- (1917 - 1944) Active on Broadway [usually credited as Robert Adams] in the following productions
- (1920) Stage Play: The Mandarin.
- (1917) Stage Play: Good Morning, Rosamond. Written by Constance Lindsay Skinner. 48th Street Theatre: 10 Dec 1917- Dec 1917 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Arthur B. Allen [credited as Robert Adams] (Broadway debut), Lily Cahill, Lillian Cooper, Mrs. E.A. Eberle, Robert Forsyth, Herman Gerold, Annie Hughes, Sidney Macey, Dwight Meade, Marion Morgan, Charles Riegel, Lowell Sherman. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert and Jessie Bonstelle.
- (1919) Stage Play: Love Laughs. Written by George D. Parker. Directed by John Harwood. Bijou Theatre: 20 May 1919- Jun 1919 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Lionel Adams, Katharine Alexander, Arthur B. Allen [credited as Robert Adams], Jessie F. Glendinning, Charles Greene, Harold Hendee, Ida Waterman, Harold West, Beatrice Yorke. Produced by Edwin E. Kohn.
- (1921) Stage Play: Like a King. Drama.
- (1925) Stage Play: Out of Step. Comedy.
- (1926) Stage Play: White Wings. Comedy/fantasy.
- (1936) Stage Play: The County Chairman. Comedy (revival). Written by George Ade [final Broadway credit]. Directed by Sam Forrest. National Theatre: 25 May 1925- Jun 1936 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Arthur B. Allen [credited as Arthur Allen] (as "Vance Jimmison"), Philip F. Broughton (as "Glabe Overton"), Lyster Chambers (as "Riley Cleaver"), George Christie (as "Wilson Prewitt"), Charles Coburn (as "Honorable Jim Hackler, County Chairman"), Jay Fassett, Parker Fennelly, Eda Heinemann (as "Mrs. Jefferson Briscoe"), Rose Hobart (as "Lucy Rigby"), Jackie Kelk (as "Chub" Tolliver"), John C. King (as "D. Montgomery"), Alexander Kirkland (as "Tilford Wheeler"), James Kirkwood (as "Sassafras Livingstone"), James La Curto (as "Henry"), Ben Lackland (as "Jupiter"), Harold McGee (as "Amos Whitney"), Thomas Montgomery (as "Antioch Peerless Quartette"), Forrest Orr (as "Elias Rigby"), Houston Richards (as "Cal Barcus"), Mary Ryan (as "Mrs. Elias Rigby"), Walter Scanlon (as "Antioch Peerless Quartette"), Ben Smith, Dorothy Stickney (as "Lorena Watkins"), Linda Watkins (as "Chick Elzey"). Produced by The Players. Note: Previously filmed by Famous Players Film Co. as The County Chairman (1914) and more notably by Fox Film Corp. as a Will Rogers vehicle, The County Chairman (1935).
- (1938) Stage Play: Our Town. Drama. Book by Thornton Wilder.
- (1940) Stage Play: Horse Fever.
- (1944) Stage Play: Our Town. Drama (revival). Book by Thornton Wilder. Directed by Wesley McKee and Jed Harris. City Center: 10 Jan 1944- 29 Jan 1944 (24 performances). Cast: Arthur B. Allen [credited as Arthur Allen] (as "Professor Willard") [final Broadway role], Montgomery Clift (as "George Gibbs"), Owen Coll (as "Constable Warren"), Marc Connelly (as "Stage Manager"), Curtis Cooksey (as "Dr. Gibbs"), Richard Dalton (as "Joe Crowell"), Parker Fennelly (as "Mr. Webb"), Frederica Going (as "Lady in the Box"), Alice Hill (as "Woman in the Balcony"), Walter O. Hill (as "Mr. Carter"), Carolyn Hummel (as "Rebecca Gibbs"), Donald Keyes (as "Howie Newsome"), Doro Merande (as "Mrs. Soames"), John Paul (as "Man in The Auditorium"), John Ravold (as "Joe Stoddard"), Ethel Remey (as "Mr. Webb"), Roy Robson (as "Si Crowell"), Teddy Rose (as "Wally Webb"), Martha Scott (as "Emily Webb"), William Swetland (as "Simon Stimson"), Evelyn Varden (as "Mrs. Gibbs"), Jay Velie (as "Sam Craig"). Produced by Jed Harris. Note: Previously filmed by Sol Lesser Productions [distributed by United Artists] as Our Town (1940) with Ms. Scott, Mr. Allen and Ms. Merande appearing in the film.
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