- Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- Schweiger (1926). Written by Franz Werfel. 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.
- 12,000 (1928). Written by Bruno Frank. Book adapted by William Absalom Drake. Directed by Basil Sydney. Garrick Theatre: 12 Mar 1928- Jul 1928 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Charles Croker-King (as "His Serene Highness, the Prince of_____"), Mary Ellis (as "The Baroness of Spangenburg"), Lumsden Hare (as "A Colonel"), Walter Kingsford (as "Faucitt"), John McGovern (as "The Younger Brother"), Leonard Mudie (as "The Elder Brother"), Basil Sydney (as "Piderit"), Robert Vivian (as "Treysa"). Produced by The Garrick Players.
- The Eternal Road (1937). Musical. Based on material by Franz Werfel, as adapted by William Absalom Drake [final Broadway credit] and as translated by Ludwig Lewishon. Scenic Design, Costume Design, and Lighting Design by Norman Bel Geddes. Directed by Max Reinhardt. Music by Kurt Weill. 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" and "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.
- A Hat, a Coat, a Glove (1934). Drama. Written by William Absalom Drake. From the German of Wilhelm Speyer. Scenic Design by Aline Bernstein. Directed by Crosby Gaige and Robert C. Fischer. Selwyn Theatre: 31 Jan 1934- Feb 1934 (closing date unknown/13 performances). Cast: George Alison (as "Judge Breed"), Isabel Baring (as "Ann Brewster"), Oscar Berlin (as "Tommy Harris"), Henry Brent (as "Court Stenographer"), D.J. Carew (as "Sergeant Whalen"), Horace Casselberry (as "James Gardiner"), Nedda Harrigan (as "Felicia Mitchell"), Boyd Irwin (as "Robert Ross"), Charles G. Johnson (as "Court Attendant"), A.E. Matthews (as "A Man"), Lester Vail (as "Jerry Hutchins"), Philip Van Zandt (as "John Walters"), George W. Williams (as "Clerk"), Clare Woodbury (as "Henrietta C. Jones"), Helen Wynn (as "Secretary"). Produced by Crosby Gaige and D.K. Weiskopf. Notes: (1) Filmed by Radio Pictures (RKO) as Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934). (2) Isabel Baring may be erroneously credited (she may be Isabel Bering (1884-1962).
- Grand Hotel (1930). Drama. Written by William Absalom Drake. From the German of Vicki Baum. Assistant Director: Fritz Feld. Directed by Herman Shumlin. National Theatre: 13 Nov 1930- Dec 1931 (closing date unknown/459 performances). Cast: Hortense Alden (as "Flaemmchen"), Lester Alden, Walter Baldwin (as "Desk Clerk"), Audrey Bauer, Romaine Callender, Fred Eckhart, Harry Hanlon, Stephen Irving, Sam Jaffe (as "Kringelein"), Eugenie Leontovich, Richard Lloyd, William Nunn, Raffaella Ottiano, Florence Pendleton, Clarence Rock, Sig Ruman (as "Preysing"), 'Harry D. Southard Justice Zinnowitz"), Joseph Calleia [credited as Joseph Spurin-Calleia] (as "Chauffeur"), Frank W. Taylor, Albert Dekker [ (credited as Albert Van Dekker] (as "Baron von Gaigern"), Walter Vonnegut. Produced by Herman Shumlin. Produced in association with Harry Moses. Notes: Joseph Calleia also served as the production's General Stage Manager with Walter Baldwin as Stage Manager. Produced by MGM as Grand Hotel (1932) as a lavish star-studded production. It became a huge hit.
- (March 28, 1932) His play, "Grand Hotel," was performed at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Sam Jaffe in the cast.
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