Other works

(1935 - 1952) Appeared on Broadway in the following productions:

(1935) Stage Play: Black Pit. Written by Albert Maltz. Directed by Irivng Gordon. Civic Repertory Theatre: 20 Mar 1935- Jun 1935 (closing date unknown/85 performances). Cast: Frances Bavier (as "Mrs. Floyd") [Broadway debut], Alan Baxter, Alice Brooks, Howard Da Silva (as "Hansy McCulloh"), Nonnie Edwards, Elliott Fisher, Clyde Franklin, Millicent Green (as "Iola"), Harold Johnsrud (as "Tex/Blind Jimmie"), Sidney Packer, Tony Ross, Vincent Sherman (as "Barrolla"), Hester Sondergaard, Royal C. Stout, George Tobias (as "Bakovchen"), Helen Waren, Martin Wolfson (as "Tony Lakavitch"). Produced by The Theatre Union.

(1935) Stage Play: Mother. Musical. Written by Bertolt Brecht. Music by Hanns Eisler, Jerome Moross and Alex North. Translated by Paul Peters. From a novel by Maxim Gorky. Directed by Victor Wolfson. Civic Repertory Theatre: 19 Nov 1935- Dec 1935 (closing date unknown/36 performances). Cast: Frances Bavier (as "Woman," "The Butcher's Wife," and "Lydia Antonovna"), John Boruff (as "Pavel Vlasov"), Lee J. Cobb (as "A Policeman," "Smilgin," and "Vasil Yefimovich"), Millicent Green (as "Vera Stefanovna"), Helen Henry, Lester Lonergan Jr., James MacDonald, Robert Miller, Charles Niemeyer, Bradley Louis Roberts, Tony Ross, Herbert Rudley, Guy Smith Jr., Hester Sondergaard (as "Masha"), Martin Wolfson (as "Ivan Vesovchikov"), Stanley G. Wood. Produced by The Theatre Union.

(1937) Stage Play. Bitter Stream. Written by Victor Wolfson. From "Fontamara" by Ignazio Silone. Directed by Jacob Ben-Ami and Charles Freidman. Civic Repertory Theatre: 30 Mar 1936- May 1936 (closing date unknown/61 performances). Cast: Frances Bavier (as "Soreanera"), Walter Beck, Malcolm Lee Beggs, John Boruff (as "The Stranger"), Lee J. Cobb (as "Don Circonstantza"), Frank Conlan, Carlo Conte, Lizzie Cubitt, Harry Davis, Billy Dunkley, Sam Gordon, Millicent Green, Robert Harris, Franklin Heller, David Hoffman, Charles Jordan, Regina Kahn, Manart Kippen (as "Inspector"), Harry Levian, Edward Mann, Paul Marian, Sydney Mason, Rolla Normund, Sidney Packer, Vincent Sherman (as "Scarpone"), Hester Sondergaard, Jerry Sylvan, Lili Eisenlohr Valenty, Albert Dekker (as "Berardo"), Marjorie Wood, P.A. Xantho. Produced by The Theatre Union.

(1937) Stage Play. Marching Song. Drama.

(1938) Stage Play: On Borrowed Time. Comedy. Written by Paul Osborn, from a novel by Lawrence Edward Watkin. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Directed by Joshua Logan. Longacre Theatre: 3 Feb 1938- Nov 1938 (closing date unknown/321 performances). Cast: Jean Adair (as "Demetria Riffle"), Andy Anderson (as "Workman"), Elwell Cobb (as "Workman"), Frank Conroy (as "Mr. Brink"), Nick Dennis (as "Workman"), Dudley Digges (as "Julian Northrup, Gramps"), Lew Eckles (as "Mr. Grimes"), Clyde Franklin (as "Dr. Evans"), Edgar Henning (as "Workman"), Peter Miner (as "Pud"), Margaret O'Donnell (as "Marcia Giles"), Richard Sterling (as "Mr. Pilbeam"), Dorothy Stickney (as "Nellie, Granny"), Dick Van Patten, Al Webster (as "Sheriff"). Replacement cast: Frances Bavier (as "Nellie, Granny"), Tommy Lewis (as "Pud") [Alternate], Lawrence Robinson (as "Pud"), [Alternate]. Produced by Dwight Wiman. Note: Produced by MGM as a 1939 Lionel Barrymore vehicle as On Borrowed Time (1939).

(1941) Stage Play: Native Son. Drama. Written by Paul Green and Richard Wright. Based on the novel by Richard Wright. Directed by Orson Welles. St. James Theatre: 24 Mar 1941- 28 Jun 1941 (114 performances). Cast: Jacqueline Ghant Andre, Frances Bavier (as "Peggy"), John Berry, C.M. Bootsie Davis, Philip Bourneuf (as "Buckley, D.A."), Eileen Burns, Anne Burr (as "Mary Dalton") [Broadway debut], Ray Collins (as "Paul Max, Attorney for the Defense"), Evelyn Ellis, Nell Harrison, Canada Lee (as "Bigger Thomas"), William Malone, Helen Martin, Rena Mitchell, Joseph Pevney (as "Jan Erlone"), J. Flashe Riley, Don Roberts, Stephen Roberts, Erskine Sanford (as "Mr. Dalton"), Wardell Saunders (as "Gus Mitchell"), Everett Sloane (as "Britten"), Paul Stewart (as "A Newspaper Man"), Rodester Timmons, Lloyd Warren, George Zorn. Produced by Orson Welles and John Houseman. Associate Producer: Bern Bernard.

