- (1918) Stage: Appeared in "Fiddlers Three" on Broadway. Musical/operetta. Music by Alexander Johnstone. Book / lyrics by William Carey Duncan. Musical Director: Eugene Salzer. Music orchestrated by Domenick Sodero. Choreographed by Carl Randall. Directed by Clifford Brooke. Cort Theatre: 3 Sep 1918-16 Nov 1918 (87 performances).
- (1920) Stage: Appeared in "The Greenwich Village Follies of 1920" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by A. Baldwin Sloane. Book by Thomas J. Gray. Lyrics by John Murray Anderson (also director) and Arthur Swanstrom. Musical Director: Charles Previn. Music orchestrated by A.C. Columbo and Mornay D. Helm. Featuring songs by Louis Silvers, James F. Hanley, Albert von Tilzer and Johnny Black. Featuring songs with lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva, Joe Goodwin, Lew Brown, Murray Roth, Howard Johnson and Cliff Hess. Scenic Design by Robert Locher and James Reynolds. Choreographed by Jack Manning. Greenwich Village Theatre (moved to The Shubert Theatre from 20 Sep 1920-close): 30 Aug 1920-5 Mar 1921 (217 performances). Cast: Dorothy Arnold, Ivan Bankoff, Mary Bay, Agnes Brady, Jay Brennan, Olive Brower, Florence Browne, Mona Celeste, James Clemons, Anna Mae Clift, Collins & Hart, Frank Crumit, Cyrena Dahl, Margaret Davies, Florence Elmore, Constance Farber, Irene Farber, Eugene Fosdick, Alden Gay, Harriet Gimbel, Lou Gorey, Edward Graham, Doris Green, Hap Hadley, Ford Hanford, Helen Jesmer, Allyn Joslyn, Mary Lewis, Betty Linn, Frances Mann, Mildred Mann, Howard Marsh, Peggy Matthews, Pee Wee Meyers, Florence Normand, Elizabeth North, Mlle. Phebe, Maurice Quinlivan, Bert Savoy, Margaret Severn, Sybil Stokes, Janet Stone, Martha Throop, Marie Tudar, Marie Voorhees, Helen Lee Worthing, Olga Ziceva. Produced by The Bohemians Inc. and John Murray Anderson.
- (1922) Stage: Appeared (as "Muffled Gentleman" / "Second Guest"; credited as Allyn Morgan Joslyn) in "From Morn to Midnight" on Broadway. Comedy/tragedy. Written by Georg Kaiser. Translated by Ashley Dukes. Directed by Frank Reicher (also in cast as "Cashier"). Garrick Theatre: 14 May 1922-closing date unknown (24 performances). Cast: Lela May Aultman (as "The Cashier's Daughter"), Samuel Baron (as "Fourth Gentleman"), Clelia Benjamin (as "First Mask"), Walton Butterfield (as "First Gentleman"), Charles Cheltenham (as "Porter"), Joan Clement (as "Fourth Mask"), Julia Cobb (as "The Cashier's Daughter"), Ernest Cossart (as "Stout Gentleman" / "Third Penitent"), William Crowell (as "Fifth Gentleman" / "First Soldier of Salvation Army"), Charles Ellis (as "Third Gentleman" / "First Penitent"), Caroline Hancock (as "Third Mask"), Stanley Howlett (as "Policeman"), Ernita Lascelles (as "The Cashier's Wife" / "Officer of Salvation Army"), Philip Leigh (as "Second Gentleman" / "First Soldier of Salvation Army"), Camille Pastorfield (as "Second Soldier of Salvation Army"), Frances Ryan (as "Second Mask"), Francis Sadtler (as "Messenger Boy"), Helen Sheridan (as "Salvation Lass"), Adele St. Maur (as "Serving Maid"), Edgar Stehli (as "The Lady's Son" / "Waiter"), Sears Taylor (as "Clerk" / "First Guest"), Henry Travers (as "Bank Manager" / "Third Soldier of Salvation Army"), Helen Westley (as "Lady" / "Second Penitent"), Kathryn Wilson (as "The Cashier's Mother"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1922) Stage: Appeared (as "Muffled Gentleman" / "Second Guest"; credited as Allyn Morgan Joslyn) in "From Morn to Midnight" on Broadway. Comedy/tragedy [return engagement]. Written by Georg Kaiser. Translated by Ashley Dukes. Directed by Frank Reicher. Frazee Theatre: 26 Jun 1922-Jul 1922 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Harry Ashford (as "Stout Gentleman"), Lela May Aultman (as "The Cashier's Daughter"), Samuel Baron (as "Fourth Gentleman"), Charles Bartholomew (as "Porter"), Clelia Benjamin (as "First Mask"), Walton Butterfield (as "First Gentleman"), Albert Carroll (as "The Lady's Son" / "Third Gentleman"), Julia Cobb (as "The Cashier's Daughter"), Genevieve Corbin (as "Serving Maid" / "Fourth Mask"), William Crowell (as "Fifth Gentleman" / "First Soldier of Salvation Army"), Maude Gilbert (as "Lady"; final Broadway role), Carolyn Hancock (as "Third Mask"), Willard E. Joray (as "Messenger Boy" / "Second Gentleman"), Ernita Lascelles (as "The Cashier's Wife" / "Officer of Salvation Army"), William Paul (as "Clerk" / "First Guest"), Annette Ponse (as "Second Mask"), Sam Rosen (as "Third Guest"), Helen Sheridan (as "Salvation Lass"), Harold West (as "First Gentleman"), Kathryn Wilson (as "The Cashier's Mother"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1924) Stage: Appeared (as "Polverino") in "The Firebrand" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Edwin Justus Mayer. Morosco Theatre: 15 Oct 1924-May 1925 (closing date unknown/261 performances). Cast: Hortense Alden (as "Emelia"), Dorothy Bicknell, Nana Bryant, Kenneth Dana, Eleanor Ewing, Wallace Fortune, George Drury Hart, Marie Haynes, Scott Hirschberg, J. Ellis Kirkman, Florence Mason, Charles McCarthy, Frank Morgan (as "Alessandro, the Duke of Florence"), Philip Niblette, Edward Quinn, Edward G. Robinson (as "Ottaviano"), Joseph Schildkraut (as "Benvenuto Cellini"), Wilbert Shields, Roland Winters (as "Gentleman of the Court" / "Soldier"). Produced by Laurence Schwab, Horace Liveright and Frank Mandel.
- (1923) Stage: Appeared in "Sandro Botticelli" on Broadway. Drama/romance.
- (1923) Stage: Appeared in "Scaramouche" on Broadway. Romance. Written by Rafael Sabatini. Morosco Theatre: 24 Oct 1923-Dec 1923 (closing date unknown/61 performances). Produced by Charles L. Wagner.
- (1924) Stage: Appeared (as "Second Working Man"; credited as Allyn Morgan Joslyn) in "Man and the Masses: on Broadway. Tragedy. Written by Ernst Toller. Translated by Louis Untermeyer. Garrick Theatre: 14 Apr 1924-Jun 1924 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Jacob Ben-Ami (as "The Nameless One, The Spirit of the Masses"), Marling Chilton (as "Third Working Man"), Sidney Dexter (as "Messenger Boy"), William Franklin (as "Second Banker"), Ullrich Haupt (as "The Man" / "The Woman's Husband"), Arthur Hughes (as "The Companion" / "A Dream Figure"), Mariette Hyde (as "Second Woman Prisoner"), Zita Johann (as "First Woman Prisoner"), Barry Jones (as "Fifth Banker" / "An Officer"), A.P. Kaye (as "First Banker"), Leonard Lean (as "Fourth Banker"), John McGovern (as "The Condemned One"), Maurice McRae (as "First Working Man"), Pauline Moore (as "A Working Woman"), Samuel Rosen (as "Fourth Working Man"), Erskine Sanford (as "Third Banker" / "A Priest"), Charles Tazewell (as "Sixth Banker"), Blanche Yurka (as "The Woman"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1932) Stage: Appeared (as "Diomedes") in "Troilus and Cressida" on Broadway. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Arranged in three acts by / directed by Henry Herbert. B.S. Moss' Broadway Theatre: 6 Jun 1932-13 Jun 1932 (8 performances). Cast: Edith Barrett, Charles Brokaw (as "Paris"), Eliot Cabot, Alan Campbell, Leo G. Carroll (as "Aeneas, a Trojan officer"), Charles Coburn (as "Ajax, officer in the Greek expeditionary force"), Ivah Wills Coburn, F. Sayre Crawley, Augustin Duncan, Edwin T. Emery, Reynolds Evans (as "Achilles, officer in the Greek expeditionary force"), Ruth Garland, George Gaul, Burford Hampden, Gordon Hart, Eileen Huban, P.J. Kelly, John Kramer, Howard Kyle, Jerome Lawler, Robert Le Seuer, Philip Leigh (as "Helenus, Priam's son"), Eugene Powers, Herbert Ransom, William Sams, Margherita Sargent, Otis Skinner (as "Thersites, a civilian attached to the Greek expeditionary force"), Blanche Yurka (as "Helen, formerly wife of Menelaus"). Produced by The Players Club.
