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Set a Thief
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Set a Thief Playbill - February 1927
Set a Thief
Broadway
Original
Empire Theatre
1430 Broadway (40th & 41st), New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Edward E. Paramore, Jr.
People (15)
Frederic Burt
Inspector Crowder
(Original)
Richard Coolidge
J. Frothingham Melville
(Original)
Brandon Evans
Jack Harrington
(Original)
Gladys Feldman
Florence
(Original)
Nellie Fillmore
Hannah
(Original)
Earl House
Payson
(Original)
Artie Kaufman
Nolan
(Original)
Martha Madison
Rosie Ray
(Original)
Natacha Rambova
Anne Dowling
(Original)
Carlton Rivers
Dayton
(Original)
James Spottswood
Tom Bennett
(Original)
Calvin Thomas
Walter Marston
(Original)
Margaret Wycherly
Mrs. Dowling
(Original)
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Frederic Burt
Inspector Crowder
(Original)
Richard Coolidge
J. Frothingham Melville
(Original)
Brandon Evans
Jack Harrington
(Original)
Gladys Feldman
Florence
(Original)
Nellie Fillmore
Hannah
(Original)
Earl House
Payson
(Original)
Artie Kaufman
Nolan
(Original)
Martha Madison
Rosie Ray
(Original)
Natacha Rambova
Anne Dowling
(Original)
Carlton Rivers
Dayton
(Original)
James Spottswood
Tom Bennett
(Original)
Calvin Thomas
Walter Marston
(Original)
Margaret Wycherly
Mrs. Dowling
(Original)
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Edward E. Paramore, Jr.
Writer
Alexander Leftwich
Staging
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
21
1927
Closing Date
May
1
1927
Performances
80
as of Dec 23, 2025
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Set A Thief - February 28, 1927
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