- (1909 - 1931) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1909) Stage Play: The Cottage in the Air. Written by Edward Knoblock. New Theatre: 11 Nov 1909- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Charles Balsar, Albert Bruning, Jessie Busley, Louis Calvert, 'Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh', Ferdinand Gottschalk, William McVay, Wilfred North, Beverly Sitgreaves, Mrs. Sol Smith, Henry Stanford, Robert Vivian [Broadway debut], Jacob Wendell, Olive Wyndham, Cecil Yapp [Broadway debut].
- (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 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 Witch. Written by Hans Wiers-Jenssen. Book adapted by Hermann Hagedorn. New Theatre: 14 Feb 1910- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Charles Balsar, Julia Blanc, Margaret Fareleigh, G.F. Hannam-Clark, Victor Johns, Ben Johnson, Bertha Kalich, Elsie Kearns, Thais Lawton, W.J. Locke, William McVay, Caroline Newcombe, Wilfred North, Guy Bates Post, Mrs. Sol Smith, Cecil Yapp. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1910) Stage Play: Sister Beatrice. Written by Maurice Maeterlinck. Translated by Edward Knoblock. New Theatre: 14 Mar 1910- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Eva Benton, Harriet Brent, Alfred Cross, Pedro de Cordoba, 'Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh,' Hannam Clark, Ben Johnson, Elsie Kearns, John Keats, Edith Wynne Matthison, Caroline Newcombe, Russell Reid, John Tansey, Robert Vivian, Olive Wyndham, Cecil Yapp. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Blue Bird. Written by Maurice Maeterlinck. New Theatre, (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 8 Nov 1910 to close): 1 Oct 1910- 21 Jan 1911 (unknown performances). Cast: Reginald Barlow (as "Daddy Tyl"), Ethel Brandon, Irene Brown, Claribel Campbell, Eleanor Carey, Louise Closser Hale (as "Fairy Berylune"), Pedro de Cordoba (as "Fire"), Bertha Donn (as "Cold-in-the-Head"), Claiborne Foster (as "The Girl Lover"), Emmett Hampton, Robert E. Homans, Gladys Hulette, George Majeroni (as "Sugar"), Martha McGraw, Robert McWade (as "Gaffer Tyl"), Eleanor Moretti (as "Night"), Nat Nazarro Jr., Gwendolyn Valentine, Elizabeth H. Von Sell, Jacob Wendell, Margaret Wycherly (as "Light"), Cecil Yapp. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Piper. Drama. Written by 'Josephine Preston Peabody'. New Theatre: 30 Jan 1911- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Stewart Baird, Lee Baker, Edwin Cushman, Pedro de Cordoba, Jeanette Dix, Frank Gilmore, Robert Hamilton, Emmett Hampton, Ben Johnson, Edith Wynne Matthison, William McVay, William Raymond, John Sutherland, John Tansey, Jacob Wendell, Cecil Yapp.
- Noah's Flood/Nice Wanton (1911).
- The Blue Bird (1911). (revival). Written by Maurice Maeterlinck.
- Children of Earth (1915). Written by Alice Brown. Booth Theatre: 12 Jan 1915- Feb 1915 (closing date unknown/39 performances). Cast: A.E. Anson, Reginald Barlow, Kate Jepson, Herbert Kelcey, Effie Shannon, Gilda Varesi Archibald, Theodor Von Eltz, Olive Wyndham, Cecil Yapp. Produced by Winthrop Ames. Note: This production was the result of a $10,000 contest Ames posted in search of the best new American play.
- The Tempest (1916). (revival).
- (1917) Stage Play: Lilac Time. Written by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin. Theatre Republic: 6 Feb 1917- Jul 1917 (closing date unknown/176 performances). Cast: Michelette Burani, Orme Caldara, Louise Coleman, Jane Cowl, Henry Crocker, Emile Detramont, Guilliame Deux, Charles Esdale, Lawrence Grant, Charles Hampden, Harry Hanlon, Felix Krembs, Mayne Lynton [credited as W. Mayne Lynton], Cecil Owen, Henry Stephenson, Cecil Yapp. Produced by Selwyn & Co. Note: Filmed as Lilac Time (1928).
