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Love for Love
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Revival
Love for Love
Broadway
Revival
Hudson Theatre
141 W. 44th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
William Congreve
People (29)
J. Ascher Smith
Servant to Foresight
(Original)
Daisy Belmore
Nurse
(Original)
Jack Benwell
Sailor
(Original)
Romney Brent
Jeremy
(Original)
Thomas Chalmers
Sir Sampson Legend
(Original)
Albert G. Andrews
Buckram
(Original)
John Davenport Seymour
Sailor
(Original)
Bobby Clark
Ben
(Original)
Dudley Digges
Foresight
(Original)
Richard Ellington
Sailor
(Original)
Leo G. Carroll
Scandal
(Original)
Dorothy Gish
Miss Prue
(Original)
Walter Hampden
Prologue
(Original)
Violet Heming
Mrs. Frail
(Original)
Barry Jones
Valentine
(Original)
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Address During Intermission
(Original)
Angelica
(Original)
Epilogue
(Original)
Paul Parks
Snap
(Original)
Jack Prescott
Steward to Sir Sampson
(Original)
Herbert Ranson
Trapland
(Original)
Neil Skinner
Sailor
(Original)
Edgar Stehli
Tattle
(Original)
Evan Stephen Evans
Singer
(Original)
Peggy Wood
Mrs. Foresight
(Original)
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J. Ascher Smith
Servant to Foresight
(Original)
Daisy Belmore
Nurse
(Original)
Jack Benwell
Sailor
(Original)
Romney Brent
Jeremy
(Original)
Thomas Chalmers
Sir Sampson Legend
(Original)
Albert G. Andrews
Buckram
(Original)
John Davenport Seymour
Sailor
(Original)
Bobby Clark
Ben
(Original)
Dudley Digges
Foresight
(Original)
Richard Ellington
Sailor
(Original)
Leo G. Carroll
Scandal
(Original)
Dorothy Gish
Miss Prue
(Original)
Walter Hampden
Prologue
(Original)
Violet Heming
Mrs. Frail
(Original)
Barry Jones
Valentine
(Original)
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Address During Intermission
(Original)
Angelica
(Original)
Epilogue
(Original)
Paul Parks
Snap
(Original)
Jack Prescott
Steward to Sir Sampson
(Original)
Herbert Ranson
Trapland
(Original)
Neil Skinner
Sailor
(Original)
Edgar Stehli
Tattle
(Original)
Evan Stephen Evans
Singer
(Original)
Peggy Wood
Mrs. Foresight
(Original)
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William Congreve
Writer
Charles Hanson Towne
Writer of Prologue and Epilogue
Robert Edmond Jones
Staging
Scenic Design
Millia Davenport
Costume Design
Macklin Marrow
Incidental Music
The Players
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Jun
3
1940
Closing Date
Jun
8
1940
Performances
8
as of Dec 03, 2025
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