- (1925) Stage Play: Caught. Drama. Written by Kate McLaurin. Directed by Gustav Blum. 39th Street Theatre: 5 Oct 1925- Nov 1925 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Lillian Booth, Fairfax Burgher, Eve Cassanova, Boyd Clarke, Robert Harrison, Gladys Hurlbut, Antoinette Perry, Edwin E. Vickery, Lester Vail (as "Pendleton Brown"). Produced by Gustav Blum.
- (1926) Stage Play: Makropoulos Secret. Written by Randal C. Burrett. Based on "Komedie" by Karel Capek. Directed by Charles Hopkins. Charles Hopkins Theatre: 2 Jan 1926- Mar 1926 (unknown closing date/88 performances). Cast: Harry Davenport (as "Dr. Kolenaty"), Donald Duff, Ullrich Haupt, Eric Johns, William B. Mack, Helen Menken, Grace Halsey Mills, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Joanna Roos, Arthur Steele, Lester Vail, Fritz Williams. Produced by Charles Hopkins. Produced in association with Herman Gantvoort.
- (1926) Stage Play: The Good Fellow. Comedy. Written by George S. Kaufman and Herman J. Mankiewicz. Directed by Howard Lindsay and George S. Kaufman. Playhouse Theatre: 5 Oct 1926- Oct 1926 (closing date unknown/7 performances). As "Tom Drayton." Cast: Jennet Adair, Stanley Andrews, Morris Ankrum, Walter Baldwin, Clara Blandick, Robert Burlen, Earle Craddock, John E. Hazzard, Victor Kilian, Jacob Kingsberry, Stewart Masten, Lester Neilson, Walter W. Shuttleworth, Ethel Taylor, Forest Zimmer. Produced by Crosby Gaige.
- (1927) Stage Play: Behold the Bridegroom. Written by George Kelly. Directed by George Kelly. Cort Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from Feb 1928- close); 26 Dec 1927- Mar 1928 (closing date unknown/88 performances). Cast: Judith Anderson (as "Antoinette Lyle"), Clarence Bellair (as "Doctor Loebell"), Jean Dixon (as "Constance Peyton"), Marion Evenson (as "Nurse"), Mary Gildea (as "Sheppard"), Thurston Hall (as "Robert Lyle"), Carl Hamilton (as "Doctor Huntington"), Kenneth Lawton (as "Edwards"), John Marston (as "Spencer Train"), Virginia Russell (as "Mary McGrath"), Mary Servoss (as "Mrs. Eleanor Ridgway"), Lester Vail (as "Gehring Fitler"). Produced by Rosalie Stewart.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Unknown Warrior. Drama. Written by Paul Raynal. Translated by Cecil Lewis. Scenic Design by Frederick W. Jones III. Directed by Charles Hopkins. Charles Hopkins Theatre: 29 Oct 1928- Nov 1928 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Produced by Charles Hopkins. Cast: Tyrone Power Sr. (as "An Elderly Man"), Beatrix Thomson (as "Aude, who is twenty"), Lester Vail (as "A French Soldier"). Produced by arrangement with Arts Theatre.
- (1929) Stage Play: Gypsy. Written by Maxwell Anderson. Directed by George Cukor. Klaw Theatre: 14 Jan 1929- Mar 1929 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Louis Calhern (as "Cleve"), Ruth Findlay (as "Sylvia"), Wallace Ford (as "Mac"), Claiborne Foster (as "Ellen"), Jefferson Hall (as "Janitor"), Lester Vail (as "David"), Mary Young (as "Marilyn"). Produced by Richard Herndon.
- (1929) Stage Play: Marry the Man. Comedy. Written by Jean Archibald. Directed by Priestly Morrison. Fulton Theatre: 22 Apr 1929- Apr 1929 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Jerry Bowman(as "Jack Hanno") [Broadway debut], Ann Dere (as "Mrs. Jeffries"), J. Anthony Hughes (as "Wm. Leland"), Vivian Martin (as "Mollie Jeffries"), Florence McGee (as "Mary"), Joan Peers (as "Lillian Jeffries"), Lester Vail(as "Gregory Martin"), Richard Ward (as "Timothy"), Fay Warren (as "Kate"), Lew J. Welsh (as "John Jeffries"). Produced by Clyde Elliott.
