- (1929 - 1983) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1929) Stage Play: The Lady from the Sea. Drama (revival). Written by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Cecil Clovelly. Bijou Theatre: 18 Mar 1929- Apr 1929 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Dallas Anderson (as "Professor Arnholm"), G. Pat Collins (as "Friman- Johnston"), Edward Fielding (as "Dr. Wangel"), Florida Friebus (as "Hilda") [Broadway debut], John Daly Murphy (as "Ballested"), Walter Speakman (as "Lyngstrand"), Linda Watkins (as "Boletta"), Blanche Yurka (as "Ellida"). Produced by the Actors Theatre.
- (1929) Stage Play: Mademoiselle Bourrat. Drama. Written by Claude Anet. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne. Civic Repertory Theatre: 7 Oct 1929- Oct 1929 (closing date unknown/26 performances). Cast: Egon Brecher (as "Monsieur Le Cure"), Florida Friebus (as "Caroline Bourrat de Vermaud"), Josephine Hutchinson (as "Mademoiselle Bourrat"), Alma Kruger (as "Madame Bourrat"), Paul Leyssac (as "Monsieur Bourrat"), Agnes McCarthy, Paula Miller, Harold Moulton, Leona Roberts (as "Madame Bourrat"), Robert Ross. Produced by Civic Repertory Theatre Inc.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Living Corpse. Tragedy. Written by Lev Tolstoy. Directed by Jacob Ben-Ami. Civic Repertory Theatre: 6 Dec 1929- Jan 1930 (closing date unknown/33 performances). Cast: Walter Beck, Jacob Ben-Ami (as "Fedya/Feodor Vasilyetvitch Protasov"), Egon Brecher (as "Ivan Petrovitch Alexandrov"), J. Edward Bromberg (as "Ivan Markarovitch, Petrushin"), Donald Cameron (as "Victor Michailovitch Karenin"), Sayre Crawley, Mooney Diamond, Leonard Farley, Florida Friebus (as "Sasha"), Robert H. Gordon, Lee Hillery, Henry Howard, Josephine Hutchinson, David Kerman, Joseph A. Kramm (as "Voznesensky, an Army Officer"), Alma Kruger (as "Anna Pavlovna"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "Anna Dimitrievna Karenina"), Robert Lewis, Paul Leyssac (as "Prince Sergei Dimitrievitch Abrezkov"), Ria Mooney, Arnold Moss (as "Koratkov"), Harold Moulton, Leona Roberts (as "Nastasia Ivanovna"), Rita Romilly, Robert Ross, Mary Sarton, Blake Scott, Herbert Shapiro, Elizabeth Shelly, Constantine Shevtchen, William Steinhorn, David Turk, Gordon Wallace (as "Footman/Petushkov"), Mary Ward (as "Nurse"), Ruth Wilton (as "A Gypsy Girl"), Paul Zamulenko (as "Gypsy Musician"), Theodore Zarkevitch (as "Gypsy Choir Leader").
