Nice People (play)
Nice People was a 1921 Broadway four-act comedy written and staged by Rachel Crothers, produced by Samuel H. Harris and starring Tallulah Bankhead and Francine Larrimore. After working with Bankhead in 39 East, Crothers wrote Nice People expressly for her. The general manager was William G. Norton, the scenic was designed by Navon Bergman, and John Kirkpatrick was the stage manager. It ran for 120 performances from March 2, 1921 to June, 1921, at the Klaw Theatre. It was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1920-1921. It was also Katharine Cornell's Broadway debut. It was adapted into the 1922 silent film Nice People, now believed to be lost. Cast Martin Alsop as Hubert Gloucester Francine Larrimore as Theodora Gloucester Tallulah Bankhead as Hallie Livingston Vincent Coleman as Billy Wade Katharine Cornell as Eileen Baxter-Jones Charles Gibney as Mr. Heyfer Edwin Hensley as Trevor Leeds Hugh Huntley as Scottie Wilbur Merle Maddern as Margaret Rainsford Guy Milham as Oliver Comstock References University of Texas Arlington Library Theatre External links The full text of Nice People at the Internet Archive 1921 plays Broadway plays Plays set in New York City American plays adapted into films Plays by Rachel Crothers