Beggar on Horseback

Beggar on Horseback
First edition 1924
Written by	George S. Kaufman Marc Connelly
Date premiered	February 12, 1924 (1924-02-12)
Place premiered	Broadhurst Theatre, New York City

Beggar on Horseback is a 1924 play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly.

The play is a

The original Broadway production opened on February 12, 1924 at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it ran for 223 performances. The cast included Roland Young, Osgood Perkins, Spring Byington, and Frederic Richard Sullivan.

The play was revived with most of the original cast a mere seven months later, opening on March 23, 1925, at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for 16 performances.

Forty-five years later, after 13 previews, another revival opened on May 14, 1970, at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater, where it ran for 52 performances. The cast included Leonard Frey and Susan Watson.

On August 24, 1925, Paramount Pictures released a silent film version directed by James Cruze and starring Edward Everett Horton. Only three reels of this seven-reel film exist.^[1]

• The full text of Beggar on Horseback at the Internet Archive
• Beggar on Horseback at Internet Broadway Database