- (1893 - 1919) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1893) Stage Play: Sheridan. Written by Paul M. Potter [earliest Broadway credit]. Lyceum Theatre: 5 Sep 1893- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: E.H. Sothern (as "Ralph Seton"), Bertha Bartlett (as "Magdalen"), Rowland Buckstone (as "Cossim Beg"), Jean Coye (as "Herodias"), Ethel Evelyn (as "Monee"), C.P. Flockton (as "Gen. Sir Allan Strathallan"), Grace Kimball (as "Joan Strathallan"), Arthur R. Lawrence (as "Ahmedoollah"), Tully Marshall (as "Abdool"), Kate Pattison-Selten (as "Mrs. Bonamy Price"), Fanny Addison Pitt (as "Lady Tremenheere"), Morton Selten (as "Capt. Lord Lochinvar"), Sam Sothern (as "Capt. the Hon. Mowbray Melton"), Vincent Sternroyd (as "Gerald Strathallan") [Broadway debut].
- (1894) Stage Play: Our Country Cousins. Written by Paul M. Potter. Lyceum Theatre: 8 Jan 1894- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown.
- (1894) Stage Play: The Victoria Cross. Written by Paul M. Potter. Lyceum Theatre: 27 Aug 1898- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Unknown.
- (1894) Stage Play: The Pacific Mail. Written by Paul M. Potter. Star Theatre: 22 Oct 1894- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: William H. Crance.
- (1895) Stage Play: Trilby. Comedy. Written by Paul M. Potter. From the novel by George L. Du Maurier. Garden Theatre: 15 Apr 1895- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Mme. Vinard"), Leo Ditrichstein (as "Zou Zou"), John Glendinning (as "Alexander McAllister, the Laird"), Virginia Harned, Alfred Hickman, Wilton Lackaye (as "Svengali"), Burr McIntosh (as "Talbot Wynne/Taffy"), Rosa Rand (as "Mrs. Bagot"), E.L. Walton (as "Rev. Thos. Bagot"). Notes: (1). Play introduced the term "Svengali" into the American idiom. (2). Filmed as Trilby (1914), Trilby (1915).
- (1898) Stage Play: The Conquerors. Drama. Written by Paul M. Potter. Empire Theatre: 4 Jan 1898- unknown (unknown performances). Cast [as known]: Viola Allen, William Faversham. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (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. Produced in arrangement with David Belasco. Note: Filmed by Gem Motion Picture Co. [distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company] as Under Two Flags (1912) [a short],_ Thanhouser Film Corporation as _Under Two Flags (I) (1912/I) [a short], by Biograph as Under Two Flags (1915), by Fox Films as Under Two Flags (1916), by Universal Film Mfg. Co. as Under Two Flags (1922), and most notably by 20th Century Fox as Under Two Flags (1936). It was spoofed by Hal Roach Studios as Under Two Jags (1923) starring Stan Laurel.
- (1901) Stage Play: The Red Kloof. Comedy. Written by Paul M. Potter. Savoy Theatre: 21 Sep 1901- Oct 1901 (closing date unknown/41 performances). Cast: Lionel Adams, Augusta Bertrand, William F. Carroll, George Daniels, Grace DeWitte, Grace Parks Fiske, Elsa Garrett, Joseph Gobay, Walter D. Greene, Lillie Hall, Daniel Jarrett, Rastus Johnson, James Jones, Gertrude Lennox, Amy Lesser, Clara Lipman, Stephen Maley, Louis Mann (as "Piet Prinsloo"), Thomas Mills, Arthur Rutledge, Edward See, Charles E. Sturgis, Frank Walsh. Produced by Rich & Harris.
- (1902) Stage Play: Notre Dame. Drama. Written by Paul M. Potter. Based on "Notre Dame de Paris" by Victor Hugo. Directed by Edward E. Rose. Daly's Theatre: 26 Feb 1902- 6 Apr 1902 (45 performances). Cast: Frank Bangs, George Barbier (as "Quasimodo"), May Barton, Rupert Bertland, Rhoda Block, Albert Bond, Alice Campbell, Scott Craven, Jane Evans, Jules Ferrar, James Lee Finney, J.H. Gilmour, William Goodwin, Howard Gould, Stella Hammerstein, George Harcourt, Annette Huntington, Margaret Illington, Susie Kelleher, Foster Lardner, Ethel Mackay, Albert Marsh, J. Cleany Mathews, Emma Navarre, George Norman, Armagh O'Donohey, James Otley, William F. Owen, Donald Robertson, Hilda Spong (as "Esmeralda"), Edwin St. George, May Sylvie. Produced by Daniel Frohman.
