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Our Town
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Feb 04, 1938
Closing Date
Nov 19, 1938
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Performances
336
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Feb 04, 1938
Close Date: Nov 19, 1938
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Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Feb 04, 1938 - Feb 12, 1938)
Morosco Theatre
(Feb 14, 1938 - Nov 19, 1938)
Description
A drama in three acts
Setting
1901 to 1913. Grover's Corners, New Hampshire.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Jed Harris
Written by
Thornton Wilder
; Music arranged by
Bernice Richmond
Directed by
Jed Harris
Costume Design by
Helene Pons
; Animal Effects by
Willard Cary
Company Manager:
Thomas Bodkin
Technical Director:
Raymond Sovey
; Stage Manager:
Edward P. Goodnow
and
Thomas Morgan
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
William Roehrick
and
Thomas Coley
Organ:
Bernice Richmond
Press Representative:
Robert Reud
; Casting:
Jane Broder
Frank Craven
Stage Manager
Arthur Allen
Professor Willard
People of the Town
Max Beck
People of the Town
Emily Boileau
People of the Town
Barbara Brown
People of the Town
Barbara Burton
People of the Town
Helen Carew
Mrs. Webb
Willard Cary
People of the Town
Francis G. Cleveland
Sam Craig
Thomas Coley
Baseball Player
Philip Coolidge
Simon Stimson
John Craven
Broadway debut
George Gibbs
Alice Donaldson
People of the Town
Marilyn Erskine
Rebecca Gibbs
Tom Fadden
Howie Newsome
Jay Fassett
Dr. Gibbs
John Irving Finn
People of the Town
Mary Elizabeth Forbes
People of the Town
Walter O. Hill
Man in The Auditorium
People of the Town
Frank Howell
People of the Town
E. Irving Locke
Constable Warren
James Malaidy
People of the Town
Aline McDermott
Lady in the Box
Charles Mellody
People of the Town
Doro Merande
Mrs. Soames
Thomas Morgan
Assistant Stage Manager
Dorothee Nolan
People of the Town
Shirley Osborn
People of the Town
Jean Platt
People of the Town
Katharine Raht
People of the Town
Billy Redfield
Si Crowell
Raymond Roe
Joe Crowell
William Roehrick
Assistant Stage Manager
William Roerick
Baseball Player
Leon Rose
People of the Town
Thomas W. Ross
Mr. Webb
Dorothy Ryan
People of the Town
Alfred Ryder
Baseball Player
Martha Scott
Broadway debut
Emily Webb
Feb 04, 1938 - Sep 03, 1938
Van Shem
People of the Town
William Short
People of the Town
Bernice Silver
People of the Town
Alida Stanley
People of the Town
Lyn Swann
People of the Town
Evelyn Varden
Mrs. Gibbs
William Wadsworth
Joe Stoddard
Charles Walters
People of the Town
Carrie Weller
Woman in the Balcony
People of the Town
Ann Weston
People of the Town
Charles Wiley Jr.
Wally Webb
Charles Wiley, Sr.
People of the Town
Understudy:
Teresa Wright
(Emily Webb)
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Feb 04, 1938 - Feb 12, 1938)
Morosco Theatre
(Feb 14, 1938 - Nov 19, 1938)
Cast
Willard Cary
Constable Warren
Alice Donaldson
Woman in the Balcony
Dorothy McGuire
Emily Webb
Sep 05, 1938 - Nov 19, 1938
Dorothy Nolan
People of the Town
Katharine Raht
Lady in the Box
Leon Rose
Baseball Player
Thornton Wilder
During Frank Craven's vacation
Stage Manager
Sep 15, 1938 - Sep 28, 1938
Vincent York
Sam Craig
Understudy:
Dorothy McGuire
(Emily Webb)
Awards
Pulitzer Prize
for Drama
1938 Winner
Written by
Thornton Wilder
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Jed Harris
Written by
Thornton Wilder
; Music arranged by
Bernice Richmond
Directed by
Jed Harris
Costume Design by
Helene Pons
; Animal Effects by
Willard Cary
Company Manager:
Thomas Bodkin
Technical Director:
Raymond Sovey
; Stage Manager:
Edward P. Goodnow
and
Thomas Morgan
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
William Roehrick
and
Thomas Coley
Organ:
Bernice Richmond
Press Representative:
Robert Reud
; Casting:
Jane Broder
Frank Craven
Stage Manager
Arthur Allen
Professor Willard
People of the Town
Max Beck
People of the Town
Emily Boileau
People of the Town
Barbara Brown
People of the Town
Barbara Burton
People of the Town
Helen Carew
Mrs. Webb
Willard Cary
People of the Town
Francis G. Cleveland
Sam Craig
Thomas Coley
Baseball Player
Philip Coolidge
Simon Stimson
John Craven
Broadway debut
George Gibbs
Alice Donaldson
People of the Town
Marilyn Erskine
Rebecca Gibbs
Tom Fadden
Howie Newsome
Jay Fassett
Dr. Gibbs
John Irving Finn
People of the Town
Mary Elizabeth Forbes
People of the Town
Walter O. Hill
Man in The Auditorium
People of the Town
Frank Howell
People of the Town
E. Irving Locke
Constable Warren
James Malaidy
People of the Town
Aline McDermott
Lady in the Box
Charles Mellody
People of the Town
Doro Merande
Mrs. Soames
Thomas Morgan
Assistant Stage Manager
Dorothee Nolan
People of the Town
Shirley Osborn
People of the Town
Jean Platt
People of the Town
Katharine Raht
People of the Town
Billy Redfield
Si Crowell
Raymond Roe
Joe Crowell
William Roehrick
Assistant Stage Manager
William Roerick
Baseball Player
Leon Rose
People of the Town
Thomas W. Ross
Mr. Webb
Dorothy Ryan
People of the Town
Alfred Ryder
Baseball Player
Martha Scott
Broadway debut
Emily Webb
Feb 04, 1938 - Sep 03, 1938
Van Shem
People of the Town
William Short
People of the Town
Bernice Silver
People of the Town
Alida Stanley
People of the Town
Lyn Swann
People of the Town
Evelyn Varden
Mrs. Gibbs
William Wadsworth
Joe Stoddard
Charles Walters
People of the Town
Carrie Weller
Woman in the Balcony
People of the Town
Ann Weston
People of the Town
Charles Wiley Jr.
Wally Webb
Charles Wiley, Sr.
People of the Town
Understudy:
Teresa Wright
(Emily Webb)
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Feb 04, 1938 - Feb 12, 1938)
Morosco Theatre
(Feb 14, 1938 - Nov 19, 1938)
Cast
Willard Cary
Constable Warren
Alice Donaldson
Woman in the Balcony
Dorothy McGuire
Emily Webb
Sep 05, 1938 - Nov 19, 1938
Dorothy Nolan
People of the Town
Katharine Raht
Lady in the Box
Leon Rose
Baseball Player
Thornton Wilder
During Frank Craven's vacation
Stage Manager
Sep 15, 1938 - Sep 28, 1938
Vincent York
Sam Craig
Understudy:
Dorothy McGuire
(Emily Webb)
Pulitzer Prize
for Drama
1938 Winner
Written by
Thornton Wilder
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Who's Who
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Haiti
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