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The Wookey   

 
Plymouth Theatre , (9/10/1941 - 1/03/1942)
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Opening Date:Sep 10, 1941   
Closing Date:Jan 03, 1942 Total Performances:134

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Description: A Drama in three acts
Setting: The Wookey home in the East End dock area of London. The day before England's entrance into WWII.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Plymouth Theatre Corporation
Produced by Edgar Selwyn
Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Staged by Robert B. Sinclair
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Assistant to Jo Mielziner: George Jenkins
General Manager: Lewis J. Deak
Stage Manager: Karl Nielsen; Assistant Stage Mgr: William Postance
Press Representative: Richard Maney and Ted Goldsmith
Cast
Edmund Gwenn Mr. Wookey
Heather Angel Primrose Wookey
Victor Beecroft Cousin Hector
Milton Blumenthal Navvie
Roland Bottomley A. R. P. Warden
Grace Collins First Girl
Sean Dillon The Curate
Neil Fitzgerald Walt Gibbs
Charles Francis Colonel Glenn
Carol Goodner Aunt Gen
Nora Howard Mrs. Wookey
Horace McNally Rory McSwiggin
John Moore Third Boy
Henry Mowbray Constable Simpson
Olive Reeves-Smith The Vack Lady
Everett Ripley Dr. Lewishohn
Byron Russell Mr. Archibald
Gilbert Russell Second Boy
Subaltern
Allen Shaw First Boy
Messenger
German Radio Announcer
Cora Smith
role changed to "A Girl"		 Second Girl
Harry Sothern First-Aid Man
George Sturgeon Ernie Wookey
John Tervor Navvie