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(1932) Stage: Appeared (as "Joe") in "Show Boat", produced on Broadway. Musical drama (revival). Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles K. Harris. Material adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II (also director). Based on "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber. Musical Director: Oscar Bradley and Sammy Lee. Casino Theatre: 19 May 1932-22 Oct 1932 (180 performances). Cast: Bessie Allison, Bertha Fitzhugh Baker, Rachel Beech, J. Mardo Brown, A. Alan Campbell (as "Windy"), Billie Campbell, Mamie Cartier, Willy Lou Chalfant, Laura Clairon, Catherine Clark, Walter Costello, Jack Daley, Charles Davis, Henry Davis, Dorothy Denese, Leon Diggs, Evelyn Eaton, William Ehlers, Charles Ellis, Caja Eric, Robert Faricy, Estelle Floyd (as "Ethel"), Dell Fradenburg, John Fredrik, Tess Gardella (as "Queenie"), Ray Giles, Blanche Glenn, Thomas Gunn, Marion Hairston, Edgar Hall, Annie Hart, William Haskins, Mae Haygood, Mari Hellgren, Eunice Holmes, Maurine Holmes, Rhogenia Jamison, J. Louis Johnson, Charlotte Junius, Tana Kamp, V. Anne Kaye, Dennis King (as "Gaylord Ravenal"), Angeline Lawson, James Lillard, Henrietta Lovelace, Herbert Lyle, Francis X. Mahoney, Pat Mann, Rose Mariella, Richard McAllister, Dolly McCormick, James McKay, John Mobley, Helen Morgan (as "Julie LaVerne"), Ethel Moses, Lucia Moses, Edna May Oliver (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Joseph Olney, Ann Lee Patterson, Pauline Pennell, Inez Persand, Lancelot Pinard, Eva Puck, Hattie King Reavis, Wilburn Riviere, Elsie Rossi, Jennie Salmons, Earle Sanborn, Mildred Schwenke, Phil Sheridan, Maude Simmons, Charles Spencer, James Swift, Wen. Talbert, Lucille Taylor, Norma Terris (as "Magnolia Hawks"), Wynn Terry, Tillie Thomas, Archie Thomson, Lee Timmans, Gladstone Waldrip, Gertrude Walker Billie Wallace, Elida Webb, Sammy White, Charles Willis, Charles Winninger (as "Cap'n Andy Hawks"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. NOTE: Mr. Ziegfeld would die during production on 22 Jul 1932 at age 65.

(4/7/59) Stage: Appeared (as "Othello") in William Shakespeare's "Othello" at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford, England, with Mary Ure, Sam Wanamaker, Albert Finney, Ian Holm, Angela Baddeley, Vanessa Redgrave and Diana Rigg in the cast. Tony Richardson was director.

(1959) Stage: Appeared in the Stratford Theatre Festival at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford, England, with Charles Laughton, Laurence Olivier, Edith Evans, Sam Wanamaker, Harry Andrews, Albert Finney, Robert Hardy, Mary Ure, Ian Holm, Edward de Souza, Vanessa Redgrave, Angela Baddeley and Diana Rigg in the cast. Glen Byam Shaw was director.

(1926) Stage: Appeared in "Black Boy" on Broadway. Produced by Horace Liveright.

(1920) Stage: Appeared (as "Simon") in "Simon the Cyrenian", at the Harlem (NY) YMCA. Produced by Dora Cole Norman, written by Ridgely Torrence.

(1922) Stage: Appeared in "Taboo", produced on Broadway. Written by 'Mary Hoyt Wilborg', directed by Augustin Duncan, dramatic coach Charles Gilpin. Also in cast: Margaret Wycherly.

(1922) Stage: Appeared (as "A Harmony King") in "Shuffle Along" at the David Belasco Theater on Broadway. Also in cast: Florence Mills, Harold Browning.

(1922) Stage: Appeared in "Voodoo" by 'Mary Hoyt Wilborg' [originally called "Taboo"] in touring company in England. Also in cast: Mrs. Patrick Campbell.

(1923) Stage: Appeared in "Plantation Revue", Plantation Club, Harlem, NY. Also in cast: Florence Mills.

(1924) Stage: Appeared in "Roseanne" at the Lafayette Theater (NY) and the Dunbar Theater (Philadelphia, PA). Also in cast: Rose McClendon, Charles Gilpin.

(1924) Stage: Appeared (as "Brutus Jones") in "The Emperor Jones", produced on Broadway. Written by Eugene O'Neill. Directed by James Light.

(4/19/25) Concert: Performed in concert with Lawrence Brown at the Greenwich Village Theater, NY.

(11/1/24) Concert: Gave a one-man concert at Copley Plaza, Boston, MA.

(1924) Stage: Appeared (as "Jim Harris") in "All God's Chillun Got Wings" by Eugene O'Neill, produced on Broadway.

(1925) Stage: Appeared (as "Brutus Jones") in "The Emperor Jones" by Eugene O'Neill, produced in London, England.

(1927) Concert: Performed in concert with Lawrence Brown, Maison Gaveau, Paris, France.

(1931) Stage: Appeared (as "Hank Smith") in "The Hairy Ape" by Eugene O'Neill, Ambassador Theater, London, England. Produced and directed by James Light.

(1928) Stage: Appeared (as "Joe") in "Show Boat", Drury Lane Theater, London, England. Produced by Alfred Butt.

(1928) Stage: Appeared (as "Crown") in "Porgy" on Broadway.

(5/28) Concert: Performed in concert with Lawrence Brown, Drury Lane Theater, London, England.

(11/5/29) Concert: Performed in concert at Carnegie Hall [his debut], New York, NY.

(1930) Stage: Performed (as "Othello") in "Othello" by William Shakespeare, London, England. Directed by Ellen van Volkenberg, produced by Maurice Browne and Ellen van Volkenberg. Also in cast: Peggy Ashcroft (as "Desdemona"), Maurice Browne (as "Iago"), Max Montisole (as "Cassio")

(1933) Stage: Appeared (as "Jim Harris") in "All God's Chillun Got Wings" by Eugene O'Neill. Embassy Theater, London, England. Directed by Andre Van Gyseghem. Also in cast: Flora Robson.

(1935) Stage: Appeared in "Stevedore" by Paul Peters and George Sklar. Directed by Andre Van Gyseghem. Embassy Theater, London, England.

(1935) Stage: Appeared in "Basalik" by Norma Munroe (credited as "Peter Garland"). Arts Theater Club, London, England.

(1936) Stage: Appeared (as "Toussaint L'Overture") in "Toussaina L'Overture" by C.L.R. James. Westminster Theater, London, England.

(1936) Stage: Appeared in "Plant in the Sun" by Ben Bengal. Directed by Herbert Marshall. London, England.

(1938) Stage: Appeared (as "Brutus Jones") in "The Emperor Jones" by Eugene O'Neill. Ridgeway Theater, White Plains, NY.

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