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The Checkerboard
Broadway
Original
The Checkerboard
Broadway
Original
39th Street Theatre
119 W. 39th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Fanny Hatton
,
Frederic Hatton
People (21)
Sydney Booth
Townsend Kellogg
(Original)
William Evill
Portermain
(Original)
Leo Frankel
Alexei Machurin
(Original)
Norval Keedwell
Jeremiah Emery
(Original)
Donald MacDonald
Boris
(Original)
Jack MacKenzie
Herbert Norton
(Original)
Kate Mayhew
Mrs. Taylor
(Original)
Henry Myers
Vladimir
(Original)
Jack Raffael
T. Edward Taylor
(Original)
José Ruben
Feodor Masimoff
(Original)
Miriam Sears
Susanne Taylor
(Original)
Dorothy Smoller
Tanya
(Original)
Zolya Talma
Olga
(Original)
Dorothy Tierney
Dora Wadsworth
(Original)
Eda Von Buelow
Mrs. Wadsworth
(Original)
William Williams
Joseph Taylor
(Original)
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Sydney Booth
Townsend Kellogg
(Original)
William Evill
Portermain
(Original)
Leo Frankel
Alexei Machurin
(Original)
Norval Keedwell
Jeremiah Emery
(Original)
Donald MacDonald
Boris
(Original)
Jack MacKenzie
Herbert Norton
(Original)
Kate Mayhew
Mrs. Taylor
(Original)
Henry Myers
Vladimir
(Original)
Jack Raffael
T. Edward Taylor
(Original)
José Ruben
Feodor Masimoff
(Original)
Miriam Sears
Susanne Taylor
(Original)
Dorothy Smoller
Tanya
(Original)
Zolya Talma
Olga
(Original)
Dorothy Tierney
Dora Wadsworth
(Original)
Eda Von Buelow
Mrs. Wadsworth
(Original)
William Williams
Joseph Taylor
(Original)
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Fanny Hatton
Writer
Frederic Hatton
Writer
Clifford Brooke
Staging
F. Ray Comstock
Producer
Morris Gest
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Aug
19
1920
Closing Date
Sep
1
1920
Performances
29
as of Jan 06, 2026
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