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A Fable

 
Broadway Theatre , (3/15/1951 - 4/21/1951)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Mar 15, 1951   
Closing Date:Apr 21, 1951 Total Performances:44

Category: Play, Revival, Broadway
Description: A play in two parts
Setting: Sunday School; Fish Fry; Garden; Outside the Garden; Roadside; Private Office; Another Roadside; Hou


Production Staff
Theatre Operated by Trebuhs Realty Co., Inc.
Produced by The Wigreen Company; Produced in association with Harry Fromkes
Written by Marc Connelly; Suggested by Southern Sketches "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun" by Roark Bradford
Directed by Marc Connelly
Production Design by Robert Edmond Jones
General Manager: J.H. Del Bondio; Company Manager: Edward A. Haas
Production Stage Manager: Ben D. Kranz; Stage Manager: Charles Pratt, Jr.; Assistant Stage Mgr: Herman Magidson
Choral Director: Hall Johnson; Assistant Choral Dir: Louvinia White
General Press Representative: Tom Weatherly; Casting: Lina Abarbanell; Press Representative: Dick Williams
Cast
Alice Ajaye Alto/Choir
Rodger Alford Choir Leader
A Candidate Magician
Scout
Tenor/Choir
Leona Avery Alto/Choir
Lawson Bates Tenor/Choir
Mabel Bergen Soprano/Choir
Ernest Bloomfield Child
Randolph
Eugene Bloomfield Child
Patricia Bloomfield Child
Alonzo Bosan Noah
Abraham
John Bouie First Man
Jacob
Pharaoh
High Priest
Philip Brinson Carlisle
Child
Maudine Brown Soprano/Choir
Vinie Burrows Zeba
Jimmie Burton Child
Miriam Burton Soprano/Choir
Jack Carr Bass/Choir
Calvin Dash Scout
Corporal
Tenor/Choir
Ossie Davis Gabriel
William O. Davis Archangel
First Wizard
Tenor/Choir
Pierre Dillard Second Boy
Child
William Dillard Adam
Hezdrel
Beatrice Edwards Child
Hope Foye A King's Favorite
Soprano/Choir
James Fuller Custard Maker
Gambler
Japheth
Joyce Gissentanner Myrtle
Child
Dierdre Greenway Child
Curtis Hawkins Tenor/Choir
Louise Hawthorne Soprano/Choir
Philip Hepburn Boy Gambler
Child
Phillip Hepburn First Boy
George Hill Bass/Choir
Gambler
Alma Hubbard Second Cook
Alma L. Hubbard Noah's Wife
Soprano/Choir
Milroy Ingram Eve
First Woman
Zipporah
A King's Favorite
Yvonne Jiggets A King's Favorite
Oci Johnson Soprano/Choir
Alonzo Jones Baritone/Choir
Jumel Jones A King's Favorite
Avon Long First Man Angel
Ham
Head Magician
King of Babylon
John Marriott Mr. Deshee
the Preacher
Moses
Tina Marshall Third Woman
A Manicurist
His Guest
William Marshall God
Willie Mays Alto/Choir
William McDaniel A Voice
Tenor/Choir
Robert McFerrin Gambler
Shem
Isaac
Second Officer
Tenor/Choir
Courtenaye Olden Teacher Angel
A Concubine
A King's Favorite
Louise Parker Alto/Choir
Madeline Preston Soprano/Choir
Van Prince Cain
Joshua
Cain the Sixth
Ethel Purnello First Mammy Angel
Alto/Choir
John Rainey Gambler
John H. Rainey Baritone/Choir
Anna Mae Richardson A Stout Angel
Voice in Shanty
Second Woman
Second Cleaner
George Royston Gambler
Tenor/Choir
Randolph Sawyer Flatfoot
Master of Ceremonies
Marcia Titus Child
Robert Titus Child
William Veasey First Cook
Aaron
Prophet
Bass/Choir
Louvinia White Soprano/Choir
Margaret Williams A Slender Angel
First Cleaner
George O. Willis A General
Scout
Bass/Choir
Beecher Wilson Baritone/Choir
Mary Young Child