- Saturday to Monday (1917). Written by William Hurlbut. Bijou Theatre: 1 Oct 1917- Oct 1917 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Constance Binney, Elizabeth Brown, Theresa Maxwell Conover, Marie Haynes, Eleanor Hutchison, Saxon Kling, Ruth Maycliffe, Charles McCarthy, Norman Trevor, Cecil Yapp. Produced by Winthrop Ames.
- Art and Opportunity (1917). Written by Harold Chapin. Knickerbocker Theatre: 26 Nov 1917- Dec 1917 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Edward Douglas, Martin Hayden, Frank Mills, Eleanor Painter, Grant Stewart, Katherine Stewart, Cecil Yapp. Produced by Richard Lambert.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Merchant of Venice. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Walter Hampden. Hampden's Theatre: 26 Dec 1925- Feb 1926 (closing date unknown/54 performances). Cast: Edith Barrett (as "Jessica, Shylock's daughter"), Ethel Barrymore (as "Portia, a rich heiress"), Maurice Colbourne, Marcel Dill, Reynolds Evans (as "Solanio, friend of Antonio"), Walter Hampden (as "Shylock, a Jew of Venice"), Gordon Hart, Kenneth Hunter (as "Gratiano, friend of Antonio"), Hart Jenks, P.J. Kelly (as "Tubal, friend of Shylock/Court Clerk"), Mary Low, Mabel Moore (as "Nerissa, Portia's waiting gentle-woman"), LeRoi Operti (as "Prince of Aragon"), Ernest Rowan, Franklin Salisbury, William Sauter, Albert West, J. Plumpton Wilson, Philip Wood (as "Duke of Venice"), Cecil Yapp (as "Launcelot Gobbo, servant to Shylock").
- The Prince and the Pauper (1920).
- The Blue Lagoon (1921). Melodrama.
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- (1922) Stage Play: Why Not? Comedy. Written by Jesse Lynch Williams. Directed by Mrs. Shelley Hull and O.P. Heggie. 48th Street Theatre: 25 Dec 1922- Apr 1923 (closing date unknown/120 performances). Cast: Marguerite Churchill (as "Molly") [Broadway debut], Warburton Gamble, Jane Grey, Gene Raymond [credited as Raymond Guion] (as "Billy Thompson"), Norma Mitchell, Margaret Mower, Tom Powers, Cecil Yapp (as "Chuchill Smith"). Produced by The Equity Players Inc.
- Madame Pierre (1922). Comedy. Adapted from the French of 'Eugene Brieux'. Book adapted by Arthur Hornblow Jr.. Directed by Robert Milton. Ritz Theatre: 15 Feb 1922- Mar 1922 (closing date unknown/37 performances). Cast: Marsh Allen (as "Ferdinand Brochot"), Evelyn Carter Carrington (as "Mme. Bodier"), Stanley Jessup (as "A Boatman"), Alice John (as "Phrasie"), Fuller Mellish (as "Bodier"), Estelle Winwood (as "Charlotte"), Marjorie Wood (as "Isabelle"), Cecil Yapp (as "Henri Limouzin"), Roland Young (as "Pierre Cottrel"). Produced by William Harris Jr.
- The Wild Duck (1925). Drama (revival). Written by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Dudley Digges and Clare Eames. 48th Street Theatre: 24 Feb 1925- May 1925 (closing date unknown/103 performances). Cast: Charles Angelo (as "Chamberlain Balle"), Mischa Auer (as "Guest"), Milton J. Bernd (as "Graaberg"), George Bratt (as "Petterson"), Romney Brent (as "Guest"), John Brewster (as "Chamberlain Kasperson"), Henry Carvill (as "Chamberlain Flor"), Thomas Chalmers (as "Relling"), Helen Chandler (as "Hedvig"), Kenneth Dana (as "Waiter"), Warburton Gamble (as "Hjalmar Ekdal"), Harry Hatch (as "Guest"), Edgar Henning (as "Waiter"), Moffat Johnston (as "Werle"), Eugene Keith (as "Guest"), Philip Leigh (as "Molvik"), Tom Powers (as "Gregers Werle"), Oliver S. Putnam (as "Guest"), Francis Sadtler (as "Jensen"), Pearl Sindelar (as "Mrs. Sörby"), Warner Tufts (as "Guest"), Cecil Yapp (as "Lt. Ekdal"), Blanche Yurka (as "Gina"). Produced by The Actors Theatre.
