- (1913 - 1951) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1913) Stage Play: The Philanderer. Written and directed by George Bernard Shaw. Little Theatre: 30 Dec 1913- Mar 1914 (closing date unknown/103 performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine [Broadway debut], Reginald Besant, Reginald Dance, Ernita Lascelles, Mary Lawton, Charles Maude, Muriel Reddall, W.R. Stavely. Produced by Winthrop Ames.
- (1914) Stage Play: Pygmalion. Written by George Bernard Shaw. Park Theatre (moved to Wallack's Theatre from 9 Nov 1914 to close): 12 Oct 1914- Dec 1914 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine, Dallas Cairns, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Olive Wilmot Davies, Moira Greegan, Algernon Grieg, Edmund Gurney, Mrs. Edmund Gurney, Philip Merivale, Nellie Mortyne, Maud Phillips, Herbert Ranson. Produced by Liebler & Co.
- (1915) Stage Play: Fire and Water [played in repertory with The Age of Reason, Pierre Patelin, The Magical City, Night of Snow, Helena's Husband, The Antick, Interior, Literature, Overtones, The Honorable Lover, Whims, The Roadhouse in Arden, 1616-1916, The Clod, The Tenor, The Red Cloak, Children.] Written by Hervey White. Cast: E.J. Ballantine [credited as Edward J. Ballantine] (as "Pierre"), Frank Counis (as "Lieutenant Schiff"), Walter Frankl (as "Captain Drouet"), Harold Meltzer (as "Hans"). Produced by The Washington Square Players.
- (1915) Stage Play: The Age of Reason. Written by Cecil Dorrian. Bandbox Theatre: 4 Oct 1915- 20 May 1916 (unknown performances/played in repertory with several other productions). Cast: E.J. Ballantine, Frank Conroy, Florence Enright, Noel Haddon, Spalding Hall, Alice Harrington, Holland Hudson, Glenn Hunter, Lydia Lopokova, Malcolm MacKinnon, Agnes McCarthy, Josephine A. Meyer, Ralph Roeder, Robert Strange, Helen Westley [Broadway debut]. Produced by The Washington Square Players. Note: Repertory production that rotated with numerous other productions at this theatre for over 8 months.
- (1916) Stage Play: The Seagull. Comedy/drama. Written by Anton Chekhov. Translated by Marion Fell. Bandbox Theatre: 20 May 1916- 31 May 1916 (unknown performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine (as "Medvedenko"), Frank Conroy, Elinor M. Cox, Florence Enright, Walter Frankl, Mary Morris, W.A. Richardson, Ralph Roeder, Jean Strange, Robert Strange, Suzette Stuart, Helen Westley (as "Madame Arkadina"), Roland Young (as "Konstantin Treplev"). Produced by The Washington Square Players.
- (1918) Stage Play: Redemption. Written by Lev Tolstoy. Plymouth Theatre: 3 Oct 1918- Mar 1919 (closing date unknown/204 performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine, Lois Bartlett, Arthur Clare, Margaret Fareleigh, Helen Gaskill, Maude Hanaford, Ernest Hopkinson, Mona Hungerford, Jacob Kingsberry, William J. McClure, Thomas Mitchell, Beatrice Moreland, John Reynolds, Helen Westley. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Jest. Comedy/tragedy. Adapted from the Italian of Sem Benelli. Material adaption by Edward Sheldon. Plymouth Theatre: 19 Sep 1919- 28 Feb 1920 (179 performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine (as "Fazio Gianetto's Servant"), John Barrymore (as "Giannetto Malespini, A Young Painter"), Lionel Barrymore (as "Neri Chiaramantesi, A Captain of the Mercenaries"), Cecil Clovelly (as "The Doctor"), Maud Durand, Margaret Fareleigh, Arthur Forrest, Maude Hanaford, Paul Irving, Charles Kennedy, Jacob Kingsberry, W.J. McClure, Martha McGraw, Arthur Rankin, H. Charles Smith, Gilda Varesi Archibald (as "Fiametta"), Thomas Williams, Louis Wolheim (as "The Executioner"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1919) Stage Play: The Jest. Comedy/tragedy [return engagement]. From the Italian of "La Cena Delle Beffe" by Sem Benelli. Book adapted by Edward Sheldon. Plymouth Theatre: 19 Sep 1919-28 Feb 1920 (179 performances). