- (1899 - 1934) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1899) Stage Play: The Great Ruby. Melodrama.
- (1899) Stage Play: Children of the Ghetto. Drama. Written by Israel Zangwill. Directed by James A. Herne. Herald Square Theatre: 16 Oct 1899- Dec 1899 (closing date unknown/49 performances). Cast: Laura Almosnino, Frankie Bailey, Blanche Bates, Master Buckley, Jennie Buckley, Richard Carle, Frank Cornell, Mathilde Cottrelly, Ada Curry, Zella Davenport, Gus V. De Vere, H.F. Dolan, Ada Dwyer, Gus Frankel, John D. Garrick, A Ghaistly, L. Greenberg, Emil Hoch, O'Frederick Hoffmann, Wilton Lackaye (as "Reb Shemuel"), Phineas Leache, Adolph Lestina, Fred Lotto, Rosabel Morrison, Louise Muldener, William Norris, Charles E. Odlin, Isabel Preston, E.J. Raymond, William Singerman, Charles Stanley, Mary Stoner, Sadie Stringham, S. Swartz, Mabel Taliaferro, N. Trucks, Frank Worthing. Produced by Liebler & Co.
- (1900) Stage Play: Naughty Anthony. Farce. Written by David Belasco. Herald Square Theatre: 8 Jan 1900- Mar 1900 (closing date unknown/90 performances). Cast: Mary Barker, Blanche Bates (as "Cora"), Katherine Black, Albert Bruning, Samuel Edwards, William Elton, Claude Gillingwater, Maud Harrison, Janet Hudson, Frances Jolliffe, William J. Le Moyne, Ethel Norman, Olive Redpath, Brandon Tynan [Broadway debut], E.P. Wilkes, Frank Worthing (as "Anthony Depew"), Charles Wingate [credited as Charles Wyngate], Fanny Young. Produced by David Belasco.
- (1900) Stage Play: Madame Butterfly. Drama. Written by David Belasco. Scenic Design by Ernest Gros. Herald Square Theatre: 5 Mar 1900- Mar 1900 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Mary Barker (as "Suzuki"), Blanche Bates (as "Cho-Cho San"), Katherine Black (as "Kate"), Albert Bruning (as "Yamadori"), Claude Gillingwater (as "Mr. Sharpeless"), Little Kittie (as "Trouble"), William Lamp (as "Attendant"), Westrop Saunders (as "Second Attendant"), E.P. Wilkes (as "Nakado"), Frank Worthing (as "Lieut. Pinkerton"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1901) Stage Play: Under Two Flags. Drama. Written by Paul M. Potter. Garden Theatre: 5 Feb 1901- Jun 1901 (closing date unknown/135 performances). Cast: Edward Abeles, James Allen, Macklyn Arbuckle, Blanche Bates (as "Cigarette"), Mrs. F.M. Bates, Mary Bayly, Arthur Benson, Frank Browning, Arthur Bruce, Albert Bruning, Francis Carlyle, Grace Elliston, George Gaston, Campbell Gullan, Malcolm Gunn, Tefft Johnson, Frank Leyden, Lem Roberts, Margaret Robinson, William Sissons, Winchell Smith, Matt Snyder, Rose Snyder, Robert Tice, Beresford Webb, W.J. Welch, Madge West. Produced by Charles Frohman. Note: Filmed several times (usually without play credit) as a silent as early as 1912, but most notably by 20th Century Fox as Under Two Flags (1936).
