- (1926) Stage: Wrote (earliest Broadway credit) "The Goat Song", produced on Broadway. Translated by Ruth Langner. Directed by Jacob Ben-Ami. Guild Theatre: 25 Jan 1926-Mar 1926 (closing date unknown/58 performances). Cast: Anthony Andre (as "Elder of Medegya" / "An Old Man"), Bela Blau (as "Messenger"), Albert Bruning (as "Physician"), Harold Clurman (as "Clerk"), Edward Fielding (as "The American"), Lynn Fontanne (as "Stanja"), Dwight Frye (as "Mirko"), George Gaul (as "Gospodar Stevan Milie"), William Ingersoll (as "Gospodar Jevrem Vesilie" / "Scavenger"), House Jameson (credited as House Baker Jameson; as "Bashi Bazook"), Zita Johann (as "Kruna"), Philip Loeb, Judith Lowry, Alfred Lunt, Frank Reicher (as "Bogoboj"), Edward G. Robinson, Erskine Sanford (as "Starsina" / "Priest"), Helen Westley (as "Babka"), Martin Wolfson (as "Innkeeper"), Stanley G. Wood, Herbert Yost, Blanche Yurka. Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1926) Stage: Wrote "Schweiger", produced on Broadway. Translated by Jack Charash and William Absalom Drake [earliest Broadway credit]. Mansfield Theatre: 23 Mar 1926-Apr 1926 (closing date unknown/30 performances). Cast: Jacob Ben-Ami (as "Franz Schweiger"), Hugh Buckler (as "Travnick"), Minnie Dupree (as "Mrs. Stroschneider"), Edward Forbes, Ann Harding (as "Anna Schweiger"), Philip Leigh (as "Dr. Ottokar Grund"), Herbert Ransom (as "Father Rotter"), Samuel Rosen (as "Selcher"), Georgina Tilden, Edward Van Sloan (as "Dr. Burghardt Von Viereck"). Produced by The Fifth Avenue Playhouse.
- (1926) Stage: Wrote "Juarez and Maximilian", produced on Broadway. Historical drama. Directed by Philip Moeller. Guild Theatre: 11 Oct 1926-Nov 1926 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: Charles Allais, Albert Bruning, Morris Carnovsky (as "Riva-Palacio Canon Soria"), Harold Clurman (as "Mariano Escobedo, Polyphemie"), Cheryl Crawford (as "Madame Barrio"), Arnold Daly (as "Francois Achille Bazaine"), Stanley DeWolfe, Dudley Digges (as "Archbishop Labastida of Mexico and Puebla"), Clare Eames (as "Carlotta"), Margalo Gillmore (as "Princess Agnes Salm"), Perry Ivins (as "Theodosio Lares"), Earle Larrimore (as "State Councillor Stephen Herzfield"), Philip Leigh (as "City Deputy of Chihuahua, Yapitan"), Alfred Lewis, Philip Loeb (as "Elizea" / "Gen. Tomas Mejia"), Alfred Lunt (as "Maximilian"), Maurice McRae, Sanford Meisner (as "Blasio"), Edward G. Robinson (as "Gen. Porfirio Diaz"), John Rynne, Erskine Sanford (as "Lawyer Siliceo"), Roland Twombley, Edward Van Sloan (as "Capt. Miguel Lopez"), Dan Walker. Produced by The Theatre Guild. NOTE: Filmed as Juarez (1939).
