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Blessed Event Playbill - Feb 1932
Blessed Event
Broadway
Original
Longacre Theatre
220 W. 48th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Forrest Wilson
,
Manuel Seff
People (32)
Jean Adair
Mrs. Roberts
(Original)
Matt Briggs
Sam Gobel
(Original)
Charles D. Brown
George Moxely
(Original)
Ollie Burgoyne
Mme. Fleurette
(Original)
Kenneth Dana
Cooper
(Original)
Herbert Duffy
Joe Pasquali
(Original)
George Greenberg
Hanson
(Original)
Allen Jenkins
Frankie Wells
(Original)
Isabel Jewell
Dorothy Lane
(Original)
Herman Jones
Sylvester
(Original)
Verman Jones
Ulysses
(Original)
Walter Kinsella
Boldt
(Original)
David Leonard
Louis Demarco
(Original)
Ralph Locke
Louis Miller
(Original)
Lee Patrick
Gladys Price
(Original)
Dorothea Petgen
Miss Baumann
(Original)
Roger Pryor
Alvin Roberts
(Original)
John Robb
Emil
(Original)
Lynn Root
Herbert Flint
(Original)
Frank Rowan
Reilly
(Original)
Thelma Tipson
Amelia Romond
(Original)
Mildred Wall
Miss Stevens
(Original)
Milton Wallace
Mr. Moskowitz
(Original)
Robert Allen
Bellboy
(Original)
Eddie Lynch
Office Boy
(Original)
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Waiter
(Original)
John Morrissey
Detective
(Original)
Henry Shelvey
Policeman
(Original)
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Jean Adair
Mrs. Roberts
(Original)
Matt Briggs
Sam Gobel
(Original)
Charles D. Brown
George Moxely
(Original)
Ollie Burgoyne
Mme. Fleurette
(Original)
Kenneth Dana
Cooper
(Original)
Herbert Duffy
Joe Pasquali
(Original)
George Greenberg
Hanson
(Original)
Allen Jenkins
Frankie Wells
(Original)
Isabel Jewell
Dorothy Lane
(Original)
Herman Jones
Sylvester
(Original)
Verman Jones
Ulysses
(Original)
Walter Kinsella
Boldt
(Original)
David Leonard
Louis Demarco
(Original)
Ralph Locke
Louis Miller
(Original)
Lee Patrick
Gladys Price
(Original)
Dorothea Petgen
Miss Baumann
(Original)
Roger Pryor
Alvin Roberts
(Original)
John Robb
Emil
(Original)
Lynn Root
Herbert Flint
(Original)
Frank Rowan
Reilly
(Original)
Thelma Tipson
Amelia Romond
(Original)
Mildred Wall
Miss Stevens
(Original)
Milton Wallace
Mr. Moskowitz
(Original)
Robert Allen
Bellboy
(Original)
Eddie Lynch
Office Boy
(Original)
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Waiter
(Original)
John Morrissey
Detective
(Original)
Henry Shelvey
Policeman
(Original)
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Manuel Seff
Writer
Forrest Wilson
Writer
Harlan Thompson
Staging
Producer
Sidney Phillips
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
12
1932
Closing Date
May
21
1932
Performances
115
as of Jan 03, 2026
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