Other works

(1895 - 1932) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1895) Stage Play: The Two Colonels. Drama. Written by Richard Goodall. Palmer's Theatre: 2 Apr 1895- Apr 1895 (closing date unknown/unknown performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Ralph Whitrtaker") [Broadway debut], Frank Mordaunt, George C. Staley, Georgia Welles.

(1900) Stage Play: Lost River. Melodrama. Incidental music by William Furst. Written by Joseph Arthur. Directed by Herbert Gresham. Haverly's 14th Street Theatre: 3 Oct 1900- Dec 1900 (closing date unknown/95 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, H.F. Adams, P. Augustus Anderson, Frank Beal, William Courtleigh (as "Robert Blessing"), Ada Dwyer, Frank Edwards, H.W. Humphreys, James Lackaye [Broadway debut], Eugenie Thais Lawton, F.C. Palmer, Mrs. Preston, FC. Reynolds, Hans Robert, Mary Sanders, Mabel Taliaferro, George W. Thomas, Dan Williams, John Winthrop. Produced by Liebler & Co.

(1905) Stage Play: Jinny, the Carrier. Comedy. Written by Israel Zangwill. Criterion Theatre: 10 Apr 1905- Apr 1905 (closing date unknown/21 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, John W. Jennings, Sarah McVicker, Kate Meeks, Fuller Mellish, Annie Russell, Grant Stewart, George W. Wilson, Oswald Yorke. Produced by Charles Frohman.

(1907) Stage Play: The Round Up. Written by Edmund Day. Directed by Joseph Brooks, Herbert Gresham and Lawrence Marston. New Amsterdam Theatre, (moved to The Broadway Theatre from 21 Oct 1907 to close): 26 Aug 1907- Dec 1907 (closing date unknown/155 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, Macklyn Arbuckle (as "Sheriff "Slim" Hoover"), Orme Caldara (as "Jack Payson"), "Texas" Cooper, Julia Dean, Elmer Grandin, Harold Hartsell, Wright Kramer (as "Dick Lane"), Joseph M. Lothian, Jacques Martin, H.S. Northrup, John J. Pierson, S.L. Richardson, Florence Rockwell, Fulton Russell, Marie Taylor. Produced by Klaw & Erlanger.

(1908) Stage Play: The Battle. Drama. Written by Cleveland Moffett. Savoy Theatre: 21 Dec 1908- Apr 1909 (closing date unknown/144 performances). Cast: Wilton Lackaye (as "John J. Haggleton"), H.B. Warner (as "Phillip"), Charles S. Abbe, Elsie Ferguson, Gerald Griffin, E.M. Holland, Olive McVine, Miltern Pollock, Josephine Victor, Emily Wurster. Produced by Liebler & Co.

(1911) Stage Play: The Silent Call. Written by Edwin Milton Royle. Directed by Edwin Milton Royle. Broadway Theatre: 2 Jan 1911- Jan 1911 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, Frank Bixby, Samuel J. Burton, Stella Condon, George W. Deyo, Walter Dickinson, Dustin Farnum, George Fawcett, Elmer Grandin, Tom Gunn, William S. Hart, Henry Hicks, Maud Hosford, Frank Klein, T.J. McGrane, Theodore Roberts, Leila Romer Tyler. Produced by Liebler & Co.

(1911) Stage Play: The Squaw Man. Drama (revival). Written by Edwin Milton Royle. Directed by Addison Pitt. Broadway Theatre: 9 Jan 1911- 17 Jan 1911 (8 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, Frank Bixby, Rosiland Coghlan, Dudley Digges, Dustin Farnum, George Fawcett, Robert Gordon, Tom Gunn, Harry Hallam, Chrystal Herne, Henry M. Hicks, Maud Hosford, Violet Knott, Ernest Lambert, James Malaidy, Bertram Marburgh, Theodore Roberts. Produced by Liebler & Co. Note: Story sold to Famous Players Lassky (later known as Paramount) and became the first motion picture shot in Hollywood in 1913 (directed by Cecil B. DeMille as The Squaw Man (1914)). Farnum also starred in the film version.

(1914) Stage Play: What Happened at 22.

(1915) Stage Play: No. 13 Washington Square. Written by Leroy Scott. Park Theatre: 23 Aug 1915- Oct 1915 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, Clara Blandick, Charlotte Carter, George Clarke, Richard Collins, Leonard Hollister, May Irwin, John Junior, Max Meyer, Georgia Olp, Ffolliott Paget, Julia Ralph, Lark Taylor, Joseph Woodburn.

(1916) Stage Play: His Majesty Bunker Bean. Written by Lee Wilson Dodd. Based on the novel by Harry Leon Wilson. Astor Theatre: 2 Oct 1916- Dec 1916 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, Jack Devereaux, Belford Forrest, John Hogan, Taylor Holmes, Robert Kelly, Marion Kerby, Lillian Lawrence, George C. Lyman, Horace Mitchell, Clara Louise Moores, Grace Peters, Harry C. Power, Walter Sherwin, Florence Shirley, Annette Westbay. Produced by Joseph Brooks.

