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The Philadelphia Story   

 
Shubert Theatre , (3/28/1939 - 3/30/1940)
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Opening Date:Mar 28, 1939   
Closing Date:Mar 30, 1940 Total Performances:417

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Philadelphia suburbs, 1930's. The action takes place int he course of twenty-four hours at Seth Lord's house in the country, near Philadelphia.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Central Theatres Leasing & Construction Company
Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors)
Written by Philip Barry
Directed by Robert B. Sinclair
Scenic Design by Robert Edmond Jones; Lighting Design by Robert Edmond Jones
Company Manager: Herman Bernstein
Stage Manager: Karl Nielsen; Assistant Stage Mgr: Hayden Rorke
Joseph Cotten courtesy of The Mercury Theatre
Cast
Vera Allen Margaret Lord
Lorraine Bate Elsie
Shirley Booth Elizabeth Imbrie
Liz
Owen Coll Thomas
Joseph Cotten C. K. Dexter Haven
Frank Fenton George Kittredge
Philip Foster Edward
Van Heflin Macaulay Connor
Mike
Katharine Hepburn Tracy Samatha Lord
Nicholas Joy Seth Lord
Lenore Lonergan Dinah Lord
Forrest Orr William Tracy
Uncle Willy
Hayden Rorke Mac
Myrtle Tannehill May
Dan Tobin Alexander Lord
Sandy
Understudy: Dora Sayers (Tracy Samatha Lord)