- (1906) Stage: Adapted (w/Claude Askew; only Broadway credit] "The Shulamite" [credited as Edward Knoblauch; earliest Broadway credit). Drama. Based on the novel by Askew. Directed by James C. Huffman. Lyric Theatre: 29 Oct 1906- Nov 1906 (closing date unknown/25 performances). Cast: Lena Ashwell [Broadway debut], John Blair, Maud Granger, George Le Guere, Edward R. Mawson, Beryl Mercer [Broadway debut]. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1909) Stage: Wrote "The Cottage in the Air". New Theatre: 11 Nov 1909- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Charles Balsar, Albert Bruning, Jessie Busley, Louis Calvert, 'Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh', Ferdinand Gottschalk, William McVay, Wilfred North, Beverly Sitgreaves, Mrs. Sol Smith, Henry Stanford, Robert Vivian [Broadway debut], Jacob Wendell, Olive Wyndham, Cecil Yapp [Broadway debut].
- (1910) Stage: "Sister Beatrice". Written by Maurice Maeterlinck. New Theatre: 14 Mar 1910- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Eva Benton, Harriet Brent, Alfred Cross, Pedro de Cordoba, 'Harriet Otis Dellenbaugh', Hannam Clark [credited as G.F. Hannam-Clark], Ben Johnson, Elsie Kearns, John Keats, Edith Wynne Matthison, Caroline Newcombe, Russell Reid, John Tansey, Robert Vivian, Olive Wyndham, Cecil Yapp. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1911) Stage: Wrote / produced "Kismet". Directed by Harrison Grey Fiske and Lawrence Marston. Knickerbocker Theatre: 25 Dec 1911- Jun 1912 (closing date unknown/184 performances). Cast: Amelia Barleon (as "Kabirah"), Sheridan Block (as "The Sheik Jawan"), Harrison Carter (as "Zayd"), Del De Louis (as "The Imam Mahmund"), Fred Eric (as "The Caliph Abdullah"), Eleanor Gordon (as "Kut-al-Kulub"), Macey Harlam, Daniel Jarrett (as "Amru"), Rita Jolivet (as "Marsinah") [Broadway debut], Bennett Kilpack (as "Afife"), William Lorenz (as "Attendant of Mansur"), Merle Maddern (as "Miskah"), Sydney Mather (as "The Guide Nasir"), George Relph (as "Kafur"), Hamilton Revelle (as "The Wazir Mansur"), Violet Romer (as "The Almah"), Martin Sanders (as "The Gaoler Kistayt"), Otis Skinner, T. Tamamoto (as "The Muezzin"), John Webster (as "A Mufti").
- (1912) Stage: Wrote "Discovering America". Directed by Lewis Waller. Daly's Theatre: 7 Sep 1912- 21 Sep 1912 (17 performances). Cast: John Alden, Henry Carvill, Miriam Clements, Suzette Cotta, Reginald Dane, Malcolm Duncan, Elene Foster, F.I. Kirk, Albert Prisco, Ina Rorke, David Ross, Madge Titheradge, Edward Wade, Lewis Waller. Produced by Lewis Waller.
- (1912) Stage: Wrote [credited as Edward Knoblauch]; w/Arnold Bennett "Milestones". Liberty Theatre: 17 Sep 1912- Mar 1913 (closing date unknown/215 performances). Cast: Edith Barwell (as "Nancy"), Leslie Faber (as "John Rhead"), William O. Fazan (as "Thompson"), Warburton Gamble (as "Sam Sibley"), Douglas Imbert (as "Lord Monkhurst"), Auriol Lee (as "Gertrude Rhead"), Frederick Lloyd (as "Arthur Preece"), A.G. Onslow (as "Ned Pym"), Frederick Penley (as "Webster"), Gillian Scaife (as "Rose Sibley"), Eugenie Vernie (as "Mrs. Rhead"). Produced by Klaw & Erlanger. Note: Filmed by G.B. Samuelson Productions [UK production/distributed by Moss] as Milestones (1916) [considered lost as of Jun 2014], and by Goldwyn Pictures Corporation [distributed by Goldwyn Distributing Company] as Milestones (1920).
- (1916) Stage: Wrote [credited as Edward Knoblauch] "Paganini". Criterion Theatre: 11 Sep 1916- Oct 1916 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast: George Arliss, Florence Arliss, Sara Biala, R. Leigh Denny, Dudley Digges (as "George Harrys"), Charles Harbury, Edgar Kent (as "Sir Richard Strangford"), Margery Maude (as "Charlotte Watson"), Fred Nichols, Leila Repton, John Rutherford. Produced by George C. Tyler and Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1920) Stage: Wrote "One" [credited as Edward Knoblauch]. Drama. Belasco Theatre: 14 Sep 1920- Dec 1920 (closing date unknown/111 performances). Cast: Lulu Ayrton (as "An Elevator Girl"), Randle Ayrton (as "Dr. Noah Petch"), Theodore Babcock (as "Bert Mason"), Daisy Belmore (as "Katie"), Marie R. Burke (as "Mrs. Henry P. Howland"), Philip Desborough (as "Theodore Beverley"), Martin Lewis (as "Machael Jaffray"), Clara Sidney (as "Mrs. Delgado"), Frances Starr (as "Pearl Delgado/Ruby Delgado"). Produced by David Belasco.
- (1924) Stage: Wrote (w/Julian Eckert) "Simon Called Peter", produced on Broadway. Drama. Based on the novel by Robert Keable. Klaw Theatre: 10 Nov 1924-Jan 1925 (closing date unknown/88 performances). Cast: John Barry (as "Wilkins"), William Edwin Barry (as "Lt. Donovan"), Herbert Bunston (as "Maj. Langton"), Henry Crosby (as "Capt. Mackaye"), Carson Davenport (as "George Lessing"), H. Tyrrell-Davis (as "Lt. Bobby Jenks"), Harold De Becker (as "Pvt. Sharp"), Ricardo De Sylva (as "Lt. Pennel"), Josephine Evans (as "Tommy Raynard"), George Fuller (as "Lt. Jones"), John Gray (as "Capt. Drayton"), Joseph Merryman (as "The Leader of the Band"), Lota Sanders (as "Louise"), Richard Simson (as "Capt. Curry"), Harry Ullock (as "Capt. Fraser"), June Webster (as "Madeleine"), Evelyn Wight (as "Hilda Lessing"), Catherine Willard (as "Julie Gamelyn"), Leonard Willey (as "Peter Graham"). Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1927) Stage Play: Speak Easy. Melodrama. Written by Edward Knoblock and George Rosener. Mansfield Theatre: 26 Sep 1927- Nov 1927 (closing date unknown/57 performances). Cast: Leopold Badia (as "Willy Boy") [Broadway debut], Donald Campbell (as "Paul Martin"), Leo G. Carroll (as "Fuzzy Arnold"), John Crone (as "Junkie Joe"), Dorothy Hall (as "Alice Woods"), Beatrice Lee (as "Daisy"), Marie Pettes (as "Old Annie"), Kate Roemer [credited as Kate Pierce Roemer] (as "Teddy"), Adelaide Rondelle (as "Rita"), Ann Shoemaker (as "Min Denton"), Ruthelma Stevens (as "Virginia Arnold"), Arthur Vinton (as "Cannon Costello"), Edward Woods. Produced by William B. Friedlander. Note: Filmed by Fox Film Corp. as Speakeasy (1929).
- (1927) Stage: Wrote "The Mulberry Bush", produced on Broadway. Comedy.
- (1928) Stage: Wrote "The Optimists", produced on Broadway. Musical revue.
- (1930) Stage: Wrote "Milestones", produced on Broadway. Comedy (revival).
- (1933) Stage: Wrote "Evensong", produced on Broadway.
- (1935) Stage: Wrote "If a Body", produced on Broadway. Drama/mystery.
- (1953) Stage: Wrote "Kismet", produced on Broadway (revival).
- (1978) Stage: Wrote "Timbuktu!", produced on Broadway.
- Stage: Wrote "Appearances". NOTE: Filmed as Appearances (1921).
- (1911) Stage: Wrote "The Faun", produced on Broadway. Daly's Theatre: 16 Jan 1911-late Feb 1925 (unknown closing date/48 performances). Cast: Lionel Belmore, Leon Brown, Mabel Crawley, William Faversham, Albert Gran, Nina Herbert, Frank Hollins, Elsie Oldham, Julie Opp, Harry Redding, Martin Sabine.
- (1911) Stage: Wrote "Kismet", produced on Broadway. Directed by Harrison Grey Fiske and Lawrence Marston. Knickerbocker Theatre: 25 Dec 1911-Jun 1912 (closing date unknown/184 performances). Cast: Amelia Barleon (as "Kabirah"), Sheridan Block (as "The Sheik Jawan"), Harrison Carter (as "Zayd"), Del De Louis (as "The Imam Mahmund"), Fred Eric (as "The Caliph Abdullah"), Eleanor Gordon (as "Kut-al-Kulub"), Macy Harlam (as "The Beggar Kasim"), Daniel Jarrett (as "Amru"), Rita Jolivet (as "Marsinah"), Bennett Kilpack (as "Afife"), William Lorenz (as "Attendant of Mansur"), Merle Maddern (as "Miskah"), Sydney Mather (as "The Guide Nasir"), George Relph (as "Kafur"), Hamilton Revelle (as "The Wazir Mansur"), Violet Romer (as "The Almah"), Martin Sanders, Otis Skinner (as "Hajj"), T. Tamamoto, John Webster. Produced by Charles Frohman and Klaw & Erlanger. NOTE: Filmed as Kismet (1920), Kismet (1944). NOTE: Production was revived on Broadway in 1953.
