- (1910 - 1950) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1910) Stage Play: The King of Cadonia. Musical comedy. Music by Sidney Jones and Jerome Kern. Book by Frederick Lonsdale [earliest Broadway credit]. Lyrics by Adrian Ross and M.E. Rourke. Musical Director: Hugo Byrk. Directed by Joseph Herbert. Fifth Avenue Theatre: 10 Jan 1910- 22 Jan 1910 (16 performances).
- (1911) Stage Play: The Balkan Princess. Musical. Music by Paul A. Rubens. Book by Frederick Lonsdale and Frank Curzon. Lyrics by Paul A. Rubens and Arthur Wimperis. Directed by W.J. Wilson. Herald Square Theatre (moved to The Casino Theatre from 27 Feb 1911 - close): 9 Feb 1911 - 13 Mar 1911 (108 performances).
- (1912) Stage Play: The Woman of It. Written by Frederick Lonsdale. 39th Street Theatre: 14 Jan 1912- Jan 1912 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Dallas Anderson (as "Lord Emsworth"), Janet Beecher (as "Mrs. Bayle"), Josephine Brown (as "Lady Emsworth"), Cyril Scott (as "Mr. Bayle"), John P. Campbell, Wallace Erskine, Louis Golden, Jack Gordon, George Putnam. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1916) Stage Play: Betty. Musical. Book by Frederick Lonsdale and Gladys Unger. Lyrics by Adrian Ross and Paul A. Rubens. Musical Director: William Daly. Additional numbers by Ernest Steffan and Merlin Morgan. Featuring songs by Harry Tierney, Jean Schwartz, Silvio Hein and Benjamin Hapgood Burt. Featuring songs with lyrics by Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Percy Greenbank, Edgar Leslie and William Jerome. Directed by Edward Royce. Globe Theatre: 3 Oct 1916- 25 Nov 1916 (63 performances). Cast: Isabel Adams (as "Ensemble"), Edna Bates (as "Lady Charlotte Knowles"), Marie Baxter (as "Ensemble"), Marie Benedict (as "Lily/Ensemble"), James Black (as "Ensemble"), Marna Blanchard (as "Lady Violet Chichester/Ensemble"), J. Brush (as "Ensemble"), Sam Burbank (as "Hillier"), Ethel Burke (as "Ensemble"), Cecile Conway (as "Ensemble"), Florence Cripps (as "Lady Majoribanks"), Master Crumpton (as "Alf"), Peggy Dana (as "Ensemble"), Marion Davies (as "Jane"), Eileen Dennes (as "Estelle"), Doc Donnelly (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Duncan (as "Ensemble"), Opal Essent (as "Ensemble"), Allen Fagan (as "Cedric"), Isabel Falconer (as "Ensemble"), Grace Ford (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Germaine (as "Hon. Patience Pemberton/Ensemble"), Herbert Goff (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Harrigan (as "Ensemble"), Annette Herbert (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Herbert (as "Duke of Crowborough"), Raymond Hitchcock (as "Lord D'Arcy Playne"), William Holbrook (as "Ensemble"), A. Homme (as "Ensemble"), Ida Howe (as "Ensemble"), Jessie Howe (as "Ensemble"), Ron Hoyer (as "Ensemble"), Rokey Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Justine Johnstone (as "Chicquette"), Frank Keller (as "Ensemble"), Esther Lee (as "Ensemble"), Kitty Lindley (as "Ensemble"), Master Lowrie (as "David Playne"), Lotta Morse (as "Ensemble"), Walter Mozee (as "Ensemble"), Prudence O'Shea (as "Lady Paula Colquhuoun/Ensemble"), Peter Page (as "Achille Jotte"), Eugene Revere (as "Lathers/Tregellan"), Lillian Rice (as "Pansy/Ensemble"), Alice Roberts (as "Ensemble"), Fred Rockwell (as "Ensemble"), A. Roland (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Roland (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Santley (as "Gerard"), Mona Sartoris (as "Ensemble"), Ivy Sawyer (as "Betty"), Lydia Scott (as "Lady Mary Manzies/Ensemble"), Verda Shelberg (as "Mrs. Rawlins"), Eleanor St. Clair (as "Hon. Mrs. Partarlington"), Mildred St. Clair (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Stewart (as "Dora"), Anna Stone (as "Daisy/Ensemble"), Virginia Taylor (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Tierney (as "Ensemble"), Henry Vincent (as "The Hon. Victor Halifax"), Bunny Wendell (as "Lady Cholmondley"), Jean White (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Williamson (as "Ensemble"), Jacquelin Woods (as "Ensemble"), Louise Worthington (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1918) Stage Play: The Maid of the Mountains. Musical. Book by Frederick Lonsdale. Music by Harold Fraser-Simpson. Lyrics by Harry Graham. Musical Director: John McGhie. Additional music by James W. Tate and Gitz Rice. Additional lyrics by Clifford Harris, Arthur Valentine and Marc Connelly. Choreographed by Bert French. Directed by Capt. J.A.E. Malone. Casino Theatre: 11 Sep 1918- 12 Oct 1918 (37 performances). Cast: Regina Ahlstrom (as "Ensemble"), William Altwell (as "Ensemble"), Bess Arlington (as "Ensemble"), Jeanne Bayne (as "Ensemble"), Annette Besuden (as "Ensemble"), May Borden (as "Ensemble"), M. Boris (as "Ensemble"), Dolores Brune (as "Ensemble"), Bert Clark (as "Tonio"), Harry Clark (as "Ensemble"), William Courtenay (as "Baldassare"), Elsie Craig (as "Ensemble"), William Danforth (as "General Malona"), Mina Davis (as "Maria"), Miriam Doyle (as "Vittoria"), Evelyn Egerton (as "Angela"), Eugene Elliott (as "Ensemble"), Sidonie Espero (as "Teresa"), Patricia Frewen (as "Pepita"), Carl Gantvoort (as "Beppo"), Alex Gibson (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Hamilton (as "Gianetta"), Peggy Hansel (as "Ensemble"), James Harley (as "Ensemble"), Jackson Hines (as "Carlo"), Gertrude Hogan (as "Ensemble"), William Hovel (as "Ensemble"), Antone Ingrao (as "Ensemble"), Olive Kingston (as "Ensemble"), M. La Prade (as "Andrea"), Victor Le Roy (as "Pietro"), Louis Le Vie (as "Zacchi"), Charlotte Lennox (as "Ensemble"), Shirley Love (as "Ensemble"), Marguerite May (as "Marietta"), Helen Mayo (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Morris (as "Ensemble"), Eva Newton (as "Beppira"), Yetla Nicol (as "Ensemble"), Gabrielle Pitcher (as "Ensemble"), Jean Rebera (as "Ensemble"), William Reid (as "Mayor of Santo"), Al Roberts (as "Crumpet"), M. Robinson (as "Ensemble"), Ben Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Slater (as "Ensemble"), Merle Smither (as "Ensemble"), Basil Spirdelli (as "Ensemble"), Mr. St. John (as "Ensemble"), John Steele (as "Lieutenant Rugini"), Erna Steinway (as "Ensemble"), Mary Lee Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Bernard Tieman (as "Ensemble"), Ralph Walker (as "Ensemble"). Produced by William Elliott, F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.
- (1919) Stage Play: Monsieur Beaucaire. Musical.