- (1925) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Walter Hampden. Hampden's Theatre (moved to The National Theatre from Nov 1925 to close): 10 Oct 1925- Dec 1925 (closing date unknown/68 performances). Cast: Walter Hampden (as "Hamlet, son to the late, and nephew to the present King"), Ethel Barrymore (as "Ophelia, daughter to Polonius"), Albert Bruning (as "Polonius, Lord Chamberlain"), Mary Hall (as "Gertrude, Queen of Denmark and mother to Hamlet"), Kenneth Hunter, Ernest Rowan (as "Laertes, son to Polonius"), Edith Barrett, Marcel Dill, Reynolds Evans (as "Bernardo/Officer/Player King"), Thomas Gomez (as "Reynaldo, a Sailor"), Gordon Hart, Hart Jenks, P.J. Kelly, Max Montor (as "Ghost"), Mabel Moore (as "Player Queen"), LeRoi Operti (as "Osric, a Courtier"), Lou Polan (as "Captain"), William Sauter (as "Horatio, friend to Hamlet"), Thomas F. Tracey (as "Rosencrantz/Courtier/Priest"), J. Plumpton Wilson, Philip Wood, Cecil Yapp (as "First Gravedigger"). Produced by Walter Hampden.
- (1925) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand. Incidental music from the opera "Cyrano" by Walter Damrosch. Adapted in verse by Brian Hooker. Note: Filmed by Stanley Kramer Productions [distributed by United Artists] as Cyrano de Bergerac (1950), by Columbia Pictures as Roxanne (1987), and by Caméra One, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) [France] as Cyrano de Bergerac (1990).
- (1926) Stage Play: The Immortal Thief. Drama.
- (1927) Stage Play: An Enemy of the People. Drama (revival).
- (1928) Stage Play: King Henry V. Historical drama (revival).
- (1923) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand. Incidental music from the opera "Cyrano" by Walter Damrosch. Adapted in verse by Brian Hooker. Entire Production Designed and Supervised by Claude Bragdon. Directed by Walter Hampden. National Theatre: 1 Nov 1923- Jun 1924 (closing date unknown/232 performances). Cast: Walter Hampden (as "Cyrano de Bergerac, a Gascon"), John Alexander, Margaret Barnstead, Nina Bruning, Kenneth Burchfield, Ray T. Busch, Ruth Chorpenning (as "Roxane's Duenna"), Lawrence Chrow, Frank Colletti, Hope Coxhead, Miriam Cutler, Marcel Dill, Reynolds Evans (as "Le Vicomte de Valvert/Cadet of Gascoyne"), Jay Fassett (as "A Light Horseman/Cadet of Gascoyne"), Ethel Fisher, Henry Fitzgerald, Charles Francis, Isabel Garland, Henry Goff, William Goodrich, Paul Guilfoyle, Mary Hall, C. Norman Hammond (as "Montfleury, a tragic actor/A Capuchin"), H.E. Humphrey, Anthony Jochim, Stan Jones, Elsie Herndon Kearns, P.J. Kelly, Joseph Latham, Paul Leyssac (as "Le Comte de Guiche"), Margaret Low, Alfred Mack, Bernard Max, Carroll McComas (as "Roxane, Cyrano's cousin"), Fred McGuick, Mabel Moore (as "An Orange Girl/Sister Marthe"), Valentine Newmark, LeRoi Operti (as "Jodelet, the comedian/Poet"), Lou Polan, James R. Pray, Ernest Rowan, William Russell, Antonio Salerno, Franklin Salisbury, William Sauter (as "Lignière, the poet/A Spanish Officer"), Bernard Savage, Helena Simkhovitch, William H. Stevens, Allen Thomas, Anne Tonetti, Thomas F. Tracey (as "A Marquis"), John Trevor, Fred Verdi, Earl Weatherford, Cedric Weller, Albert G. West, Edith Barrett Williams, John Wilson, Cecil Yapp (as "Ragueneau, a pastry cook"), Frank Young. Produced by Claude Bragdon.