- (1937) Stage: Wrote source material for "The Eternal Road", produced on Broadway. Musical. Adapted by William Absalom Drake [final Broadway credit] and translated by Ludwig Lewisohn. Music by Kurt Weill. Scenic Design / Costume Design / Lighting Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Directed by Max Reinhardt. Manhattan Opera House: 7 Jan 1937-15 May 1937 (137 performances). Cast: Charles Adler, Maia Airoff, Herbert Alani, Antionette Allen, Louise Allen, Leslie Austen, Neslon Barclift, Fred Barrie, Michael Bataeff, Robert Bentley, Abner Biberman (as "Adversary's Partner"), Ida Bidner, Anthony Blair, Sophie Brent, Katherine Carrington, Albert Cazentre, Bennett Challis, Thomas Chalmers, Al Clifford, Noel Cravat (as "Shimon" / "Aaron"), Ben Cutler, Eva Dainova, Henry Day, Marguerite De Anguera, Roger De Koven, Olive Deering, Walter Elliott, William Elliott, Blanche Evan, Edward Fisher, Jules Flier, Carl Formes, ELizabeth Friend, Walter Gilbert, Samuel Goldenberg, Anita Gorin, Marie Guttman, Charles Hale, Harry Hamill, Paul Hammond, Robert Harrison, Frances Hellman, Charles Horner, William Howell, Carroll Howes, Sam Jaffe, Ralph Jameson, Janet Janov, Harold Johnsrud, Starr West Jones, Edward Kane, Kurt Kasznar, Hal Kingsley, Bertha Kunz-Baker, Alexander Lazuk, Lotte Lenya, Paul Leon, David A. Leonard, Ruth Virginia Lewis, Lil Liandre, Lou Lief, Betty Lind, Baruch Lumet, Sidney Lumet (as "The Estranged One's Son"), Joseph Macauley, Paul Marion, Leonard Mence, Florence Meyer, Raymond Miller, William M. Miller, Tommy Mott, Victorie Moussaieff, Ruth Nisenson, Eva Ortman, Sarah Osnath-Halevy, Doris Ostroff, Mary Perrine, Rosamond Pinchot, Cassius C. Quimby, Ruth Ross, Herbert Rudley, Lucien Rutman, Angela Schoop, Mark Schweid, Blake Scott, Eleanor Searle, Ethel Selwyn, Sylvia Shane, Marian Siwek, James Spivak, Harold Sternberg, Sam Sternberg, Ruth Stromberg, Gustav Stryker, Lydia Tarnova, Molly Taylor, Myron Taylor, Sol Tisman, Maxine Trevor, John Uppman, Dick Van Patten (credited as "Dickie Van Patten"), Edward Vermonti, Earl Weatherford, Benjamin Zemach. Produced by Crosby Gaige and Meyer W. Weisgal.
- (1944) Stage: Wrote source material (play) for "Jacobowsky and the Colonel", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Written by S.N. Behrman. Directed by Elia Kazan. Martin Beck Theatre: 14 Mar 1944 10 Mar 1945 (417 performances). Cast: Annabella (as "Marianne"; Broadway debut), Louis Calhern (as "Col. Tadeusz Boleslav Stjerbinsky"), Oskar Karlweis (as "S.L. Jacobowsky"), Harold Vermilyea (as "Gestapo Official"), J. Edward Bromberg (as "Szabuniewicz"), Donald Cameron (as "Monsieur Serouille" / "Sen. Brisson"), Philip Collier (as "Air Raid Warden"), Philip Coolidge (as "The Dice Player"), Harry Davis (as "Soloman" / "Papa Clarion"), Louise Dowdney (as "A Young Girl"), Joseph Kallini (as "Street Singer"), Peter Kass (as "Szycke"), Edward Kreisler (as "Sgt. De Ville" / "Second French Soldier"), Don Lee (as "Wilhelm" / "First German Soldier"), Jules Leni (as "Child"), Jane Marbury (as "Old Lady from Arras"), E.G. Marshall (as "Brigadier"), Kitty Mattern (as "Cosette"), Bob Merritt (as "Max" / "Second German Soldier"), Frank Overton (as "First Lieutenant"), Coby Ruskin (as "A Chauffeur"), William Sanders (as "The Commissaire"), Burton Tripp (as "Gendarme" / "First French Soldier"), Hilda Vaughn (as "Madame Bouffier"), Harrison Winter (as "Sleeping Shopkeeper"), Barry O'Moore (as "The Tragic Gentleman"). Replacement actors: Donald Arbury (as "Monsieur Serouille" / "Sen. Brisson"), Oliver Cliff (as "The Dice Player"), Loney Lewis (as "Szabuniewicz"), Herbert Ratner (as "Air Raid Warden" / "Max" / Second German Soldier"), Gwilym Williams (as "Street Singer"). Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). Produced in association with Jack H. Skirball. NOTE: Filmed as Me and the Colonel (1958).
