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A Majority of One

Shubert Theatre, (2/16/1959 - 10/17/1959)
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, (10/19/1959 - 6/25/1960)
Preview:Feb 12, 1959 Total Previews:3
Opening:Feb 16, 1959   
Closing:Jun 25, 1960 Total Performances:556


Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A comedy in three acts
Setting: Brooklyn; Tokyo; the S. S. Leonard Wood, during a voyage to Japan.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization

Produced by The Theatre Guild and Dore Schary; Associate Producer: Philip Langner


Directed by Dore Schary

Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager; Costume Design by Motley; Lighting 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


Opening Night Cast

Gertrude Berg Mrs. Jacoby  
Cedric Hardwicke Koichi Asano  
Yasuko Adachi Servant Girl  
Ina Balin Alice Black  
Selma Halpern Lady Passenger  
Barnard Hughes Captain Norcross  
Kanna Ishii Ayako Asano  
Tsuruko Kobayashi Tateshi  
Marc Marno Eddie  
Mae Questel Mrs. Rubin  
Sahomi Tachibana Noketi  
Michael Tolan Jerome Black  
Arsenio Trinidad House Boy  
 Chauffeur  

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), Arsenio Trinidad (Eddie).