- (1901) Stage: Wrote "Lover's Lane", produced on Broadway. Drama. Directed by Clyde Fitch. Manhattan Theatre (moved to The Theatre Republic from 20 Apr 1901 to close): 6 Feb 1901-May 1901 (closing date unknown/127 performances). Cast: Julian Barton, William Betts, Nannette Comstock (as "Mary Larkin"), Lizzie Conway, James Coyle, Brandon Douglas (as "Mrs. Woodbridge"), Agnes Findlay, Master Herbert Halliday, Ernest Hastings (as "Rev. Singleton"), Frank Hatch, Millie James, Lillian Lee, Annie Mifflin, Edward J. Ratcliffe (as "Herbert Woodbridge"), Master Jack Ryan, Zelda Sears [Broadway debut], Lillian Sinnott, Rachel Sterling, L.R. Stockwell, Sadie Stringham, Charles W. Swain, Emily Wakeman. Produced by William A. Brady.
- (1903) Stage: Wrote "Glad of It", produced on Broadway. Drama. Savoy Theatre: 28 Dec 1903-Jan 1904 (closing date unknown/32 performances). Cast: Edward Abeles, Gypsey Alcott, John Barrymore [Broadway debut], Alice Brittain, Frank Brownlee, Thomas Burns, Karlene Carman, Edward Collins, Clifford E. Constable, Rosa Cook, J.R. Cooley, Adelaide Hendricks, Rose Hubbard, Millie James (as "Connie Bowles"), Emma Janvier, Gerald Kelly, Josephine Mack, Rosa Marston, Thomas Meighan, Georgie Mendum, Prince Miller, William Palmer, Florida Pier, Fanny Addison Pitt, Phyllis Rankin, Anita Rothe, Leonora Ruiz, Zelda Sears, Hassard Short (as "Reginald Norton"), Olive Spencer, Robert Warwick, Lucile Watson (as "Clarita Baxter"), Charles Wentz, Claire Winston. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1904) Stage: Wrote "The Coronet of the Duchess". Drama. Directed by Clyde Fitch. Garrick Theatre: 21 Sep 1904-Oct 1904 (closing date unknown/19 performances). Cast: Frederick E. Bean, Katherine Bell, Clara Bloodgood, Lou W. Carter, James Cooley, William Courtleigh, Frank De Kum, Elizabeth Emmett, Elsa Garrett, Edmund Hogan, Mrs. Hone, Ernest Lawford, Georgie Mendum, Florida Pier, Zelda Sears, Katherine Stewart, William H. Tooker, Austin Webb [Broadway debut], Flossie Wilkinson. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1905) Stage: Wrote "Cousin Billy", produced on Broadway. Comedy/Farce. 1905- Mar 1905 (closing date unknown/76 performances). Cast: Edward Abeles, Beatrice Agnew, Edith Barker, Freeman Barnes, Marion Brooks, Alexander Brunn, Rosa Cook, Charles J. Greene, Jean Hubbell, Angela Keir, Ora Lee, William Lewers, Grant Mitchell, Sydney Rice, May Robson, Arthur Row [Broadway debut], Zelda Sears, Francis Wilson. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1907) Stage: Wrote "The Truth:, produced on Broadway. Drama. Directed by Clyde Fitch. Criterion Theatre (moved to the Lyceum Theatre on 29 Jan 1907-close): 7 Jan 1907-Feb 1907 (closing date unknown/34 performances). Cast: Clara Bloodgood (as "Becky Warder"), Elene Foster (as "Laura Fraser"), Fred Harrison (as "Milliner's Employee"), William J. Kelly, William B. Mack (as "Roland"), Zelda Sears (as "Mrs. Crespigny"), Mrs. Sam Sothern, George Spink, Hodgson Taylor. Produced by Charles Frohman.
- (1908) Stage: Wrote "Nearly a Hero", produced on Broadway. Musical/farce.
- (1908) Stage: "Girls", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Clyde Fitch. "The author acknowledges an indebtedness to a play by" Alexander Engel and Julius Horst. Musical Director: George Martens. Scenic Design by H. Robert Law. Directed by Clyde Fitch. Daly's Theatre: 23 Mar 1908-Jun 1908 (closing date unknown/64 performances). Cast: Fanchon Campbell (as "Mrs. Dennett"), Charles Cherry (as "Edgar W. Holt, Junior partner of the law firm of Sprague & Holt"), Fred Esmelton [credited as Frederick Esmelton] (as "The Janitor"), Laura Nelson Hall (as "Pamela Gordon, Secretary and Stenographer"), Leslie Kenyon (as "Frank Loot, Clerk with Sprague & Holt"), Harry MacFayden (as "The Postman"), John S. Marble (as "Augustus Dennett"), Ruth Maycliffe (as "Violet Lansdowne, Stenographer and Illustrator"), Edward Morrissey (as "Messenger Boy"), Amy Ricard (as "Kate West, a freelance writer'), Zelda Sears (as "Lucille Purcelle, Elocutionist"), Herbert Standing (as "George H. Sprague, Edgar's partner"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert.
- (1908) Stage: Wrote "The Blue Mouse", produced on Broadway.
- (1909) Stage: "Girls", produced on Broadway. Comedy (revival). Written by Clyde Fitch. Directed by Clyde Fitch. Hackett Theatre: 8 Feb 1909-Feb 1909 (closing date unknown/8 performances). Cast: Fanchon Campbell (as "Mrs. Dennett"), Charles Cherry (as "Edgar W. Holt, a Junior partner of the law firm of Sprague & Holt"), J. Cumberland (as "Frank Loot, a Clerk with Sprague & Holt"), Fred Esmelton (as "The Janitor"), Harry MacFayden (as "The Postman"), John S. Marble (as "Augustus Dennett"), Ruth Maycliffe (as "Violet Lansdowne, Stenographer and Illustrator"), Edward Morrissey (as "Messenger Boy"), Florence Reed (as "Pamela Gordon, Secretary and Stenographer"), Amy Ricard (as "Kate West, A freelance writer"), Zelda Sears (as "Lucille Purcelle, the Elocutionist"), Herbert Standing (as "Frank Loot, Clerk with Sprague & Holt").
