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It Is the Law
Broadway
Original
It Is the Law
Broadway
Original
Ritz Theatre
219 W. 48th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
People (21)
Charles P. Bates
Byron
(Original)
Rose Burdick
Lillian
(Original)
John Burr
Walker
(Original)
Joseph De Stefani
Dennison
(Original)
C. W. Goodrich
Baker
(Original)
Arthur Hohl
Albert Woodruff
(Original)
Thomas Hood
Page
(Original)
William Ingersoll
Theodore Cummings
(Original)
Ralph Kellard
Justin Victor
(Original)
Alexander Onslow
"Snifer Evans"
(Original)
Hans Robert
Gordon Travers
(Original)
John Francis Roche
Yates
(Original)
Richard Stevenson
Fisher
(Original)
Alma Tell
Ruth
(Original)
Jack Thorne
Johnson
(Original)
Valerie Valaire
Ellen
(Original)
A.H. Van Buren
William Elliott
(Original)
Walter Walker
James Dolan
(Original)
Frank Westerton
Edward Harley
(Original)
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Charles P. Bates
Byron
(Original)
Rose Burdick
Lillian
(Original)
John Burr
Walker
(Original)
Joseph De Stefani
Dennison
(Original)
C. W. Goodrich
Baker
(Original)
Arthur Hohl
Albert Woodruff
(Original)
Thomas Hood
Page
(Original)
William Ingersoll
Theodore Cummings
(Original)
Ralph Kellard
Justin Victor
(Original)
Alexander Onslow
"Snifer Evans"
(Original)
Hans Robert
Gordon Travers
(Original)
John Francis Roche
Yates
(Original)
Richard Stevenson
Fisher
(Original)
Alma Tell
Ruth
(Original)
Jack Thorne
Johnson
(Original)
Valerie Valaire
Ellen
(Original)
A.H. Van Buren
William Elliott
(Original)
Walter Walker
James Dolan
(Original)
Frank Westerton
Edward Harley
(Original)
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Elmer Rice
Writer
Samuel Wallach
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Nov
29
1922
Closing Date
Mar
1
1923
Performances
125
as of Apr 14, 2026
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