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The Gentle People
A Brooklyn Fable
Play
Drama
Original
Opening Date
Jan 05, 1939
Closing Date
May 06, 1939
Performances
141
Play
Drama
Original
Open Date: Jan 05, 1939
Close Date: May 06, 1939
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Belasco Theatre
(Jan 05, 1939 - May 06, 1939)
Setting
Steeplechase Pier, Coney Island; the living-room of the Goodman home; Night Court; the steam-room of a Russian bath.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
The Group Theatre
Written by
Irwin Shaw
Directed by
Harold Clurman
Scenic Design by
Boris Aronson
General Manager:
Kermit Bloomgarden
; Company Manager:
Walter Fried
Production Manager:
Michael Gordon
; Stage Manager:
W.E. Watts
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Wil Washcoe
Press Representative:
Emmanuel Eisenberg
; Associate Press Representative:
Mort Nathanson
Katherine Allen
Angelina Esposito
Roman Bohnen
Philip Anagnos
Harry Bratsburg
Flaherty
Grover Burgess
Judge
Lee J. Cobb
Lammanawitz
Lulla David
Florence Goodman
Sam Jaffe
Jonah Goodman
Elia Kazan
Eli Lieber
Karl Malden
Magruder
Martin Ritt
Polack
Sylvia Sidney
Stella Goodman
George Skelton
Clerk
Franchot Tone
Harold Goff
Understudy:
Ann Freeman
(Stella Goodman)
Belasco Theatre
(Jan 05, 1939 - May 06, 1939)
Cast
Leif Erickson
During Franchot Tone's illness
Harold Goff
Ann Freeman
During Syliva Sidney's illness
Stella Goodman
Mar 18, 1939 - Mar 28, 1939
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
The Group Theatre
Written by
Irwin Shaw
Directed by
Harold Clurman
Scenic Design by
Boris Aronson
General Manager:
Kermit Bloomgarden
; Company Manager:
Walter Fried
Production Manager:
Michael Gordon
; Stage Manager:
W.E. Watts
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Wil Washcoe
Press Representative:
Emmanuel Eisenberg
; Associate Press Representative:
Mort Nathanson
Katherine Allen
Angelina Esposito
Roman Bohnen
Philip Anagnos
Harry Bratsburg
Flaherty
Grover Burgess
Judge
Lee J. Cobb
Lammanawitz
Lulla David
Florence Goodman
Sam Jaffe
Jonah Goodman
Elia Kazan
Eli Lieber
Karl Malden
Magruder
Martin Ritt
Polack
Sylvia Sidney
Stella Goodman
George Skelton
Clerk
Franchot Tone
Harold Goff
Understudy:
Ann Freeman
(Stella Goodman)
Belasco Theatre
(Jan 05, 1939 - May 06, 1939)
Cast
Leif Erickson
During Franchot Tone's illness
Harold Goff
Ann Freeman
During Syliva Sidney's illness
Stella Goodman
Mar 18, 1939 - Mar 28, 1939
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