- (1910) Stage: "The Girl He Couldn't Leave Behind Him", produced on Broadway.
- (1910) Stage: "Keeping Up Appearances" on Broadway. Written by Butler Davenport. Collier's Comedy Theatre: 19 Oct 1910-Oct 1910 (closing date unknown/9 performances). Cast: Hylton Allen [credited as A. Hylton Allen], J.H. Benrimo [credited as J. Harry Benrimo], Gertrude Dallas, Amelia Gardner, Pamela Gaythorne, Mabel Moore, Zelda Sears.
- (1910) Stage: "The Nest Egg". Written by Anne Caldwell. Directed by James R. Gary. Bijou Theatre: 22 Nov 1910-Jan 1911 (closing date unknown/55 performances). Cast: Zelda Sears (as "Hetty Gandy"), Julian Barton, Frederick Burton, Robert Dempster, Blanche Hall, H. Bratton Kennedy, Helen Lindroth, Evelyn Varden, Ruth Wells, Walter Young. Produced by L.C. Wiswell.
- (1914) Stage: "The Truth" on Broadway. Drama (revival).
- (1914) Stage: "The Show Shop" on Broadway. Written by James Forbes. Hudson Theatre: 31 Dec 1914-May 1915 (closing date unknown/156 performances). Cast: Edna Aug, Harry G. Bates, William Bedford, George Coit, Samuel Coit, Patricia Collinge, Charles Emerson, Douglas Fairbanks, Al Gilmore, Felix Krembs, Olive May, William Sampson, Zelda Sears, George Sidney, Ned Sparks, Lillian Tucker, Walter Young. Produced by Selwyn & Co.
- (1916) Stage: "Fast and Grow Fat" on Broadway. Written by George Broadhurst. From the story "Five Fridays" by Frank Adams. Directed by T. Daniel Frawley and George Broadhurst. Globe Theatre: 1 Sep 1916-Sep 1916 (closing date unknown/11 performances). Cast: Roy Atwell, Frank Deshon, Nellie Fillmore, Myles McCarthy, Frank McIntyre, Aileen Poe [Broadway debut], Vivian Rushmore, Zelda Sears, Howard Sinclair, Marion Vantine, John Wessell. Produced by Charles B. Dillingham and George Broadhurst.
- (1916) Stage: ""Captain Kidd, Jr." on Broadway Written by Rida Johnson Young. Cohan and Harris Theatre: 13 Nov 1916-Mar 1917 (closing date unknown/128 performances). Cast: Charles Brown, Charles Dow Clark, Westcott Clarke, Alf De Corsey, Dandy Dillon, George Flint, Elmer Grandin, Otto Kruger, Olney Morgan, Lincoln Plumer, Adele Rolland, Zelda Sears, Edward Snader, Ernest Stallard, Edith Taliaferro. Produced by George M. Cohan and Sam Harris. NOTE: Filmed as Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919).
- (1919) Stage: "The Girl in the Limousine" on Broadway. Farce.
- (1924) Stage: Wrote (w/Walter De Leon) lyrics for "Lollipop", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Vincent Youmans. Book by Zelda Sears. Musical Director: Russell Tarbox. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Directed by Ira Hards. Knickerbocker Theatre: 21 Jan 1924-31 May 1924 (152 performances). Cast: Connie Aldis (as "Ensemble"), Adora Andrews (as "Mrs. Mason"), Doris Carter (as "Ensemble"), Leonard Ceiley (as "Don Carlos"), April Child (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Constant (as "Ensemble"), Guerida Crawford (as "Ensemble"), Walter Crisham (as "Ensemble"), Bobby Culbertson (as "Ensemble"), Eleanor Dana (as "Ensemble"), Gloria Dawn (as "Virginia"), Addison Fowler (as "Specialty Dancer"), Ethel Fraser (as "Ensemble"), Pat Fraser (as "Ensemble"), Elsa Gray (as "Ensemble"), Royal Halee (as "Ensemble"), Ethel Helliwell (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Holt (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Huth (as "Ensemble"), Mary Jayne (as "Ensemble"), Carol Joyce (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Carl Judd (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Kindler (as "Ensemble"), Charles King (as "Ensemble"), Nick Long (as "Omar K. Garrity"), Vera Longren (as "Ensemble"), Muriel Marlowe (as "Ensemble"), Ada May (as "Laura Lamb"), Florence McCabe (as "Ensemble"), Aline McGill (as "Tessie"), Edith Morgan (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Odell (as "Ensemble"), Veronica Preston (as "Ensemble"), Harry Puck (as "Bill Geohagen"), George Rand (as "Ensemble"), Harold Raymond (as "Ensemble"), Louise Scheerer (as "Ensemble"), Zelda Sears (as "Mrs. Gerrity"), Gus Shy (as "George Jones"), Mark Smith (as "Parkinson"), Virginia Smith (as "Petunia"), Leonard St. Leo (as "Adrian"), Karl Stall (as "Lindsay"), Norene Swinton (as "Ensemble"), Florenz Tamara (as "Specialty Dancer"), Ruth Tester (as "Ensemble"), Charles Townshend (as "Ensemble"), Maude Troup (as "Ensemble"), Florence Webber (as "Helene"), Alice Wright (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Henry W. Savage.
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