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The Good Earth   

 
Guild Theatre , (10/17/1932 - circa. 12/1932)
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Opening Date:Oct 17, 1932   
Closing Date:Dec 1932 Total Performances:56

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in ten scenes
Setting: Wang Lung's Farm House; Great House of Hwang; Wang Lung's Land; Gates of the Great House of Hwang; Outside the Wall of a Rich Man's House; Court of the Great House.


Production Staff
Produced by The Theatre Guild
Written by Owen Davis and Donald Davis; Based on the novel by Pearl S. Buck
Staged by Philip Moeller
Scenic Design by Lee Simonson
Cast
Harry Barfoot Priest from the Temple of Buddha
Homer Barton The Gatekeeper of the House of Hwang
The Rich Man
Conrad Cantzen A Peach Vendor
Another Poor Man
Harry M. Cooke A Tall Beggar
Jack Daniels Stranger
Marel Foster The Fifth Lady
Clyde Franklin Ching
William Franklin A Beggar
Freddy Goodrow Wang Lung's Son
Sydney Greenstreet Wang Lung's Uncle
Joan Hathaway A Slave
Albert Hayes A Poor Man
Helen Hoy The Fool Child
A. Francis Karll Old Lord's Son
Geraldine Kay The Bride
Donald MacMillan Yi Ling
the Maker of Coffins
Kate Morgan The Ancient Mistress of the House of Wang
Nola Napoli A Slave
Alla Nazimova O-Lan
Sabene Newmark Lotus
Claude Rains Wang Lung
M. W. Rale Priest from the Temple of Buddha
Jessie Ralph Wang Lung's Aunt
Mark Schweid A Doctor
Vincent Sherman Stranger
A Young Speaker
Harold Thomas The Old Lord
Henry Travers Wang Lung's Father
Harry Wood Wang Lung's Eldest Son
Marjorie Wood Cuckoo
Philip Wood A Taoist Priest