- (1902) Stage Play: The Darling of the Gods [A Drama of Japan]. Drama. Written by David Belasco and John Luther Long. Incidental music by William Furst. Musical Director: William Furst. Production Supervised by David Belasco. Scenic Design by Ernest Gros. Directed by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 3 Dec 1902- May 1903 (closing date unknown/182 performances). Cast: Blanche Bates (as "Yo-San, Daughter of the Prince of Tosan"), F. Andrews (as "Shusshoo, Major Domo"), George Arliss (as "Zakkuri, Minister of War"), Harrison Armstrong (as "Inu, a Corean Giant, Yo-San's slave"), Mrs. F.M. Bates (as "The Fox Woman, Who is said to "devour men's souls"), J.H. Benrimo [credited as J. Harry Benrimo] (as "Bento, Kara's Two-sword Man/Kato, a fisher of carp"), Albert Bruning (as "Tonda-Tanji, Nephew of Zakkuri/Nagoya, Kara's Two-sword Man"), Winthrop Chamberlain (as "Tcho, spy of Zakkuri/Gentleman of Rank") [Broadway debut], Miss Coleman (as "Geisha Girl"), John Dunton (as "Takoro, Kara's Two-sword Man/Taro, spy of Zakkuri/Gentleman of Rank"), Rankin Duvall (as "Migaku, The Shadow, spy of Zakkuri/Korin, Kara's Two-sword Man"), Miss Earle (as "Singing Girl"), Miss Ellis (as "Geisha Girl"), Robert T. Haines (as "Kara, Outlaw Prince and leader of the two-sword men"), France Hamilton (as "Madame Asani, The beautiful Geisha of Red Maple Gardens"), Legrand Howland (as "First Secretary"), Miss Karle (as "Geisha Girl"), Cooper Leonard (as "Admiral Tano, guest at the Feast of a Thousand Welcomes"), Adah Lewis (as "Setsu, Yo-San's maid"), Madeleine Livingston (as "Nu, a singing girl/Singing Girl"), Miss Mardell (as "Geisha Girl"), Mr. Meehan (as "Gentleman of Rank"), Gaston Mervale (as "Banza, Priest of the Band of Samurai, Kara's Two-sword Man"), Warren Milford (as "Hassebe Soyemon, guest at the Feast of a Thousand Welcomes"), Miss Mirien (as "Singing Girl"), May Montford (as "Isamu, Chidori's maid"), Eleanor Moretti (as "Rosy Sky, a dweller in "The City Without Nights"), Maurice Pike (as "Kugo, The Gnarled-Back, spy of Zakkuri"), Mr. Redmund (as "Gentleman of Rank"), Dorothy Revelle (as "Kaede, a teacher of manners"), A.D. Richards (as "Nagoji, Kara's Two-sword Man/Second Secretary/Gentleman of Rank"), Helen Russell (as "Niji-Onna, Little Lady of the Rain-bow, Rosy Sky's maid"), Westropp Saunders (as "Man in The Lantern"), James W. Shaw (as "Sir Yuke-Yume, guest at the Feast of a Thousand Welcomes/Gentleman of Rank"), Dexter Smith (as "Jutsu, Kara's Two-sword Man/Gentleman of Rank"), Mr. Stevens (as "Gentleman of Rank"), Edward Talford (as "Lord Chi-Chi, guest at the Feast of a Thousand Welcomes"), F.A. Thomson (as "The Imperial Messenger"), Frederic A. Thomson (as "Tori, Kara's Two-sword Man"), Joseph Tuohy (as "Ato, Watcher of Watchers, spy of Zakkuri"), Miss Vista (as "Geisha Girl"), Charles Walcot (as "Saigon, Prince of Tosan"), Mrs. Charles Walcot (as "Chidori, Tonda-Tanji's Aunt"), Richard Warner (as "Kosa, Kara's Two-sword Man"), Carleton Webster (as "Yoban, Watcher at the Prince of Tosan's Yashiki"), Madge West (as "Little Sano, Son of Nagoya"), E.P. Wilks (as "Shiba, Teller of who Comes and who Goes, spy of Zakkuri"), Miss Winard (as "Geisha Girl"). Replacement cast: Morris Cook (as "Kojin, Gatherer of Geisha tattle, spy of Zakkuri"), David Lipman (as "Crier of the Night Hours"), James W. Shaw (as "Kaye, Kara's Two-sword Man"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1903) Stage Play: The Darling of the Gods [A Drama of Japan]. Drama [return engagement]. Written by David Belasco and John Luther Long. Incidental music by William Furst. Musical Director: William Furst. Production Supervised by David Belasco. Scenic Design by Ernest Gros. Directed by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 16 Sep 1903- Jul 1904 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: F. Andrews (as "Shusshoo, Major Domo"), George Arliss (as "Zakkuri, Minister of War"), Harrison Armstrong (as "Inu, a Corean Giant, Yo-San's slave"), Blanche Bates (as "Yo-San, Daughter of the Prince of Tosan"), Mrs. F.M. Bates (as "The Fox Woman, Who is said to "devour men's souls"), J.H. Benrimo [credited as J. Harry Benrimo] (as "Bento, Kara's Two-sword Man/Kato, a fisher of carp"), Albert Bruning (as "Tonda-Tanji, Nephew of Zakkuri/Nagoya, Kara's Two-sword Man"), Winthrop Chamberlain (as "Tcho, spy of Zakkuri/Gentleman of Rank"), Miss Coleman (as "Geisha Girl"), John Dunton (as "Takoro, Kara's Two-sword Man/Taro, spy of Zakkuri/Gentleman of Rank"), Rankin Duvall (as "Migaku, The Shadow, spy of Zakkuri/Korin, Kara's Two-sword Man"), Miss Earle (as "Singing Girl"), Miss Ellis (as "Geisha Girl"), Robert T. Haines (as "Kara, Outlaw Prince and leader of the two-sword men"), France Hamilton (as "Madame Asani, The beautiful Geisha of Red Maple Gardens"), Legrand Howland (as "First Secretary"), Miss Karle (as "Geisha Girl"), Cooper Leonard (as "Admiral Tano, guest at the Feast of a Thousand Welcomes"), Adah Lewis (as "Setsu, Yo-San's maid"), Madeleine Livingston (as "Nu, a singing girl/Singing Girl"), Miss Mardell (as "Geisha Girl"), Mr. Meehan (as "Gentleman of Rank"), Gaston Mervale (as "Banza, Priest of the Band of Samurai, Kara's Two-sword Man"), Warren Milford (as "Hassebe Soyemon, guest at the Feast of a Thousand Welcomes"), Miss Mirien (as "Singing Girl"), May Montford (as "Isamu, Chidori's maid"), Eleanor Moretti (as "Rosy Sky, a dweller in "The City Without Nights"), Maurice Pike (as "Kugo, The Gnarled-Back, spy of Zakkuri"), Mr. Redmund (as "Gentleman of Rank"), Dorothy Revelle (as "Kaede, a teacher of manners"), A.D. Richards (as "Nagoji, Kara's Two-sword Man/Second Secretary/Gentleman of Rank"), Helen Russell (as "Niji-Onna, Little Lady of the Rain-bow, Rosy Sky's maid"), Westropp Saunders (as "Man in The Lantern"), James W. Shaw (as "Sir Yuke-Yume, guest at the Feast of a Thousand Welcomes/Gentleman of Rank"), Dexter Smith as "Jutsu, Kara's Two-sword Man/Gentleman of Rank"), Mr. Stevens (as "Gentleman of Rank"), Edward Talford (as "Lord Chi-Chi, guest at the Feast of a Thousand Welcomes"), F.A. Thomson (as "The Imperial Messenger"), Frederic A. Thomson (as "Tori, Kara's Two-sword Man"), Joseph Tuohy (as "Ato, Watcher of Watchers, spy of Zakkuri"), Miss Vista (as "Geisha Girl"), Charles Walcot (as "Saigon, Prince of Tosan"), Mrs. Charles Walcot (as "Chidori, Tonda-Tanji's Aunt"), Richard Warner (as "Kosa, Kara's Two-sword Man"), Carleton Webster (as "Yoban, Watcher at the Prince of Tosan's Yashiki"), Madge West (as "Little Sano, Son of Nagoya"), E.P. Wilks (as "Shiba, Teller of who Comes and who Goes, spy of Zakkuri"), Miss Winard (as "Geisha Girl"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1905) Stage Play: The Girl of the Golden West. Drama. Written by David Belasco. Directed by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 14 Nov 1905- 19 Jun 1906 (224 performances). Cast: Blanche Bates (as "The Girl"), A.M. Beattie (as "Bucking Billy"), J.H. Benrimo (as "Billy Jackrabbitt"), Ignazio Biondi (as "Concertina Player"), John W. Cope (as "Sonora Slim"), Roberto Deshon (as "Jose Castro"), Ira M. Flick (as "The Ridge Boy"), Robert Hilliard (as "Dick Johnson"), Clifford Hipple (as "Handsome Charlie"), Richard Hoyer (as "Happy Haliday"), T. Hayes Hunter (as "Deputy Sheriff"), Horace James (as "The Sidney Duck"), Frank Keenan (as "Jack Rance"), James Kirkwood (as "Trinidad Joe"), Fred Maxwell (as "Jim Larkens"), Thomas J. McGrane (as "Nick"), J. Al Sawtelle (as "Ashby"), Lowell Sherman (as "Rider of the Pony Express"), Fred W. Sidney (as "The Lookout"), Harriet Sterling (as "Wowkle"), Ed A. Tester (as "Jake Wallace"), William Wild (as "A Faro Dealer"), H.L. Wilson (as "Joe"). Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company [distributed by Paramount] as The Girl of the Golden West (1915).