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1919) Stage Play: Night Lodging. Drama. Written by Maxim Gorky. Plymouth Theatre: 22 Dec 1919- Jan 1920 (closing date unknown/14 performances). Cast: Louis Alter, E.J. Ballantine (as "Aloyshka"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Baron"), Alan Dinehart (as "Vaska Pepel"), William E. Hallman, Rosalind Ivan, Charles Kennedy, Lillian Kingsbury, Pauline Lord (as "Nastia"), Eva McDonald, Edwin Nicander, Alexis M. Polianov, Hans Robert, Edward G. Robinson (as "Satin"), W.H. Thompson, Gilda Varesi Archibald (as "Vassilisa Karpovna, Michael's Wife), Cecil Yapp (as "Bubnov"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1920) Stage Play: King Richard III. Historical drama (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 6 Mar 1920- Mar 1920 (closing date unknown/27 performances). Cast included: John Barrymore (as "Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III, brother to the King"), Denis Auburn (as "Lord Grey, son to Queen Elizabeth by her first marriage to John Grey"), E.J. Ballantine (as "George, Duke of Clarence, brother to the King"), Malcolm Barrett (as "Sir James Blunt"), Tracy Barrow (as "First Murderer"), Lois Bartlett (as "Child of Clarence"), Raymond Bloomer (as "Richmond"), Helen Chandler (as "Child of Clarence/Richard"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Second Murderer"), Reginald Denny, William Keighley (as "Sir William Blackenbury"), Arthur Row (as "King Henry VI"), Montague Rutherford (as "Cardinal Bourchier/Sir Richard Ratcliffe"), Lewis Sealy (as "Lord Hastings, Lord Chamberlain to Edward IV"), John M. Troughton (as "Sir James Tyrrel"), Marshall Vincent (as "Richard, Duke of York, younger son to the King"), Stanley Warmington (as "Sir William Catesby"), Robert Whitehouse (as "John Howard, Duke of Norfolk/Earl of Westmoreland"), Mrs. Thomas A. Wise (as "Duchess of York, mother to Edward IV, Gloucester and Clarence"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1921) Stage Play: Macbeth. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Apollo Theatre: 17 Feb 1921- Mar 1921 (closing date unknown/28 performances). Cast: Lionel Barrymore (as "Macbeth, a general of the Scottish army"), Julia Arthur (as "Lady Macbeth") [final Broadway role], E.J. Ballantine (as "Malcolm, son of Duncan"), Stuart Black (as "First Murderer"), Raymond Bloomer (as "Macduff, a nobleman of Scotland"), Lawrence Cecil (as "Sergeant"), Helen Chandler (as "Boy"), Haviland Chappell (as "Caithness, a nobleman"), J. Sayre Crawley (as "Duncan, King of Scotland"), Guy Cunningham (as "Seyton, an officer attending on Macbeth"), Doris Fellows (as "Third Witch"), Burford Hampden (as "Donalbain, son of Duncan"), Sidney Herbert (as "Banquo, a general of the Scottish army"), Lionel Hogarth (as "Ross, a nobleman"), Mary Hughes (as "Fleance, son of Banquo"), Eleanor Hutchison (as "First Witch"), Herbert Jaap (as "Menteith, a nobleman"), Nina Lindsey (as "Second Witch"), Helen Robbins (as "Lady Macduff"), Margherita Sargent (as "Gentlewoman"), Bernard Savage (as "Angus, a nobleman"), Alfred Shirley (as "Lennox, a nobleman"), Albert Shrubb (as "Old Man"), Frank Sylvester (as "Porter"), Henry Vincent (as "Doctor"), John Washburn (as "Siward"), Harry Winston (as "Messenger"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins. Note: This was the production was one of Lionel Barrymore's few failures and notable as the actor's one unsuccessful venture into Shakespeare.