(1942) Stage Play: The Strings, My Lord, Are False. Drama. Written by Paul Vincent Carroll. Directed by Elia Kazan. Royale Theatre: 19 May 1942- 30 May 1942 (15 performances). Cast: Frances Bavier (as "Sarah"), Philip Bourneuf (as "Jerry Hoare"), Ralph Cullinan (as "Alec"), Constance Dowling (as "Maisie Gillespie"), Reynolds Evans (as "Monsignor Skinner"), Ruth Gordon (as "Iris Ryan"), Margot Grahame (as "Sadie O'Neill"), Walter Hampden (as "Canon Courtenay"), Hurd Hatfield (as "Religious Man"), Colin Keith-Johnston, Will Lee (as "Louis Liebens"), Sherman MacGregor, Alice MacKenzie, John McKee, Anna Minot, Gordon Nelson, Hale Norcross (as "Provost Grahamson"), Joan H. Shepard, Art Smith, Tom Tully, Ruth Vivian (as "Ma Morrisey"), Anna Minot Warren. Produced by Edward Choate. Produced in association with Alexander Kirkland and John R. Sheppard Jr.

(1942) Stage Play: Native Son. Drama (revival). Written by Paul Green and Richard Wright. Based on the novel by Richard Wright. Directed by Orson Welles. Majestic Theatre: 23 Oct 1942- 2 Jan 1943 (84 performances). Produced by The Brandts.

(1943) Stage Play: Kiss and Tell. Comedy. Written by F. Hugh Herbert. Scenic Design by John Root. Press Representative: Phyllis Perlman. Production Assistant: Judith Abbott. Directed by George Abbott. Biltmore Theatre (moved to The Bijou Theatre from 1 Jan 1945- 9 Jun 1945, then moved to The Biltmore Theatre from 11 Jun 1945- 23 Jun 1945): 17 Mar 1943- 23 Jun 1945 (956 performances). Cast: Betty Caulfield (as "Corliss Archer") [Broadway debut], Jessie Royce Landis (as "Janet Archer"), Frances Bavier (as "Louise"), Walter Davis (as "Uncle George"), John Harvey (as "Private Earhart"), Lulu Mae Hubbard (as "Dorothy Pringle"), Robert Keith (as "Harry Archer"), Jessie Royce Landis (as "Janet Archer"), James Lane (as "Mr. Willard"), Tommy Lewis (as "Raymond Pringle"), Robert Lynn (as "Robert Pringle"), Judith Parrish (as "Mildred Pringle"), Calvin Thomas (as "Bill Franklin"), Paula Trueman (as "Mary Franklin"), Robert White (as "Dexter Franklin"), Richard Widmark (as "Lieut. Lenny Archer") [Broadway debut]. Replacement cast: Royal Beal (as "Harry Archer"), Kirk Douglas (as "Lieut. Lenny Archer"), "Wrinkles" Harris (as "Marchbanks"), Lois Holmes (as "Mary Franklin"), Charles Nevil (as "Raymond Pringle" [Alternate]), Bobby Schenk (as " Raymond Pringle" [Alternate]), Vera Tatum (as "Dorothy Pringle"), Si Vario (as "Private Earhart") [Broadway debut], Carolyn Wall (as "Mildred Pringle"), Lionel Wilson (as "Dexter Franklin"). Produced by George Abbott.

(1948) Stage Play. Jenny Kissed Me. Comedy.

(1951) Stage Play: Point of No Return. Written by Paul Osborn, from a novel by John P. Marquand. Lighting and Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Alvin Theatre: 13 Dec 1951- 22 Nov 1952 (356 performances). Cast: Henry Fonda (as "Charles Gray"), Phil Arthur (as "Jackie Mason") [final Broadway role], Frances Bavier (as "Esther Gray") [final Broadway role], Heywood Hale Broun, Frank Conroy (as "Anthony Burton"), John Cromwell (as "John Gray"), Leora Dana (as "Nancy Gray"), Susan Harris (as "Evelyn Gray"), Pitt Herbert, Katherine Hynes, James Jolley (as "Joe"), Colin Keith-Johnston (as "Laurence Lovell'), Madeleine King' (as "Miss Marble"), James MacDonald (as "Conductor"), Davis Roberts (as "First Teller"), Bartlett Robinson (as "Roger Blakesley"), Robert Ross (as "Malcolm Bryant"), Keith Russell (as "Bill Gray"), Harriet Selby (as "Maid"), Patricia Smith, Stanley Tackney. Produced by Leland Hayward.