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Catherine Was Great
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Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Aug 02, 1944
Closing Date
Jan 13, 1945
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Open Date: Aug 02, 1944
Close Date: Jan 13, 1945
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Shubert Theatre
(Aug 02, 1944 - Sep 30, 1944)
Royale Theatre
(Oct 02, 1944 - Jan 13, 1945)
Description
A play in a prologue and three acts
Setting
Time: the present; and 1762.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Michael Todd
Written by
Mae West
Staged by
Roy Hargrave
; Choreographed by
Margaret Sande
Scenic Design by
Howard Bay
; Costume Design by
Mary Percy Schenck
and
Ernest Schrapps
Company Manager:
Al Rosen
Stage Manager:
Robert Downing
Press Representative:
Lewis Harmon
and
Ben Kornzweig
Reginald Allen
Usher
George Anderson
Guard
Joel Ashley
Corporal Joe
Prince Potemkin
Gene Barry
Lieutenant Bunin
Frank Baxter
Vanya
Albert Bayne
Councillor
Carl Bensen
Soldier
Michael Bey
Ivan VI
Harry Bodin
Innkeeper
Ray Bourbon
Florian
Gerry Brent
Lady-in-Waiting
Jack Burke
Soldier
Eden Burrows
Guard
John Colby
Soldier
Owen Coll
Ambassador Choiseul
Elinor Counts
Varvara
Boyd de Brossard
Soldier
Don De Leo
Ambassador Murad Pasha
Edna Eckert
Lady-in-Waiting
Dick Ellis
Usher
Victor Finney
Semyonev
Chamberlain
Antony Fortune
Soldier
John Frederick
Guard
Charles Gerrard
Count Panin
Don Gibson
Captain Danilov
Coburn Goodwin
Count Nikolai Mirovich
Milton Gordon
Soldier
Eddy Grove
Soldier
Leon Hamilton
Maurice
Charles Hart
Councillor
Bernard Hoffman
Pugacheff
Philip Huston
Greg
Gregory Orloff
Philip Cary Jones
Captain Dronsky
Hubert Long
Jim
Alexis Orloff
Jerry Lucas
Guard
Dayton Lummis
Chechkofski
William Malone
Admiral Semechkin
Joseph R. Mann
Councillor
Michael Mauree
Lady-in-Waiting
Buddy Millard
Page Boy
Dickie Millard
Page Boy
Robert G. Morse
Councillor
Mila Niemi
Lady-in-Waiting
John Parrish
Marshal Suvorov
Gloria Pierre
Lady-in-Waiting
Mary Reid
Lady-in-Waiting
William Skelton
Soldier
Carl Specht
Soldier
Richard Spohr
Guard
Michael Spreder
Chamberlain
Ramond Stenzi
Guard
John Stephen
Chief Chamberlain
Frank Stevens
Councillor
Robert Strauss
Mike
Mischa Tonken
Roy
Lester Towne
Chimneysweep
William C. Tubbs
Councillor
Henry Vincent
English Ambassador
Mae West
Catherine II
Shubert Theatre
(Aug 02, 1944 - Sep 30, 1944)
Cast
Eleanor Anton
Varvara
Albert Bayne
Chechkofski
Carl Bensen
Ivan VI
Kendall Bryson
Captain Danilov
Eddy Grove
Mike
Alan Keith
Vanya
Max Leavitt
Chamberlain
Charles G. Martin
Corporal Joe
Prince Potemkin
Gene Randall
Lieutenant Bunin
Stephen Roberts
Greg
Gregory Orloff
Royale Theatre
(Oct 02, 1944 - Jan 13, 1945)
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Michael Todd
Written by
Mae West
Staged by
Roy Hargrave
; Choreographed by
Margaret Sande
Scenic Design by
Howard Bay
; Costume Design by
Mary Percy Schenck
and
Ernest Schrapps
Company Manager:
Al Rosen
Stage Manager:
Robert Downing
Press Representative:
Lewis Harmon
and
Ben Kornzweig
Reginald Allen
Usher
George Anderson
Guard
Joel Ashley
Corporal Joe
Prince Potemkin
Gene Barry
Lieutenant Bunin
Frank Baxter
Vanya
Albert Bayne
Councillor
Carl Bensen
Soldier
Michael Bey
Ivan VI
Harry Bodin
Innkeeper
Ray Bourbon
Florian
Gerry Brent
Lady-in-Waiting
Jack Burke
Soldier
Eden Burrows
Guard
John Colby
Soldier
Owen Coll
Ambassador Choiseul
Elinor Counts
Varvara
Boyd de Brossard
Soldier
Don De Leo
Ambassador Murad Pasha
Edna Eckert
Lady-in-Waiting
Dick Ellis
Usher
Victor Finney
Semyonev
Chamberlain
Antony Fortune
Soldier
John Frederick
Guard
Charles Gerrard
Count Panin
Don Gibson
Captain Danilov
Coburn Goodwin
Count Nikolai Mirovich
Milton Gordon
Soldier
Eddy Grove
Soldier
Leon Hamilton
Maurice
Charles Hart
Councillor
Bernard Hoffman
Pugacheff
Philip Huston
Greg
Gregory Orloff
Philip Cary Jones
Captain Dronsky
Hubert Long
Jim
Alexis Orloff
Jerry Lucas
Guard
Dayton Lummis
Chechkofski
William Malone
Admiral Semechkin
Joseph R. Mann
Councillor
Michael Mauree
Lady-in-Waiting
Buddy Millard
Page Boy
Dickie Millard
Page Boy
Robert G. Morse
Councillor
Mila Niemi
Lady-in-Waiting
John Parrish
Marshal Suvorov
Gloria Pierre
Lady-in-Waiting
Mary Reid
Lady-in-Waiting
William Skelton
Soldier
Carl Specht
Soldier
Richard Spohr
Guard
Michael Spreder
Chamberlain
Ramond Stenzi
Guard
John Stephen
Chief Chamberlain
Frank Stevens
Councillor
Robert Strauss
Mike
Mischa Tonken
Roy
Lester Towne
Chimneysweep
William C. Tubbs
Councillor
Henry Vincent
English Ambassador
Mae West
Catherine II
Shubert Theatre
(Aug 02, 1944 - Sep 30, 1944)
Cast
Eleanor Anton
Varvara
Albert Bayne
Chechkofski
Carl Bensen
Ivan VI
Kendall Bryson
Captain Danilov
Eddy Grove
Mike
Alan Keith
Vanya
Max Leavitt
Chamberlain
Charles G. Martin
Corporal Joe
Prince Potemkin
Gene Randall
Lieutenant Bunin
Stephen Roberts
Greg
Gregory Orloff
Royale Theatre
(Oct 02, 1944 - Jan 13, 1945)
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