- (1944) Stage: Wrote source material (novel) for "Embezzled Heaven", produced on Broadway. Drama. Written by Leslie Bush-Fekete and Maria Fagyas. Directed by B. Iden Payne. National Theatre: 31 Oct 1944-13 Jan 1945 (52 performances). Cast: Ethel Barrymore (as "Teta"), Sanford Meisner (as "Bichler"), David Barnaby (as "Sediaris"), Wolfe Barzell (as "Prossnitzer"), Albert Bassermann (as "The Pope"), Elsa Bassermann (as "Mrs. Schultz"), Julian Benjamin (as "Papal Valet"), Martin Blaine (as "Pastor"), Bettina Cerf (as "Countess Argan"), Marcel Dill (as "Sottomaestro"), Paige Edwards (as "Swiss Guard"), Edward Fernandez (as "Young Mojmir, The Child"), Robert Fletcher (as "Swiss Guard"), Eduard Franz (as "Mojmir"), Edward Kilcullen (as "Maestro di Camera"), Madeline Lee (as "Zdenka"), John McKee (as "Monsignore"), Peggy Meredith (as "Jarmila"), Harry Neville (as "Kompert"), Robert O'Brien (as "Sediaris"), Wauna Paul (as "Mila"), Frank Richards (as "Kovalsky"), Augusta Roeland (as "Franziska"), Sheila Trent (as "Masha"), Don Valentine (as "Mail Carrier"), Graham Velsey (as "Physician"), Val Witherill (as "George"). Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors).
- Playwright: "The Song of Bernadette". NOTE: Filmed as The Song of Bernadette (1943), Song of Bernadette (1958).
- (1979) Stage: Wrote source material (play "Jacobowsky and the Colonel") for "The Grand Tour", produced on Broadway. Musical. Music / lyrics by Jerry Herman. Book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble. Originally adapted by S.N. Behrman. Musical Director: Wally Harper. Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang. Dance arrangements by Peter Howard. Vocal arrangements by Don Pippin. Uncredited additional vocal arrangements by Larry Blank. Assistant Choreographer: Mercedes Ellington. Choreographed by Donald Saddler. Directed by Gerald Freedman. Palace Theatre: 11 Jan 1979-4 Mar 1979 (61 performances + 17 previews, that began on 27 Dec 1978). Cast: Joel Grey (as "S.L. Jacobowsky"), Ron Holgate (as "Col. Tadeusz Boleslav Stjerbinsky"), Florence Lacey (as "Marianne"), Bjarne Buchtrup (as "Ensemble"), Chevi Colton (as "Mme. Vauclain" / "Mme. Manzoni" / "Bride's Aunt"), Carol Dorian (as "Ensemble"), Travis Hudson (as "Mme. Marville, An elegant lady" / "Mother Madeleine"), Kenneth Kantor (as "Hugo The Hungarian Hercules" / "Bargeman" / "Ensemble"), Jack Karcher (as "Cziesno" / "Ensemble"), Grace Keagy (as "Mme. Bouffier" / "A Peasant Woman" / "Bride's Mother" / "Sister Roland"), Bronna Lipton (as "Swing Dancer"), Debra Lyman (as "Ensemble"), Michelle Marshall (as "Bride" / "Ensemble"), Bob Morrisey (as "Commissaire of Police" / "Ensemble"), Stan Page (as "Chauffeur" / "Peddler" / "Ensemble"), Tina Paul (as "Ensemble"), Jay Pierce (as "Stiltwalker" / "Papa Clairon" / Ensemble"), Linda Poser (as "Ensemble"), Theresa Rakov (as "Ensemble"), George Reinholt (as "Capt. Meuller"), Jeff Richards (as "Swing Dancer"), Paul Solen (as "Ensemble"), Jo Speros (as "Claudine" / "Ensemble"), Jay Stuart (as "Man with Flower in His Lapel"), Gene Varrone (as "Conductor" / "Bride's Father"), Jeff Veazey (as "Ensemble"), Stephen Vinovich (as "Szabuniewicz"), Mark Waldrop (as "Jeannot" / "Groom" / "Ensemble"), Bonnie Young (as "Ensemble"). Standby: Charles Abbott (as "S.L. Jacobowsky"). Replacement actors: Roger Bigelow (as "Swing Dancer") [from 6 Feb 1979-?], Lynne Charney (as "Mme. Bouffier"). Produced by James M. Nederlander, Diana Shumlin and Jack Schlissel. Produced in association with Carole J. Shorenstein and Stewart F. Lane.
- (4/2/45) Stage: Wrote "Jacobowsky and The Colonel," performed at the Hanna Theater in Cleveland, OH, with Louis Calhern and E.G. Marshall in the cast.
- (7/19/37-7/24;37) Stage: Wrote "Juarez & Maxmilian," performed in the third Midsummer Festival (Story of the Great Southwest) production at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, CA. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Ralph Urmy was director.
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