- (1883 - 1926) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1883) Stage Play: The Beggar Student. Musical comedy/opera.Libretto by F. Zell and Richard Genee. Based on "Fernande" by Victorien Sardou. Based on "The Lady of Lyons" by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Book adapted by Emil Schwab. Music by Carl Millocker. Directed by Jesse Williams. Casino Theatre: 29 Oct 1883- 2 Feb 1884 (110 performances). Cast: Angel Barbara, A.D. Barker, Rose Beaudet, William T. Carleton (as "Symon Symonovicz, The Beggar Student"), Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Bronislava, The Contess' Daughter") [Broadway debut], Joseph Fahey, J.B. Fischer, G. Furey, L.M. Hall, Harry Hamblin, Rose Leighton, Frederick Leslie, Harry MacDonough, George Pyke, Bertha Ricci, W.S. Rising, Ellis Ryse, L. Schrader, F. Senger, Harry Standish. Produced by McCaull Opera Comique Company.
- (1887) Stage Play: Lorraine. Musical comedy/opera. Original German Libretto by Oscar Walther. English Adaptation by William J. Henderson. Music by Rudolph Dellinger. Musical Director: Adolf Neuendorff. Scenic Design by Joseph Clare. Star Theatre: 28 Feb 1887- 12 Mar 1887 (14 performances). Cast: Clara Allen, Antonio Amadeo, Angel Barbara, Ida Bartelle, Bessie Calloway, George Carlisle, Gertie Clark, Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Ollivier de la Tour"), Minnie Echard, Gertrude Griswold, DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Gaspard de Chateauvieux"), Charles Jones, Josephine Knapp, Lindsay Morrison, Herndon Morsell, George Olmi, Signor Perugini (as "Lorraine"), Carlo Russo, Grace Seavey, Emily Soldene, Harry Standish, Florence Willey, May Yohe. Produced by McCaull Opera Comique Company.
- (1887) Stage Play: The Begum. Musical comedy/opera. Libretto by Harry B. Smith. Music by Reginald De Koven [earliest Broadway credit]. Musical Director: Adolph Nowak. Scenic Design by Joseph Clare. Costume Design by Mathilde Cottrelly. Fifth Avenue Theatre: 21 Sep 1887- 10 Dec 1887 (22 performances). Cast: Digby Bell (as "Myhnt-Jhuleep") [Broadway debut], Laura Joyce Bell, Nina Bertini, Mathilde Cottrelly (as "The Begum of Oude"), Jefferson De Angelis, Paula Franko, Edwin Hoff, DeWolf Hopper Sr. (as "Howja-Dhu"), Josephine Knapp, Harry MacDonough, Marion Manola, Annie Meyers, Grace Seavey, Hubert Wilke (as "Klam-Chowdee") [Broadway debut]. Produced by McCaull Opera Comique Company.
- (1885) Stage Play: Trilby.
- (1899) Stage Play: Children of the Ghetto. Drama.
- (1901) Stage Play: The Girl and the Judge. Drama.
- (1903) Stage Play: Mam'selle Napoleon. Musical/vaudeville. Music by Gustave Luders. Based on the French original by Jean Richepin. Material adapted by Joseph Herbert. Lyrics by Joseph Herbert. Musical Director: Herman Perlet. Directed by Joseph Herbert. Knickerbocker Theatre: 8 Dec 1903- 6 Jan 1904 (43 performances). Cast: Elsie Baird, Karl Becca, Henry Bergman, Harry M. Blake, Reginald Carrington, Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Mme. Phillipard"), J.S. Dunlevy, Franz Ebert, Edna Goodrich, Edward Gore, Anna Held, Joseph W. Herbert, Robert Hickman, Arthur Lawrence, Bessie McCoy, Nellie McCoy, Frank Moulan, Edythe Moyer, J.S. Northern, Miss Billie Norton, Fletcher Norton, Adelaide Orton, Sim Pulen, Alfred Pyke, Nina Randall, Frank Rushworth, Max Sharpe, Howard Stevens, E.A. Tester, Francklyn Wallace, Richard Wallace. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
- (1905) Stage Play: Once Upon a Time. Comedy. Written by Genevieve Greville Haines. Berkeley Lyceum Theatre: 2 Jan 1905- Jan 1905 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Albert S. Angeles, Colin Campbell [Broadway debut], Gertrude Coghlan (as "Dona Ana"), Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Concepcion"), Robert T. Haines (as "Don Juan"), Ida Hoppe, Arthur Hoyt, Margaret Huddleston, E.J. Ratcliffe, Charles Lester Rich, Tom Ricketts, Warren A. Rodgers, Josephine Victor [Broadway debut], Virginia West.