- (1922) Stage Play: The Lady in Ermine. Musical. Book by Frederick Lonsdale and Cyrus Wood. Music by Jean Gilbert and Alfred Goodman. Lyrics by Harry Graham and Cyrus Wood. Based on the operette by Rudolph Schanzer and Ernest Welisch. Musical Director: Oscar Bradley. Choreographed by Jack Mason and Allan K. Foster. Production Supervised by J.J. Shubert. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Mme. Routon. Directed by Charles Sinclair. Ambassador Theatre (moved to The Century Theatre from 29 Jan 1923- close): 2 Oct 1922- 21 Apr 1923 (238 performances). Cast: Wilma Ansell (as "Ballet Girl"), Leon Bartels (as "Ensemble"), Wilda Bennett (as "Mariana"), William Birdie (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Bryant (as "Ballet Girl"), Arthur C. Budd (as "Ensemble"), Marie Burke (as "Sophia Lavalle"), Robert Calley (as "Count Isolani"), Virginia Calmer (as "Ensemble"), Irene Comer (as "Ballet Girl"), Timothy Daley (as "Major Stogan"), Lenora D'Arcy (as "Ensemble"), Frank DeNoble (as "Ensemble"), George Elliott (as "Ensemble"), Neil Evans (as "Count Busoni"), Donald Failes (as "Ensemble"), Lola Fellegi (as "Ballet Girl"), Tara Fellegi (as "Ensemble"), Henry Fender (as "Count Adrian Beltrami"), Viola Ford (as "Show Girl"), Jean Gibson (as "Ensemble"), Anna Gordon (as "Ballet Girl"), Clair Hart (as "Ensemble"), Charles Hartvary (as "Ensemble"), Virginia Ice (as "Ballet Girl"), Marty Jacobs (as "Ensemble"), Marie Joyce (as "Ballet Girl"), Jeanne Jurad (as "Ballet Girl"), Richard Kimball (as "Ensemble"), Louise Lancaster (as "Ensemble"), Elmira Lane (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Lane (as "Ballet Girl"), Zella Lenney (as "Show Girl"), Sabina Loeb (as "Ballet Girl"), Dorothy Lubow (as "Ballet Girl"), Alice Mack (as "Ballet Girl"), Larry Mack (as "Ensemble"), Ignacio Martinetti (as "Baron Sprotti-Sprotti"), Estelle Mason (as "Ballet Girl"), Wayne Mattson (as "Ensemble"), Margaret McKay (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Mills (as "Ensemble"), Murray Minehart (as "Mirko/Ensemble"), Anita Miramar (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Montgomery (as "Show Girl"), John Myrtle (as "Ensemble"), George O'Donnell (as "Ensemble"), William O'Neal (as "Ensemble"), Teddy Piper (as "Ensemble"), Ruby Poe (as "Ballet Girl"), Detmar Poppen (as "Dostal"), Peggy Radford (as "Show Girl"), Nan Rainsford Show Girl"), Helen Shipman (as "Rosina"), Emily Slater (as "Ballet Girl"), June Stone (as "Ballet Girl"), Paula Tully (as "Show Girl"), Irene Vernon (as "Ensemble"), Barbara Walton (as "Ensemble"), Gladys Walton (as "Angelina"), Walter Woolf King [credited as Walter Woolf] (as "Colonel Belovar"), Robert Woolsey (as "Suitangi"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1923) Stage Play: Aren't We All? Romantic comedy. Written by Frederick Lonsdale. Directed by Hugh Ford. Gaiety Theatre: 21 May 1923- Jun 1923 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Harry Ashford (as "Reverend Ernest Lynton"), Roberta Beatty (as "Kitty Lake"), F. Gatenby Bell (as "Roberts"), Denis Gurney (as "Arthur Wells"), Leslie Howard (as "Hon. William Tatham"), Cyril Maude (as "Lord Grenham"), Geoffrey Millar (as "John Willocks"), Marguerite St. John (as "Hon. Mrs. Ernest Lynton"), George Tawde (as "Morton"), Alma Tell (as "Margot Tatham"), Mabel Terry-Lewis (as "Lady Frinton"), Jack Whiting (as "Martin Steele"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham. Note: Filmed by Paramount British Studios as Aren't We All? (1932) [UK production].
- (1923) Stage Play: Spring Cleaning. Comedy. Written by Frederick Lonsdale. Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre: 9 Nov 1923- Jun 1924 (closing date unknown/251 performances). Cast: Gordon Ash (as "Archie Wells"), Lewis Broughton (as "Walters"), Arthur Byron (as "Richard Sones"), C. Haviland Chappelle (as "Billy Sommers"), Blythe Daly (as "Fay Collen"), Violet Heming (as "Margaret Sones"), A.E. Matthews (as "Ernest Steele"), Maxine McDonald (as "Connie Gillies"), Robert Noble (as "Bobbie Williams"), Pauline Whitson (as "Lady Jane Walton"), Estelle Winwood (as "Mona"). Produced by The Selwyns.