- (1926) Stage Play: Caponsacchi. Drama. Written by Arthur Goodrich and Rose A. Palmer. Based on the poem "The Ring and the Book" by Robert Browning. Directed by Walter Hampden. Hampden's Theatre: 26 Oct 1926- Jun 1927 (closing date unknown/269 performances). Cast: Marie Adels, Dallas Anderson (as "Gherardi"), Anthony Andre, Edith Barrett (as "Pompilia"), Howard Claney, (as "Salvatore"), Edwin Cushman, Marcel Dill, Robert Paton Gibbs (as "Scalchi"), Thomas Gomez (as "Innkeeper at Castelnuovo"), C. Norman Hammond (as "Governor of Arezzo"), Walter Hampden (as "Caponsacchi"), Gordon Hart, Stanley Howlett (as "Pope Innocent XII"), Eudora Hunner, Suzanne Jackson, Hart Jenks, P.J. Kelly, Grania O'Malley, Lou Polan (as "Montini"), Ernest Rowan, William H. Sams, Albert West, J.P. Wilson, Cecil Yapp (as "Canon Conti"). Produced by Walter Hampden.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Light of Asia. Written by Georgina Jones Walton. Choreographed by Ruth St. Denis. Directed by Walter Hampden. Hampden's Theatre: 9 Oct 1928- Oct 1928 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Dallas Anderson (as "Kondanna"), Gage Bennett (as "King of Koli"), Norbert Cameron (as "Noble"), George Cotton (as "Merchant"), M. D'Arcy (as "A Hillman"), Francis Dears (as "Soldiers"), Forrest Gains (as "Noble"), Thomas Gomez (as "An Old Leper/Assaji"), Evelyn Goodrich (as "Radha/Purna"), C. Norman Hammond (as "Shivamangala"), Walter Hampden (as "Siddhartha"), Gordon Hart (as "Another Astrologer/Vappa"), Isabel S. Hill (as "Nautch Girl"), Harriet Ingersoll (as "Nautch Girl"), Stephen Irving (as "Water Bearer"), Philip Jones (as "Soldier"), Richard Lawrence (as "Water Bearer"), Omar Le Gant (as "A Page"), Jan Lindermann (as "A Hermit"), Judith Lowry (as "Prajapati"), Anna Lubow (as "Kisogatami"), Beatrice Maude (as "Gunga"), Kate Mayhew (as "An Outcaste Woman"), Caroline Meade (as "Draupadi"), Joseph Milton (as "Merchant/A Monk"), Eleanor Mish (as "Chitra"), Anne Mitchell (as "Nautch Girl"), Mabel Moore (as "Queen Maya/Sujata"), LeRoi Operti (as "Ormuzd"), Lou Polan (as "Devadatta, Prince of Koli"), Eugene Powers (as "King of the Sakyas"), Charles Quigley (as "Ananda"), Sri Ragini (as "Nautch Girl"), Edwin Ross Jr. (as "A Citizen"), Ernest Rowan (as "Channa"), Franklin Salisbury (as "Bhadya"), William Sauter (as "Asita/Mohanna"), Robert C. Schnitzer (as "Merchant"), Freddie Stange (as "Rahula"), William Thornton (as "An Attendant"), Ingeborg Torrup (as "Yashodara"), Cecil Yapp (as "Visvamitra"). Produced by Walter Hampden.
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