- (1903 - 1945) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1903) Stage Play: The Girl from Kay's. Musical. Music by Ivan Caryll. Additional numbers by Clare Kummer [earliest Broadway credit], Maurice J. Stonehill, Paul Rubens, Adrian Ross, Claude Aveling, J. Hickory Wood, Howard Talbot, Percy Greenbank, Bernard Rolt, Cecil Cook, Ernest Bucalossi and A.D. Cammeyer. Book by Owen Hall. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Herald Square Theatre (recessed during summer of 1904 and moved to The Grand Opera House from 20 Mar 1905 to close): 2 Nov 1903- Mar 1905 (closing date unknown/231 performances). Cast: Elise Barney (as "Hilda French"), Sam Bernard, Vera Cameron, Mabel Clarke, Harry Davenport, Paul Decker, Belva Don Kersley, Marie Doro (as "Nancy Lowley"), Teddie DuCoe, Grace Dudley, Elsie Ferguson, Grace Freeman, Maud Granger (as "Mrs. Chalmers"), Homer Granville (as "Theodore Quench"), May Harding, Leonore Harris, Emil Heusel, Ernest Lambart, Maurice Lavigne, Margaret Malcolm, Sadie Peters, Lillian Seville, Winchell Smith (as "Joseph"), George R. Sprague, Olive Ullrich, Hattie Williams, Blanche Wood. Produced by Charles Frohman with George Edwardes-Hall.
- (1905) Stage Play: Sergeant Brue. Musical/farce. Lyrics by Owen Hall and D.K. Stevens. Book by Owen Hall. Music by Liza Lehman. Additional lyrics by William Jerome, Paul West, Fred Murray, Clare Kummer, D.K. Stevens, Anne Caldwell, P.G. Wodehouse [earliest Broadway credit], Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Frank Leo and Dave Reed Jr. Additional music by Jean Schwartz, Clare Kummer, D.K. Stevens, James O'Dea, George Brevard, John W. Bratton, Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Frank Leo, Frederick Rosse and Dave Reed Jr. Musical Director: Watty Hydes. Scenic Design by Richard Marston. Costume Design by F. Richard Anderson. Directed by Herbert Gresham. Knickerbocker Theatre (moved to The Knickerbocker Theatre from 14 Aug 1905- 2 Sep 1905, on hiatus from 3 Sep 1905- 25 Mar 1906, then moved to The Grand Opera House from 26 Mar 1906 to close): 24 Apr 1905- Mar 1906 (closing date unknown/101 performances). Cast: David Bennett, Nace Bonville, Greta Burdick, Irene Cameron, Louise Clair, Gilbert Clayton, Mary Clayton, Della Connor, Sally Daly, Frank Daniels (as "Sergeant Brue"), Madge Dawson, Olive Day, Sallie Fisher, Anna Fitzhugh, Louis Fitzroy, Ida Gabrielle, Aileen Goodwin, Alfred Hickman, Leavitt James, Clara Bell Jerome, Florence Latham, Claire Leslie, George Lestocq, Harry MacDonough, Nellie Mayne, Mary Leslie Mayo [credited as Leslie Mayo] (as "Bridhet"), Myrtle McGrain, Walter Percival (as "Gerald Treherne"), Cissie Raynor, Dollie Read, James Reany, Blanche Ring (as "Lady Bickenhall"), Vivienne Russell, Elphye Snowden, Lawrence Wheat. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham. Produced by arrangement with Klaw & Erlanger.
- (1905) Stage Play: The Rollicking Girl. Comedy. Written by Ed Moran, Charles Noel Douglass, Paul West, Dave Reed Jr., Vernon Roy, Julius Steger, John W. Bratton.. Music by William T. Francis. Book and lyrics by Sydney Rosenfeld. Additional lyrics by Clare Kummer. Adapted from an earlier libretto for "A Dangerous Maid" by Sydney Rosenfeld. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Directed by Ben Teal. Herald Square Theatre (until 14 Oct 1905, then moved to The New York Theatre on 16 Apr 1906- close): 1 May 1905- May 1906 (closing date unknown/199 performances). Cast: Aimee Angeles, Belle Ashlyn, Sam Bernard, Armand Cortes (as "Henri"), Joseph Coyne, Sidney De Grey, Thelma Fair, Harry Fairleigh, A.W. Fleming, Edna Goodrich, Flossie Hope, George Howard, Marie Keller, Phyllis La Fond, Gertie Moyer, Eugene O'Brien, George Odell, Flora Prince, Harry Sammis, Virginia Staunton, Esther Tittell, Hattie Williams. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1907) Stage Play: A Knight for a Day. Musical/farce.