- (1904) Stage Play: The School Girl. Musical. Book by Paul M. Potter. Directed by J.E. Malone. Daly's Theatre (moved to The Herald Square Theatre on 24 Oct 1904- close): 1 Sep 1904- 10 Dec 1904 (150 performances). Cast: Edna May (as "Lillian Leigh"), Talleur Andrews (as "Edgar Verney, An Artist"), Mildred Baker (as "Mother Superior"), James Blakeley (as "Tubby Bedford"), Clara Braithwaite (as "Marianne, A French Bonne"), Adele Carson (as "Waitress"), Lakme Darcier (as "Saaefrada, A Model"), Barbara Dunbar (as "Louise, An American Girl"), Dorothy Dunbar (as "Mimi, An American Girl"), Madge Greet (as "Margot"), George Grossmith Jr. (as "Sir Ormsby St. Ledger"), Jerome Hayes (as "Merrion"), Harry Hudson (as "George Sylvester, An Artist"), Constance Hyem (as "Cicely Marchmont"), Eithel Kelly (as "Evelyn Summers"), Ivy Louise (as "Violette, An American Girl"), Jane May (as "Norma Rochester, An American Girl"), Robert Minster (as "Peter Overend, Of the Stock Exchange"), Murri Moncrieff (as "Adolphe Delapoise, An Artist"), Fred Ozab (as "Jacques de Creyert"), Jeannette Patterson (as "Kate Medhurst"), Queena Sanford (as "Jesse Campbell"), W.R. Shirley (as "Corner, Peter's Clerk"), Virginia Staunton (as "Miss Yost, The Typist"), Mrs. Watt Tanner (as "Mrs. Marchmont"), Joyce Thorn (as "Mabel"), Lulu Valli (as "Mamie Reckfeller, an American Girl"), Vivian Voweles (as "Yolande, An American Girl"), Fred Wright Jr. (as "General Marchmont"). Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1905) Stage: Nancy Stair. Drama. Based on the novel by 'Elinor Macartney Lane'. Featuring songs by Robert Burns. Directed by George F. Marion. Criterion Theatre: 15 Mar 1905- Apr 1905 (closing date unknown/29 performances). Cast: F. Owen Baxter, Victor Benoit, Lulu Bishop, Charles Bruce, Francis Carlyle, Herbert Carr, Earl Cooper, Stanley Dark, John Dobson, James Duncan, Edward Fielding, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Lucille Flavin, Edward Foley, T. Daniel Frawley (as "Robert Burns"), Charles French, Maud Granger, Clarence Handyside, Stanley Hawkins, Robert Loraine, Frank Losee, Mary Mannering, Alice Martin, R.R. Neill, Elsa Payne, George Pitt, Eleanor Reed, Frederic Sumner, Jessie Thompson, Stanhope Wheatcroft. Produced by Frank McKee.
- (1906) Stage Play: Barbara's Millions. Comedy. Written by Paul M. Potter. Based on "Le Bonheur, Mesdames" by Francis de Croisset. Directed by Herbert Gresham. Savoy Theatre: 8 Oct 1908- Oct 1908 (closing date unknown/14 performances). Produced by Joseph Brooks.
