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Tobacco Road   

 
48th Street Theatre , (3/06/1950 - 3/18/1950)
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Opening Date:Mar 06, 1950   
Closing Date:Mar 18, 1950 Total Performances:7

Category: Play, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: The farm of Jeeter Lester, situated on a Tobacco Road in the back country of Georgia.


Production Staff
Produced by Jack Kirkland and Negro Drama Group
Written by Jack Kirkland; Based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell
Directed by Evelyn Ellis
Stage Manager: Vinnie Phillips
Cast
John Bouie George Payne
Evelyn Ellis Ada Lester
Mercedes Gilbert Sister Bessie Rice
Estelle Hemsley Grandma Lester
Baby Joyce Ellie May
Powell Lindsay Jeeter Lester
Delores Mack Pearl
John Mark Captain Tim
John Tate Lov Bensey
Cherokee Thornton Henry Peabody
Jimmy Wright Dude Lester