(1917) Stage Play: Eyes of Youth. Comedy/drama. Written by Charles Guernon and Max Marcin. Directed by Lawrence Marston. Maxine Elliott's Theatre (moved to The 39th Street Theatre from 22 Jul 1918- close): 22 Aug 1917- Aug 1918 (closing date unknown/414 performances). Cast: Marjorie Rambeau (as "Gina Ashling"), Charles S. Abbe (as "Asa Ashling, Father of Gina"), Joseph Adelman (as "Alfred Brooks") [final Broadway role], Walter Armin (as "Picquard"), Robert Barker, Billie Blaisdell, Conrad Cantzen, John H. Elliott, J. Harold Foley, Donald Gallaher, Charles Hampden, Walter Horton, Leonard Ide (as "Louis Anthony, Suitor of Gina"), Ralph Kellard (as "Peter Judson, Suitor of Ashling"), Caroline Leonard, Ethel Mary Oakland, George L. Romain, Clarice Snyder, William Tousey, Frances Victory, Fay Wallace. Produced by A.H. Woods and Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.

(1919) Stage Play: Come-on Charlie. Written by George V. Hobart, from the stories by Thomas Addison. 48th Street Theatre: 8 Apr 1919- May 1919 (closing date unknown/55 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, Maurice Barrett, Millie Butterfield, Amy Leah Dennis, W.H. Dupont, Eunice Elliott, Edwardo Flammero, Dan Kelly, Frank McCormack, Russell Morrison, Lynne Overman, Russell Parker, Robert Rendel, Lilyan Tashman, Estelle Taylor, Kelly Webb.

(1919) Stage Play: The Five Million. Comedy. Written by Guy Bolton and Frank Mandel. Directed by Robert Milton. Lyric Theatre: 8 Jul 1919- Sep 1919 (closing date unknown/91 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Jefferson Adams"), Marie Ahearn, Helen Barnes, James Gleason (as "Mac"), Harry Harwood, Percy Helton (as "Grant Adams"), June Holbrook, Harry MacFayden, Sue MacManamy, Robert McWade (as "Otis Weaver"), Ralph Morgan (as "Douglas Adams"), Beatrice Noyes, Amy Ongley, Marjorie Poir, Edward Poland, Purnell Pratt (as "Albert Weaver"), Ralph Stuart, Lucille Webster. Produced by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest.

(1921) Stage Play: Near Santa Barbara. Melodrama. Written by Willard Mack. Greenwich Village Theatre: 31 Jan 1921- Feb 1921 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Mike McKenzie"), Luis Alberni (as "Ylario"), Clara Joel (as "Mrs. Bill Trainor"), Willard Mack (as "Mr. Bill Trainor"), Royal C. Stout (as "Bud Jenks"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Phil Yeager"), Zolya Talma (as "Ysobel"), T. Tamamoto (as "Nocka"), Howard Truesdell (as "Sheriff Wilson"). Produced by William H. Wellman.

(1921) Stage Play: The Intimate Strangers. Comedy. Written by Booth Tarkington. Directed by Ira Hards. Henry Miller's Theatre: 7 Nov 1921- Jan 1922 (closing date unknown/91 performances). Cast: Billie Burke (as "Isabel"), Charles S. Abbe (as "The Station Master"), Frances Howard (as "Florence"), Glenn Hunter (as "Johnnie White"), Frank J. Kirk (as "Henry"), Alfred Lunt (as "Ames"), Elizabeth Patterson (as "Aunt Ellen"), Clare Weldon (as "Mattie"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., A.L. Erlanger and Charles B. Dillingham.

(1923) Stage Play: The Alarm Clock. Comedy. Written by Avery Hopwood. From "La Sonnette d'Alarme" by Maurice Hennequin and Romain Coolus. 39th Street Theatre: 24 Dec 1923- Jan 1924 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Theodore Boom"), George Alison, Marion Coakley, Helen Flint (as "Lulu Deane"), Gail Kane (as "Mrs. Dunmore"), Ernest Lambart, Bruce McRae, Blanche Ring (as "Mrs. Susie Kent"), Vincent Serrano, John Troughton, Harold Vermilyea (as "Homer Wickham"). Produced by A.H. Woods.

(1925) Stage Play: The Handy Man. Comedy. Written by Fred Wall and Ralph Murphy. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor and Lawrence Grattan. 39th Street Theatre: 9 Mar 1925- Mar 1925 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "George Graham"), Elizabeth Allen (as "Winnie Weller"), Glenn Burdette (as "Willie Weller"), Margaret Cusack (as "Nellie Nelson"), Eugene Lockhart (as "Charles Chambers"), Robert Middlemass (as "Clancy"), Tim Murphy, Grace Reals. Produced by Sam Comly, Inc.

(1925) Stage Play: The City Chap. Musical comedy. Liberty Theatre: 26 Oct 1925- 26 Dec 1925 (72 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Sam Graham").

