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Three's a Family
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Three's a Family
Broadway
Original
Longacre Theatre
220 W. 48th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Henry Ephron
,
Phoebe Ephron
People (20)
Katharine Bard
Kitty Mitchell
(Original)
Robert Burton
Sam Whitaker
(Original)
Francis De Sales
Eugene Mitchell
(Original)
Dorothy Gilchrist
Hazel
(Original)
Doro Merande
Adelaide
(Original)
Richard Midgley
Joe Franklin
(Original)
Ethel Owen
Irma Dairymaple
(Original)
Edwin Philips
Archie Whitaker
(Original)
Virginia Vass
Marion Franklin
(Original)
William Wadsworth
Dr. Bartell
(Original)
Ruth Weston
Frances Whitaker
(Original)
Jean Bellows
A Girl
(Original)
Edmund Dorsay
Delivery Man
(Original)
Gee Gee James
Another Maid
(Original)
Carl Judd
Moving Man
(Original)
Earl McDonald
Moving Man
(Original)
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Katharine Bard
Kitty Mitchell
(Original)
Robert Burton
Sam Whitaker
(Original)
Francis De Sales
Eugene Mitchell
(Original)
Dorothy Gilchrist
Hazel
(Original)
Doro Merande
Adelaide
(Original)
Richard Midgley
Joe Franklin
(Original)
Ethel Owen
Irma Dairymaple
(Original)
Edwin Philips
Archie Whitaker
(Original)
Virginia Vass
Marion Franklin
(Original)
William Wadsworth
Dr. Bartell
(Original)
Ruth Weston
Frances Whitaker
(Original)
Jean Bellows
A Girl
(Original)
Edmund Dorsay
Delivery Man
(Original)
Gee Gee James
Another Maid
(Original)
Carl Judd
Moving Man
(Original)
Earl McDonald
Moving Man
(Original)
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Phoebe Ephron
Writer
Henry Ephron
Writer
Director
Stewart Chaney
Scenic Design
John Golden
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
May
5
1943
Closing Date
Jul
8
1944
Performances
497
as of Dec 15, 2025
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