- (1929) Stage Play: A Strong Man's House. Drama. Written by Lee Wilson Dodd. Directed by Lionel Atwill. Ambassador Theatre: 16 Sep 1929- Oct 1929 (closing date unknown/24 performances). As "Roy Hamerman." Produced by John Tuerk.
- (1929) Stage Play: Top O' the Hill. Written by Charles Kenyon. Directed by Worthington Miner. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 26 Nov 1929- Dec 1929 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Sydney Booth (as "Howard Lawrence"), Charles D. Brown (as "Sandy Dunn"), Georgia Lee Hall (as "Dolly"), Virginia Hammond (as Mrs. Lawrence"), Claudia Morgan (as "Sally Lawrence") [Broadway debut], Lester Vail (as "Billy Lawrence"), Katherine Wilson (as "Ann Leicester"). Produced by Felix Young.
- (1930) Stage Play: Nancy's Private Affair. Comedy. Written and Directed by Myron C. Fagan. Vanderbilt Theatre: 13 Jan 1930- May 1930 (closing date unknown/136 performances). Cast: Julie Cobb (as "Norah"), Albert Ferro (as "Henri"), Minna Gombell [credited as Minna Gombel] (as "Nancy Gibson"), Marian Grant (as "Peggy Preston"), Gavin Muir (as "Sir Guy Harrington"), Diantha Pattison (as "Sally Lee"), Stanley Ridges (as "Billy Ross"), Beatrice Terry (as "Mrs. Jane Preston"), Lester Vail (as "Donald Gibson"). Produced by Myron C. Fagan.
- (1932) Stage Play: Border-Land. Comedy-drama. Written by Crane Wilbur. Directed by Frank McCormack. Biltmore Theatre: 29 Mar 1932- Apr 1932 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Edgar Barrier, Alan Campbell, Peter Goo Chong, Catherine Doucet, Lenita Lane, Howard Lang, Robert Lowing, Fuller Mellish, Lester Vail. Produced by Philip Gerton.
- (1934) Stage Play: A Hat, a Coat, a Glove. Drama. Written by William Absalom Drake. From the German of Wilhelm Speyer. Scenic Design by Aline Bernstein. Directed by Crosby Gaige and Robert C. Fischer. Selwyn Theatre: 31 Jan 1934- Feb 1934 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: George Alison (as "Judge Breed"), Isabel Baring (as "Ann Brewster"), Oscar Berlin (as "Tommy Harris"), Henry Brent (as "Court Stenographer"), D.J. Carew (as "Sergeant Whalen"), Horace Casselberry (as "James Gardiner"), Nedda Harrigan (as "Felicia Mitchell"), Boyd Irwin (as "Robert Ross"), Charles G. Johnson (as "Court Attendant"), A.E. Matthews (as "A Man"), Lester Vail (as "Jerry Hutchins"), Philip Van Zandt (as "John Walters"), George W. Williams (as "Clerk"), Clare Woodbury (as "Henrietta C. Jones"), Helen Wynn (as "Secretary"). Produced by Crosby Gaige and D.K. Weiskopf. Notes: (1) Filmed by Radio Pictures (RKO) as Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934). (2) Isabel Baring may be erroneously credited (she may be Isabel Bering (1884- 1962).
- (1934) Stage Play: Are You Decent. Comedy. Written by Crane Wilbur. Directed by Dmitri Ostrov. Ambassador Theatre: 19 Apr 1934- Sep 1934 (closing date unknown/188 performances). Cast: Zamah Cunningham (as "Peggy Witherspoon"), Eric Dressler (as "Bill Adams"), Beatrice Hendricks, A.J. Herbert, Claudia Morgan (as "Antonia Wayne"), Royal C. Stout (as "Edwards"), Lester Vail (as "Keith Darrell"). Produced by Albert Bannister, in association with George L. Miller.
- (1934) Stage Play: Bridal Quilt. Written and directed by Tom Powers. Biltmore Theatre: 10 Oct 1934- Oct 1934 (closing date unknown/5 performances). As "James Barton." Produced by Vera Murray.
