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The Chief Thing
Broadway
Original
The Chief Thing
Broadway
Original
Guild Theatre
245 W. 52nd St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Nikolai Evreinov
People (29)
Donald Angus
Tigelin
(Original)
Romney Brent
Petronius
(Original)
Harold Clurman
Nero
(Original)
Peggy Conway
Popea Sabina
(Original)
Hildegard Holliday
Nigidia
(Original)
A Deaf Mute
(Original)
House Jameson
Lucian
(Original)
Kate Lawson
Ligia
(Original)
McKay Morris
Paraklete
(Original)
Mary True
Calvia Crispinilla
(Original)
Patricia Barron
A Fallen Woman
(Original)
Alice Belmore Cliffe
Landlady in a Rooming House
(Original)
Ernest Cossart
A Comedian
(Original)
C. Stafford Dickens
An Actor
(Original)
Dwight Frye
A Student
(Original)
William Griffith
Electrician
(Original)
Edith Meiser
Lady With the Dog
(Original)
Esther Mitchell
Landlady's Daughter
(Original)
Edward G. Robinson
A Stage Director
(Original)
Lee Strassberg
A Prompter
(Original)
Willard Tobias
A Slave
(Original)
Henry Travers
Retired Government Clerk
(Original)
Helen Westley
A School Teacher
(Original)
Estelle Winwood
A Dancer
(Original)
Stanley G. Wood
The Manager of a Provincial Theatre
(Original)
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Donald Angus
Tigelin
(Original)
Romney Brent
Petronius
(Original)
Harold Clurman
Nero
(Original)
Peggy Conway
Popea Sabina
(Original)
Hildegard Holliday
Nigidia
(Original)
A Deaf Mute
(Original)
House Jameson
Lucian
(Original)
Kate Lawson
Ligia
(Original)
McKay Morris
Paraklete
(Original)
Mary True
Calvia Crispinilla
(Original)
Patricia Barron
A Fallen Woman
(Original)
Alice Belmore Cliffe
Landlady in a Rooming House
(Original)
Ernest Cossart
A Comedian
(Original)
C. Stafford Dickens
An Actor
(Original)
Dwight Frye
A Student
(Original)
William Griffith
Electrician
(Original)
Edith Meiser
Lady With the Dog
(Original)
Esther Mitchell
Landlady's Daughter
(Original)
Edward G. Robinson
A Stage Director
(Original)
Lee Strassberg
A Prompter
(Original)
Willard Tobias
A Slave
(Original)
Henry Travers
Retired Government Clerk
(Original)
Helen Westley
A School Teacher
(Original)
Estelle Winwood
A Dancer
(Original)
Stanley G. Wood
The Manager of a Provincial Theatre
(Original)
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Nikolai Evreinov
Writer
Leo Randole
Translator
Herman Bernstein
Translator
Philip Moeller
Staging
The Theatre Guild
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Mar
22
1926
Closing Date
Apr
1
1926
Performances
40
as of Jan 07, 2026
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