- (1907) Stage Play: The Girl of the Golden West [return engagement]. Written by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 11 Nov 1907- Nov 1907 (closing date unknown/22 performances). Cast: Blanche Bates (as "The Girl"), A. M. Beattie (as "Bucking Billy"), J.H. Benrimo (as "Billy Jackrabbitt"), Ignazio Biondi (as "Concertina Player"), John W. Cope (as "Sonora Slim"), Roberto Deshon (as "Jose Castro"), Ira M. Flick (as "The Ridge Boy"), Cuyler Hastings (as "Jack Rance"), Clifford Hipple (as "Handsome Charlie"), Richard Hoyer (as "Happy Haliday"), T. Hayes Hunter (as "Deputy Sheriff"), Horace James (as "The Sidney Duck"), James Kirkwood (as "Trinidad Joe"), Fred Maxwell (as "Jim Larkens"), Thomas J. McGrane(as "Nick"), Charles Milward (as "Dick Johnson"), J. Al Sawtelle (as "Ashby"), Lowell Sherman (as "Rider of the Pony Express"), Fred W. Sidney (as "The Lookout"), Harriet Sterling (as "Wowkle"), Ed A. Tester (as "Jake Wallace"), William Wild (as "A Faro Dealer"), H.L. Wilson (as "Joe"). Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed as The Girl of the Golden West (1930), The Girl of the Golden West (1938), The Girl of the Golden West (1915).
- (1908) Stage Play: The Girl of the Golden West [Return engagement]. Written by David Belasco. Directed by David Belasco. Academy of Music: 27 Jan 1908- Feb 1908 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Blanche Bates (as "The Girl"), A.M. Beattie (as "Bucking Billy'), 'J.H. Benrimo' (as "Billy Jackrabbitt"), Ignazio Biondi (as "Concertina Player"), John W. Cope (as "Sonora Slim"), Roberto Deshon (as "Jose Castro"), Ira M. Flick (as "The Ridge Boy"), Cuyler Hastings (as "Jack Rance"), Clifford Hipple (as "Handsome" Charlie"), Richard Hoyer (as "Happy" Haliday"), T. Hayes Hunter (as "Deputy Sheriff"), Horace James (as "The Sidney Duck"), James Kirkwood (as "Trinidad Joe"), Fred Maxwell (as "Jim Larkens"), Thomas J. McGrane (as "Nick"), Charles Milward (as "Dick Johnson"), J. Al Sawtelle (as "Ashby"), Lowell Sherman (as "Rider of the Pony Express"), Fred W. Sidney (as "The Lookout"), Harriet Sterling (as "Wowkle"), Ed A. Tester (as "Jake Wallace"), William Wild (as "A Faro Dealer"), H.L. Wilson (as "Joe"). Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company [distributed by Paramount] as The Girl of the Golden West (1915).
- (1908) Stage Play: The Fighting Hope. Drama. Written by William Hurlbut [earliest Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by Ernest M. Gros. Directed by David Belasco. Stuyvesant Theatre: 22 Sep 1908- Apr 1909 (closing date unknown/231 performances). Cast: Blanche Bates (as "Anna Granger"), John W. Cope (as "Marshfield Craven"), Howell Hansel (as "Robert Granger"), Charles Richman (as "Burton Temple"), Loretta Wells (as "Mrs. Mason"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1910) Stage Play: Nobody's Widow. Written by Avery Hopwood. Hudson Theatre: 15 Nov 1910- May 1911 (closing date unknown/215 performances). Cast: Blanche Bates (as "Roxana Clayton"), Edith Campbell (as "Countess Manuela Valencia"), Rex McDougall (as "Ned Stephens"), Bruce McRae (as "Duke of Moreland"), Adelaide Prince (as "Betty Jackson"), Westropp Saunders (as "Peter"), Henry Schuman-Heink (as "Baron Reuter"), Dorothy Shoemaker (as "Fanny Owens"). Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by DeMille Pictures Corporation [distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC)] Nobody's Widow (1927).