- (1921) Stage Play: Gold. Tragedy.
- (1921) Stage Play: The Claw. Tragedy.
- (1922) Stage Play: Hamlet. Tragedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare.
- (1923) Stage Play: Scaramouche. Romance. Written by Rafael Sabatini. Morosco Theatre: 24 Oct 1923- Dec 1923 (closing date unknown/61 performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine, Herbert Belmore, Sidney Blackmer, Mary Cecil, H. Cooper Cliffe, William Crimans, Arthur De Langis, Margalo Gillmore, Percy Haswell, Knox Herold, Stanley Howlett, Allyn Joslyn, J.M. Kerrigan(as "Polichinelle"), Louis Le Seuer, Vivienne Osborne, Orlo Sheldon, John L. Shine, Sheldon Stanwood, Dorothy Tierney, Walter Timmis, John Turner, Tim Walters, Frederick Worlock. Produced by Charles L. Wagner.
- (1923) Stage Play: This Fine-Pretty World. Drama. Written by Percy MacKaye. Neighborhood Playhouse: 26 Dec 1923- Jan 1924 (closing date unknown/33 performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine (as "Beem Spaulding"), George Brett, Reginald Carrington, Albert Carroll, John Crawford, Reba Garden, Rhody Melindy, Pamela Gaythorne, Grace Hooper, Perry Ivins, Remon La Joie, Robert Le Sueur, Lily Lubell, Aline MacMahon (as "Mag Maggot"), T. Lewis McMichael, Esther Mitchell, Marion Morehouse, John Francis Roche, Joanna Roos, William Stahl, Charles Wagner, Dan Walker, Polaire Weissmann, A.T. Wenning. Produced by The Neighborhood Playhouse.
- (1924) Stage Play: The Ancient Mariner. Based on the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Provincetown Playhouse: 6 Apr 1924- May 1924 (closing date unknown/33 performances; played in rotation with "George Dandin"). Cast: E.J. Ballantine, John Brewster, Rupert Caplan, Charles Ellis, Robert Forsyth, Rosalind Fuller, Ben Keiley, Rita Matthias, Harold McGee, James Meighan, Henry O'Neill, H.L. Rothchild, James Shute, William Stahl, Gerald Stopp, John Taylor, Crane Whitley (credited as Clem Wilenchick). Produced by The Provincetown Players.
- (1924) Stage Play: The Crime in the Whistler Room. Drama.
- (1924) Stage Play: S.S. Glencairn. Written by Eugene O'Neill. Provincetown Playhouse: 3 Nov 1924- Feb 1925 (closing date unknown/105 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Olson"), E.J. Ballantine (as "Smitty"), Lewis Barrington, Jeanie Begg, Barbara Benedict, Louise Bradley, Lawrence Cecil, Helen Freeman (as "Freda"), Stanley Howlett (as "Old Tom"), Mary Johns, Walter Kingsford (as "Cocky"), Abraham Krainis, Sidney Machet, Harold McGee, James Meighan, Fred Miller, Dorothee Nolan, H.L. Remsten, Rilla Romaine, Archie Sinclair, William Stahl, Edgar Stehli (as "The Captain").
- (1925) Stage Play: Love for Love. Comedy (revival). Written by William Congreve. Directed by Robert Edmond Jones and Stanley Howlett. Greenwich Village Theatre: 31 Mar 1925- May 1925 (closing date unknown/47 performances). Cast: Walter Abel, Eve Balfour [credited as Eva Balfour] (as "Mrs. Foresight"), E.J. Ballantine (as "Foresight"), Cecil Clovelly (as "Jeremy"), Helen Freeman (as "Angelica"), Rosalind Fuller (as "Miss Prue"), Stanley Howlett (as "Valentine"), Perry Ivins (as "Ben"), Hugh Kidder (as "Trapland"), Sidney Machet (as "Servant to Foresight/Sailor"), Harold McGee (as "Buckram"), James Meighan (as "Steward to Sir Sampson/a Sailor"), Adrienne Morrison (as "Mrs. Frail"), Clement O'Loghlen (as "Snap, a Sailor"), Samuel Rapport (as "Sailor"), Alys Rees (as "Nurse"), Edgar Stehli (as "Tattle"), Noel Tearle (as "Scandal").