- (1912) Stage Play: The Opera Ball. Musical comedy.
- (1915) Stage Play: 90 in the Shade. Musical.
- (1916) Stage Play: Good Gracious Annabelle. Written by Clare Kummer. Theatre Republic: 31 Oct 1916-Feb 1917 (closing date unknown/111 performances). Cast: Harry C. Bradley, J. Palmer Collins, Lola Fisher, Ruth Harding, Edwin Holland, Harry Ingram, Helen Lee, Mac Macomber, Edwin Nicander, Willis Reed, Walter Schellin, May Vokes, Roland Young. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1917) Stage Play: A Successful Calamity. Comedy.
- (1917) Stage Play: The Rescuing Angel. Written by Clare Kummer. Hudson Theatre: 8 Oct 1917- Nov 1917 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Richard Barbee, Rhoda Beresford, Elmer Brown [Broadway debut], Billie Burke, Dana Desboro, Claude Gillingwater, Robert McWade, Frederick Perry, Walter Schellin, Marie Wainwright, Roland Young. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and Arthur Hopkins. Note: Filmed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation/Paramount Pictures] as The Rescuing Angel (1919).
- (1917) Stage Play: A Successful Calamity. Comedy. Written by Clare Kummer. Booth Theatre: 5 Feb 1917- Jun 1917 (closing date unknown/144 performances). Cast: Katherine Alexander, Richard Barbee (as "Eddie"), Claus Bogel (as "Dr. Brodie") [final Broadway role], William Devereaux, Ruth Findlay, William Gillette (as "Henry Wilton"), Manart Kippen (as "Pietro Rafaelo"), Charles Lane (as "John Belden"), Mllle. Marcelle, Richard Sterling, Estelle Winwood (as "Emma Wilton"), Roland Young (as "Clarence Rivers"). Produced by Arthur Rivers. Note: Filmed by Warner Bros. as A Successful Calamity (1932).
- (1918) Stage Play: Be Calm, Camilla.
- (1920) Stage Play: Rollo's Wild Oat. Comedy. Written by Clare Kummer. Directed by W.L. Gilmore. Punch and Judy Theatre: 23 Nov 1920- Jun 1921 (closing date unknown/228 performances). Cast: Manuel A. Alexander, J. Palmer Collins, Elinor Cox, Dore Davidson, Stanley Howlett, J.M. Kerrigan (as "Horatio Webster"), Marjorie Kummer, Grace Peters, Lotus Robb, Ivan F. Simpson, Edythe Tressider, Roland Young (as "Rollo Webster").
- (1921) Stage Play: The Robbery. Comedy. Written by Clare Kummer. Punch and Judy Theatre: 28 Feb 1921- Mar 1921 (closing date unknown/5 performances). Cast: Sidney Blackmer, Mrs. Alice Chapin, Ruth Gillmore, J.M. Kerrigan (as "John Upton").
- (1921) Stage Play: Bridges. Comedy.
- (1921) Stage Play: The Choir Rehearsal. Musical comedy.
- (1921) Stage Play: Chinese Love.
- (1921) Stage Play: The Mountain Man. Comedy. Written and co-directed by Clare Kummer. Co-directed by Edward Eisner. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 12 Dec 1921- Apr 1922 (closing date unknown/163 performances). Cast: Marion Abbott, Sidney Blackmer, E.J. Devarney, Lawrence Eddinger, George Fawcett, Fred Karr, Marjorie Kummer, Lucia Moore, Chester Morris (as "Carey"), Catherine Dale Owen (as "Delaney McCloud, "Del") [Broadway debut], Grace Reals, Leonard Rowe. Produced by Charles L. Wagner.
- (1922) Stage Play: Banco. Comedy. Written by Clare Kummer. Based on the French of Alfred Savoir. Directed by Robert Milton. Ritz Theatre: 20 Sep 1922- Nov 1922 (closing date unknown/89 performances). Cast: Francis Byrne, J. Malcolm Dunn (as "Feydal"), Lola Fisher, Charlotte Granville (as "Baroness Delignieres"), Hall Higley, Alice John (as "Julie"), Alfred Lunt (as "Count Alexandre de Lussac/AKA: "Banco"), Edward G. Robinson (as "Louis"), Robert Strange. Produced by William H. Harris Jr.
- (1923) Stage Play: One Kiss. Comedy.