- (1905) Stage Play: Trilby. Comedy (revival). Written by Paul M. Potter, from the novel by George L. Du Maurier. Choreographed by Carl Marwig. New Amsterdam Theatre: 8 May 1905- May 1905 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Herbert Ayling (as "Dodor"), Meredith G. Brown, Grace Campbell, Ulric Blair Collins, Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Mme. Vinard"), William Courtenay (as "William Bagot/Little Billee"), 'Leo Ditrichstein' (as "Zou Zou"), Mabel Findlay, Maude Fisher, John Glendinning (as "Alexander McAllister, the Laird"), Virginia Harned (as "Trilby O'Ferrall"), Marie Horgan, Wilton Lackaye (as "Svengali"), Marguerite Lewis, Dorothy Maynard, Burr McIntosh (as "Taffy"), E.W. Morrison, Almas Peltier, Rosa Rand, Edmund H. Reardon, E.L. Walton. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1905) Stage Play: Her Great Match. Comedy. Written by Clyde Fitch. Criterion Theatre: 4 Sep 1905- Nov 1905 (closing date unknown/93 performances). Cast: Charles Cherry, Mathilde Cottrelly (as "H.R.H. Grand Duchess of Hohenhetstein"), Felix Edwardes (as "Frank Wilton"), Maxine Elliott (as "Jo Sheldon"), Madge Girdlestone, Suzanne Perry, Leon Quartermaine, Herbert Standing (as "Augustus Botes"), Hodgson Taylor, Cory Thomas, Nellie Thorne. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham.
- (1907) Stage Play. The Step Sister.
- (1907) Stage Play. The Toymaker of Nuremberg. Written by Austin Strong. Garrick Theatre: 25 Nov 1907- Dec 1907 (closing date unknown/24 performances). Cast: Carl Ahrendt, Harrison Armstrong, Consuelo Bailey, Leo Bechtel, William Bechtel, Rosa Cooke, Mathilde Cottrelly, W.J. Ferguson, Raymond Hackett [Broadway debut], Grant Mitchell, Edward Morrissey, Archibald Rosamund, Frank Sheridan, Leo Herbert White, Frank Wunderlee. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1908) Stage Play: The Jesters. Written by Miguel Zamacois, from the French by John Raphael. Empire Theatre: 15 Jan 1908- Mar 1908 (closing date unknown/53 performances). Cast: Maude Adams, Consuelo Bailey, L.B. Carleton, William H. Claire, Mathilde Cottrelly, Fred Eric, Edwin Holt, Wallace Jackson, William Lewers, E.W. Morrison, Fred Santley, George Henry Trader, Fred Tyler, T.C. Valentine, Gustav Von Seyffertitz. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1908) Stage Play: The Man Who Stood Still. Written by Jules Eckert Goodman. Circle Theatre: 15 Oct 1908- Dec 1908 (closing date unknown/61 performances). Cast: P.S. Barrett, Edith Browning, Mathilde Cottrelly, Nat Daniels, Robert A. Fischer, Frank Julian, H.A. La Motte, Corinne Malvern, Gladys Malvern, Louis Mann, Herman Marum, Lillian Sinnott, Geoffrey Stein, James Vincent, Emily Ann Wellman. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1910) Stage Play: The Cheater. Written by Wilhelm Jacoby and Arthur Lipshitz. Book adapted by Louis Mann. Directed by Louis Mann. Lyric Theatre: 29 Jun 1910- Sep 1910 (closing date unknown/78 performances). Cast: John Bunny, Ethel Conroy, Mathilde Cottrelly, Edward Horton, DeWitt Jennings, E.H. Kelly, Jeffreys Lewis, Louis Mann (as "Godfried Plittersdorf"), Albert Parker, Parke Patton, Melville Stewart, Emily Ann Wellman. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1912) Stage Play: Elevating a Husband. Written by Clara Lipman and Samuel Shipman. Liberty Theatre (moved to The Criterion Theatre from 12 Feb 1912- ?, then moved to the Garrick Theatre from 26 Feb 1912- ?, then returned to The Criterion Theatre from 11 Mar 1912- close): 22 Jan 1912- May 1912 (closing date unknown/120 performances). Cast: Louis Mann (as "Charlie Sample"), Beatrice Bentley [Broadway debut], Jessie Carter, Sterling H. Cheseldine, Mathilde Cottrelly, Clara DeWitt, Charles Halton, Marion Holcombe, Edward Everett Horton, J. Homer Hunt, Lester Kenyon, Howard Scott, Conway Tearle (as "Herbert Duncan"), Emily Ann Wellman (as "Letty"). Produced by Louis F. Werba and Mark A. Luescher.
- (1913) Stage Play: Blackbirds.
- (1913) Stage Play: The Five Frankfurters. Written by Basil Hood [final Broadway credit], from the German of Carl Rossler. 39th Street Theatre: 3 Mar 1913- May 1913 (closing date unknown/88 performances). Cast: Alma Belwin, Lois Frances Clark, Mathilde Cottrelly, Pedro de Cordoba, Marjorie Dore, Edward Emery, Frank Goldsmith, Evelyn Hill, Walter Kingsford, Noel Leslie [Broadway debut], Frank Losee (as "Solomon"), Edward MacKay, John Sainpolis, Henry Stephenson, H. David Todd. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Bubble. Written by Edward Locke. Booth Theatre: 5 Apr 1915- Sep 1915 (closing date unknown/176 performances). Cast: Mathilde Cottrelly, Harrison Ford, Louis Mann, Henry Mortimer, Laura Walker. Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1915) Stage Play: Abe and Mawruss.
