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Opening Date
Jan 04, 1948
Closing Date
Mar 27, 1948
Performances
93
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
(Jan 04, 1948 - Jan 30, 1948)
Playhouse Theatre
(Jan 30, 1948 - Mar 27, 1948)
Setting
The Captain's cabin of the steamship "The Young Nelly" as the ship is lying in a South American port and just off the United States coast, 1938.
Produced by Blevins Davis and The Experimental Theatre, Inc.
Written by Jan De Hartog; Chants and cantoral selections by Abe Newborn
Directed by Lee Strasberg
Scenic Design by Boris Aronson
General Manager: Theron Bamberger; Company Manager: Harold Kusell
Production Supervisor: Cheryl Crawford; Stage Manager: Harry Davis; Assistant Stage Mgr: Abe Newborn and Sally Dwight
General Press Agent: Bill Doll; Company Press Agent: Dick Williams; Advertising Representative: Fred Golden; Costume Supervisor: Paul Du Pont
John Garfield
Joris Kuiper
Captain
Wallace Acton
South American Consul
Joseph Anthony
Richters
Ship's Doctor
Florence Aquino
Passenger
Wolfe Barzell
Rabbi
John Becher
Meyer
Mate
Joe Bernard
Passenger
Nola Chilton
Passenger
Richard Coogan
American Naval Officer
Carmen Costi
Officer of South American Military Police
Allan Frank
Passenger
Frances Gaar
Passenger
Jabez Gray
Bruinsma
Captain of the Amsterdam
Ruth K. Hill
Passenger
Harry Irvine
The Clergyman
Peter Kass
Second Jew
Bill Lazarus
Passenger
Michael Lewin
First Jew
John Marley
Passenger
Si Oakland
Willemse
Ship's Doctor of the Amsterdam
Edwin Ross
Passenger
John Shellie
"Chief" Davelaar
1st Engineer
Robert White
Henky
Messroom Boy
Paul Wilson
Passenger

Maxine Elliott's Theatre (Jan 04, 1948 - Jan 30, 1948)

Playhouse Theatre (Jan 30, 1948 - Mar 27, 1948)

Cast

Robert Brown
Passenger
Harry Hess
The Clergyman
Eugene Stuckmann
Dutch Naval Officer
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