- (1908) Stage Play: Twenty Days in the Shade. Farce. Written by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber. Savoy Theatre: 20 Jan 1908- Mar 1908 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Richard Bennett, Frank Burbeck, Charles Dickson, Pauline Frederick, Fannie Hartz, Grace Heyer, Jeffreys Lewis, Hallen Mostyn, Edwin Nicander, Vira Stowe, Dallas Welford. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1908) Stage: Fluffy Ruffles. Musical. Book by John J. McNally. The song "Willie's Got Another Girl Now" by Leigh Potter and Paul M. Potter. Music by William T. Francis and Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Wallace Irwin. Featuring songs with lyrics by C.H. Bovill. Featuring "I Love to Sit and Look at You" by Pat Rooney and Edward Madden. Featuring "Get Your Partner for the Barn Dance" by Joel P. Corin and Felix F. Feist. Lyrics for "Dining Out" by George Grossmith Jr. Featuring "Love's Bouquet" by E.S. Brill. Orchestra under the direction of Gus Salzer. Directed by Ben Teal. Criterion Theatre: 7 Sep 1908-17 Oct 1908 (48 performances). Cast: John Bunny (as "Dave Dill, Fluffy's Uncle"), Jack Gardner (as "Herbert Henshaw"), George Grossmith Jr. (as "Hon. Augustus Traddles"), Victor Hyde (as "Toby, boy of all work"), Bert Leslie (as "Noggie Noggles"), Florence Martin (as "Sadie, Uncle Dave's niece"), Mattie O'Brien (as "Mme. Molly Maloni"), Adele Rowland (as "Louise, Uncle Dave's niece"), Hattie Williams (as "Fluffy Ruffles"), Marie Annis (as "Celeste"), Florence Averill (as "Sarah Scruth"), Charles R. Burrows (as "Boggs, Proprietor of Ducks and Drakes Inn"), Nellie Butler (as "Mrs. Herbert Henshaw"), Bessie Clifford (as "Mattie Swizzle"), Roy Dennison (as "Andre"), F.G. Dillabough (as "An Old Policeman"), Josephine Drake (as "Isobelle Barlow"), Elsie Drews (as "Belle Binks, a bride"), Edouard Durand (as "Francois Franconi"), Ethel Filmore (as "Marguerite"), Jane Hall (as "Lucille"), Violet Heming (as "Carrie Crews, a youthful suffragette"), Hazel Jocelyn (as "Jane Jorkins, a bridesmaid"), Eithel Kelly (as "Clairette"), Victor Le Roy (as "Anatole, waiter at Armenonville"), Frank Lewis (as "Tom Jones, a waiter"), Madge Melborne (as "Clarabelle"), Mabel Mercer (as "Pauline"), Helen Morrison (as "Estelle"), Edward O'Connor (as "Henry Peck"). Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1908) Stage Play: The Honor of the Family. Melodrama. Dramatized by 'Emile Fabre'. Dramatized from "La Rabouilleuse" by Honoré de Balzac. Book adapted by Paul M. Potter. Hudson Theatre: 17 Feb 1908- May 1908 (closing date unknown/104 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews (as "Jean-Jacques Rouget"), Harry Barfoot (as "Capt. Renard"), Harry Burkhardt (as "Kouski/Joseph Bridau"), Francis Carlyle (as "Commandant Max Gilet"), Russell Crauford (as "Borniche"), Rosalie Dupre (as "La Vedie"), Percy Haswell (as "Flora Brazier"), Alfred Hudson (as "Ors'Anto"), Sarah Padden (as "Madame Bridau"), Frederick Sargent (as "Capt. Potel"), Walter F. Scott (as "Gen. Carpentier"), Otis Skinner (as "Col. Philippe Bridau"), Joseph Wheelock Jr. (as "Commandant Mignonnet"). Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1908) Stage Play: The Queen of the Moulin Rouge. Musical comedy/drama. Written by Paul M. Potter.
- (1909) Stage Play: The Girl from Rector's. Written by Paul M. Potter. From the French of Pierre Veber. Weber's Music Hall: 1 Feb 1909- Jul 1909 (closing date unknown/184 performances). Cast: J.W. Ashley, Nena Blake, William Burress, Herbert Carr, Florence M. Constantine, Helena H. Constantine, Violet Dale, Max Freeman, Mildred McNeill, John Daly Murphy, Isabel O'Madigan, Elita Proctor Otis, Nella Webb, Dallas Welford, Van Rensselaer Wheeler.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Zebra. Written by Paul M. Potter. From the French of Marcel Nancey and Paul Armont. Garrick Theatre: 13 Feb 1911- Mar 1911 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Alexander Clarke, Ernest Cossart, Lawrence D'Orsay, Irene Fenwick, Henry Hall, John Harrington, Alfred Hudson, Wilhelmina Lewis, Richie Ling, Reginald Mason, Vera McCord, Adelaide Nowak, A. Hamilton Revelle. