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The Man Who Came to Dinner
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Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Oct 16, 1939
Closing Date
Jul 12, 1941
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Open Date: Oct 16, 1939
Close Date: Jul 12, 1941
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Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Music Box Theatre
(Oct 16, 1939 - Jul 12, 1941)
Setting
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley, in a small town in Ohio.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Sam H. Harris
Written by
Moss Hart
and
George S. Kaufman
; Featuring a song by
Cole Porter
Staged by
George S. Kaufman
Scenic Design by
Donald Oenslager
; Technical Assistant to Mr. Oenslager:
Isaac Benesch
General Manager:
Morris Jacobs
; Company Manager:
William G. Norton
Stage Manager:
William McFadden
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Harold Woolf
Press Representative:
John Peter Toohey
and
Ben Kornzweig
; Casting:
Myra Hampton Streger
; Advertising:
Lawrence Weiner
Monty Woolley
Sheridan Whiteside
Barbara Adams
Mrs. Dexter
Edith Atwater
Maggie Cutler
David Burns
Banjo
Dudley Clements
Dr. Bradley
Edward Fisher
Westcott
Carol Goodner
Lorraine Sheldon
Virginia Hammond
Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley
Michael Harvey
Sandy
John Hoysradt
Beverly Carlton
Carl Johnson
Mr. Baker
Radio Technician
Curtis Karpe
Deputy
Daniel Landon
Choir Boy
Donald Landon
Choir Boy
Daniel Leone
Choir Boy
George Lessey
Mr. Stanley
Gordon Merrick
Richard Stanley
Mrs. Priestly Morrison
Sarah
Theodore Newton
Bert Jefferson
Edmonia Nolley
Mrs. McCutcheon
Le Roi Operti
Professor Metz
William Postance
Plainclothesman
Luncheon Guest
George Probert
John
DeWitt Purdue
Choir Boy
Robert Rea
Choir Boy
Phil Sheridan
Deputy
Luncheon Guest
Rodney Stewart
Radio Technician
Ruth Vivian
Harriet Stanley
Charles Washington
Luncheon Guest
Jack Whitman
Choir Boy
Mary Wickes
Miss Preen
Barbara Wooddell
June Stanley
Harold Woolf
Expressman
Understudy:
Mary Stevens
(Lorraine Sheldon)
Music Box Theatre
(Oct 16, 1939 - Jul 12, 1941)
Cast
Jean Carmen
June Stanley
Sara Floyd
Mrs. McCutcheon
Muriel Hutchison
Lorraine Sheldon
Jack Leslie
Mr. Stanley
Claudia Morgan
Maggie Cutler
Edmonia Nolley
Sarah
Rex O'Malley
Beverly Carlton
James Rawls
Richard Stanley
Stephen Sandes
Westcott
Barry Sullivan
Bert Jefferson
Lawrence Tibbett, Jr.
Sandy
Leone Wilson
Mrs. Dexter
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Sam H. Harris
Written by
Moss Hart
and
George S. Kaufman
; Featuring a song by
Cole Porter
Staged by
George S. Kaufman
Scenic Design by
Donald Oenslager
; Technical Assistant to Mr. Oenslager:
Isaac Benesch
General Manager:
Morris Jacobs
; Company Manager:
William G. Norton
Stage Manager:
William McFadden
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Harold Woolf
Press Representative:
John Peter Toohey
and
Ben Kornzweig
; Casting:
Myra Hampton Streger
; Advertising:
Lawrence Weiner
Monty Woolley
Sheridan Whiteside
Barbara Adams
Mrs. Dexter
Edith Atwater
Maggie Cutler
David Burns
Banjo
Dudley Clements
Dr. Bradley
Edward Fisher
Westcott
Carol Goodner
Lorraine Sheldon
Virginia Hammond
Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley
Michael Harvey
Sandy
John Hoysradt
Beverly Carlton
Carl Johnson
Mr. Baker
Radio Technician
Curtis Karpe
Deputy
Daniel Landon
Choir Boy
Donald Landon
Choir Boy
Daniel Leone
Choir Boy
George Lessey
Mr. Stanley
Gordon Merrick
Richard Stanley
Mrs. Priestly Morrison
Sarah
Theodore Newton
Bert Jefferson
Edmonia Nolley
Mrs. McCutcheon
Le Roi Operti
Professor Metz
William Postance
Plainclothesman
Luncheon Guest
George Probert
John
DeWitt Purdue
Choir Boy
Robert Rea
Choir Boy
Phil Sheridan
Deputy
Luncheon Guest
Rodney Stewart
Radio Technician
Ruth Vivian
Harriet Stanley
Charles Washington
Luncheon Guest
Jack Whitman
Choir Boy
Mary Wickes
Miss Preen
Barbara Wooddell
June Stanley
Harold Woolf
Expressman
Understudy:
Mary Stevens
(Lorraine Sheldon)
Music Box Theatre
(Oct 16, 1939 - Jul 12, 1941)
Cast
Jean Carmen
June Stanley
Sara Floyd
Mrs. McCutcheon
Muriel Hutchison
Lorraine Sheldon
Jack Leslie
Mr. Stanley
Claudia Morgan
Maggie Cutler
Edmonia Nolley
Sarah
Rex O'Malley
Beverly Carlton
James Rawls
Richard Stanley
Stephen Sandes
Westcott
Barry Sullivan
Bert Jefferson
Lawrence Tibbett, Jr.
Sandy
Leone Wilson
Mrs. Dexter
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