- (1930) Stage Play: Romeo and Juliet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne. Civic Repertory Theatre: 21 Apr 1930- May 1930 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Walter Beck (as "Capulet"), Jacob Ben-Ami (as "Escalus, prince of Verona"), J. Edward Bromberg (as "Mercutio, kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo"), Donald Cameron (as "Romeo, son of Montague"), Amy Chandler (as "Page to Capulet"), Sayre Crawley (as "Friar Laurence, a Franciscan"), Howard Da Silva (as "Apothecary") [Broadway debut], Mooney Diamond (as "Ensemble"), Florida Friebus (as "Ensemble"), Frederic Giuliano (as "Ensemble"), Robert H. Gordon (as "Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet"), Lee Hillery (as "Abraham, servant to Montague/Ensemble"), Henry Howard (as "Watchman/Ensemble"), Vernon Jones (as "Page to Mercutio"), David Kerman (as "Watchman"), Joseph A. Kramm (as "An Old Man of the Capulet family/Friar John, a Franciscan"), Alma Kruger (as "Lady Capulet, wife to Capulet"), Marc Lawrence (as "Watchman") [Broadway debut], Eva Le Gallienne (as "Juliet, daughter to Capulet"), Robert Lewis (as "Gregory, servant to Capulet/Watchman"), Merle Maddern (as "Lady Capulet, wife to Capulet"), Burgess Meredith (as "Peter, servant to Juliet's nurse/Ensemble"), Arnold Moss (as "Balthasar, servant to Romeo"), Harold Moulton (as "Montague"), Renee Orsell (as "Ensemble"), Leona Roberts (as "Nurse to Juliet"), Robert F. Ross (as "Benvolio, nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo"), May Sarton (as "Ensemble"), Estelle Scheer (as "Ensemble"), Blake Scott (as "Paris, a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince"), Herbert Shapiro (as "Sampson, Servant to Capulet"), Irene Sharaff (as "Ensemble"), William Steinhorn (as "Ensemble"), David Turk (as "Chief Officer of the Town"), Gordon Wallace (as "Page to Paris/Ensemble"), Mary Ward (as "Lady Montague, wife to Montague"), Ruth Wilton (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Civic Repertory Theatre Inc.
- (1930) Stage Play: Alison's House. Drama. Written by Susan Glaspell. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne. Civic Repertory Theatre: 1 Dec 1930- Jan 1931 (closing date unknown/41 performances). Cast: Walter Beck (as "John Stanhope"), Donald Cameron (as "Eben"), Howard Da Silva (as "Hodges"), Florida Friebus (as "Ann Leslie"), Josephine Hutchinson (as "Louise"), Alma Kruger (as "Miss Agatha"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "Elsa"), Leona Roberts (as "Jennie"), Robert Ross (as "Richard Knowles"), Herbert Shapiro (as "Ted Stanhope"), Mary Ward. Produced by Civic Repertory Theatre Inc.
- (1932) Stage Play: Liliom (Revival). Written by Ferenc Molnár. Book adapted by Benjamin Glazer. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne. Civic Repertory Theatre: 26 Oct 1932- Oct 1932 (closing date unknown/35 performances). Cast: Walter Beck (as "Ficzur, The Sparrow"), Donald Cameron (as "The Carpenter"), Sayre Crawley (as "The Magistrate"), Howard Da Silva (as "Wolf Beifeld"), Beatrice De Neergaard (as "Marie", Charles Ellis, Florida Friebus (as "Louise"), Robert H. Gordon (as "Captain"), Landon Herrick (as "The Old Guard"), Joseph A. Kramm (as "Suburban Policeman"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "Julie"), Paul Leyssac (as "The Richly Dressed Man"), Margaret Love Servant Girl"), Burgess Meredith (as "Young Hollunder"), Harold Moulton (as "The Doctor"), Leona Roberts (as "Mother Hollunder"), Robert F. Ross (as "The Poorly Dressed Man"), Joseph Schildkraut (as "Liliom"), Tonio Selwart, Beatrice Terry (as "Mrs. Muskat"), David Turk First Mounted Policeman"), Nelson Welch. Produced by Civic Repertory Theatre Inc. Note: Play was later re-worked as the musical "Carousel."
