Theatre Register

The Chocolate Soldier, 1934

Shows · The Chocolate Soldier · St James Theatre, 1934

We hold no picture of this staging. This one is filed against The Chocolate Soldier and could document any of its runs. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection
Revival BroadwaySt James Theatre13 performances

The run closed May 12, 1934

Opened
May 2, 1934
Closed
May 12, 1934
Performances
13
Previews
Theatre
St James Theatre

Of the 1,388 productions we hold that opened in the 1930s and record a performance count, this is the 905th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of The Chocolate Soldier 7 more that season

1909 Lyric Theatre Original · Stanislaus Stange 296 perf.
1910 Circle Theatre Revival 8 perf.
1910 Lyric Theatre Transfer
1921 Century Theatre Revival 83 perf.
1930 Jolsons 59th Street Theatre Revival · Milton Aborn 25 perf.
1931 Erlangers Theatre Revival · Milton Aborn 16 perf.
1947 New Century Theatre Revival · Felix Brentano 69 perf.

Who was in it39 named

Hazel Andrews
Leah Baliver
Theo Bayles
Suzanne Black
Lauretta Brislin
Jack Bruns
Tamara Charle
Bernice Claire
Frank Clark
Ruth Clayton
Aida Conkey
Alberta Doone
Anita Duncan
John Dunsmure
Lillian Gast
Chris Gerard
Bernice Hampshire
Betty Hawsin
Dick Kneely
Paul Largay
Frank Manda
Olivia Martin
Albert R Miller
Audrey Mott
Joseph Napalis
Leona Neumann
Paul Owen
Ernest Pavano
John Rowan
Helen Sada
Parker Steward
Morris Tepper
Verd Twiford
Theo van Tassell
Cora Wallace
John Wallace
Frank Worden

2 of these 39 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 37 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director
Alonzo Price
Producer
Charles Purcell

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

Recordings 1 held for the work

None of these is attributed to this staging. They are filed against The Chocolate Soldier, and nothing in the record says which production any of them documents. Closing that join is the point of this catalogue and it is not closed yet.

What this page does not know

  • No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
  • No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
  • Which of the 1 recordings of The Chocolate Soldier document this run, if any.
  • Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.

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