- (1900- 1922?). Active on Broadway (sometimes credited as J.W. Cope) in the following productions:
- (1900) Stage Play: Caleb West. Drama. Written by Michael Morton. From the novel by F. Hopkinson Smith. Directed by Eugene Wiley Presbrey and Michael Morton. Manhattan Theatre: 17 Sep 1900- Oct 1900 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Edwin Arden (as "Caleb West"), May Buckley (as "Betty"), John W. Cope (credited as J.W. Cope) [Broadway debut], George Fawcett (as "Captain Joe"), Ada Gilman, Elmer Grandin, Ysobel Haskins, Louis Hendricks, Harry Holliday, Alice Hunt, Henry James, Frank Lander, Robert Lowe, Helen King Russell, Emily Wakeman, Malcolm Williams (as "Bill Lacey"), Kate Denin Wilson. Produced by Jacob Litt.
- (1905) Stage Play: The Heir to the Hoorah. Comedy. Written by Paul Armstrong. Hudson Theatre: 10 Apr 1905- 29 May 1905 (59 performances). Cast: George Barr, Colin Campbell, John W. Cope, Edith French, Horace James, Menifee Johnstone, Wright Kramer, Norah Lamison, Wilfred Lucas, Frances Lynn, Louise Morewin, Harry Northrup [credited as H.S. Northrup], Nora O'Brien, Guy Bates Post, C.C. Quinby, Beverly Sitgreaves, T. Tamamoto. Produced by Kirke La Shelle.
- (1905) Stage Play: The Girl of the Golden West. Drama. Written by David Belasco. Directed by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 14 Nov 1905- 19 Jun 1906 (224 performances). Cast: Blanche Bates (as "The Girl"), A.M. Beattie (as "Bucking Billy"), J.H. Benrimo (as "Billy Jackrabbitt"), Ignazio Biondi (as "Concertina Player"), John W. Cope (as "Sonora Slim"), Roberto Deshon (as "Jose Castro"), Ira M. Flick (as "The Ridge Boy"), Robert Hilliard (as "Dick Johnson"), Clifford Hipple (as "Handsome Charlie"), Richard Hoyer (as "Happy Haliday"), T. Hayes Hunter (as "Deputy Sheriff"), Horace James (as "The Sidney Duck"), Frank Keenan (as "Jack Rance"), James Kirkwood (as "Trinidad Joe"), Fred Maxwell (as "Jim Larkens"), Thomas J. McGrane (as "Nick"), J. Al Sawtelle (as "Ashby"), Lowell Sherman (as "Rider of the Pony Express"), Fred W. Sidney (as "The Lookout"), Harriet Sterling (as "Wowkle"), Ed A. Tester (as "Jake Wallace"), William Wild (as "A Faro Dealer"), H.L. Wilson (as "Joe"). Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company [distributed by Paramount] as The Girl of the Golden West (1915).
- (1906) Stage Play: The Rose of the Rancho. Written by David Belasco and Richard Walton Tully. Directed by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 27 Nov 1906- 29 Jun 1907 (480 performances). Cast: Wayne Arey, Virgilio Arriaza, J.H. Benrimo, C.A. Burnett, Norbert Cills, Grace Gaylor Clark, Louise Coleman, Richard S. Conover, John W. Cope (as "Kinkaid"), Maria Davis, Frank De Felice, Vincent De Pascale, William Elliott, Julio Grau, Regino Lopez, Frank Losee, Marta Melean, Atalanta Nicolaides, Leonardo Piza Lopez, Francesco Recchio, Hamilton Revelle [credited as A. Hamilton Revelle], Charles Richman (as "Kearney"), Fermin Ruiz, Gilmore Scott, Frances Starr (as "Juanita"), Catherine Tower, Regina Weil, Frank H. Westerton, Candido Yllera, Salvatore Zito. Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as Rose of the Rancho (1914), and by Paramount Pictures as Rose of the Rancho (1936).
- (1907) Stage Play: The Girl of the Golden West [return engagement]. Written by David Belasco. Belasco Theatre: 11 Nov 1907- Nov 1907 (closing date unknown/22 performances). Cast: Blanche Bates (as "The Girl"), A. M. Beattie (as "Bucking Billy"), J.H. Benrimo (as "Billy Jackrabbitt"), Ignazio Biondi (as "Concertina Player"), John W. Cope (as "Sonora Slim"), Roberto Deshon (as "Jose Castro"), Ira M. Flick (as "The Ridge Boy"), Cuyler Hastings (as "Jack Rance"), Clifford Hipple (as "Handsome Charlie"), Richard Hoyer (as "Happy Haliday"), T. Hayes Hunter (as "Deputy Sheriff"), Horace James (as "The Sidney Duck"), James Kirkwood (as "Trinidad Joe"), Fred Maxwell (as "Jim Larkens"), Thomas J. McGrane(as "Nick"), Charles Milward (as "Dick Johnson"), J. Al Sawtelle (as "Ashby"), Lowell Sherman (as "Rider of the Pony Express"), Fred W. Sidney (as "The Lookout"), Harriet Sterling (as "Wowkle"), Ed A. Tester (as "Jake Wallace"), William Wild (as "A Faro Dealer"), H.L. Wilson (as "Joe"). Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed as The Girl of the Golden West (1930), The Girl of the Golden West (1938), The Girl of the Golden West (1915).
