Gambling (play)

Gambling
Playbill cover
Written byGeorge M. Cohan
Date premieredAugust 26, 1929
Place premieredFulton Theatre
New York City
Original languageEnglish

Gambling is a 1929 play by George M. Cohan.

After initial performances in Philadelphia, Atlantic City, New Jersey and Brooklyn,[1] the play opened at the Fulton Theatre on Broadway from August 26, 1929[2][3] until January 1930, for 152 performances. It was made into a movie in 1934.[4]

Broadway cast

  • Harry Lillford as Sheridan
  • Harold Healy as Connelly
  • George M. Cohan as Draper
  • Robert Middlemass as Freelock
  • Dan Carey as Lewis
  • Neil Stone as Carlysle
  • Isabel Baring as Dorothy
  • Douglas McPherson as Braddock
  • Mary Philips as Mazie
  • Charles Johnson as Brennan
  • Kathleen Niday as Marie
  • Theodore Newton as Gaylor
  • Ernest Fox as Martin
  • Mark Sullivan as Mason
  • William Gillard as Buddy
  • Mary Fox as Maid
  • Jack Williams as Captain
  • Jack Leslie as Knowles
  • Duke Keeley as Wayne
  • Joseph Halsey as Attendant
  • Irving Jackson as Messenger
  • Lydia McMillan as Mrs. Cromley
  • Edward F. Namary as Chief
  • Jane Thomas as Miss Daly[3]

References

  1. ^ (19 July 1929). Cohan to Take Part in His Own New Play, The New York Times
  2. ^ (10 August 1929). Cohan to Act in His Play. Will Appear in "Gambling" in Atlantic City Next Week, The New York Times
  3. ^ a b Atkinson, J. Brooks (27 August 1929). The Play (review), The New York Times
  4. ^ Sennwald, Andre (4 December 1934). The Mayfair Presents George M. Cohan in a Screen Edition of His Own Play, 'Gambling.', The New York Times
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