- (1914) Stage Play: Diplomacy (Revival). Written by Victorien Sardou. Directed by Gustav von Seyffertitz [final Broadway credit]. Empire Theatre: 20 Oct 1914- Dec 1914 (closing date unknown/63 performances). Cast: Blanche Bates, John Carmichael, Henry Dornton, Marie Doro, Leslie Faber, Bertha Fordyce, William Gillette, Burford Hampden, Jeffreys Lewis, George Majeroni, Malise Sheridan, Norman Tharp, W. Van Loon, Gustav Von Seyffertitz. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1918) Stage Play: Getting Together. Written by Ian Hay, J. Hartley Manners and Percival Knight. Music by Gitz Rice. Lyrics by Gitz Rice. Musical Director: Manuel Klein. Additional lyrics by Harold Rome, Worton David, Percival Knight and Harrison Brockbank. Additional music by C.W. Murphy and Harrison Brockbank. Incidental music by Roy Webb. Scenic Design by Clifford Pember. Costume Design by Eaves. Directed by Holbrook Blinn and Frederick Stanhope. Lyric Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from 3 Jun 1918 to close): 18 Mar 1918- 31 Aug 1918 (112 performances). Cast: Leonard Barry, Blanche Bates (as "Mrs. Palmer"), Ruth Benson, Harry Blakemore, Holbrook Blinn (as "Orrin Palmer"), Harrison Brockbank (as "Warrant Officer/Santa Claus"), Timothy Conway, L. Shannon Cormack, Suzanne Feday, James Flint, Charles Francis, E.J. Kennedy, Dorothy Knight, Percival Knight (as "Sergeant Atkins"), W.J. O'Neill, Arthur Ray, Gitz Rice (as "Lieutenant Gitz Rice"), Gustave Rolland, William Roselle, William Rowland, Harriet Sterling, Edwin Taylor, John Thorne. Produced by British-Canadian Recruiting Mission and United States Military and Naval Forces. Note: Produced on film as The Common Cause (1919).
- (1919) Stage Play: The Famous Mrs. Fair. Drama. Written by James Forbes. Henry Miller's Theatre: 22 Dec 1919- May 1920 (closing date unknown/183 performances). Cast: Maude Allen (as "Mrs. Stuart Perrin"), Blanche Bates (as "Nancy Fair"), Alice Baxter (as "Mrs. Leslie Converse"), Kathleen Comegys (as "Peggy Gibbs"), Jack Devereaux (as "Alan Fair"), Margalo Gillmore (as "Sylvia Fair"), Betty Hall (as "Nora"), Virginia Hammond (as "Angelica Brice"), Marian Lord (as "Mrs. Kellett Brown"), Henry Miller (as "Jeffrey Fair"), Robert Strange (as "E. Dudley Gillette"), Dallas Tyler (as "Mrs. Norman Wynne"), Florence Williams (as "Mrs. Gilbert Wells"). Produced by Abraham L. Erlanger.
- (1923) Stage Play: The Changelings. Comedy.
- (1925) Stage Play: Mrs. Partridge Presents.
- (1933) Stage Play: The Lake. Drama. Written by Dorothy Massingham and Murray MacDonald. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Jed Harris. Martin Beck Theatre: 26 Dec 1933- Feb 1934 (closing date unknown/55 performances). Cast: Wendy Atkin (as "Dolly Braite"), Blanche Bates (as "Lena Surrege") [final Broadway role], Roberta Beatty ("Marjorie Hervey"), Lucy Beaumont (as "Miss White"), Florence Britton (as "Miss Kurn") [Broadway debut], Edward Broadley (as "Stoker"), Reginald Carrington (as "Sir Philip Stanway"), Colin Clive (as "John Clayne"), Douglas Garden (as "Mr. Hemingway") [final Broadway role], James Grainger (as "Captain Hamilton"), Mary Heberden (as "Maude"), Katharine Hepburn (as "Stella Surrege"), Rosalind Ivan (as "Mrs. George"), Eva Leonard Boyne (as "Mrs. Hemingway"), Elliott Mason (as "Lady Kerton"), Vera Fuller Mellish (as "Anna George"), Esther Mitchell (as "Ethel"), Lionel Pape (as "Henry Surrege"), Constance Pellissier [credited as Constance Pelissier] (as "Lady Stanway"), Audrey Ridgwell (as "Jean Templeton"), Frances Starr (as "Mildred Surrege"), Philip Tonge (as "Stephen Braite"), Elizabeth Townsend (as "Miss Marie"), Geoffrey Wardwell (as "Cecil Hervey"), O.Z. Whitehead (as "Dennis Gourlay"), J.P. Wilson (as "Williams"). Produced by Jed Harris.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content