- (1935) Stage: Appeared (as "Robert Law") in "Boy Meets Girl" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Bella Spewack and Sam Spewack. Directed / produced by George Abbott. Cort Theatre: 27 Nov 1935-Jul 1937 (closing date unknown/669 performances). Cast: Joyce Arling (as "Susie"), Royal Beal (as "Mr. Friday, C.F."), John Clarke, Jerome Cowan (as "J. Carlyle Benson"), Philip Faversham, Robert Foulk, Helen Gardner, Peggy Hart (as "Peggy"), Perry Ivins (as "Doctor"; final Broadway role), Garson Kanin (as "Green"), Marjorie Lytell, James MacColl, Charles McClelland, Lea Penman (as "Miss Crews"), Edison Rice (as "Chauffer"), Everett Sloane (as "Rosetti"), George W. Smith, Maurice Sommers. NOTE: Filmed as Boy Meets Girl (1938).
- (1938) Stage: Appeared (as "Morgan 'Muggy' Williams") in "All That Glitters" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by 'John Baragwanath' and Kenneth Simpson. Directed / produced by George Abbott. Biltmore Theatre: 19 Jan 1938-Mar 1938 (closing date unknown/69 performances). Cast: Kenneth Bates (as "Edwards"), Royal Beal (as "Dave Hamlin"), Florence Britton, Jean Casto (as "Jackie"; Broadway debut), Colin Dawson (as "Saunders"), Arlene Francis (as "Elena"), Helen Gardner (as "Mrs. E. Mortimer Townsend"), Judson Laire (as "George Ten Eyck"), Edward Lester, David Orrick, Beverly Phalon (as "Honey"), Everett Sloane (as "Charlie"), Barry Sullivan (as "Atwood Post"), Edith Van Cleve (as Frances Fellowes"), Carmel White.
- (1941) Stage: Appeared (as "Mortimer Brewster") in "Arsenic and Old Lace" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Joseph Kesselring. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Fulton Theatre (moved to The Hudson Theatre on 25 Sep 1943 to close): 10 Jan 1941-17 Jun 1944 (1444 performances). Cast: Jean Adair (as "Martha Brewster"), John Alexander (as "Teddy Brewster"), Wyrley Birch (as "Rev. Dr. Harper"), Helen Brooks, Bruce Gordon, Henry Herbert (as "Mr. Gibbs"), Josephine Hull (as "Abby Brewster"), Boris Karloff (as "Jonathan Brewster"), William Parke (as "Mr. Witherspoon"; died during production and replaced by Ashley Cooper], John Quigg, Anthony Ross, Edgar Stehli (as "Dr. Einstein"), Victor Sutherland (as "Lt. Rooney"). Replacement actors [during Fulton Theatre run]: Patricia Collinge (as "Abby Brewster"), Ashley Cooper (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Laura Hope Crews (as "Abby Brewster") [from Jun 1942-?], Minnie Dupree (as "Martha Brewster"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Margaret Joyce (as "Elaine Harper") [from 15 Jun 1942-?], Clinton Sundberg (as "Mortimer Brewster"), Erich von Stroheim (as "Jonathan Brewster") [from Jun 1942- ?]. Replacement actors [during Hudson Theatre run]: Wallace Acton (as "Dr. Einstein"), Richard Bishop (as "Lt. Rooney"), Helen Brooks (as "Elaine Harper"), Solen Burry (as "Officer Klein"), Ross Chetwynd (as "Officer Brophy"), Blaine Cordner (as "Officer O'Hara"), Gilbert Douglas (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Herbert Ranson (as "The Rev. Dr. Harper"), Effie Shannon (as "Martha Brewster"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Jonathan Brewster"), Walter Wagner (as "Mortimer Brewster"). Produced by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. NOTE: Filmed as Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Arsenik og gamle kniplinger (2002), Arsènic i puntes de coixí (1995), Arsenic et vieilles dentelles (1971), Arsenicum en oude kant (1971), Arsenic and Old Lace (1969), Arsenik i stare cipke (1967).
- (1927) Stage: Appeared (as "Constant"; credited as Allyn Morgan Joslyn) in "A Lady in Love" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Dorrance Davis. Directed by Rollo Lloyd. Lyceum Theatre: 21 Feb 1927-Mar 1927 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Liane Held Carrera [credited as Liane Carrera] (as "Sophia"), Dorothy Estabrook (as "Jenny"), Gavin Gordon (as "Bragdon"), Sydney Greenstreet (as "Sir Jeremy"), Alf Helton (as "Snivel"), Walter Jones (as "Bloodshot"), Paul Lester (as "Constable"), Rollo Lloyd (as "Sir Barnaby"), Dennie Moore (as "Moll"), Natalie Moorhead (as "Sadie"), Julian Noa (as "La Roche"), Lester Paul (as "Tapgood"), Jane Salisbury (as "Betty"), Peggy Wood (as "Clarissa"). Produced by A.E. Riskin and R.R. Riskin.