- (4/19/11) Stage: Wrote "Kismet," performed at the Garrick Theatre in London, England, with Oscar Asche, Lily Brayton, Ben Webster and George Relph in the cast.
- (3/5/12) Stage: Wrote (w/Arnold Bennett) "Milestones," performed at the Royalty Theatre in London, England, with Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold, Lionel Atwill, Evelyn Weeden and Gladys Cooper in the cast.
- (3/10/14) Stage: Wrote "Kismet," performed at the Globe Theatre in London, England, with Oscar Asche, Lily Brayton and Frederick Worlock in the cast.
- (10/31/14) Stage: Wrote (w/Arnold Bennett) "Milestones," performed at the Royalty Theatre in London, England, with Dennis Eadie, Mary Jerrold, Lynn Fontanne and Edith Evans in the cast.
- (1914) Stage: Wrote "My Lady's Dress". Written by Edward Knoblock [credited as Edward Knoblauch]Playhouse Theatre: 10 Oct 1914- Nov 1914 (closing date unknown/57 performances). Cast: Lucy Beaumont (Broadway debut), Mary Boland, Christine Brooks, Viviane De Roincee, Mary Deverell, Helen Fox, Fuller Mellish, Amelia Nelligan, Yetla Nicol, Barnett Parker, Leon Quartermaine, Ina Rorke [credited as Ina Rourke], Clarissa Selwynne, Eric Snowden [Broadway debut], Robert Vivian, S.J. Warmington. Produced by Joseph Brooks. Note: Filmed as Blind Wives (1920).
- (1915) Stage: Wrote "Marie-Odile" [credited as Edward Knoblauch]. Belasco Theatre: 26 Jan 1915- May 1915 (closing date unknown/119 performances). Cast: Alice Carroll, Mildred Dean, Edward Donnelly, Alphonse Ethier, Amy Fitzpatrick, Mary Green, Charles W. Kaufman, Alice Matin, Nona Murray, Ada C. Neville. Frank Reicher, Robert Robson, Paul Stanley, Frances Starr, Edward Waldmann, Sally Williams. Produced by David Belasco.
- (1953) Stage: Wrote "Kismet". Musical. With Music From Alexander Borodin. Musical Adaptation by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest. Book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis. Music orchestrated by Arthur Kay. Choral arrangements by Arthur Kay. Musical Director: Louis Adrian. Scenic Design and Costume Design by Lemuel Ayers. Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jack Cole. Directed by Albert Marre. Ziegfeld Theatre: 3 Dec 1953- 23 Apr 1955 (583 performances). Cast: Alfred Drake (as "Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Henry Calvin (as "The Wazir of Police"), Joan Diener (as "Lalume"), Richard Kiley (as "The Caliph"), Doretta Morrow (as "Marsinah, Haji's Daughter"), Neile Adams (as "Diwan Dancer/Dancer"), Lucy Andonian (as "Ayah to Zubbediya"), Gerald Cardoni (as "Muezzin/Singer"), Tom Charlesworth (as "Chief Policeman"), Philip Coolidge (as "Omar"), Anita Coulter (as "Singer"), Patricia Dale (as "Dancer"), Thelma Dare (as "Ayah to Samaris/Singer"), Jack Dodds (as "Dervish/Akbar/Diwan Dancer"), Patricia Dunn (as "Princess of Ababu"), Bonnie Evans (as "Princess of Ababu"), Stephen Ferry (as "Wazir's Guard"), Truman Gaige (as "Jawan"), Hal Hackett (as "Hassan-Ben/Second Policeman"), Lila Jackson (as "Slave Girl/Singer"), Devra Kline (as "Dancer"), Beatrice Kraft (as "Princess Samaris of Bangalore"), Mario Lamm (as "Attendant"), Robert Lamont (as "Second Beggar/Singer"), Florence Lessing (as "Street Dancer/Princess Zubbediya of Damascus"), Earle MacVeigh (as "First Beggar/A Peddler/Prosecutor"), Jack Mei Ling (as "Doorman"), Jo Ann O'Connell (as "Street Woman/Singer"), Carol Ohmart (as "Slave Girl"), Richard Oneto (as "Imam of the Mosque/The