- (1917) Stage Play: Bosom Friends.
- (1917) Stage Play: Business Before Pleasure.
- (1918) Stage Play: Friendly Enemies. Written by Samuel Shipman and Aaron Hoffman. Cast: Richard Barbee (as "William Pfeifer"), Sam Bernard (as "Henry Block"), Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Marie Pfeifer"), Felix Krembs (as "Walter Stuart"), Louis Mann (as "Karl Pfeifer"), Natalie Manning (as "Nora"), Regina Wallace (as "June Block"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1919) Stage Play: His Honor: Abe Potash. Comedy. Written by Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman. Bijou Theatre: 14 Oct 1919- Apr 1920 (closing date unknown/215 performances). Cast: George Barnum (as "Henry Gooding"), Barney Bernard (as "Abe Potash"), Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Rosie Potash"), Robert Cummings (as "Robert Stafford"), Lucille English (as "Irma Potash"), Ted W. Gibson (as "Harry Potash"), Stanley Jessup (as "Rothwell"), Frank J. Kirke (as "Evans"), Kalman Matus (as "Riggs"), Bertram Miller (as "Crawford"), Edwin Mordant (as "Henry Block"), James Spottswood (as "George Block"), William Vaughn (as "Detective Baker"), Harold Vosburgh (as "Mr. Brady"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1922) Stage Play: Abie's Irish Rose. Comedy. Written by Anne Nichols. Directed by Lawrence Marston. Fulton Theatre (moved to the Theatre Republic from Sep 1922- close): 23 May 1922- 1 Oct 1927 (2327 performances). Cast: Jack G. Bertin (as "Dr. Jacob Samuels"), Harry Bradley (as "Father Whalen"), Anne Bronaugh (as "Rosemary Murphy"), Marie Carroll (as "Rosemary Murphy"), John W. Cope [credited as John Cope] (as "Patrick Murphy") [final Broadway role], Helen Corbin (as "Bridesmaid"), Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Mrs. Isaac Cohen"), Bernard Gorcey (as "Isaac Cohen"), Dorothy Grau (as "Flower Girl/Bridesmaid"), David Herblin (as "Abraham Levy"), Ione Hull (as "Bridesmaid"), Ida Kramer (as "Mrs. Isaac Cohen"), Howard Lang (as "Dr. Jacob Samuels"), Andrew Mack (as "Patrick Murphy"), Nathalian Moorhead (as "Bridesmaid"), Evelyn Nicholas (as "Maid of Honor"), Dorothy Pitou (as "Flower Girl"), Milton Wallace (as "Isaac Cohen"), Alfred White (as "Solomon Levy"), Robert B. Williams (as "Abraham Levy"), Alfred Wiseman (as "Solomon"). Produced by Anne Nichols. Note (1): Produced on film as Abie's Irish Rose (1928) (released as both part talkie and silent versions) and Abie's Irish Rose (1946). (2) This production, which ran for five-and-a-half years, ranks as the most successful Broadway production of the 1920's. Anne Nichols (1891-1966) reportedly had written the play in 3 days with no prior experience as a playwright. Mr. Gorcey appeared in the 1928 film version, returning to the same role in a revival of the play in April, 1937.
- (1923) Stage Play: The Good Old Days. Comedy. Written by Aaron Hoffman. Directed by Howard Lindsay and Aaron Hoffman. Broadhurst Theatre: 14 Aug 1923- Oct 1923 (closing date unknown/71 performances). Cast: Beatrice Allen (as "Katie Zimmer"), George Bickel (as "Nick Schloss"), Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Fritzie Zimmer"), Harry Curtin (as "Jack"), John G. Fee (as "The Bum"), Charles Havican (as "Gus Rausch"), John Junior (as "William J. Parker"), Nan Karew (as "Mrs. Mahoney"), John Kuhns (as "Doyle"), Harry Linkey (as "Sweeney"), Harry Lester Mason (as "John Miller"), Charles Mather (as "Jim Knowles"), Joseph Slaytor (as "Officer Kelly"), Ralph Weidhaas (as "Tim"), Stewart Wilson (as "Ted Schloss"), Charles Winninger (as "Rudolph Zimmer"). Produced by A.H. Woods.
- (1926) Stage Play: Potash and Perlmutter, Detectives. Comedy. Written by Montague Glass and Jules Eckert Goodman. Directed by Bertram Harrison. Ritz Theatre: 31 Aug 1926- Oct 1926 (closing date unknown/47 performances). Cast: Mathilde Cottrelly (as "Rosie Potash") [final Broadway role], Arthur Dunn, Charles Gotthold, Harry Hanlon, Annette Hoffman, Allen Jenkins, Robert Leonard, Patricia O'Connor, Isabel O'Madigan, Brandon Peters, Hartley Power, Ludwig Satz, Hope Sutherland (as "Jean McAdam"), Robert Vivian (as "Hedges"), Max Waizman, Edwin Walter. Produced by A.H. Woods.
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