''Led Astray'' is an 1873

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written by Irish

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. It was first performed at the

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on December 6, 1873, and ran for 161 performances.Bordman, Gerald Martin & Thomas S. Hischak
The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
p. 380 (3d ed. 2004)(8 December 1873)

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'' It debuted in London at the Gaiety Theatre in July 1874. The play featured

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, Charles R. Thorne Jr., Elizabeth Weathersby, and

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. The play is loosely based on ''La Tentation'' (1860) by French playwright

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Original Broadway cast

* Count Rudolph Chandoce by Charles R. Thorne Jr. * Baron Mount Gosline by Claude Burroughs * Armand Chandonce by

* La Fontaine by W.H. Wilder * Robert by W.S. Quiqley * Suzanne by Elizabeth Weathersby * Sophie by Kate Holland * Geo. de Lasparre by

* Hector Placide by

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* O'Hara by H.W. Montgomery * Baroness by Emily Mestayer * Dowager by Marie Wilkins * Mathilde by

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A history of the New York stage from the first performance in 1732 to 1901
Vol. III, p. 151 (1903)

References

External links

* {{IBDB show, 10620, Led Astray 1873 plays Led Astray