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L'Aiglon

Broadhurst Theatre, (11/3/1934 - 12/1934)
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Opening:Nov 3, 1934   
Closing:Dec 1934 Total Performances:58


Category: Play, Drama, Tragedy, Revival, Broadway
Setting: Marie-Louise's Salon at Baden, Near Vienna; Duke's Study and Bedroom at Schoenbrunn; Park at Schoenb





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by Affiliated Theatre Building Co., Inc.


Written by Edmond Rostand; Book adapted by Clemence Dane; Incidental music by Richard Addinsell

Directed by Eva Le Gallienne

Scenic Design by Aline Bernstein; Costume Design by Aline Bernstein

General Manager: Ben Stein; Company Manager: J. R. Williams

Stage Manager: Thelma Chandler; Assistant Stage Mgr: Edward McHugh and David Turk

General Press Representative: Nat N. Dorfman; Press Representative: Carolyn Darling


Opening Night Cast

Ethel Barrymore Marie-Louise
Duchess of Parma 
 
Eva Le Gallienne "L'Aiglon"
Franz, Duke of Reichstadt, Napoleon's son 
 
Walter Beck Count Sedlinsky
Chief of Police 
 
Stiano Braggiotti Count Bombelles
in attendance on Marie-Louise 
 
John H. Brewer Gentz
a spy 
 
Hugh Buckler Flambeau
a Grenadier 
 
Donald Cameron A French Attache  
Bennett Challis A Man  
 Marmont
a French Field Marshal 
 
Margaret Cloninger A Lady-in-Waiting  
 Third Lilac Domino  
Barbara Cochrane Ensemble  
Ethel Colt Fanny Elssler
a dancer 
 
Samuel Colt A Young Countryman  
 Fifth Conspirator  
Sayre Crawley Franz
Emperor of Austria 
 
Martha Crego Fourth Lilac Domino  
Marion Evenson Countess Camerata
Napoleon's niece 
 
Betty Fouche Ensemble  
Eugene Francis Acolyte  
Helena Glenn Second Lady  
 A Shepherdess  
Richard Heath Ensemble  
Lionel Hogarth Count Dietrichstein
the Duke's tutor 
 
 Second Conspirator  
 A Prelate  
Lawrence Hutt Fourth Conspirator  
Dorothy Johnson Singer  
Jane Kim Ensemble  
Joseph Kramm Foresti
a Captain 
 
 First Conspirator  
Paul Leyssac Metternich
Chancellor of Austria 
 
Benedict MacQuarrie General Hartmann
in attendance on the Duke 
 
Ysobel Martin A Maid  
 Sixth Lilac Domino  
Edward McHugh An Usher  
Georgie Drew Mendum An Old Woman  
 A Princess  
Gabrielle Morgan Ensemble  
Sam Pearce A Harlequin  
 A Doctor  
Martin Pollock A Tailor  
 Third Conspirator  
Stella Reynolds First Lady  
 Fifth Lilac Domino  
Leona Roberts The Archduchess
Marie-Louise's sister-in-law 
 
Douglas Rowland First Servant  
John Salzman First Swiss Guard  
Larry Schwimmer Second Swiss Guard  
Charles Sedgwick Third Servant  
 A Jester  
 Acolyte  
Alice Swanson Singer  
Theodore Tenley An Old Peasant  
 A Fop  
David Turk A Farmer  
Helen Walpole Therese de Lorget  
William Walsh Second Servant  
Mary Ward A Woman  
 Second Lilac Domino  
Richard Waring Tiburce de Lorget
an exile in the Austrian pay 
 
Nelson Welch Baron D'Obenaus
The Duke's history tutor 
 
 A Folly  
 Sixth Conspirator  
William Whitehead Prokesch
the Duke's personal friend 
 
Ruth Wilton Third Lady  
 Fifth Lilac Domino  
 Singer