- (1903 - 1937) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1903) Stage Play: A Fool and His Money. Farce. Written, produced and directed by George Broadhurst. Hoyt's Theatre: 14 Apr 1903- May 1903 (closing date unknown/47 performances). Cast: Charles Andrews, Anita Bridger, Earl Browne, Arnold Daly, Mabel Dixey, Brandon Douglas, Mrs. E.A. Eberle, Jameson Lee Finney, Harry Gibbs, Daisy Green, Sidney Herbert, Grace Hull, Harriet Hurst, Adolph Jackson, John S. Robertson, May Vokes [Broadway debut], Helen Mar Wilcox. Produced by Broadhurst & Currie.
- (1906) Stage Play: The Braisley Diamond. Melodrama. Written by Tremayne and Hall. Directed by George Foster Platt. Hoyt's Theatre: 9 Jan 1906- Feb 1906 (closing date unknown/32 performances/rotated with "A Case of Arson"). Cast: H. Bruce Delamater, Dorothy Drake, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Helen Grantly, Grace Merritt, H.C. Mortimer, George Probert, C.N. Schaeffer, Henry Vibart, May Vokes, Edith Yeager.
- (1907) Stage Play: The Tattooed Man. Musical comedy/opera. Book by Harry B. Smith and A.N.C. Fowler. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Directed by Julian Mitchell. Criterion Theatre: 18 Feb 1907- 15 Apr 1907 (59 performances). Cast: Maida Athens (as "Miss Vandergilt/Mutti"), Leila Benton (as "Miss Charles"), Edna Birch (as "Chorus/Ahmed"), Nace Bonville (as "Hashish"), William P. Carleton (as "Abdallah"), Josephine Carlin (as "Miss Frisk"), Gertie Carlisle (as "Alma"), Jessie Carr (as "Canem/Chorus"), Claudia Clark (as "Hassan"), Harry Clarke (as "Algy Cuffs"), Gilbert Clayton (as "Ali"), Gene Cole (as "Miss Mint"), Mabel Croft (as "Chorus/Blush of Dawn"), Frank Daniels (as "Omar Khayam Jr."), Daisy De Vere (as "Rose of Summer/Chorus"), Gertrude Doremus (as "Miss Bridge"), Charles Drew (as "Yussuf"), Vesta Field (as "Chorus"), May Fields (as "Chorus/Bird of Paradise"), Sallie Fisher (as "Leila"), Bessie Holbrook (as "Selim/Chorus"), George O'Donnell (as "Muley"), Almeda Potter (as "Miss Lakeside"), Edna Richardson (as "Chorus"), Jessie Richmond (as "Miss Penn"), Jane Rogers (as "Miss Vine"), Harold Russell (as "A Muezzin"), Reina Swift (as "Star of Evening/Chorus"), Lottie Vernon (as "Miss Beacon"), May Vokes (as "Fatima"), Herbert Waterous (as "The Shah of Persia"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1907) Stage Play: A Knight for a Day. Musical-farce. Directed by Gus Sohlke. Wallack's Theatre: 16 Dec 1907- 16 May 1908 (176 performances). Cast included: Percy Bronson, William P. Carleton, Sallie Fisher, John Slavin, May Bennett, Jane Cook, Pearl Dawson, Harry DeBanks, Gavin Harris, Lottie Kendall, Marcel Lamb, Frances LeClair, Harry Loomis, May Roche, Evelyn Smith, George Snyder, Josie Sylvester, Mayne Taylor, Hazel Templeton, May Vokes (as "Tillie Day"). Produced by B.C. Whitney.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Quaker Girl. Musical. Music by Lionel Monckton. Book by James T. Tanner. Directed by J.A.E. Malone. Park Theatre (moved to the Grand Opera House on 2 Dec 1912- close): 23 Oct 1911- Dec 1912 (closing date unknown/248 performances). Produced by Henry B. Harris.
