- (1906 - 1918) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1906) Stage Play: The Law and the Man. Based on "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo. Adapted by Wilton Lackaye Jr. Directed by Wilton Lackaye Jr. [earliest Broadway credit]. Manhattan Theatre: 20 Dec 1906- Feb 1907 (closing date unknown/54 performances). Cast: John Beck, Claudia Carson, Joseph Chaillee, Fred Esmelton [Broadway debut], Louise Everts, Thomas F. Fallon, Arthur Foster, Gretchen Hartman, Edwin Holland, D. Ito, Percy Johns, Miss Kaste, Wilton Lackaye (as "Jean Valjean"), William Lamp, Harry Lane, Ralph Lansing, Jeffreys Lewis, Ada Long, Melbourne MacDowell, Tilden Mercer, B. Miller, James Mortimer, William Naughton, John D. O'Hara, Thomas Parker, F. Pollard, Jewell Power, Ethel Quimby, Richard Remmek, Fanny Reynolds, Sara Sanderson, Agnes Savage, Josephine Sherwood (as "Fantine"), George Ward. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1908) Stage Play: Girls. Comedy. Written by Clyde Fitch. "The author acknowledges an indebtedness to a play by" Alexander Engel and Julius Horst. Musical Director: George Martens. Scenic Design by H. Robert Law. Directed by Clyde Fitch. Daly's Theatre: 23 Mar 1908- Jun 1908 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Fanchon Campbell (as "Mrs. Dennett"), Charles Cherry (as "Edgar W. Holt, Junior partner of the law firm of Sprague & Holt"), Fred Esmelton [credited as Frederick Esmelton] (as "The Janitor"), Laura Nelson Hall (as "Pamela Gordon, Secretary and Stenographer"), Leslie Kenyon (as "Frank Loot, Clerk with Sprague & Holt"), Harry MacFayden (as "The Postman"), John S. Marble (as "Augustus Dennett"), Ruth Maycliffe (as "Violet Lansdowne, Stenographer and Illustrator"), Edward Morrissey (as "Messenger Boy"), Amy Ricard (as "Kate West, A free lance writer'), Zelda Sears (as "Lucille Purcelle, Elocutionist"), Herbert Standing (as "George H. Sprague, Edgar's partner"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1909) Stage Play: Girls. Comedy (revival). Written by Clyde Fitch. Directed by Clyde Fitch. Hackett Theatre: 8 Feb 1909- Feb 1909 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Fanchon Campbell (as "Mrs. Dennett"), Charles Cherry (as "Edgar W. Holt, a Junior partner of the law firm of Sprague & Holt"), J. Cumberland (as "Frank Loot, a Clerk with Sprague & Holt"), Fred Esmelton (as "The Janitor"), Harry MacFayden (as "The Postman"), John S. Marble (as "Augustus Dennett"), Ruth Maycliffe (as "Violet Lansdowne, Stenographer and Illustrator"), Edward Morrissey (as "Messenger Boy"), Florence Reed (as "Pamela Gordon, Secretary and Stenographer"), Amy Ricard (as "Kate West, A free lance writer"), Zelda Sears (as "Lucille Purcelle, the Elocutionist"), Herbert Standing (as "Frank Loot, Clerk with Sprague & Holt").
- (1909) Stage Play: A Woman's Way. Comedy. Written by Thompson Buchanan. Hackett Theatre: 22 Feb 1909- May 1909 (closing date unknown/112 performances). Cast: Ruth Benson, Gardner Burton, Evelyn Carrington, Reginald Carrington, Fred Esmelton, Mary Fermier, Edward Fielding, Grace George (as "Marion Stanton"), Henry Miller, Jewel Power, Charles Stanley, Dorothy Tennant (as "Mrs. Blakemore"), Robert Warwick, Frank Worthing (as "Howard Stanton"). Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1910) Stage Play: Diplomacy. (Revival).
- (1910) Stage Play: I'll Be Hanged If I Do. Comedy. Written by Edgar Selwyn and William Collier Sr.. Collier's Comedy Theatre: 28 Nov 1910- Feb 1911 (closing date unknown/80 performances). Cast: William Collier (as "Percival Kelly"), John B. Adam, Helena Collier-Garrick, Fred Esmelton, Willard R. Feeley, Maude Gilbert, M.L. Heckert, Richard Malchien, Stephen Maley, Paula Marr, Stanley Murphy, James B. Sheeran, Clara Reynolds Smith.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Dictator. Farce (revival).
- (1911) Stage Play: The Rack. Written by Thompson Buchanan. Playhouse Theatre: 15 Sep 1911- Sep 1911 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Romaine Callender, William Conklin, Fred Esmelton, Brenda Fowler, J. Frankenberg, Jane Gail, Katherine Grey, Louise Kent, Helen Langford, Isabel Lee, Diva Marolda, Leonora Oakford, Milton Sills, Richard Sterling, Conway Tearle, Elizabeth H. Von Sell. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1916) Stage Play: Margaret Schiller. Written by Hall Caine. New Amsterdam Theatre (moved to The Empire Theatre from 13 Mar 1916- Close): 31 Jan 1916- unknown (72 performances). Cast: Joseph Adelman, Grace Carlyle, Horton Cooper, Paul Doucet, Fred Esmelton, Elsie Ferguson, Warburton Gamble, Runa Hodges, Gareth Hughes, David Kimball, Leslie Palmer, Douglas Patterson, Marie Reichardt, Lewis Sealy, Eleanor Seybolt, Norman Trevor. Produced by Charles Frohman Inc. and Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1916) Stage Play: The Tempest. Comedy (revival).
- (1916) Stage Play: The Intruder. Written by Cyril Harcourt. Cohan and Harris: 26 Sep 1916- Oct 1916 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: George Barr, H. Cooper Cliffe, Fred Esmelton, J.H. Greene, F.G. Harley, Kenneth Keith, Frank Kemble-Cooper, A.H. Reno, Dorie Sawyer, Vernon Steele, Olive Tell, Lawrence White. Produced by Cohan & Harris.
- (1917) Stage Play: The Inner Man. Written by Abraham S. Schomer. Lyric Theatre (moved to the Cort Theatre on 3 Sep 1917- close): 13 Aug 1917- unknown (48 performances). Cast: William Balfour, Harry Davenport (as "Hon. Wm. Elvin"), Fred Esmelton (as "Hon. James Brooks), Maude Hanaford, Grace Henderson, Julie Herne, Wilton Lackaye (as "Dick Bolger"), Thomas A. Magrane, Albert Prisco, George Rand, Lillian Rith, Ray L. Royce, Antonio Salerno, Charles A. Stevenson, Charles White. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1918) Stage Play: The Indestructible Wife. Written by Frederic Hatton and Fanny Hatton. Hudson Theatre: 30 Jan 1918- Feb 1918 (closing date unknown/22 performances). Cast: Lionel Atwill, Roland Byram, Clay Clement, John Cromwell, Fred Esmelton, Minna Gombell, Jane Houston, Esther Howard, Howard Kyle, Edward Le Duc, Mrs. Jacques Martin, Irene Timmons. Produced by William A. Brady.
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