- (1926) Stage Play: The Jest. Comedy/tragedy (revival). From the Italian of Sem Benelli. "Madrigal of May" composed by Maurice Nitke. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 4 Feb 1926- Apr 1926 (closing date unknown/77 performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine (as "Fazio, Gianetto's Servant"), Malcolm Barrett, Richard Bengali (as "Camus, Calandra's Servant"), Cecil Clovelly (as "The Doctor"), Madeline Delmar, Maude Durand, Alphonse Ethier, Alexander Frank, Pancho Fuentes, Ferdinand Gottschalk (as "Tornaquinci, A Friend of the Medici"), William Griffith, Violet Heming, Jacob Kingsberry, John Knight, Martha MacGraw, Maria Ouspenskaya (as "Fiametta"), Basil Sydney (as "Giannetto Malespini, A Young Painter"), Millard Vincent. Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1928) Stage Play: The Final Balance. Tragedy/comedy. Written by David Pinski. Directed by Theodore Viehman. Provincetown Playhouse: 30 Oct 1928- Nov 1928 (closing date unknown/28 performances). Cast: Albert Angell (as "Townsperson"), E.J. Ballantine (as "The Merchant"), Samuel S. Bonnell (as "Fourth Agent/The Minister"), Alfred D. Brown (as "The Water-Carrier"), Virginia Dale (as "The Cousin"), William Franklin (as "The Moneylender"), Emily Graham (as "The Roomer's Wife"), Edward Gruber (as "First Agent"), Jean Kritzer (as "Townsperson"), Berne Lenrow (as "The Roomer"), Nina Melville (as "Townsperson"), Mary Michael (as "The Merchant's Wife"), George F. Shoemaker (as "Third Agent"), Lionel Stander [credited as Lionel Jay Stander] (as "A Laborer"), Genevieve Vevey (as "Townsperson"), Warren Winslow (as "The Mayor"), Lee Winter (as "Second Agent"). Produced by The Provincetown Players.
- (1929) Stage Play: S.S. Glencairn (Revival). Written by Eugene O'Neill. Directed by E.J. Ballantine. Provincetown Playhouse: 9 Jan 1929- Mar 1929 (closing date unknown/90 performances). Cast: Walter Abel, Montague Ash, E.J. Ballantine (as "Smitty"), Barbara Benedict, Louise Bradley, Robert Lucius Cook, Christine Cooper, Max Essin, Richard Gaines, Evelyn Hill Singer Ena Hourwich, Mary Johns, Harold McGee, Dorothee Nolan, Madeline Ray, H.L. Remsten, Byron Russell (as "Driscoll, Crew of the British Tramp Steamer Glencairn"), Lucienne Schreve, Archie Sinclair, Lionel Stander, George Tawde, George Tobias (as "Ivan, Crew of the British Tramp Steamer Glencairn"), Charles A. Wagner. Produced by The Provincetown Players.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Seagull. Comedy/drama (revival). Written by Anton Chekhov. Waldorf Theatre: 09 Jan 1930- Mar 1930 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Trigorin"), Carroll Ashburn (as "Dr. Dorn"), E.J. Ballantine (as "Sorin"), Barbara Bulgakova, Evelyn Hill, Victor Kilian (as "Shamrayev"), Elsa Lazareff, Lewis Leverett, Boris Marshalov, Mary Morris, Robert Parsons, Ian Wolfe (as "Medvedenko"), Dorothy Yokel. Produced by Leo Bulgakov Theatre Associates Inc.