- (1924) Stage Play. The Fake. Drama. Written by Frederick Lonsdale. Directed by Frank Reicher. Hudson Theatre: 6 Oct 1924- Dec 1924 (closing date unknown/88 performances). Cast: Marion Allen (as "A Parlormaid"), Frank Conroy (as "The Hon. Gerrard Pillick"), Orlando Daly (as "Ernest Stanton, M.P."), Boyd Davis (as "Watkins") [Broadway debut], Reynolds Denniston (as "Sir Thomas Moorgate, M.D.") [Broadway debut], Evelyn Walsh Hall (as "Mrs. Stanton"), Frieda Inescort (as "Mavis Stanton"), Harry Neville (as "Dr. Hesketh Pointer, M.P."), Una O'Connor (as "A Waitress"), Godfrey Tearle (as "Geoffrey Sands"), Pauline Whitson, John Williams [Broadway debut]. Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1925) Stage Play: Aren't We All? Romantic comedy [Return engagement]. Written by Frederick Lonsdale. Globe Theatre: 13 Apr 1925- Apr 1925 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Harry Ashford (as "Reverend Ernest Lynton"), F. Gatenby Bell (as "Roberts"), Cynthia Brooke (as "Lady Frinton"), Hugh Huntley (as "Hon. William Tatham"), Timothy Huntley (as "Martin Steele"), Isabel Lamon (as "Kitty Lake"), Cyril Maude (as "Lord Grenham"), Geoffrey Millar (as "John Willocks"), Olive Reeves-Smith (as "Anna Wells"), Marguerite St. John (as "Hon. Mrs. Ernest Lynton"), Alma Tell (as "Margot Tatham") Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1925) Stage Play: The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. Comedy. Note: Filmed as The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929).
- (1926) Stage Play: On Approval. Comedy. Written by Frederick Lonsdale. Directed by Athole Stewart. Gaiety Theatre: 18 Oct 1926- Jan 1927 (closing date unknown/96 performances). Cast: Wallace Eddinger, Violet Kemble-Cooper, Kathlene MacDonald, Hugh Wakefield. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1926) Stage Play: Katja. Musical/operetta. Book by Frederick Lonsdale. Directed by James C. Huffman. 44th Street Theatre: 18 Oct 1926- 22 Jan 1927 (112 performances). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1928) Stage Play: The High Road. Comedy. Written by Frederick Lonsdale. Directed by Frederick Lonsdale. Fulton Theatre: 10 Sep 1928- Jan 1929 (closing date unknown/144 performances). Cast: Edna Best (as "Elsie Hilary"), Alfred Drayton (as "James Hilary"), Winifred Harris (as "Lady Minster"), Frederick Kerr (as "Lord Trench"), Herbert Marshall (as "Duke of Warrington"), Edward Martin (as "Morton"), Lionel Pape (as "Sir Reginald Whelby"), H. Reeves-Smith (as "Lord Crayle"), Nancy Ryan (as "Alex"), Hilda Spong (as "Lady Trench"), Mackenzie Ward (as "Ernest"), John Williams (as "Lord of Teylesmore"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham. Note: Filmed by MGM as The Lady of Scandal (1930).
- (1930) Stage Play: Canaries Sometimes Sing. Written by Frederick Lonsdale. Directed by Athole Stewart. Fulton Theatre: 20 Oct 1930- Nov 1930 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Yvonne Arnaud (as "Elma Melton"), Robert Loraine (as "Geoffrey Lymes"), Mary Merrall (as "Ann Lymes"), Athole Stewart (as "Ernest Melton"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham. Note: Filmed by British & Dominions Film Corporation (UK) as Canaries Sometimes Sing (1930).
- (1938) Stage Play: Once is Enough. Comedy. Written by Frederick Lonsdale. Scenic Design by Raymond Sovey. Directed by Gilbert Miller. Henry Miller's Theatre: 15 Feb 1938- May 1938 (closing date unknown/105 performances). Cast: Archibald Batty (as "Lord Rayne/Reggie"), Ina Claire (as "Duchess of Hampshire/Nancy"), Eric Cowley (as "Charles Pleydell"), Lewis Dayton (as "Morton"), Rosalind Ivan (as "Lady Bletchley/Emily"), Viola Keats (as "Liz Pleydell"), Guy Kingsford (as "A Footman"), Walter Piers (as "Lord Whitehall/Hugo"), Nancy Ryan (as "Lady Whitehall/Molly") [final Broadway role], Wilfrid Seagram (as "Lord Plynne/Archie"), Austin Trevor (as "Paul"), Margaret Vyner (as "Lady Plynne/Dorothy'), 'Hugh Williams (I)' (as "Duke of Hampshire/Johnny'), John Williams (II)' (as "Eric Lindon"). Produced by Gilbert Miller.
