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Midgie Purvis   

 
Martin Beck Theatre , (2/01/1961 - 2/18/1961)
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Opening Date:Feb 01, 1961   
Closing Date:Feb 18, 1961 Total Performances:21

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in two acts
Setting: A midwestern American city. The time is the present.


Production Staff
Produced by Robert Whitehead; Produced in association with Roger L. Stevens and Alfred R. Glancy, Jr.
Written by Mary Chase; Incidental music by Sol Kaplan
Directed by Burgess Meredith
Scenic Design by Ben Edwards; Costume Design by Guy Kent; Lighting Design by Ben Edwards
Production Stage Manager: Edmund Baylies; Stage Manager: William Callan
Press Representative: Richard Maney, Martin Shwartz and Anne Woll
Cast
Tallulah Bankhead Midgie Purvis
Jean Bruno Babe Jensen
William Callan Jack Feddersen
Mary Farrell Mrs. Durkee
Red Granger Bill Lomax
Joseph Grassi Harry
Russell Hardie Edwin Gilroy Purvis
John Cecil Holm Luther Plunkett
Paul Mace Wesley
Janice Mars Vivian Stubbs
Kip McArdle Mother
Alice Pearce Dorothy Plunkett
Richard Prahl Louis Kronfeldt
William Redfield Canfield Purvis
Clinton Sundberg Dr. Monroe Sidensticker
Jane Van Duser Emma Pasternack
Nydia Westman Althea Malone
Pia Zadora Cleo June
1961 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
 Tallulah Bankhead [nominee]