- (1932) Stage Play: Alice in Wonderland. Musical fantasy. Written by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus. Based on "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll. Stage Manager: Thelma Chandler and Emery Battis. Assistant Stage Mgr: Donald Keyes and Cavada Humphrey. Choreographed by Ruth Wilton. Scenic Design by Irene Sharaff. Puppet Design by Remo Bufano. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne. Civic Repertory Theatre: 12 Dec 1932- Dec 1933 (closing date unknown/127 performances). Cast: Walter Beck, Whit Bissell (as "Seven of Spades") [Broadway debut], Donald Cameron, Sayre Crawley, Howard Da Silva (as "Cook" and "White Knight"), Charles Ellis, Adelaide Finch, Florida Friebus (as "Cheshire Cat" and "Beetle Voice"), Robert H. Gordon, Landon Herrick, Josephine Hutchinson, Joseph A. Kramm (as "Dodo"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "White Queen"), Margaret Love, David Marks, Agnes McCarthy, Burgess Meredith (as "Duck," "Doormouse" and "Tweedledee"), Harold Moulton, William S. Phillips, Leona Roberts, Robert F. Ross, Mary Sarton, Lester Scharff, Joseph Schildkraut, Tonio Selwart, Arthur Swenson, David Turk, Richard Waring, Nelson Welch, Ruth Wilton. Produced by Civic Repertory Company. Note: Filmed by Paramount as Alice in Wonderland (1933).
- (1935) Stage Play: Camille. Drama (revival). Written by Alexandre Dumas, fils. Translated by Henriette Metcalf. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne. Shubert Theatre: 4 Dec 1935- Dec 1935 (closing date unknown/7 performances). Cast: Walter Beck (as "Count De Giray/The Doctor"), Hugh Buckler (as "M. Duval"), Donald Cameron (as "Gaston Rieux"), Kendall Clark(as "Gustave") [Broadway debut], Sayre Crawley (as "Saint Gaudens"), Marion Evenson (as "Nanine"), Florida Friebus (as "Nichette"), Genevieve Frizzell (as "Anais"), Pedro Galván (as "Servant"), Averell Harris (as "Baron De Varville"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "Marguerite Gautier"), Eva Leonard Boyne (as "Olympe"), William Phillips(as "Servant/Arthur"), Leona Roberts (as "Prudence"), Richard Waring (as "Armand Duval"). Produced by Eva Le Gallienne.
- (1935) Stage Play: The Women Have Their Way. Comedy (revival). Written by Serafin Alvarez Quintero and Joaquín Alvarez Quintero. Translated by Harley Granville-Barker. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne. Shubert Theatre: 7 Dec 1935 (1 performance/played with "A Sunny Morning"). Cast: Walter Beck, Hugh Buckler (as "Don Julian Figueredo"), Amy Chandler, Sayre Crawley, Marion Evensen, Florida Friebus (as "Angela"), Genevieve Frizell, Pedro Galvan, Eva Le Gallienne (as "Juanita La Rosa"), Eva Leonard Boyne (as "Dieguilla"), Marion O'Neil, William S. Phillips, Leona Roberts, Richard Waring (as "Adolfo Adalid"). Produced by Eva Le Gallienne.
- (1939) Stage Play: The Primrose Path. Comedy. Written by Robert Buckner and Walter Hart. Scenic Design by Cirker & Robbins. Costume Design by Helene Pons. Directed by George Abbott. Biltmore Theatre: 4 Jan 1939- May 1939 (closing date unknown/166 performances). Cast: Leslie Barrett (as "Davy Wallace"), Teresa Dale (as "A Police Matron"), Marilyn Erskine (as "Eva Wallace"), Betty Field (as "Clare Wallace"), Clyde Fillmore (as "Augustus Cummings"), Florida Friebus (as "Maggie Wallace"), Betty Garde (as "Emma Wallace"), Russell Hardie (as "Bayard Lawrence"), Helen Westley (as "Grandma"), Philip Wood (as "Homer Wallace"). Produced by George Abbott.