- (1934) Stage Play: Tomorrow's Harvest. Written by Hans Rastede. Directed by Frank Merlin. 49th Street Theatre: 5 Dec 1934- Dec 1934. Cast: Valerie Bergere (as "Augusta Goerlich"), Greta Granstedt (as "Alma Goerlich"), Robert Henderson (as "Emil Goerlich"), Helen Salinger (as "Frieda"), William F. Schoeller (as "John Goerlich"), Howard St. John (as "Anton Hieber"), Chester Stratton (as "Fred Westlake"), Kay Strozzi (as "Paula Goerlich"), Sheila Trent (as "Gretchen Goerlich"), Lester Vail (as "Dr. Jerry Warder"). Produced by Douglas G. Hertz.
- (1941) Stage Play: Hope for a Harvest. Written by Sophie Treadwell. Guild Theatre: 26 Nov 1941- 27 Dec 1941 (38 performances). Cast: Helen Carew, Florence Eldridge, Arthur Franz, Shelley Hull, Edith King, Fredric March, Doro Merande, John Morny, Judy Parrish, Alan Reed. Produced by The Theatre Guild (Administrave Directors: Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner).
- (1942) Stage Play: Mr. Sycamore [The Saga of John Gwilt in Eight Verses]. Comedy. Written by Ketti Frings [earliest Broadway credit], from a story by Robert Ayre. Directed by Lester Vail. Guild Theatre: 13 Nov 1942- 28 Nov 1942 (19 performances). Cast: Stuart Erwin (as "John Gwilt") [Broadway debut], Lillian Gish (as "Jane Gwilt"), Enid Markey (as "Estelle Benlow"), Walter F. Appler (as "Mr. Fernfield"), Harry Bellaver, Albert Bergh (as "Mr. Oikle"), Helen Brown (as "People of Smeed"), Russell Collins (as "Reverand Doctor Doody"), Barbara Dale (as "People of Smeed"), Helen Dodson (as "People of Smeed"), Jed Dooley (as "Mr. Hammond"), Franklyn Fox (as "Fletcher Pingpank"), Kenneth Hayden (as "Second Milkman/People of Smeed"), Mary Heckart (as "Emily/People of Smeed"), Pearl Herzog (as "Daisy Staines"), Otto Hulett (as "Fred Staines"), Ray J. Largay (as "Mr. Hoop"), Louise McBride (as "Julie Fish/People of Smeed"), Peggy Opdycke (as "People of Smeed"), John Philliber (as "Abner Coote"), Rupert Pole (as "Third Milkman/People of Smeed"), Leona Powers (as "Myrtle Staines"), Harry Sheppard (as "Ned Fish"), Buddy Swan (as "Albert Fernfield"), Ernest Theiss (as "First Milkman/People of Smeed"), Harry Townes (as "Tom Burton"), Albert Vees (as "People of Smeed"). Produced by The Theatre Guild. Notes: (1) One of the biggest flops of the 1942 Broadway season. (2) Filmed by Capricorn Productions [distributed by Film Ventures International (FVI)] as Mr. Sycamore (1975).
- (1944) Stage Play: Chicken Every Sunday. Written by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. Based on the novel by Rosemary Taylor. Directed by Lester Vail [final Broadway credit]. Henry Miller's Theatre (moved to The Plymouth Theatre from 20 May 1944- close): 5 Apr 1944- 6 Jan 1945 (unknown performances). Cast: Wyrley Birch (as "Rev. Wilson"), Austin Coghlan (as "Mr. Willard"), Viola Dean (as "Evie May"), Hope Emerson (as "Milly Moon"), Roy Fant (as "Jake"), Jean Gillespie (as "Rosemary Blachman"), Carolyn Hummel (as "Ruthie Blachman"), David McKay (as "Harold"), Mary Philips (as "Emily Blachman"), Ethel Remey (as "Mrs. Lawson"), Diana Rivers (as "Miss Gilley"), Martin Skapik (as "Eagle"), Katherine Squire (as "Mrs. Lynch/Miss Sally"), Guy Stockwell (as "Oliver Blachman"), Ann Thomas (as "Rita Kirby"), Frank M. Thomas (as "George Kirby"), Hugh Thomas (as "Jeffrey Lawson"), Tino Valenti (as "Carlos"), Raymond Van Sickle (as "Clem"), Fleming Ward (as "Mr. Robinson"), Rhys Williams (as "Jim Blachman"). Produced by Edward Gross. Note: Filmed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation as Chicken Every Sunday (1949).
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