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Henry Miller's Theatre , (2/04/1938 - 2/12/1938)
Morosco Theatre , (2/14/1938 - 11/19/1938)
First Preview: Total Previews:0
Opening Date:Feb 04, 1938   
Closing Date:Nov 19, 1938 Total Performances:336

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Description: A drama in three acts
Setting: 1901 to 1913. Grover's Corners, New Hampshire.


Production Staff
Produced by Jed Harris
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Jed Harris
Costume Design by Helene Pons
Company Manager: Thomas Bodkin
Technical Director: Raymond Sovey; Stage Manager: Edward P. Goodnow and Thomas Morgan; Assistant Stage Mgr: William Roehrick and Thomas Coley
Press Representative: Robert Reud; Casting: Jane Broder
Cast
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 Lock 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
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)
1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
winnerWritten by Thornton Wilder [winner]