Bangle Man/Singer"), Joyce Palmer (as "Slave Girl"), Louis Polacek (as "Muezzin/Singer"), Steve Reeves (as "Wazir's Guard") [Broadway debut], Ania Romaine (as "Dancer"), George E. Romaine (as "Dancer"), Reiko Sato (as "Princess of Ababu"), Rodolfo Silva (as "Third Beggar"), Barbara Slate (as "The Widow Yussef/Singer"), Kirby Smith (as "Muezzin/A Merchant/Singer"), Vida Ann Solomon (as "Dancer"), Sandra Stahl (as "Slave Girl"), Roberta Stevenson (as "Dancer"), Ralph Strane (as "Muezzin/Singer"), Lynne Stuart (as "Street Woman/Singer"), Erica Twiford (as "Singer"), Richard Vine (as "A Servant/Singer"), John Weidemann (as "Attendant"), Marc Wilder (as "Dervish/Assiz/Diwan Dancer"), George Yarick (as "Singer"). Understudies: Earle MacVeigh (as "Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Jo Ann O'Connell (as "Marsinah"), Roberta Stevenson (as "Princess of Ababu") and Richard Vine (as "Omar"). Replacement actors: Neile Adams (as "Princess of Ababu"), Carmen Austin (as "Singer/Slave Girl"), Gerald Cardoni (as "Imam of the Mosque/The Bangle Man"), Francis Compton (as "Omar"), Loren Driscoll (as "Singer/The Bangle Man"), Clifford Fearl (as "Hassan-Ben/Singer"), Ronnie Field (as "Assiz/Third Beggar/Doorman"), Ann Flood (as "Slave Girl"), April Gaskins (as "Dancer"), Phyllis Gehrig (as "Dancer"), Arthur Hammond (as "Muezzin/Singer"), Stuart Hodes (as "Akbar/Doorman"), William Johnson (as "Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Ingeborg Kjeldsen (as "Singer/Slave Girl"), Ingeborg Kjellsen (as "Slave Girl"), Mario Lamm (as "Wazir's Guard"), Nancy Lynch (as "Dancer"), Bruce MacKay (as "Second Policeman"), Elaine Malbin (as "Marsinah/Haji's Daughter"), Ethel Martin (as "Street Dancer"), George Martin (as "Dervish"), Richard Oneto (as "The Caliph"), Steve Reeves (as "Attendant"), Don Rogers (as "Muezzin/Singer"), Alan Smith (as "Wazir's Guard"), Kirby Smith (as "Chief Policeman"), Joanne Spiller (as "Singer/Slave Girl"), Sandra Stahl (as "Singer/The Widow Yussef"), Edward Thuren (as "Attendant"), Ted Thurston (as "Singer/Taman [role originally called "The Merchant"]/The Caliph"), Erica Twiford (as "The Widow Yussef"), Prue Ward (as "Princess of Ababu"), Don Weissmuller (as "Dervish"), Jeane Williams (as "Slave Girl"), Julie Wilson (as "Lalume"), Doris Yarick (as "Singer"). Understudies: Neile Adams (as "Princess of Ababu"), Gerald Cardoni (as "Hassan-Ben"), Clifford Fearl (as "Second Policeman"), Arthur Hammond (as "The Caliph"), Earle MacVeigh (as "The Wazir of Police"), Ethel Martin (as "Princess Samaris of Bangalore"), Carol Ohmart (as "Lalume"), Richard Oneto (as "The Caliph"), Kirby Smith (as "Jawan/The Wazir of Police/Public Poet, later called Hajj"), Joanne Spiller (as "Lalume"), Ted Thurston (as "A Peddler/Chief Policeman/First Beggar/Muezzin/Prosecutor"), Don Weissmuller (as "Akbar/Assiz/Doorman/Third Beggar"), Doris Yarick (as "Ayah to Zubbediya"). Produced by Charles Lederer. Note: Filmed by MGM (which paid $125,000 for the rights to the play) as Kismet (1955).
- (1911) Stage: Wrote "The Faun, or, Thereby Hangs a Tale". NOTE: Filmed as The Marriage Maker (1923).
- Stage: Wrote "Dear Mr. Prohack". NOTE: Filmed as Dear Mr. Prohack (1949).
- (2/5/23-2/10/23) Stage: Wrote "My Lady's Dress," performed in a Pasadena Community Playhouse production at the Savoy Theatre in Pasadena, CA. Gilmor Brown was artistic director / director.
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