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Nightstick
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Nightstick Playbill - November 1927
Nightstick Playbill - January 1928
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Nightstick
Broadway
Original
Selwyn Theatre
227 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Elliott Nugent
,
J. C. Nugent
,
John Wray
,
Elaine Sterne Carrington
People (18)
Velma Forrest
Nita
(Original)
Kathryn Givney
Daisy Thomas
(Original)
Raymond Hackett
Danny McGann
(Original)
Harry R. Irving
Ed Brown
(Original)
Charles Rann Kennedy
Pete Manning
(Original)
Victor Kilian
Blake
(Original)
Judith Lowry
Mary Manning
(Original)
Thomas Mitchell
Tommy Glennon
(Original)
Edgar Nelson
Soft Malone
(Original)
Lee Patrick
Joan Manning
(Original)
Harry Stubbs
Buck Backman
(Original)
William Tennyson
Jack Trask
(Original)
Edna White
Toots
(Original)
John Wray
Charles "Chick" Williams
(Original)
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Velma Forrest
Nita
(Original)
Kathryn Givney
Daisy Thomas
(Original)
Raymond Hackett
Danny McGann
(Original)
Harry R. Irving
Ed Brown
(Original)
Charles Rann Kennedy
Pete Manning
(Original)
Victor Kilian
Blake
(Original)
Judith Lowry
Mary Manning
(Original)
Thomas Mitchell
Tommy Glennon
(Original)
Edgar Nelson
Soft Malone
(Original)
Lee Patrick
Joan Manning
(Original)
Harry Stubbs
Buck Backman
(Original)
William Tennyson
Jack Trask
(Original)
Edna White
Toots
(Original)
John Wray
Charles "Chick" Williams
(Original)
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John Wray
Writer
J. C. Nugent
Writer
Elliott Nugent
Writer
Elaine Sterne Carrington
Writer
Crosby Gaige
Director
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Nov
10
1927
Closing Date
Jan
1
1928
Performances
84
as of Jan 05, 2026
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