PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Jan 05, 1950
Closing Date
Mar 17, 1951
Performances
501
PlayOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Empire Theatre
(Jan 05, 1950 - Mar 17, 1951)
Setting
A small town in Georgia in August 1945
Comments
This production had its pre-Broadway tryout at Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre in late December 1949. During this time, several characters (Muriel, Girl/Peroxide Blonde, Cal, Soldier, Barman, Monkey Man, etc.) were cut. Some of the actors playing those roles (Phyllis Love, Eugenia Wilson, and Frederic de Wilde) assumed understudy assignments for the Broadway production.
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Theatre Owned / Operated by Al Hayman
Produced by Robert Whitehead, Oliver Rea and Stanley Martineau
Written by Carson McCullers
Directed by Harold Clurman
Scenic Design by Lester Polakov; Costume Design by Lester Polakov; Lighting Design by Lester Polakov
Company Manager: Thomas Bodkin
Stage Manager: Jus Addiss; Assistant Stage Mgr: Howard Fischer
Trumpet Player: Bill Robbins
Production Associate: Virginia Bolen; Press Representative: Barry Hyams; Associate Press Representative: Robert Hector; Casting: Terry Fay; Assistant to Mr. Clurman: Jus Addiss
Ethel Waters
Berenice Sadie Brown
Julie Harris
Frankie Addams
Margaret Barker
Mrs. West
Mitzi Blake
Helen Fletcher
Harry Bolden
T.T. Williams
Janet De Gore
Janice
Brandon de Wilde
John Henry West
Jimmy Dutton
Barney MacKean
William Hansen
Royal Addams
James Holden
Jarvis
Henry Scott
Honey Camden Brown
Joan Shepard
Doris
Phyllis Walker
Sis Laura
Understudies: Frederic de Wilde , Phyllis Love (Frankie Addams, Helen Fletcher, Doris), Robert Mariotti (John Henry West) and Eugenia Wilson

Empire Theatre (Jan 05, 1950 - Mar 17, 1951)

Stage Manager: Lester Polakov; Stage Manager: Howard Fischer; Assistant Stage Mgr: Louis Peterson

Cast

Anna Lubowe
Mrs. West
Understudy: Betty Lou Holland (Frankie Addams)
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