bennett, James Blakeley, Richard Chawner, Grace Field, Emily Francis, Charles Gibson, Martin Haydon, Harold Hendee, Andrew Higginson, Mabel Hollins, Eithel Kelly, Grace Kimball, John Mayon, May Naudain, Clara Pitt, Elsa Reinhardt, John F. Rogers, Edna Sidney, Beth Stone, Will West, Hattie Williams, Winona Winter, Thomas A. Wise [credited as Tom Wise], Dorothy Zimmerman. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1907) Stage Play: The Lady from Lane's. Musical comedy.
- (1908) Stage Play: A Gentleman from Mississippi. Written by Harrison Garfield Rhodes and Thomas A. Wise. Bijou Theatre: 29 Sep 1908- Sep 1909 (closing date unknown/407 performances). Cast: Ernest Baxter, E.H. Bender, Frederick Bock, W.J. Brady, Charles Chappelle, Hal De Forrest, Douglas Fairbanks (as "Bud Haines"), Henry Gibson, Charles Johnson, Donald MacKintire, M.W. Rale, Charles Sedgwick, Harry Stubbs, Sue Van Duzer, Stanhope Wheatcroft, Thomas A. Wise (as "William H. Langdon"). Produced by William A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer. Note: Filmed as A Gentleman from Mississippi (1914).
- (1911) Stage Play: An Old New Yorker. Written by Harrison Garfield Rhodes and Thomas A. Wise. Daly's Theatre: 3 Apr 1911- 16 Apr 1911 [?] (16 performances). Cast: Thomas A. Wise (as "Samuel Beekman"), Esther Banks, Frank Currier, Lettie Ford [Broadway debut], George Gaston, Ethelbert Hales, Lindsay J. Hall, Mary Hopkins, Franklin Jones, John B. Maher, Lola May, Frances McLeod, William Perry, William Rosell, George S. Somnes, Gertrude Whitty, Blanche Yurka. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Lights o' London (Revival).
- (1911) Stage Play: Uncle Sam. Comedy.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Silver Wedding. Comedy. Written by Edward Locke. Directed by Edward Locke. Longacre Theatre: 11 Aug 1913- Aug 1913 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Thomas A. Wise (as "Ludwig Koehler"), Cecile Breton (as "Martha Koehler"), Alice Gale (as "Frau Koehler"), Carl Hemman (as "Earl Rehbein"), Gerhardt Jasperson (as "Hans Weighart"), Frank McCormack (as "Ottomar Klotz"), Violet Moore (as "Margaret Rehbein"), David Ross (as "Heinie Schmidt"), Lillian Ross (I) (as "Frida Hachradt") [Broadway debut], Guinio Socola (as "Juan Jacinta"), Edna Temple (as "Lucy Rehbein"), Calvin Thomas (as "George Eckhart"). Produced by H.H. Frazee.
- (1914) Stage Play: The Song of Songs. Written by Edward Sheldon. From the novel by Hermann Sudermann. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 22 Dec 1914- Jun 1915 (closing date unknown/191 performances). Cast: Maud Allan, Claus Bogel, R.A. Brandon, Romaine Callender, John Coss, Dorothy Donnelly, Irene Fenwick, Ernest Glendinning, Cyril Keightley, John Mason, Rita Otway, Helena Rapport, Eleanor Seybolt, William Stone, Grace Wall, Forrest Winant, Thomas A. Wise. Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1916) Stage Play: Caliban of the Yellow Sands. Musical. Written by Percy MacKaye. Directed by Joseph Urban and Richard Orynski. Lewisohn Stadium of City College of New York: 24 May 1916- Jun 1916 (closing date unknown/10 performances). Cast: Beatrice Beckley (as "Anne Page"), Eric Blind (as "Lorenzo/Antony"), Lionel Braham (as "Caliban"), Matthew Briggs (as "War"), Maurice Cass (as "Pandarus"), Viola Compton (as "Mistress Ford"), Cyril Courtney (as "The Banished Duke"), Clifford Devereaux (as "Eros"), John Drew (as "Shakespeare"), Augustin Duncan (as "Horatio"), Fred Eric (as "Romeo/Orlando"), Marion Evenson (as "Charmian/Perdita"), Edward Fielding (as "Death"), Etienne Girardot (as "Sir Hugh Evans"), Gladys Hanson (as "Cressida"), Gareth Hughes (as "Ariel"), Howard Kyle (as "Prospero"), Mary Lawton (as "The Spirit of Time"), Thais Lawton (as "Mistress Page"), Frederick Lewis (as "King Henry The Fifth"), Henry Ludlowe (as "Brutus"), Allan Ross MacDougall (as "Boy"), Clarence Major (as "Jessica/Attendant"), Robert B. Mantell (as "Hamlet"), Edith Wynne Matthison (as "Miranda"), Emanuel Reicher (as "Ghost of Caesar/Ghost of Hamlet's Father"), Hedwiga Reicher (as "Cleopatra") [final Broadway role], Brigham Royce (as "Lust"), John Sahlveck (as "Lucius"), William H. Sams (as "Marcelius/Jacques"), Margherita Sargent (as "St. Agnes"), George F. Smithfield (as "Adam"), Joseph Sterling (as "Troilus/Florizel"), Joseph Whitmore (as "Sycorax"), Thomas A. Wise (as "Sir John Falstaff"), Margaret Wycherly (as "Juliet").
- (1917) Stage Play: The Merry Wives of Windsor. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Park Theatre: 8 Jan 1917- Jan 1917 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Tracy Barrow, Gordon Burbe, W. Lawson Butt, Constance Collier, Robert W. Craig, Isabel Irving, Auriol Lee, Barry Macollum, Robert Mantell, Fuller Mellish, Vera Fuller Mellish [Broadway debut], Alexander Onslow, Marcel Rousseau, Jack Terry, J.D. Walsh. Produced by Silvio Hein.
- (1917) Stage Play: Pals First.
- (1917) Stage Play: General Post.
- (1918) Stage Play: Mr. Barnum. Written by Harrison Garfield Rhodes [credited as Harrison Rhodes] and Thomas A. Wise. Criterion Theatre: 9 Sep 1918- Sep 1918 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Luray Butler, L. Melton Clodagh, Harold De Becker, George Ford, Gaston Glass, Richard Gordon, Charles Jackson, Leavitt James, Francis La Mont, Clyde North, Herbert Rice, Albert Sackett, William Seymour, Jay Wilson, Thomas A. Wise. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1919) Stage Play: Cappy Ricks.
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