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Roll, Sweet Chariot   

 
Cort Theatre , (10/02/1934 - circa. 10/1934)
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Opening Date:Oct 02, 1934   
Closing Date:Oct 1934 Total Performances:7

Category: Play, Play with music, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in four scenes
Setting: Potter's Field, A Negro Village Somewhere in the South.


Production Staff
Produced by Margaret Hewes
Incidental music by Dolphe Martin; Written by Paul Green
Staged by Margaret Hewes, Emjo Basshe and Stanley Pratt
Scenic Design by Tom Adrian Cracraft
Orchestral Choir conducted by Dolphe Martin; Clarinet: Samuel Harris; Tuba: Virginia Criscuoli; Tympani: Everett L. Westcott
Cast
Thomas Anderson Orchestral Choir
Billy Andrews Zeb Vance Lockley
Dorothea Archie Milly Wilson
Leona Avery Orchestral Choir
Lucian Ayers Dode Wilson
Dora Bacotte Orchestral Choir
Edward Batten Orchestral Choir
Rufus Brent Orchestral Choir
Leonard Brown Chain Gang
Lucius Carter, Jr. Willie Lockley
Philip Carter Bad Eye Smith
Marguerite Cartwright Flossie Tucker
Ralf Coleman Tom Sterling
Warren Coleman "John Henry"
Willard DeCosta Sport Womack
Herbert Ellis Chain Gang
Orchestral Choir
Pearl Gaines Seeny Gray
William Hardaway Chain Gang
Lloyd Horton Doodle Wilson
Joseph James Baritone Soloist
Johnny Johnston Chain Gang
Billy Jones Chain Gang
Rosalie King Orchestral Choir
Mulford Lee Orchestral Choir
Rose MacClendon Sudie Wilson
Olga Maillard Orchestral Choir
Luoneal Mason Bantam Wilson
Albert McCoy Orchestral Choir
Sadie McGill Orchestral Choir
Arthur McLean Orchestral Choir
Fred Miller Jim Parr
Lionel Monagas Ed. Uzzell
John Morrissey First Guard
Lillian Norris Belle Utley
Joe Northern Chain Gang
Ralph Northern Chain Gang
Edward Pugh Chain Gang
Bobby Robinson Orchestral Choir
Lester Robinson Orchestral Choir
Bigelow Sayre Second Guard
Zelda Shelton Orchestral Choir
Maude Simmons Orchestral Choir
Paul Smelley Orchestral Choir
Ethel Hardie Smith Orchestral Choir
Jay Thomas Chain Gang
Dora Thompson Orchestral Choir
Sam Tolson Chain Gang
Teddy Vaughn Chain Gang
Eleanor Wallace Quiviene Lockley
Annie Wilson Orchestral Choir
Frank Wilson Levin Farrow