- (1947) Stage Play: Alice in Wonderland. Fantasy (revival). Written by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus. Based on "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne. International Theatre (moved to The Majestic Theatre from 28 May 1947- close): 5 Apr 1947- 28 Jun 1947 (100 performances + 3 previews). Cast: Philip Bourneuf (as "White Knight"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "White Queen"), Bambi Linn (as "Alice"), Richard Waring (as "Mad Hatter"), Margaret Webster (as "Cheshire Cat/Red Queen"), Don Allen (as "Crab/Cook/Heart/Goat"), John C. Becher (as "Queen of Hearts"), John Behney (as "Three of Clubs"), Angus Cairns (as "Lory/Mock Turtle/Gentle Voice"), Robert Eric Carlson (as "Heart"), Michel Corhan (as "Heart/Marionette Operator"), Will Davis (as "Heart/Front of Horse"), Sgt. Thomas Grace (as "Nine of Clubs/Marionette Operator"), Raymond Greenleaf (as "Duchess"), Julie Harris (as "White Rabbit") [Alternate], Bart Henderson (as "Five of Clubs/Marionette Operator"), Cavada Humphrey (as "Gnat Voice/Marionette Operator"), Fred Hunter (as "Knave of Hearts"), Henry Jones (as "Mouse/Humpty Dumpty"), Arthur Keegan (as "Eaglet/March Hare"), Donald Keyes (as "Seven of Spades/Beetle Voice"), Rae Len (as "Singer"), Robert Leser (as "Heart/Marionette Operator"), Jack Manning (as "Gryphon/Tweedledee"), Gerald McCormack (as "Heart"), Mary Alice Moore (as "Other Voice/Marionette Operator"), Walter Neal (as "Heart/Marionette Operator"), Pvt. James Rafferty (as "Heart/Marionette Operator"), Robert Rawlings (as "Frog Footman/Five of Spades/Tweedledum"), Eloise Roehm (as "Singer"), Dan Scott (as "Heart"), John Straub (as "Dodo/Seven of Clubs/Train Guard"), Eugene Stuckmann (as "King of Hearts"), Theodore Tenley (as "Caterpillar/Dormouse/Sheep"), Charles Townley (as "Heart/Back of Horse/Marionette Operator"), Eli Wallach (as "Duck/Two of Spades/Other Voice"), William Windom (as "White Rabbit/Man in White Paper"), Ed Woodhead (as "Fish Footman"). Produced by Rita Hassan and The American Repertory Theatre.
- (1952) Stage Play: Collector's Item. Comedy. Written by Lillian Day and Alfred Golden. Scenic Design by Charles Elson. Costume Design by Michi Weglyn. Directed by Alfred Golden and Roger Clark. Booth Theatre: 8 Feb 1952- 9 Feb 1952 (3 performances). Cast: Florida Friebus (as "Helen McCarthy") [final Broadway role], Harold Grau (as "Mr. Blanc"), James Gregory (as "Glenway Trent"), Don Grusso (as "Nick Galvani"), Judy Hall (as "Bobbysoxer"), Ralph Hertz (as "Photographer"), Gaye Jordan (as "Lydia Roberts"), Allyn Joslyn (as "Adrian Van Dyck"), Adelaide Klein (as "Fatima Birka"), Mitchell Kowall (as "Mr. Hochheimer"), Fred Irving Lewis (as "Bobbysoxer"), Mac McLeod (as "U.S. Customs Examiner"), Jane Middleton (as "Doree Bennett"), Rene Paul (as "Lucien Dulac"), Erik Rhodes (as "Sir Cecil Pond"), Pamela Roberts (as "Mrs. Roger Blain"), Louis Sorin (as "Yousuff Birka") [final Broadway role]. Produced by Roger Clark. Produced in association with Lloyd Isler.
- (1953) Stage Play: Tea and Sympathy. Drama. Written by Robert Anderson. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Elia Kazan. Ethel Barrymore Theatre (moved to The Longacre Theatre: from 9 Feb 1955- Apr 1955 then moved to The 48th Street Theatre from 11 Apr 1955 to close): 30 Sep 1953- 18 Jun 1955 (712 performances). Cast: Deborah Kerr, Leif Erickson (as "Bill Reynolds"), John Kerr, Richard Franchot, Florida Friebus (as "Lilly Sears"), John McGovern (as "Herbert Lee"), Richard Midgley, Arthur Steuer, Alan Sues (as "Ralph"), Yale Wexler, Dick York. Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson, Robert Anderson, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Roger L. Stevens, John F. Wharton). Produced in association with Mary K. Frank. Note: Filmed as Tea and Sympathy (1956).