- (1908) Stage Play: The Girl of the Golden West. Drama [return engagement]. Written by David Belasco. Directed by David Belasco. Academy of Music: 27 Jan 1908- Feb 1908 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Blanche Bates (as "The Girl"), A.M. Beattie (as "Bucking Billy'), 'J.H. Benrimo' (as "Billy Jackrabbitt"), Ignazio Biondi (as "Concertina Player"), John W. Cope (as "Sonora Slim"), Roberto Deshon (as "Jose Castro"), Ira M. Flick (as "The Ridge Boy"), Cuyler Hastings (as "Jack Rance"), Clifford Hipple (as "Handsome" Charlie"), Richard Hoyer (as "Happy" Haliday"), T. Hayes Hunter (as "Deputy Sheriff"), Horace James (as "The Sidney Duck"), James Kirkwood (as "Trinidad Joe"), Fred Maxwell (as "Jim Larkens"), Thomas J. McGrane (as "Nick"), Charles Milward (as "Dick Johnson"), J. Al Sawtelle (as "Ashby"), Lowell Sherman (as "Rider of the Pony Express"), Fred W. Sidney (as "The Lookout"), Harriet Sterling (as "Wowkle"), Ed A. Tester (as "Jake Wallace"), William Wild (as "A Faro Dealer"), H.L. Wilson (as "Joe"). Produced by David Belasco. Note: Filmed by Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company [distributed by Paramount] as The Girl of the Golden West (1915).
- (1908) Stage Play: The Fighting Hope. Drama. Written by William Hurlbut [earliest Broadway credit]. Scenic Design by Ernest M. Gros. Directed by David Belasco. Stuyvesant Theatre: 22 Sep 1908- Apr 1909 (closing date unknown/231 performances). Cast: Blanche Bates (as "Anna Granger"), John W. Cope (as "Marshfield Craven"), Howell Hansel (as "Robert Granger"), Charles Richman (as "Burton Temple"), Loretta Wells (as "Mrs. Mason"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1910) Stage: The Concert. Written by Hermann Bahr. Book adapted by Leo Ditrichstein. Belasco Theatre: 4 Oct 1910- May 1911 (closing date unknown/264 performances). Cast: Adelaide Barrett, Janet Beecher, Margaret Bloodgood, Edith Cartwright, John W. Cope, Leo Ditrichstein, Elsie Glynn, Jane Grey, Edna Griffin, Mary Johnson, William Morris, Alice L. Pollock, Catherine Proctor, Belle Theodore, Kathryn Tyndall, Cora Witherspoon (as "Edith Gordon"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Woman. Drama. Written by William C. de Mille. Theatre Republic: 19 Sep 1911- Apr 1912 (closing date unknown/247 performances). Cast: John W. Cope (as "Jim Blake"), Stephen Fitzpatrick, James Gerson, Cuyler Hastings (as "Matthew Standish"), William Holden, Edwin Holt (as "Mark Robertson"), Carleton Macy, Mary Nash (as "Wanda Kelly"), Jane Peyton (as "Grace"), Jose Ross, Harold Vosburgh (as "Tom Blake"), Langdon West. Produced by David Belasco.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Man Inside.
- (1914) Stage Play: It Pays to Advertise.
- (1915) Stage Play: Back Home.
- (1916) Stage Play: Erstwhile Susan. Written by Marian De Forest. Based on the novel "Barnabetta" by Helen R. Martin. Gaiety Theatre: 18 Jan 1916- Jun 1916 (closing date unknown/167 performances). Cast: Samuel Aidenfelder (as "Joseph Yoder"), Hugh Chilvers (as "Robert Marsh"), Anita Clarendon (as "Mrs. Winthrop"), John W. Cope (as "Barnaby Dreary"), Harry Cowley (as "Absalom Puntz"), Madeline Delmar (as "Barnabetta Dreary"), Anne Faystone (as "Alice Meredith"), Mrs. Fiske (as "Juliet Miller/Erstwhile Susan"), Robert Stowe Gill (as "Jacob Dreary"), Maude Longnecker (as "Em. Wackernagel"), Owen Meech (as "Emanuel Dreary"), Wylda Millison (as "Ramah Schwenkfelders"), John Daly Murphy (as "Abel Buchter"), Edward Robins (as "David Jordan"), Marie Sasee (as "Jennie Getz"), Henry B. Vogel (as "Abraham"). Produced by Corey-Williams-Riter Inc. Note: Filmed as Erstwhile Susan (1919).
