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Pedro de Cordoba as Prince Calaf in the American production of Turandot, Princess of China, 1912

December 6, 2013

Pedro de Cordoba (1881-1950), American stage and film actor, as he appeared in the role of Prince Calaf in the American production of Karl Vollmoeller’s ‘Chinoiserie in Three Acts’ entitled Turandot, Princess of China, which was staged by the Shuberts in December 1912. The play previously had been directed by Max Reinhardt in Berlin in1911 and another version, which ran for 27 performances, was produced by Sir George Alexander at the St. James’s, Theatre, London, early in 1913.
(photo: unknown, probably New York, 1912)