- (1924) Stage Play: Annie Dear. Book/music/lyrics by Clare Kummer. Additional music by Sigmund Romberg. Featuring songs by Jean Schwartz. Additional lyrics by Clifford Grey. Musical Director: Gus Salzer. Directed by Edward Royce. Times Square Theatre: 4 Nov 1924- 31 Jan 1925 (103 performances). Cast: Edward Allan, Mary Almonti, Fred Arnold, Abner Barnhart, Kathleen Barrow, Jason Bauer, Spencer Bentley, Marguerite Boatwright, Dorothy Brown, Billie Burke (as "Annie Leigh"), John Byam, Spencer Charters (as "James Ludgate"), Joan Clement, Phyllis Cleveland, Gladys Coburn, Virginia Crane, Lawrence Crowe, Easter and Hazleton, Pearl Eaton, George Ferguson, Gavin Gordon, Florentine Gosnova, Alexander Gray, Marion Green, Evelyn Grieg, Ned Hamlin, Harold Hennessy, Barton Hepburn, Helen Herendeen, Edna Johnson, Frank Kingdon (as "Mr. Gosling"), Norman Knox, Mary Lawler, Nyo Lee, Rona Lee, Catherine Littlefield, William May, Gayle Mays, Gertrude McDonald, Lelia McGuire, Marjorie Peterson, Anastasia Reilly, Katherine Sacker, Charles Schenck, James Shelton [Broadway debut], Russell Smith, Peggy Steele, Ernest Truex (as "George Wimbledon"), May Vokes (as "Lottie"), Bobby Watson, Jack Whiting, Alfred Wyart. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1924) Stage Play: Madame Pompadour. Musical.
- (1926) Stage Play: Pomeroy's Past. Comedy. Written by Clare Kummer. Directed by Ernest Truex. Longacre Theatre: 19 Apr 1926- Jul 1926 (closing date unknown/94 performances). Cast: Richard Barbee (as "Edward Marsh"), Helen Chandler (as "Mary Thorne"), Laura Hope Crews (as "Amanda Chilton"), Marjorie Kummer (as "Francesca"), Harry Oldridge (as "William Flynn"), Osgood Perkins (as "Trebus Heminway, D.D."), Dorothy Peterson (as "Hilda Fortesque"), Montague Rutherford (as "Edge"), Eleanor Frances Shaw (as "Little Frances"), Ernest Truex (as "Pomeroy Chilton"). Produced by Boothe, Gleason and Truex.
- (1930) Stage Play: So's Your Old Antique. Written by Clare Kummer. Directed by 'Blanche Talbot Kimball. Waldorf Theatre: 7 May 1930 (1 performance). Cast: Rexford Kendrick (as "Mr. Malster") [final Broadway role], John Talbot Kimball (as "Dick Barlow"), Ina Brown MacDougall (as "Mrs. Pettis"), Elliott S. Moses (as "William"), Barbara Bruce Tappan (as "Sally"). Produced by Walter Hartwig. Produced in association with The Manhattan Little Theatre Club, Inc.
- (1933) Stage Play: Amourette. Comedy. Written by Clare Kummer. Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Henry Miller's Theatre: 27 Sep 1933- Oct 1933 (closing date unknown/22 performances). Cast: Arthur Aylesworth (as "Amsey Tucker"), Francesca Bruning, Charles Coleman, Frances Halliday, James P. Houston, Frederick Kaufman, William H. Lynn (as "Amos Todd"), Clara Mahr, Byron McGrath, Tom Morrison, Mildred Natwick (as "Drusilla Thorpe"), Marie Pettes, Fred Sumner. Produced by Leo Peters and Leslie J. Spiller.
- (1934) Her play, "Her Master's Choice," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Florence Reed in the cast.
- (1939) Her play, "A Successful Calamity," was performed at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Walter Hampden and Kitty Carlisle in the cast.
- (July 1934) Her play, "Her Master's Choice," was performed at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine with Daisy Atherton and A.J. Herbert in the cast.
- (February 23 to March 4, 1922) Her play, "Good Gracious, Annabelle," was performed in a Pasadena Community Playhouse production in at the Savoy Theatre Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director and director.
- (October 29 to November 3, 1923) Her play, "Rollo's Wide Oat," was performed in a Pasadena Community Playhouse production at the Savoy Theatre in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Maurice Wells was director.
- (August 7 to 18, 1928) Her play, "Pomeroy's Past," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Maurice Wells was director.
- (July 20 to 25, 1942) Her play, "Good Gracious, Annabelle," was performed in the Eighth Midsummer Festival (50 Years of American Comedy) production at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. George Phelps was director.
- (March 10 to 21, 1943) Her play, "The Lights of Duxbury," was performed at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. Gilmor Brown was artistic director. Lenore Shanewise was director.
- (1937 to 1938 Winter) Her play, "Her Master's Voice," was performed at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California. Luther M. Kennett Jr. was director. Craig Noel was artistic director.
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