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Man with Three Wives. Operetta. Book by Agnes Morgan, Paul M. Potter and Harold Atteridge. Music by Franz Lehár. Lyrics by Harold Atteridge and Paul M. Potter. Costume Design by Melville Ellis. Directed by William J. Wilson and J.C. Huffman. Weber and Fields' Music Hall: 23 Jan 1913- 8 Mar 1913 (52 performances). Cast: Stewart Baird (as "Captain Adhemar"), Sophye Barnard (as "Colette, Instructress of ballet school"), Mabel Beck (as "Ensemble"), James Billings (as "Blix, a Tourist/Chorus"), Fred Bradbury (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Braun (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Breslaw (as "Ensemble"), Lillian Broderick (as "Ensemble"), Edith Brown (as "Ensemble"), Eva Burnett (as "Ensemble"), Alice Burns (as "Ensemble"), Mary Casell (as "Ensemble"), Dolly Castles (as "Olivia, Proprietress of the Germanium Inn"), Kenneth Cooley (as "Ensemble"), Vyvyen Donner (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Doolan (as "Ensemble"), Max Dorftman (as "Ensemble"), Gwilyn Edwards (as "Ensemble"), Clara Floyd (as "Ensemble"), Fred Foyn (as "Ensemble"), John Foyn (as "Ensemble"), Arthur Geary (as "Lieutenant Loriot"), Peter George (as "Ensemble"), Stephen Gillie (as "Ensemble"), Sydney Grant (as "Wendelin, A country bridegroom"), Dolly Gray (as "Ensemble"), Charlotte Greenwood (as "Sidonie, A flirtatious bride"), Esther Gruber (as "Ensemble"), Harry Hamft (as "Ensemble"), Marie Hannon (as "Ensemble"), Frank Hart (as "Cabby"), Annette Herbert (as "Ensemble"), Edna Hettler (as "Ensemble"), Starret Howard (as "Ensemble"), Fanny Ide (as "Ensemble"), Ida Jeanne (as "Suzette, Colette's maid"), Leslie Kenyon (as "Baron Pickford, English Director of Pickford Tourist Agency"), Sandra Kerwin (as "Ensemble"), Ida Kramer (as "Ensemble"), Marguerite La Pierie (as "Blanche, A pupil in school/Chorus"), Trixie Lakewood (as "Ensemble"), Cecil Lean (as "Hans Zifler, Courier of the agency"), Annette Louis (as "Ensemble"), Maurie Maidson (as "Ensemble"), Cleo Mayfield (as "Alice, Olivia's maid"), Jack McCoy (as "First Clerk/Chorus"), Marion Mooney (as "Ensemble"), Robert Page (as "Ensemble"), Mae Paul (as "Ensemble"), Robert Pitkin (as "Franz/Zifler's secretary"), Beatrice Purcell (as "Ensemble"), Robert Ranier (as "Second Clerk/Chorus"), Harold A. Robe (as "Flix, a Tourist"), George Robinson (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Sainpolis (as "Marie, Flix's Wife/Chorus"), Fred Shaw (as "Ensemble"), Walter Smith (as "Third Clerk/Chorus"), Flo Summerville (as "Ensemble"), Marah Vivian (as "Anna, a Tourist/Chorus"), Michael Wagmar (as "Ensemble"), Leafy Walker (as "Ensemble"), Billie Ward (as "Ensemble"), Marjory Ward (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Webb (as "Rosa, Lori's maid"), Edythe Whitney (as "Ensemble"), Alice Yorke (as "Lori, Hans Zifler's Wife"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1915) Stage Play: Trilby (Revival). Written by Paul M. Potter. From the novel by George L. Du Maurier. Shubert Theatre: 3 Apr 1915- Jun 1915 (closing date unknown/73 performances). Cast: Leslie Austen, Cynthia Brooke, Virginia Fox Brooks, Rose Coghlan, Leo Ditrichstein (as "Zou Zou"), Annie Esmond, Walter Fredericks, Taylor Holmes (as "Gecko"), Cecil King, Wilton Lackaye (as "Svengali"), George MacFarlane, Frederick Macklyn, Burr McIntosh (as "Taffy"), Leslie Ryecroft, Brandon Tynan. Produced by Joseph Brooks and Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: Mr. Lackaye reprised his role for the film version, Trilby (1915).
- (1919) Stage Play: Pretty Soft. Written by Paul M. Potter [final Broadway credit during lifetime]. Based on the French of Anthony Mars. From the work of Leon Xanrof. Morosco Theatre: 5 May 1919- May 1919 (closing date unknown/28 performances). Cast: Joseph Allenton, Claude Beerbohm, Mona Bruns, Rowland Buckstone, Roy Cochrane, Rose Coghlan, Edouard Durand, Florence Eldridge, Joseph Herbert, Harry Manners, Edwin Nicander, Margaret Nybloc, Aileen Poe, Nacy Stewart, Jean Stuart, Dallas Welford. Produced by Empire Producing Corporation.
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