- (1939) Stage Play: Foreigners. Comedy. Belasco Theatre: 5 Dec 1939- 9 Dec 1939 (7 performances).
- (1943) Stage Play: Another Love Story. Comedy. Fulton Theatre: 12 Oct 1943- 8 Jan 1944 (104 performances).
- (1950) Stage Play: The Day After Tomorrow. Comedy. Written by Frederick Lonsdale [final Broadway credit during lifetime]. Scenic Design by Edward Gilbert. Directed by Frederick Lonsdale. Booth Theatre: 26 Oct 1950- 11 Nov 1950 (12 performances). Cast: Eva Leonard Boyne (as "An Old Lady"), Madeleine Clive (as "Venetia, Lady Crayne"), Melville Cooper (as "Charles, Lord Crayne"), Valerie Cossart (as "Anne"), Bramwell Fletcher (as "George, the Duke of Bristol"), Richard Gordon (as "Robert Flemin"), Monica Lang (as "Helen"), Noel Leslie (as "The Bishop"), John Merivale (as "Ernest"), Ralph Michael (as "Gerard"), George Mitchell (as "Dr. Shaw"), Beatrice Pearson (as "Mary Flemin"), Ralph Sumpter (as "Tinne"), Jack Watling (as "John"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1950) His play, "The Way Things Go," was performed at the Phoenix Theatre in London, England with Ronald Squre, Glynis Johns, Michael Gough, and Kenneth More in the cast.
- (1953) His play, "Aren't We All?," was performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, England with Ronald Squire, Marie Lohr, George Baker, Jane Baxter, Edward Jewesbury, Marjorie Fielding, and George Howe in the cast. Roland Culver was director.
- (1967) His play, "On Approval," was performed at the St. Martin's Theatre in London, England with Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Robert Flemyng, and Polly Adams in the cast.
- (1984) His play, "Aren't We All?," was performed at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, England with Rex Harrison, Claudette Colbert, Nicola Pagett, and Francis Matthews in the cast. Clifford Williams was director.
- (June 27, 1924 - October 1924) Frederick Lonsdale and Harold Fraser-Simpson's play, "The Street Singer," was performed at the Lyric Theatre in London, England with Phyllis Dare, Harry Welchman, Franklyn Ives, Phoebe Hodgson, Alfred Beers, Henry Caine, Sylvia Leslie, Julie Hartley-Milburn, and A.W. Baskcomb in the cast.
- (September 22, 1925 - December 1925) His play, "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," was performed at the St. James's Theatre in London, England.
- (1976) His play, "On Approval," was performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, England with Edward Woodward OBE, Geraldine McEwan, Jennie Linden, and Edward Hardwicke. Frank Hauser was director.
- (1929) His play, "On Approval," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Leonard Mudie in the cast.
- (1931) His play, "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Chrystal Herne in the cast.
- (1938) His play, "Once is Enough," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Ina Claire and John Williams in the cast.
- (1948) His play, "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Kay Francis and Joel Ashley in the cast.
- (October 9, 1978) His play, "The Last of Mrs. Cheney," was performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Deborah Kerr in the cast.
- (December 26 to 31, 1927; January 2 to 7, 1928) His play, "Aren't We All," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Lenore Shanewise was director.
- (May 14 to 25, 1929) His play, "The High Road," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Cyril Ambrister was director.
- (December 24, 1931 to January 2, 1932) His play, "Canaries Sometimes Sing," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Harrison Ford I was director.
- (Summer 1947) His play, "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney," was performed in a Kenley Players production in Deer Lake, Pennsylvania with Kay Francis in the cast. John Kenley was artistic director.
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