- (1913) Stage Play: When Dreams Come True (1913). Musical comedy. Material by Philip Bartholomae. Directed by Frank Smithson. Lyric Theatre: 18 Aug 1913- 11 Oct 1913 (64 performances). Cast: Thomas Aiken, Frazer Coulter, Marie Flynn, Edward Garvie, Clyde Hunnewell, Donald MacDonald, Ann Mooney, Saranoff, Otto Shreader, Amelia Summerville, May Vokes (as "Matilda"), Anna Wheaton. Produced by Philip Bartholomae.
- (1915) Stage Play: A Full House. Written by Fred Jackson. Longacre Theatre: 10 May 1915- Aug 1915 (closing date unknown/112 performances). Cast: Bernice Buck, Hugh Cameron, Herbert Corthell, Ida Darling, Claiborne Foster, C.W. Goodrich, Maude Turner Gordon, Arthur P. Hyman, Ralph Morgan, Elizabeth Nelson, Edgar Norton, George Parsons, May Vokes, Clare Weldon. Produced by H.H. Frazee.
- (1916) Stage Play: Good Gracious Annabelle. Written by Clare Kummer. Theatre Republic: 31 Oct 1916- Feb 1917 (closing date unknown/111 performances). Cast: Harry C. Bradley, J. Palmer Collins, Lola Fisher, Ruth Harding, Edwin Holland, Harry Ingram, Helen Lee, Mac Macomber, Edwin Nicander, Willis Reed, Walter Schellin, May Vokes, Roland Young. Produced by Arthur Hopkins. Note: Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation as Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919).
- (1919) Stage Play: Just a Minute. Musical comedy. Book by Harry L. Cort, G.E. Stoddard and Harold Orlob. Music by Harold Orlob. Lyrics by Harry Linsley Cort, George E. Stoddard and Harold Orlob. Musical Director: Arthur Gutman. Directed by Robert Marks. Cort Theatre: 27 Oct 1919- 29 Nov 1919 (40 performances). Cast: Christine Adair (as "Ensemble"), Marie Bellaire (as "Ensemble"), Jeanne Berley (as "Ensemble"), Cecil Boylan (as "Ensemble"), Mona Celete (as "The Other Girl"), Billy Clark (as "The Porter"), Virginia Clark (as "The Bathing Girl/Ensemble"), Wellington Cross (as "The Executor"), Mr. Curran (as "A Demonstrator"), Agatha DeBussy (as "Ensemble"), Gertrude Defour (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Donlon (as "Ensemble"), Phyllis Edwards (as "Ensemble"), Mr. Fenn (as "A Demonstrator"), Mr. Green (as "A Demonstrator"), Merle Hartwell (as "The Saleslady"), Anna Hartwig (as "Ensemble"), Mildred Kay (as "Ensemble"), Alice Lallor (as "Ensemble"), Lu Leathers (as "Ensemble"), George F. Moore (as "The Trouble"), Morin Sisters (as "The Dancers"), Mr. Murphy (as "A Demonstrator"), Percy Pollock (as "The Pilot"), Mildred Stevens (as "Ensemble"), Mae Terresfield (as "A Song Girl/Ensemble"), May Vokes (as "The Aunt"), Niobe Warwick (as "A Song Girl/Ensemble"), Mabel Withee (as "The Girl"). Produced by John Cort.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Bat. Melodrama-mystery. Written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. Directed by Colin Kemper. Morosco Theatre: 23 Aug 1920- Sep 1922 (closing date unknown/867 performances). Cast: Richard Barrows (as "Richard Fleming"), Edward Ellis (as "Doctor Wells"), Effie Ellsler (as "Miss Cornelia Van Gorder"), Harrison Hunter (as "Detective Anderson"), Kenneth Hunter (as "Reginald Beresford"), Anne Morrison (as "Miss Dale Ogden"), Harry Morvil (as "Billy"), Stuart Sage (as "Jack Brooks"), Robert Vaughan (as "An Unknown Man'), May Vokes' (as "Lizzie Allen"). Produced by Wagenhals and Collin Kemper. Note: One of the biggest hits of the 1920's.