- (1927) Stage: Appeared (as "Joslyn Eric Brent"; credited as Allyn Morgan) in "One For All" on Broadway. Written by Ernest Cortis and Louise Cortis. Directed by Jasper Deeter. Greenwich Village Theatre: 13 May 1927-May 1927 (closing date unknown/3 performances). Cast: Walton Butterfield (as "Claude Severns"), N.R. Cregan (as "Dempsey"), Madeline Delmar (as "Molly Gansevoort"), Jennie A. Eustace (as "Cora Gansevoort"), Ethel Jackson (as "Leonora Varillo"), Lelya Le Noir (as "Alicia Pomeroy"), Beresford Lovett (as "Bertram Chattox"). Produced by The Whithouse Productions Inc.
- (1924) Stage: Appeared (as "Second Working Man"; credited as Allyn Morgan Joslyn) in "Man and the Masses" on Broadway. Tragedy. Written by Ernst Toller. Translated by Louis Untermeyer. Cast: Jacob Ben-Ami (as "The Nameless One, The Spirit of the Masses"), Marling Chilton (as "Third Working Man"), Sidney Dexter (as "Messenger Boy"), William Franklin (as "Second Banker"), Ullrich Haupt (as "The Man" / "The Woman's Husband"), Arthur Hughes (as "The Companion" / "A Dream Figure"), Mariette Hyde (as "Second Woman Prisoner"), Zita Johann (as "First Woman Prisoner"), Barry Jones (as "Fifth Banker" / "An Officer"), A.P. Kaye (as "First Banker"), Leonard Lean (as "Fourth Banker"), John McGovern (as "The Condemned One"), Maurice McRae (as "First Working Man"), Pauline Moore (as "A Working Woman"), Samuel Rosen (as "Fourth Working Man"), Erskine Sanford (as "Third Banker" / "A Priest"), Charles Tazewell (as "Sixth Banker"), Blanche Yurka (as "The Woman"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1952) Stage: Appeared (as "Adrian Van Dyck") in "Collector's Item" on Broadway. 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"), 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.
- (1952) Stage: Appeared (as "Adrian van Dyck"; final Broadway role) in "Collector's Item" on Broadway. 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"), 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.
- (1941) Stage: Appeared (as "Mortimer Brewster") in "Arsenic and Old Lace" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Joseph Kesselring. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Fulton Theatre (moved to The Hudson Theatre on 25 Sep 1943 to close): 10 Jan 1941-17 Jun 1944 (1444 performances). Cast: Jean Adair (as "Martha Brewster"), John Alexander (as "Teddy Brewster"), Wyrley Birch (as "Rev. Dr. Harper"), Helen Brooks, Bruce Gordon, Henry Herbert (as "Mr. Gibbs"), Josephine Hull, Boris Karloff (as "Jonathan Brewster"), William Parke (as "Mr. Witherspoon"; died during production and replaced by Ashley Cooper), John Quigg, Anthony Ross, Edgar Stehli (as "Dr. Einstein"), Victor Sutherland (as "Lt. Rooney"). Replacement actors [during Fulton Theatre run]: Patricia Collinge (as "Abby Brewster"), Ashley Cooper (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Laura Hope Crews (as "Abby Brewster") [from Jun 1942-?], Minnie Dupree (as "Martha Brewster"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Margaret Joyce (as "Elaine Harper") [from 15 Jun 1942-?], Clinton Sundberg (as "Mortimer Brewster"), Erich von Stroheim (as "Jonathan Brewster") [from Jun 1942-?]. Replacement actors [during Hudson Theatre run]: Wallace Acton (as "Dr. Einstein"), Richard Bishop (as "Lt. Rooney"), Helen Brooks (as "Elaine Harper"), Solen Burry (as "Officer Klein"), Ross Chetwynd (as "Officer Brophy"), Blaine Cordner (as "Officer O'Hara"), Gilbert Douglas (as "Mr. Witherspoon"), Harry Gribbon (as "Teddy Brewster"), Herbert Ranson (as "The Rev. Dr. Harper"), Effie Shannon (as "Martha Brewster"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Jonathan Brewster"), Walter Wagner (as "Mortimer Brewster"). Produced by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. NOTE: Filmed as Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Arsenik og gamle kniplinger (2002), Arsènic i puntes de coixí (1995), Arsenic et vieilles dentelles (1971), Arsenicum en oude kant (1971), Arsenic and Old Lace (1969), Arsenik i stare cipke (1967).
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