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Counsellor-at-Law
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Counsellor-at-Law Playbill - Nov 1931
Counsellor-at-Law
Broadway
Original
Plymouth Theatre
236 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
Counsellor-at-Law
closed at the Plymouth Theatre for a summer hiatus on July 16, 1932, after 296 performances. The reason given for the hiatus was that its star Paul Muni had to fulfill his motion picture contracts in Hollywood.
playwright:
Elmer Rice
People (40)
Paul Muni
George Simon
(Original)
Sam Bonnell
John P. Tedesco
(Original)
Elmer Brown
Francis Clark Baird
(Original)
June Cox
Dorothy Dwight
(Original)
J Hammond Dailey
Charles McFadden
(Original)
Dorothy Dodge
Lillian Larue
(Original)
Gladys Feldman
Zedorah Chapman
(Original)
Ned Glass
David Simon
(Original)
A Postman
(Original)
Angela Jacobs
Goldie Rindskopf
(Original)
Marvin Kline
Herbert Howard Weinberg
(Original)
Malka Kornstein
Sarah Becker
(Original)
Anna Kostant
Regina Gordon
(Original)
Jack Leslie
Roy Darwin
(Original)
T. H. Manning
Peter J. Malone
(Original)
Constance McKay
Bessie Green
(Original)
Jennie Moscowitz
Lena Simon
(Original)
Louise Prussing
Cora Simon
(Original)
John M. Qualen
Johann Breitstein
(Original)
Lester Salkow
Henry Susskind
(Original)
David Vivian
Richard Dwight, Jr.
(Original)
Conway Washburne
Arthur Sandler
(Original)
Martin Wolfson
Harry Becker
(Original)
John Crump
Rigby Crayfield
(Replacement)
Dorothy Day
Bessie Green
(Replacement)
John Garfield
Henry Susskind
(Replacement)
Harry Mervis
Herbert Howard Weinberg
(Replacement)
Sue Moore
Lillian Larue
(Replacement)
Mary Servoss
Cora Simon
(Replacement)
Ann Teeman
Regina Gordon
(Replacement)
Doris Underwood
Zedorah Chapman
(Replacement)
Jack Collins
A Stout Man
(Original)
Jane Hamilton
A Woman
(Original)
Buddy Proctor
An Errand Boy
(Original)
William Vaughn
A Bootblack
(Original)
Victor Wolfson
A Tall Man
(Original)
James Mullin
A Postman
(Replacement)
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Paul Muni
George Simon
(Original)
Sam Bonnell
John P. Tedesco
(Original)
Elmer Brown
Francis Clark Baird
(Original)
June Cox
Dorothy Dwight
(Original)
J Hammond Dailey
Charles McFadden
(Original)
Dorothy Dodge
Lillian Larue
(Original)
Gladys Feldman
Zedorah Chapman
(Original)
Ned Glass
David Simon
(Original)
A Postman
(Original)
Angela Jacobs
Goldie Rindskopf
(Original)
Marvin Kline
Herbert Howard Weinberg
(Original)
Malka Kornstein
Sarah Becker
(Original)
Anna Kostant
Regina Gordon
(Original)
Jack Leslie
Roy Darwin
(Original)
T. H. Manning
Peter J. Malone
(Original)
Constance McKay
Bessie Green
(Original)
Jennie Moscowitz
Lena Simon
(Original)
Louise Prussing
Cora Simon
(Original)
John M. Qualen
Johann Breitstein
(Original)
Lester Salkow
Henry Susskind
(Original)
David Vivian
Richard Dwight, Jr.
(Original)
Conway Washburne
Arthur Sandler
(Original)
Martin Wolfson
Harry Becker
(Original)
Jack Collins
A Stout Man
(Original)
Jane Hamilton
A Woman
(Original)
Buddy Proctor
An Errand Boy
(Original)
William Vaughn
A Bootblack
(Original)
Victor Wolfson
A Tall Man
(Original)
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Elmer Rice
Writer
Staging
Producer
Raymond Sovey
Scenic Design
Elmer Brown
Stage Manager
Victor Wolfson
Assistant Stage Manager
Francis X. Hope
Business Manager
Phyllis Perlman
General Press Representative
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Nov
6
1931
Closing Date
May
27
1933
Performances
416
as of Dec 03, 2025
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