- (1894 - 1929) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1894) Stage Play: The Amazons. Written by Arthur Wing Pinero. Lyceum Theatre: 19 Feb 1894- unknown (unknown performances). Cast: Lorena Atwood, Barrett Barker, Billie Burke (as "Lady Thomasin") , Miriam Clements, Annie Esmond [Broadway debut], Arthur Fitzgerald, Ferdinand Gottschalk (as "Galfred") [Broadway debut], Shelly Hull, Dorothy Lane, Thomas Reynolds, Morton Selten, Fritz Williams.
- (1905) Stage Play: The Catch of the Season. Musical. Music by H.E. Haines and Evelyn Baker. Additional music by William T. Francis, Jerome Kern, Benjamin Hapgood Burt, Edward Madden, Theodore M. Morse, Clifford Harris, Fred Earle, Dave Reed Jr., Alfred Solmon, Luke Forwood, Hugh Rumbold and Henry E. Pether. Book by Seymour Hicks and Cosmo Hamilton. Lyrics by Charles H. Taylor. Musical Director: William T. Francis. Additional lyrics by Vernon Roy, J.J. Montague, Fred W. Leigh and Frank Compton. Scenic Design by Ernest M. Gros. Costume Design by Ward. Directed by Ben Teal. Daly's Theatre: 26 Aug 1905- 25 Nov 1905 (93 performances). Cast: Talleur Andrews Talleur Andrews, Elaine Barry (as "Gibson Girl"), William L. (W.L.) Branscombe, Lillian Burns, Violet Conrad (as "Gibson Girl"), Elise Delisia (as "Gibson Girl"), Marguerite DeManges (as "Gibson Girl"), Germaine deValeral (as "Gibson Girl"), Martha Dufrene (as "Gibson Girl"), Sylvia Eagan (as "Gibson Girl"), Annie Esmond (as "Lady Crystal"), C.J. Evans (as "Second Footman"), Margaret Fraser (as "Hon. Honoria Bedford"), Vivian Graham (as "Badminton"), Madge Greet (as "Princess Schowenhohe-Hohenschowen"), Alys Hardy (as "Gibson Girl"), William Jefferson, Fred Kaye, Ethel Kelly (as "Gibson Girl"), Suzanne LaPage (as "Gibson Girl"), Angele Lerida (as "Gibson Girl"), Suzanne Mallot (as "Gibson Girl"), Suzanne Maud (as "Gibson Girl"), Edna May, Jane May, Jack H. Millar, Maud Milton, Helen Morrison (as "Gibson Girl"), Frank Norman, John F. O'Sullivan, Queenie Pete (as "Gibson Girl"), Evelyn Powys (as "Gibson Girl"), Dorothy Reynolds (as "Gibson Girl"), Dora Sevening, Eda Shirley (as "Gibson Girl"), Bert Sinden, Farren Soutar, Mariel St. Quinten, Master Louis Victor, Vivian Voweles, Mrs. J.P. West, Fred Wright, Dorothy Zimmerman. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1907) Stage Play: The Hoyden. Musical comedy. Music by Paul Rubens, John L. Golden and Robert Hood Bowers. Lyrics by Paul Rubens, John L. Golden and Robert Hood Bowers. Book by Cosmo Hamilton. Based on "La Soeur" by Tristan Bernard. Musical Director: Robert Hood Bowers. Featuring songs with lyrics by Raymond Peck. Featuring "A Solitary Finish" by Egbert Van Alstyne and Harry Williams. Lyrics for "That's Why I Never Married" with Joseph Cawthorn. Featuring "On the Piazza" by George A Spink. Featuring "My Father's Wooden Leg" by Harry Dillon and Joseph Cawthorn. Featuring "Put Me Amongst the Girls" by Dan Lipton and George Arthurs. Directed by Ben Teal. Knickerbocker Theatre (moved to Wallack's Theatre from 2 Dec 1907- 14 Dec 1907, then moved to The Grand Opera House from 27 Jan 1908- close): 19 Oct 1907- 1 Feb 1908 (66 performances). Cast: Nellie Beaumont (as "Ritz Santacierci"), Annie Esmond (as "Miss Herminia Smith"), Elsie Janis (as "Joan Talbot, known as "The Hoyden"/Herself"), Armand Kalisz (as "Dr. Julian Gousse"), Robert Lett (as "Major Algernon Fitzhugh Finch, Retired"), Arthur Stanford (as "Harry Talbot, of London"), Jane Archer (as "Ensemble"), L. Beck (as "Ensemble"), Ellen Beckwith (as "Ensemble"), Leila Benton (as "Beatriz, a guest of the hotel"), E.W. Bosher (as "Ensemble"), J. Brady (as "Ensemble"), S.M. Burbank (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Cawthorn (as "Baron Hugo Weybach"), May Chapin (as "Ensemble"), J.M. Colosanti (as Ensemble"), Mabel Ballin (as "Gaston"), Isabel D'Armond (as "Henriette, Joan's maid"), Harry Depp (as "Danton"), Libbian Diamond (as "Ensemble"), Della Dolvan (as "Ensemble"), May Emory (as "Elise, a guest of the hotel"), F.R. Fenn (as "Ensemble"), L. Harkins (as "Ensemble"), Bena Hoffman (as "Ensemble"), Kathryn Hutchinson (as "Lucy Talbot"), Daisy Johnstone (as "Ensemble"), La Noveta (as "M'lle La Clairette"), Edith Livingstone (as "Ensemble"), Florence Major (as "Ensemble"), Lillian McMillan (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Mitchell (as "Nanine, a guest of the hotel"), Bertha Morrell (as "Ensemble"), Mae Murray (as "Ensemble"), Marjorie