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Tea and Sympathy

Ethel Barrymore Theatre, (9/30/1953 - 2/7/1955)
Longacre Theatre, (2/9/1955 - 4/9/1955)
48th Street Theatre, (4/11/1955 - 6/18/1955)
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Opening:Sep 30, 1953   
Closing:Jun 18, 1955 Total Performances:712


Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: A dormitory in a boys' school in New England. June.





by opening date


Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by the Barrymore Theatre Corporation


Written by Robert Anderson

Staged by Elia Kazan; Directed by Elia Kazan

Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Anna Hill Johnstone; Assistant Designer to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey

Business Manager: Victor Samrock

Production Stage Manager: Seymour Milbert; Assistant Stage Mgr: Yale Wexler

Press Representative: William Fields; Associate Press Representative: Walter Alford; Production Assistant: Malcolm Wells; Casting: Karl Malden

For his assistance in casting, Mr. Kazan gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Karl Malden


Opening Night Cast

Deborah Kerr Laura Reynolds  
Leif Erickson Bill Reynolds   
John Kerr Tom Lee   
Richard Franchot Phil  
Florida Friebus Lilly Sears  
John McGovern Herbert Lee  
Richard Midgley David Harris  
Arthur Steuer Steve  
Alan Sues Ralph  
Yale Wexler Paul  
Dick York Al