PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 13, 1957
Closing Date
Feb 22, 1958
Previews
0
Performances
417
PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Royale Theatre
(Feb 13, 1957 - Dec 14, 1957)
National Theatre
(Dec 26, 1957 - Feb 02, 1958)
Martin Beck Theatre
(Feb 04, 1958 - Feb 22, 1958)
Description
A comedy in three acts and five scenes with a prologue
Setting
Westport, Conn., in Augie Poole's studio, a converted barn.
Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn and Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors; Armina Marshall: Associate Director)
Written by Joseph Fields and Peter DeVries; Based on the novel by Peter DeVries
Directed by Joseph Fields
Scenic Design by Ralph Alswang; Costume Design by Virginia Volland; Lighting Design by Ralph Alswang; Gowns from the studios of Larry Aldrich; Gowns designed by Marie McCarthy
Business Manager: Peter Davis; Company Manager: Ira Bernstein
Stage Manager: Karl Nielsen; Assistant Stage Mgr: Elsa Walden
Production Associate: Philip Langner; Press Representative: Nat Dorfman and Irvin Dorfman; Casting: Ruth Frankenstein
Tom Ewell
Augie Poole
Feb 13, 1957 - Jan 09, 1958
Sylvia Daneel
Estelle Novick
Elisabeth Fraser
Alice Pepper
Darren McGavin
Dick Pepper
Nancy Olson
Isolde Poole
Elizabeth Wilson
Miss McCracken
Understudies: Barbara Foley , J. Richard Jones and Elsa Walden

Royale Theatre (Feb 13, 1957 - Dec 14, 1957)

Assistant Stage Mgr: Carolyn Brenner

Cast

Jordan Bentley
Dick Pepper
Janet Fox
Miss McCracken
Kaye Lyder
Isolde Poole
Greta Markson
Estelle Novick
Hildy Parks
Alice Pepper
Understudies: Bonnie Bartlett and Carolyn Brenner

National Theatre (Dec 26, 1957 - Feb 02, 1958)

Cast

Johnny Carson
Augie Poole
Jan 10, 1958 - ?
Marsha Hunt
Isolde Poole
Jan 10, 1958 - ?
Kaye Lyder
Isolde Poole
? - Jan 09, 1958

Martin Beck Theatre (Feb 04, 1958 - Feb 22, 1958)

Theatre World

Award

1957 Recipient
Sylvia Daneel
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