Norton (as "Bebe, a guest of the hotel/Ensemble"), Eleanor Pendleton (as "Thais Coutier, Rita's friend"), Nita Pierson (as "Nanette, a guest of the hotel"), Clara Pitt (as "Fleurette, guest of the hotel"), Samuel Reed (as "Thomas Talbot. of New York"), J. Robb (as "Ensemble"), Ella Rock (as "Maud de Maulan, Rita's friend"), Jane Rogers (as "Violette, a guest of the hotel"), J. Rose (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Steele (as "Chris Angier, Rita's friend"), W. Toland (as "Ensemble"), Lottie Vernon (as "Marianne, guest of the hotel"), Pauline Walden (as "Ensemble"), Lionel Walsh (as "Hon. Bertie Cecil Grahame, a friend of Harry"), Larry Ward (as "Theobold, a chauffeur"), Robert Ward (as "Louis, a chauffeur"), Dorothy Webb (as "Ensemble"), Lura Wentworth (as "Ensemble"), Minnie Whitmore (as "Ensemble"), W.C. Wood (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham. Produced in association with Charles Frohman.
- (1907) Stage Play: Dr. Wake's Patient. Written by 'W. Gayer MacKay' and Robert Ord. Garrick Theatre: 19 Nov 1907 (1 performance). Cast: Rosa Cooke, Gunnis Davis, Grace Elliston, Edward Elsner [Broadway debut], Annie Esmond, Alexander F. Frank, May Galyer, Effie Germon, Margaret Gordon, Clarence Handyside, L.C. Howard, W. Gayer MacKay, Rex McDougall, Bruce McRae, Edith Ostlere, Charles Walcott.
- (1910) Stage Play: Mrs. Dot. Comedy. Written by W. Somerset Maugham. Lyceum Theatre: 24 Jan 1910- Mar 1910 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Mildred Barrett, Billie Burke (as "Mrs. Worthley"), Ernest Cossart (as "Mr. Rixon"), Annie Esmond (as "Lady Sellenger"), Basil Hallam (as "Freddie Perkins"), A. Lionel Hogarth (as "Charles"), Fred Kerr (as "James Blenkinsop"), Julian L'Estrange (as "Gerald Halstane"), Edgar J. MacGregor (as "Mr. Wright"), P.E. McCoy, Kate Meeks (as "Eliza Macgregor"), Annie Meredith. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1911) Stage Play: The Witness for the Defense. Written by A.E.W. Mason. Directed by George A. Highland. Empire Theatre: 4 Dec 1911- Jan 1912 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: William L. Abingdon [credited as W.L. Abingdon], A.E. Anson, Ethel Barrymore, Annie Esmond, Leslie Faber, Lumsden Hare, James Malaidy, W.S. Phillips, Walter L. Stacey, Ernest Stallard. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1912) Stage Play: Preserving Mr. Panmure. Comedy. Written by Arthur Wing Pinero. Lyceum Theatre: 27 Feb 1912- Mar 1912 (closing date unknown/31 performances). Cast: Theresa Maxwell Conover, Charles Dowd, W.H. DuPont, Gertrude Elliot, Annie Esmond, Elizabeth Fagan, Lumsden Hare, Mona Hungerford, Isabel Irving, William McVey, Ralph Nairn, Nosher Powell [credited as Frederick Powell], John Rogers, Alex Scott-Gatty. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1913) Stage Play: The New Secretary. Written by Francis de Croisset, with an adaptation by Cosmo Gordon Lennox. Lyceum Theatre: 23 Jan 1913- Mar 1913 (closing date unknown/44 performances). Cast: A.G. Andrews, Kitty Brown, Conrad Cantzen, Charles Cherry, Marie Doro, Annie Esmond, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Wilson Hummel, Frank Kemble-Cooper, Mac Macomber, Harry Redding, Robert W. Smiley, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, Edith Wycoff. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Amazons. (Revival). Written by Arthur Wing Pinero. Empire Theatre: 28 Apr 1913- Jun 1913 (closing date unknown/48 performances). Cast included: Billie Burke, Annie Esmond, Shelly Hull, Dorothy Lane. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1914) Stage Play: The Beautiful Adventure. Written by Robert de Flers and Gaston Arman de Caillavet. Lyceum Theatre: 5 Sep 1914- Oct 1914 (closing date unknown/41 performances). Cast: Herbert Ayling, Charles Cherry, Annie Esmond, Edward Fielding, George Hubbard, Frances Landy, Ernest Lawford, Ann Murdock, Edgar Norton, Mrs. Thomas Whiffen. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Adventure of Lady Ursula. (Revival). Written by Anthony Hope. Maxine Elliott's Theatre: 1 Mar 1915- Mar 1915 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Leslie Austen, Virginia Fox Brooks, Charles Coleman, Annie Esmond, William Giffard, Campbell Gullan, Cecil King, Montagu Love, Frederick Macklyn, Edward Martyn, Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Leslie Ryecroft, Eric Snowden, Robert Whitworth. Produced by Joseph Brooks.