- (1930) Stage Play: At the Bottom. Written by Maxim Gorky. Book adapted by William L. Laurence. Directed by Leo Bulgakov. Waldorf Theatre: 9 Jan 1930- Mar 1930 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Vaska"), Carroll Ashburn (as "The Baron"), E.J. Ballantine (as "The Actor"), Trevor Bardette [credited as Trevor Bardett] (as "The Grizzly") [only Broadway role], Barbara Bulgakova (as "Nastya"), Richard Hale, Victor Kilian (as "Bubnov"), Ari Kutai, Louis John Latzer, Elsa Lazareff, Welba Lestina, Lewis Leverett, Mary Morris, 'Anne Seymour (I)', Edgar Stehli (as "Luka"), John Wexley (as "Andrei"), Ian Wolfe (as "Michael Kostilyev"). Produced by Leo Bulgakov Theatre Associates Inc. Theatre trivia: The 1050 seat Waldorf Theatre was designed as a combination legitimate theatre and movie theater. Less than 70 productions were staged there. It was built in 1926 and only lasted in it's original form until 1933, when it was converted to retail space. It was demolished in 1968 and the Exxon Building was constructed on the site.
- (1930) Stage Play: The Seagull. Comedy/drama (revival). Written by Anton Chekhov. Waldorf Theatre: 9 Jan 1930- Mar 1930 (closing date unknown/72 performances). Cast: Walter Abel (as "Trigorin"), Carroll Ashburn (as "Dr. Dorn"), E.J. Ballantine (as "Sorin"), Barbara Bulgakova, Evelyn Hill, Victor Kilian (as "Shamrayev"), Elsa Lazareff, Lewis Leverett, Boris Marshalov, Mary Morris, Robert Parsons, Ian Wolfe (as "Medvedenko"), Dorothy Yokel. Produced by Leo Bulgakov Theatre Associates Inc. [Leo Bulgakov].
- (1931) Stage Play: The Passing Present. Drama.
- (1932) Stage Play: Rendezvous. Written by Barton MacLane. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Broadhurst Theatre: 12 Oct 1932- Oct 1932 (closing date unknown/21 performances). Cast: Murray Alper (as "Regan"), E.J. Ballantine (as "Private Vincent"), Doan Borrup (as "Boss Potter"), Paul Caldwell, James Clairton, Larry Clark, Jerome Cowan (as "Calgano"), Jack Davis, Thomas Dillon, Tom Fadden, Ruth Fallows, Jackson Halliday, Ross Hertz (as "Boyle"), Charles Kennedy, Nolan Leary, Randolph Leyman, Robert Lowe, Barton MacLane (as "Private Oakley"), Arthur Marlowe, William Maxwell, Frances Meade, John Monks, Neill O'Malley, Henry Shelvey, Henry Sherwood, George W. Smith, Frank Surry, Crane Whitley (credited as Clement Wilenchick) (as "Mitchell"). Produced by Arthur Hopkins.
- (1933) Stage Play: Alien Corn. Written by Sidney Howard. Directed by Guthrie McClintic. Belasco Theatre: 20 Feb 1933- May 1933 (closing date unknown 98 performances). Cast: Katharine Cornell (as "Elsa Brandt Of the faculty of Conway College for Women"), Luther Adler (as "Julian Vardaman, Of the faculty of Conway College for Women"), E.J. Ballantine (as "Stockton, Of the faculty of Conway College for Women"), Charles D. Brown, Jessie Busley, Lily Cahill, Francis Moran, James Rennie, 'Siegfried Rumann Ottokar Brandt"), Ludwig Steiner, Richard Sterling, James Vincent, Charles Waldron (as "Skeats"). Produced by Katharine Cornell.