- (1982) Stage Play: Alice in Wonderland. Fantasy (revival). Adapted for the stage by Eva Le Gallienne and Florida Friebus. From the novel "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. Incidental music by Richard Addinsell. Conceived by Eva Le Gallienne. Directed by Eva Le Gallienne and John Strasberg. Virginia Theatre: 23 Dec 1982- 9 Jan 1983 (21 performances + 18 previews that began on 8 Dec 1982). Cast: Rebecca Armen (as "Eaglet/Two of Hearts"), Robert Ott Boyle (as "Five of Spades/Tweedledum"), Kate Burton (as "Alice"), Josh Clark (as "March Hare/Front of Horse"), Curt Dawson (as "White Rabbit/White Knight"), MacIntyre Dixon (as "Mad Hatter"), Geoff Garland (as "Two of Spades"), Skip Harris (as "Three of Clubs"), John Heffernan (as "Caterpillar/Ten of Hearts/Sheep"), Edward Hibbert (as "Gryphon/Old Frog"), Nancy Killmer (as "Singer/Eight of Hearts"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "White Queen"), Nicholas Martin (as "Duck/Dormouse/Train Guard"), Steve Massa (as "Seven of Spades/Voice of Leg of Mutton"), Mary Stuart Masterson (as "Small White Rabbit/Four of Hearts"), John Miglietta (as "Lory/Seven of Hearts"), Marti Morris (as "Six of Hearts"), Cliff Rakerd (as "Seven of Clubs/Back of Horse"), Brian Reddy (as "Queen of Hearts"), John Remme Mouse/Three of Hearts/Tweedledee"), Claude-Albert Saucier (as "Frog Footman/Five of Hearts/Goat"), John Seidman (as "Knave of Hearts"), Geddeth Smith (as "Fish Footman/Voice of Cheshire Cat/Ace of Hearts/Man in White Paper"), Richard Sterne (as "Cook/Nine of Hearts "), James Valentine (as "Dodo/Mock Turtle"), Joan White (as "White Queen [Alternate]"), Mary Louise Wilson (as "Red Queen"), Richard Woods (as "King of Hearts/Voice of Humpty Dumpty"), Ed Zang [credited as Edward Zang] (as "Duchess"). Understudies: Rebecca Armen (as "Red Queen"), Robert Ott Boyle (as "Mad Hatter"), MacIntyre Dixon (as "Mouse/Three of Hearts/Tweedledee"), Skip Harris (as "Back of Horse/Five of Spades/Seven of Clubs/Tweedledum/Two of Spades"), Nancy Killmer (as "Cook/Eaglet/Nine of Hearts/Two of Hearts"), Nicholas Martin (as "King of Hearts/Voice of Humpty Dumpty"), Steve Massa (as "Dormouse/Duck/Train Guard"), Mary Stuart Masterson (as "Alice"), John Miglietta (as "Five of Hearts/Frog Footman/Goat/Knave of Hearts"), Marti Morris (as "Four of Hearts/Small White Rabbit"), Cliff Rakerd (as "Ace of Hearts/Fish Footman/Front of Horse/Man in White Paper/March Hare/ Queen of Hearts/Voice of Cheshire Cat"), John Remme (as "Voice of Leg of Mutton"), Claude-Albert Saucier (as "Duchess"), John Seidman (as "Five of Spades/Tweedledum), Geddeth Smith (as "Caterpillar/Sheep/Ten of Hearts"), Richard Sterne (as "Dodo/King of Hearts/Lory/Mock Turtle/Seven of Hearts/Voice of Humpty Dumpty"), Joan White (as "White Queen"). Produced by Sabra Jones and Anthony D. Marshall. Produced in association with WNET 13.
- (1936) She acted in Alexandre Dumas Fils' play, "Camille," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Eva Le Gallienne in the cast.
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