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Death Takes a Holiday
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Death Takes a Holiday Playbill - December 1929
Death Takes a Holiday
Broadway
Original
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W. 47th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Alberto Casella
People (17)
Thomas Bate
Fedele
(Original)
Olga Birkbeck
Stephanie
(Original)
Viva Birkett
Princess of San Luca
(Original)
Roland Bottomley
Eric Fenton
(Original)
Martin Burton
Corrado
(Original)
James Dale
Duke Lambert
(Original)
Wallace Erskine
Baron Cesarea
(Original)
Florence Golden
Cora
(Original)
Frank Greene
Major Whitred
(Original)
Rose Hobart
Grazia
(Original)
Philip Merivale
His Serene Highness, Prince Sirki of Vitalba Alexa
(Original)
Anna Orr
Alda
(Original)
Lenore Sorsby
Rhoda Fenton
(Original)
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Thomas Bate
Fedele
(Original)
Olga Birkbeck
Stephanie
(Original)
Viva Birkett
Princess of San Luca
(Original)
Roland Bottomley
Eric Fenton
(Original)
Martin Burton
Corrado
(Original)
James Dale
Duke Lambert
(Original)
Wallace Erskine
Baron Cesarea
(Original)
Florence Golden
Cora
(Original)
Frank Greene
Major Whitred
(Original)
Rose Hobart
Grazia
(Original)
Philip Merivale
His Serene Highness, Prince Sirki of Vitalba Alexa
(Original)
Anna Orr
Alda
(Original)
Lenore Sorsby
Rhoda Fenton
(Original)
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Alberto Casella
Writer
Walter Ferris
Adaptation
Lawrence Marston
Staging
Lee Shubert
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
26
1929
Closing Date
May
31
1930
Performances
180
as of Dec 05, 2025
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