- (1935) Stage Play: Paths of Glory. Tragedy. Written by Sidney Howard. Based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb. Directed by Arthur Hopkins. Plymouth Theatre: 26 Sep 1935- Oct 1935 (closing date unknown/23 performances). Cast: Robert Adams, Paul Alberts, Lee Baker (as "Colonel Dax"), E.J. Ballantine (as "Captain Saucy"), Edgar Barrier, Sanford Bickart, John Bohn, Milo Boulton (as "Duval"), Ranney Compton, Jerome Cowan (as "Ferol"), Stephen Crane, Herschel Cropper, Jack Daniels, Jack Davis, Ann Dere (as "The Proprietress of the Café du Carrefour"), Roland Drew, Ted Erwin, Carl Frank, Nicholas Harlow, William Harrigan, Perry Ivins (as "Sergeant-Chaplain Picard"), Wardell Jennings, Bernard Kisner, David Leonard, Benedict MacQuarrie, Arthur Marlowe, Myron McCormick (as "Langlois"), Harold Moffet (as "Sergeant Jonnart"), Leonard Penn, Dick Purcell (as "Sergeant Gounod") [only Broadway role], Guy Repp (as "Captain Charpentier"), Philip Robinson, Jack Roseleigh, Richard Ross, George Ryan, Cyril Scott (as "General de Guerville"), John Seager, Jerry Sloane, George W. Smith, Paul Stiller, Norman Stuart, George Tobias (as "Meyer"), Crane Whitley (as "Poujade") [credited as Clem Wilenchick]. Produced by Arthur Hopkins. Note: Sidney Howard's adaptation was not credited to the film Paths of Glory (1957) based on the same book.
- (1941) Stage Play: The Beautiful People.
- (1941) Stage Play: Mr. Big. Written by Arthur Sheekman and Margaret Shane. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Lyceum Theatre: 30 Sep 1941- 4 Oct 1941 (7 performances). Cast: Florenz Ames (as "Charles G. Wakeshaw"), E.J. Ballantine (as "The Little Man"), Richard Barbee (as "Dr. Willoughby"), George Baxter, Harry Cooke, Hume Cronyn (as "Harley L. Miller"), David Crowell, Nina Doll, James Elliott, Ann Evers, Edward Fisher, Sarah Floyd, Betty Furness (as "Amy"), Harold Grau (as "The Man From Boston"), Harry Gribbon, Mizzi Hajos, Judson Laire, Peter Lawrence, William Layton, Jack Leslie, James MacDonald, Ray Mayer, Ruth Thane McDevitt, LeRoi Operti (as "Stanwood"), John Parrish, George Petrie, Eleanor Phelps, Oscar Polk (as "Rodney"), Robert Rhodes, Benson Springer, Rodney Stewart, Sidney Stone, Barry Sullivan (as "Eric Reynolds"), Robert Whitehead, Irwin Wilcox, Fay Wray (as "Paula Loring"). Produced by George S. Kaufman.
- (1942) Stage Play: The Moon Is Down. Drama. Written by John Steinbeck. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Directed by Chester Erskine. Martin Beck Theatre: 7 Apr 1942- 6 Jun 1942 (71 performances). Cast: E.J. Ballantine (as "George Corell"), Lyle Bettger (as "Tom Anders"), Russell Collins (as "Maj. Hunter"), 'William Eythe' (av) (as "Lt. Tonder"), Philip Foster (as "Alex Morden"), Charles Gordon (as "Corporal"), Edwin Gordon (as "Sergeant"), Carl Gose (as "Lt. Prackle"), 'Alan Hewitt' (as "Capt. Loft"), Whitford Kane (as "Dr. Winter"), George Keane (as "Will Anders"), Kermit Kegley (as "Soldier"), Otto Kruger (as "Col. Lanser"), Ralph Morgan (as "Mayor Orden"), Maria Palmer (as "Molly Morden"), Leona Powers (as "Madame Orden"), Jane Seymour (as "Annie"), John D. Seymour (as "Capt. Bentick"), Joseph Sweeney (as "Joseph"), Victor Thorley (as "Soldier"). Produced by Oscar Serlin.
- (1950) Stage Play: King Lear. Tragedy (revival).
- (1941) She acted in the play, "U.S. 90," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Gloria Stuart, Warren Hull and Celeste Holm in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.
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