- (1915) Stage Play: Trilby (revival). Written by Paul M. Potter. From the novel by George L. Du Maurier. Shubert Theatre: 3 Apr 1915-Jun 1915 (closing date unknown/73 performances). Cast: Leslie Austen, Cynthia Brooke, Virginia Fox Brooks, Rose Coghlan, Leo Ditrichstein (as "Zou Zou"), Annie Esmond, Walter Fredericks, Taylor Holmes (as "Gecko"), Cecil King, Wilton Lackaye (as "Svengali"), George MacFarlane, Frederick Macklyn, Burr McIntosh (as "Taffy"), Leslie Ryecroft, Brandon Tynan. Produced by Joseph Brooks and Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Note: Mr. Lackaye reprised his role for the film version, Trilby (1915).
- (1915) Stage Play: Miss Information. Comedy. Written by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Elsie Janis. Additional music by Cole Porter, Frank Tours, Herman Finck and Riccardo Drigo. Additional lyrics by Cole Porter, Fred E. Weatherly and Arthur Wimperis. Musical Director: Harold Vickers. Directed by Robert Milton. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 5 Oct 1915- 13 Nov 1915 (47 performances). Cast: Sinead Alvord (as "A Nihilist"), Paulette Antoine (as "The Crystal Reader"), Julia Beaubien (as "Chorus"), 'Irene Bordoni' (as "Elaine Foazane"), Julia Bruns (as Marie"), Nan Carter (as "Chorus"), Mel Craig (as "Chorus"), Marion Davies (as "Chorus"), Thomas De Vassey (as "Radeau"), Melville Ellis (as "Jules Bancourt"), Annie Esmond (as "Mrs. Cadwalder"), Howard Estabrook (as "Jack Cadwalder"), Maurice Farkoa (as "Francois Fychere"), Frank Furlong (as "A Sculptor"), Leavitt James (as "Benny"), Elsie Janis (as "Dot"), Albert Lamson Messenger Boy"), Lorayne Leslie (as "Chorus"), Irving Levy (as "Chorus"), Harry Lewis (as "Chorus"), Hazel Lewis (as "Chorus"), Francis D. McGinn (as "Dennis Gillicuddy"), Diane Oste (as "Dorothy Marsden"), Rodger Perry (as "Chorus"), Harry Pooley (as "Chorus"), Frank Rainger (as "Michael Breschnehan"), Eugene Revere (as "Bob Dunstan"), Vivian Rushmore (as "Joan"), Eleanor St. Clair (as "Chorus"), Albert Stuart (as "An Artist"), Reynolds Sweetland (as "A Poet"), David Todd (as "Ewing Francis"), Harry Ward (as "Chorus"). Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1929) Stage Play: The Middle Watch. Comedy/farce. Written by Ian Hay and Stephen King-Hall. Times Square Theatre: 16 Oct 1929- Nov 1929 (closing sate unknown/29 performances). Cast: Ruth Abbott (as "Mary Carlton"), George Carr (as "Ah Fong/Corporal Duckett, Royal Marines"), James Carter (as "A Sailor"), Venetia Dormer (as "Marjorie"), Annie Esmond (as "Lady Hewitt") [final Broadway role], Fred Kerr (as "Admiral Sir Hercules Hewitt, K.C.B."), Robert Mawdesley (as "Captain Randall, Royal Marines"), Enid Menhinick (as "Nancy Hewitt"), John Boyne Rowe (as "Captain Maitland, Royal Navy"), Michael Shepley (as "Commander Baddeley, Royal Navy"), T.W. Sleigh (as "Flag Lieutenant"), Dodo Watts (as "Fay Eaton"), Alfred Wellesley (as "Marine Ogg"), Madge Whiteman (as "Charlotte Hopkinson"). Produced by Archibald Selwyn and Charles B. Cochran.
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