id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt t-co-7876 The Butter and Egg Man - Wikipedia .html text/html 1836 226 84 The Butter and Egg Man is a 1925 play by George S. Gregory Kelly (center) in a scene from the Broadway production of The Butter and Egg Man (1925) — From the dust jacket for the first edition of The Butter and Egg Man (Boni & Liveright, 1926)[2] James Gleason directed the Broadway production of The Butter and Egg Man, in which his wife Lucile Webster (center) appeared with Gregory Kelly and Sylvia Field. Produced by Crosby Gaige, The Butter and Egg Man opened at the Longacre Theatre on September 23, 1925, and played for 243 performances.[7] James Gleason directed the following cast:[8] New York critics were unanimous in their praise for The Butter and Egg Man.[15] In his review of the play's premiere, Gilbert W. Kaufman's New Comedy The Butter and Egg Man with Gregory Kelly (1925). Brown in a Boisterous Film Conception of the Stage Comedy, "The Butter and Egg Man.", The New York Times ./cache/t-co-7876.html ./txt/t-co-7876.txt