- (1923) Stage Play: Cold Feet. Farce. Written by Fred Jackson and Pierre Gendron. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor. Fulton Theatre: 21 May 1923- Jun 1923 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Glenn Anders (as "Dr. Harry Nolles"), Annette Bade (as "Coralie Prentice"), Louis D'Arclay (as "Count Louis De La Tour"), Catherine Doucet (as "Diana Ainsley"), John T. Doyle (as "George Prentice"), Beth Martin (as "Audry Stanton"), Gay Pendleton (as "Jack Prentice"), Leighton Stark (as "Kelly"), May Vokes (as "Sophie"). Produced by Biltmore Producing Co. Inc.
- (1924) Stage Play: Annie Dear. Musical comedy. Music by Clare Kummer. Material by Clare Kummer. Lyrics by Clare Kummer. Additional music by Sigmund Romberg. Featuring songs by Jean Schwartz. Additional lyrics by Clifford Grey. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Directed by Edward Royce. Times Square Theatre: 4 Nov 1924- 31 Jan 1925 (103 performances). Cast: Edward Allan, Mary Almonti, Fred Arnold, Abner Barnhart, Kathleen Barrow, Jason Bauer, Spencer Bentley, Marguerite Boatwright, Dorothy Brown, Billie Burke (as "Annie Leigh"), John Byam, Spencer Charters (as "James Ludgate"), Joan Clement, Phyllis Cleveland, Gladys Coburn, Virginia Crane, Lawrence Crowe, Easter and Hazleton, Pearl Eaton, George Ferguson, Gavin Gordon, Florentine Gosnova, Alexander Gray, Marion Green, Evelyn Grieg, Ned Hamlin, Harold Hennessy, Barton Hepburn, Helen Herendeen, Edna Johnson, Frank Kingdon (as "Mr. Gosling"), Norman Knox, Mary Lawler, Nyo Lee, Rona Lee, Catherine Littlefield, William May, Gayle Mays, Gertrude McDonald, Lelia McGuire, Marjorie Peterson, Anastasia Reilly, Katherine Sacker, Charles Schenck, James Shelton [Broadway debut], Russell Smith, Peggy Steele, Ernest Truex (as "George Wimbledon"), May Vokes (as "Lottie"), Bobby Watson, Jack Whiting, Alfred Wyart. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1925) Stage Play: Holka Polka. Musical comedy. Music by Will Ortman. Book by W. Walzer. Book adapted by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Translated by Derick Wulff. Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Raymond B. Egan. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Dances arranged by Busby Berkeley. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Lyric Theatre: 14 Oct 1925- 31 Oct 1925 (21 performances). Cast: Harry Anderson (as "Auctioneer"), Jean Armstrong (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Benson (as "Ensemble"), Aileen Booth (as "Ensemble"), Alec Bowman (as "Ensemble"), Lloyd Briggs (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Brown (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Burke (as "Rudi Munz"), Phyllis Burkhardt (as "Ensemble"), Buddy Carmin (as "Ensemble"), Francis H. Cherry (as "Marie Karin"), Lillian Clinton (as "Ensemble"), Betty Credito (as "Ensemble"), Florence Crozier (as "Ensemble"), Vera Dale (as "Ensemble"), Rosa de Cordoba (as "Specialty Dancer"), Barbara Dean (as "Ensemble"), Ely DeMar (as "Ensemble"), Adrienne DeSales (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Doane (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Elaine (as "Ensemble"), Harry Ellston (as "Ensemble"), Paul Elsoner (as "Ensemble"), Willoa Fellows (as "Ensemble"), Ben Fleck (as "Ensemble"), Nicholas Globatcheff (as "Ensemble"), Robert Halliday (as Karel Boleslav"), Orville Harrold (as "Peter Novak, Known as Nobody"), Patti Harrold (as "Peterle Novak"), Harry Heller (as "Ensemble"), Harry Holbrook (as "Max Munz"), Mary Huber (as "Ensemble"), Albert Hurt (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Leon Kartavy (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice King (as "Ensemble"), Russell King (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia LaMarde (as "Ensemble"), Vincent Langan (as "Jan"), Richard Lear (as "Ensemble"), Jack Lerner (as "Ensemble"), Milba LeVander (as "Ensemble"), Ray Lloyd (as "Ensemble"), Renee Lowrie (as "Ensemble"), Esther Lyon (as "Ellen Novak"), George E. Mack (as "Baron von Bruck"), James Martin (as "Ensemble"), Maurice Martin (as "Ensemble"), Ila McCall (as "Ensemble"), Henrietta Merriman (as "Ensemble"), Alice Mitchell (as "Ensemble"), Al Monty (as "Ensemble"), James C. Morton (as "Adam Cook"), Fred Ortmann (as "Ensemble"), Lisa Parnova (as "Specialty Dancer"), Patty Patterson (as "Ensemble"), Frances Patton (as "Ensemble"), F.D. Porterfield (as "Ensemble"), Morris Ragalsky (as "Ensemble"), Marion & Martinez Randel (as "Specialty Dancers"), Faye Renard (as "Ensemble"), Troupe Reynolds (as "Ensemble"), Clementine Rigeau (as "Ensemble"), Bess Ringwald (as "Ensemble"), Joe Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Lea Roy (as "Ensemble"), Valerie Sargent (as "Ensemble"), Christine Schyler (as "Ensemble"), John Sherlock (as "Henri Novothy"), Val Sholar (as "Ensemble"), May Speed (as "Ensemble"), Edith Stich (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Strawbridge (as "Specialty Dancer"), Reginald Thomas (as "Ensemble"), Charles Thompson (as "Coachman"), Ben Trotman (as "Ensemble"), May Vokes (as "Gundel"), Olive Wanda (as "Ensemble"), Holmes Washburn (as "Ensemble"), Viola Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Williams (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Wilson (as "Ensemble"), Hilda Withers (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Carl Reed.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Matrimonial Bed. Written by Seymour Hicks. From the French of T. Mirande and Mouesy-Eon. Directed by Bertram Harrison. Ambassador Theatre: 12 Oct 1927- Oct 1927 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: Clay Clement (as "Doctor Baudin"), Amy Dennis, John Hendricks, Kenneth Hill, Winifred Kingston, John T. Murray, Vivien Oakland (as "Sylvaine Jaimet"), Lee Patrick (as "Juliette Corton"), Lennox Pawle (as "Auguste Chabbonais"), Kay Strozzi (as "Suzanne Trebel"), Fred Sutton, May Vokes (as "Corrinne"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1933) Stage Play: Doctor X. Melodrama-mystery. Written by Howard Warren Comstock and Allen C. Miller. Hudson Theatre: 9 Feb 1931- Apr 1931 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: Leslie Adams (as "Marshall Stevens"), J.W. Austin (as "Leyden Duke"), George Blackwood, Charles Edwards, Eden Gray, Howard Lang, Robert Lowing, Barry Macollum (as "Ben"), Boris Marshalov, Florence Shirley, May Vokes (as "Jessie"). Produced by William Brandt and Harry Brandt.
- (1933) Stage Play: It's a Wise Child. Comedy (revival). Written by Laurence E. Johnson. Directed by Harlan Briggs (also appearing as G.A. Appleby). Hudson Theatre: 16 May 1933- Jun 1933 (closing date unknown/34 performances). Cast: Geraldine Brown, Hugh Cameron, John Carmody, Alice Frost, Ivan Miller, Gertrude Ritchie, Joseph Striker, May Vokes (as "Bertha"), George Walcott. Produced by O.E. Wee and Jules J. Leventhal.
- (1937) Stage Play: The Bat. Melodrama (revival). Written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood. Directed by B.F. Kamsler. Majestic Theatre: 31 May 1937- Jun 1937 (closing date unknown/18 performances). Cast: Minnette Barrett [credited as Minnie Barrett] (as "Miss Cornelia Van Gorder") [final Broadway role], Richard Barrows, Linda Lee Hill, Hermann Lieb, Robert Ober, Arvid Paulson, Matthew Smith, Norman Stuart, May Vokes (as "Lizzie Allen") [final Broadway role]. Produced by Ben Lundy and B.F. Kamsler. Note: Previously filmed by Roland West Productions/Feature Productions as The Bat (1926), and later by Allied Artists as The Bat (1959).
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