Experimental Theatre, (5/22/1936 - 7/25/1936)

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: John Brown's Home, Richrield, Ohio, 1854; At the Kansas Border; John Brown's Cabin, Ossawatomie, Kansas, 1855; Home of Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, NY, 1859; Cellar and Living Room of John Brown's House near Harper's Ferry.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Produced by Federal Theatre Project of The WPA

Written by Michael Blankfort and Michael Gold

Staged by Vincent Sherman; Choreographed by Georgie Graham

Scenic Design by Howard Bay

Katherine Arden	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Mony Ash	August Bondi
Donald Barrie	Rev. Romney
	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Harry Bonnick	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
William Burbridge	Captain Hugh Forbes
Grover Burgess	John Brown
Horace Casselberry	Mr. Hickey
Margery Christian	Captain Hugh Forbes
Michael Cisney	Owen Brown
Hattie Cline	Ensemble
Rose Cooper	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
James J. Coyle	Bill Doyle
	Albert Hazlett
	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ora Day	Ensemble
Agnes Delano	Ensemble
Ruth Forst	Ensemble
Agnes Gildea	Maria
	Ensemble
Georgia Graham	Ensemble
R. Henry Handon	Joshua Larkin
Anthony Heathe	Watson Brown
Lee Hillery	David Thoreau
Philip Hilton	Joe
Richard Huett	Second Sheriff
	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Leslie Hunt	Gerrit Smith
	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Lada Ladova	Ensemble
Lucia Lull	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Gita Lurie	Ensemble
Alan MacAteer	Ralph Waldo Emerson
	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Lida MacMillan	Mary Brown
Manny Manisoff	Ensemble
Ruth Marcusson	Mrs. Kagi
Gant Mitchell	Slave Mother
Mary Morrison	Ruth Scott
David Palmer	John Cook
	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Curtis Parker	Bill Larkin
Lewis Paul	William Lloyd Garrison
	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ann Peters	Ensemble
Brandt Peters	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Joseph Pevney	Oliver Brown
Robin Radin	Dolly Thompson
	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Cortell Ramey	Drury Doyle
	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Hilda Reis	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Amelia Romano	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Herbert Rudley	Frank Sandborn
Edward Segal	Frederick Brown
Arthur W. Shackett	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Alfreda Sill	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Arthur Spencer	John Kagi
Arthur Spenser	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Gerald Stone	Ensemble
Laura Strassman	Ensemble
Charles P. Thompson	First Sheriff
	Aaron Stevens
William Triest	Jason Brown
Sidney Vereker	Manny Buell
Helen Wainright	Ensemble
George Ward	Salmon Brown
Jeffrey Warnick	Ensemble
Florence Warren	Ensemble
Ringgold Watts	Slave Woman
Peter White	Ensemble
George Whittington	Shields Green
Aldeah Wise	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Philip Woodward	Dutch Sherman
	Charles Tidd
George Yessner	Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue