A Majority of One

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Shubert Theatre , (2/16/1959 - 10/17/1959)

Ethel Barrymore Theatre , (10/19/1959 - 6/25/1960)

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Description: A comedy in three acts

Setting: Brooklyn; Tokyo; the S. S. Leonard Wood, during a voyage to Japan.

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by The Theatre Guild and Dore Schary; Associate Producer: Philip Langner
Written by Leonard Spigelgass
Directed by Dore Schary
Costume Design by Motley; Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager; Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager; Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Klaus Holm
General Manager: Peter Davis; Company Manager: Marshall Young; Associate Business Manager: Sara Greenspan
Production Stage Manager: Elliot Martin; Stage Manager: David Ford; Assistant Stage Mgr: Arsenio Trinidad
General Press Representative: Nat Dorfman; Press Representative: Irvin Dorfman, Jane Randall and Anne Sloper; Assistant to Mr. Schary: Jean Barrere

Cast

Gertrude Berg	Mrs. Jacoby
Cedric Hardwicke	Koichi Asano

Understudies: David Ford (Captain Norcross, Jerome Black), Berta Gersten (Mrs. Jacoby), Selma Halpern (Alice Black, Mrs. Rubin), Barnard Hughes (Koichi Asano), Sahomi Tachibana (Ayako Asano) and Arsenio Trinidad (Eddie)

1959 Tony Award^® Best Actor in Play
	Performer: Cedric Hardwicke [nominee]
1959 Tony Award^® Best Actress in a Play
	Gertrude Berg [winner]
1959 Tony Award^® Best Scenic Design
	Donald Oenslager [winner]
1959 Tony Award^® Best Direction
	Dore Schary [nominee]
1959 Theatre World Award
	Ina Balin [winner]