The G. D. Sweet Famous Players was an American theater company that performed in tent shows and opera houses.
The company performed well-known Broadway pieces including Abie's Irish Rose and Up in Mabel's Room.
The theater company toured throughout Iowa including in Le Mars, Sioux City, and Humboldt.
He moved from Storm Lake to marry an actress, later working in opera houses in small towns and tent shows focusing on repertory theatre.
The book The Opera Houses of Iowa described him as "a showman" and "a large, imposing man, given to cigars and pearl-gray hats worn jauntily".
', those who claimed to know him would call eagerly; and no honor swelled the bosom more than to receive his nod and be grandly waved in free.
"[3] During the Great Depression, the Sioux City Journal said that Sweet thinks "that the public is demanding more for money than ever before, so he is providing only the best of current plays for his company.
"[4] While Sweet owned the company, performers included his wife, his daughter Marjorie, and his brother Lorenzo.
[1] The performances were named "Sunday school" shows because they were family friendly; words like "hell" or "damn" were never used.
[8][1] The company performed well-known Broadway pieces including Abie's Irish Rose and Up in Mabel's Room.
[11] In 1932, the theater company premiered the play Inside the Law in Sioux City, Iowa, in which a former department store clerk is imprisoned after she is accused of theft.