(1926) Stage Play: Puppy Love. Comedy. Written by Martha M. Stanley and Adelaide Matthews. Directed by Clifford Brooke. 48th Street Theatre: 27 Jan 1926- May 1926 (closing date unknown/111 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Sylvanus Pollard"), Arthur Aylesworth (as "Andy Baxter"), Spring Byington (as "Mrs. Margaret Brent"), Maude Eburne (as "Medora"), Stuart Fox (as "Arthur Merk"), William Hanley (as "Byron Lockhart"), Mabel Kroman (as "Ivy"), Vivian Martin (as "Jean Brent"), Edward Robins (as "Charlie Cavendish"), Leah Winslow (as "Mrs. Sylvanus Pollard"). Produced by Anne Nichols.

(1926) Stage Play: They All Want Something. Comedy. Written by Courtenay Savage. Based on "The Dark Chapter", by E.J. Rath. Directed by Alonzo Price. Wallack's Theatre: 12 Oct 1926- Dec 1926 (closing date unknown/62 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Mr. Kilbourne"), Helene Ambrose, Willis Claire, Camilla Crume, Valerie Dade, Edward Downes, Joseph Greene, Donald MacMillan, Virginia Morris, Billy Quinn, Katherine Revner, Kenneth Richards, Irene Shirley, William T. Tilden II. Produced by Herman Gantvoort.

(1927) Stage Play: The Heaven Tappers. Written by George Scarborough and Annette Westbay. Directed by Edwin Carewe. Forrest Theatre: 8 Mar 1927- Mar 1927 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Lafe Ketcham"), Joseph Allen, Reginald Barlow (as "Kent Hardy"), Louis Bennison, John Benson, Thomas Chalmers (as "Bud Ketcham"), Harry Clarens, Florence Gerald, Thomas Gunn, John M. Kline, Margaret Lawrence, Frank Marlowe, Charles Waldron (as "David Calvin, alias "The Parson"), Lule Warrenton, Frank Williams. Produced by Lee Shubert. Produced in association with Edwin Carewe.

(1927) Stage Play: Jimmie's Women. Comedy. Written by Myron C. Fagan. Directed by Myron C. Fagan. Biltmore Theatre: 26 Sep 1927- Apr 1928 (closing date unknown/216 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, Junior Cook, Minna Gombell (as "Florence Standish"), Roy Gordon, Frances Horine, Felix Krembs, Lucia Laska, Helene Mitchell, Sam Parks, Beatrice Terry, William Wayne, Robert Williams. Produced by Benjamin F. Witbeck.

(1928) Stage Play: Hotbed. Comedy/drama. Written by Paul Osborn. Directed by Brock Pemberton and Antoinette Perry. Klaw Theatre: 8 Nov 1928- Nov 1928 (closing date unknown/19 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Professor Stanton"), Carl Anthony (as "Professor Clark"), Alison Bradshaw (as "Lila"), William Faversham (as "Louis Willard"), Paul Gilmore (as "Dean Slawson"), Walter Greenough (as "George Courtenay"), Josephine Hull (as "Hattie"), William Ingersoll (as "Reverend David Rushbrook"), Leigh Lovel, Richard Spencer, Preston Sturges (as "Lawrence Binnings"). Produced by Brock Pemberton.

(1929) Stage Play: Zeppelin. Mystery/drama/thriller. Written by McElbert Moore, Earle Crooker and Lowell Brentano. Directed by Frank Merlin. National Theatre: 14 Jan 1929- Mar 1929 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe, Stephen Chase [credited as Alden Chase] (as "Roger Bates"), Wallis Clark (as "Captain Koll"), John Gruenwald (as "Hans"), Paul Guilfoyle (as "John Clayton"), Gordon Hawthorne (as "Boatman"), Alfred A. Hesse (as "Steward"), Rose Hobart, John M. James (as "Otto"), Priscilla Knowles (as "Mrs. Burnham"), Bjorn Koefoed (as "Chief Mech. Heinrich"), Milton Krimes (as "Radio Operator"), Joan Marion (as "Connie Vail"), Julian Noa (as "Prof. Alexander MacKenzie"), Edward Powell (as "Lt. Sobel"), Frederick Rudin (as "Karl"), Zolya Talma (as "Lola Bartel"), C.W. Van Voorhis (as "Dr. Donald Vail"), Raymond Walburn (as "Ed Totten"), Edward Woods (as "Del Rodman"). Produced by Jimmie Cooper.

(1931) Stage Play: A Church Mouse. Written by Ladislas Fodor. Scenic Design by Livingston Platt. Directed by Melville Burke. Playhouse Theatre: 12 Oct 1931- Mar 1932 (closing date unknown/164 performances). Cast: Charles S. Abbe (as "Jackson") [final Broadway role], Charles Campbell (as "Baron Frank von Ullrich"), Wallace Erskine (as "Count von Talheim"), Ruth Gordon (as "Susie Sachs"), John Gray (as "Chapple"), Louise Kirtland (as "Olly Frey"), Bert Lytell (as "Baron Thomas von Ullrich"). Produced by William A. Brady Ltd.