- (1917) Stage Play: The Very Minute. Written by John Meehan. Belasco Theatre: 9 Apr 1917- May 1917 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Leon E. Brown, John W. Cope, Arnold Daly, Lester Lonergan, William Morris, Cathleen Nesbitt, Forrest Robinson, Robert Vivian, Marie Wainwright. Produced by David Belasco.
- (1918) Stage Play: The Off Chance. Written by R.C. Carton. Empire Theatre: 14 Feb 1918- May 1918 (closing date unknown/92 performances). Cast: Ethel Barrymore (as "Lady Cardonnell"), Clara T. Bracy (as "Mrs. Meecher"), John W. Cope (as "Cornelius Jeffcott Bayne"), Edward Emery (as "Major Bagleigh"), Charles Gibson (as "Lethbridge, Duke of Burchester's Valet"), Albert Gran (as "Sir George Rainsford, Bart, M.P."), Cyril Keightley (as "Duke of Burchester"), Eva Le Gallienne (as "Duchess of Burchester"), Thomas Louden (as "Mr. Brunson, Solicitor"), Cecilia Radclyffe (as "Lady Rainsford"), Marcelle Roussillon (as "Madame Maria de Blanca"), E. Lyall Swete (as "Lord Cardonnell"), J.M. Troughton (as "Meecher, Carekeeper at the Bungalow"), Charles Webster (as "Deade, Mr. Brunson's Clerk"), Louise Worthington (as "Watson, Duchess of Burchester's Maid"). Produced by Charles Frohman Inc.
- (1920) Stage Play: The Cave Girl. Comedy. Written by George Middleton and Guy Bolton. Directed by George F. Marion. Longacre Theatre: 18 Aug 1920- Sep 1920 (closing date unknown/37 performances). Cast: Arthur Barry (as "Rogers"), John W. Cope (as "J.T. Bates"), Franklyn Hanna(as "Mr. Keys"), Saxon Kling (as "Divvy Bates"), Madeleine Marshall (as "Elsie Case"), Martha Mayo (as "Georgina Case"), Brandon Peters (as "Baptiste"), Mark Smith (as "Rufus Paterson"), Grant Stewart (as "Prof. Orlando Sperry"), Grace Valentine (as "Margot Merrill"). Produced by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.
- (1922) Stage Play: Abie's Irish Rose. Comedy. Written by Anne Nichols. Directed by Lawrence Marston. Fulton Theatre (moved to the Theatre Republic from Sep 1922- close): 23 May 1922- 1 Oct 1927 (2327 performances). Cast: Jack G. Bertin (as "Dr. Jacob Samuels"), Harry Bradley (as "Father Whalen"), Anne Bronaugh (as "Rosemary Murphy"), Marie Carroll (as "Rosemary Murphy"), John W. Cope [credited as John Cope] (as "Patrick Murphy") [final Broadway role], Helen Corbin (as "Bridesmaid"), Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Mrs. Isaac Cohen"), Bernard Gorcey (as "Isaac Cohen"), Dorothy Grau (as "Flower Girl/Bridesmaid"), David Herblin (as "Abraham Levy"), Ione Hull (as "Bridesmaid"), Ida Kramer (as "Mrs. Isaac Cohen"), Howard Lang (as "Dr. Jacob Samuels"), Andrew Mack (as "Patrick Murphy"), Nathalian Moorhead (as "Bridesmaid"), Evelyn Nicholas (as "Maid of Honor"), Dorothy Pitou (as "Flower Girl"), Milton Wallace (as "Isaac Cohen"), Alfred White (as "Solomon Levy"), Robert B. Williams (as "Abraham Levy"), Alfred Wiseman (as "Solomon"). Produced by Anne Nichols. Note (1): Produced on film as Abie's Irish Rose (1928) (released as both part talkie and silent versions) and Abie's Irish Rose (1946). (2) This production, which ran for five-and-a-half years, ranks as the most successful Broadway production of the 1920's. Anne Nichols (1891- 1966) reportedly had written the play in 3 days with no prior experience as a playwright. Mr. Gorcey appeared in the 1928 film version, returning to the same role in a revival of the play in April, 1937.
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