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Major Barbara

Martin Beck Theatre, (10/30/1956 - 11/17/1956)
Morosco Theatre, (11/19/1956 - 5/18/1957)
Preview:Oct 29, 1956 Total Previews:1
Opening:Oct 30, 1956   
Closing:May 18, 1957 Total Performances:231


Category: Play, Comedy, Revival, Broadway
Description: A play in four acts
Setting: A fashionable section of London, in the slums of London, and in a garden city outside London in the year 1905.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by Martin Beck Theatre Corporation



Directed by Charles Laughton

Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager; Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager; Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Klaus Holm; Costume Design by Dorothy Jeakins

General Manager: Oscar Olesen; Company Manager: George Oshrin

Production Stage Manager: Harry Young; Stage Manager: Joanne Taylor; Production Manager: Louis Criss

General Press Representative: Karl Bernstein; Press Representative: Glendon Allvine and Robert Feinberg; Assistant to the Producer: Louis Criss; Production Coordinator: Ira Bernstein; Production Assistant: Shirley Farmer; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner; Master Carpenter: Howard McDonald


Opening Night Cast

Glynis Johns Barbara Undershaft
Lady Britomart's daughter, Major of the Salvation Army 
 
Charles Laughton Andrew Undershaft
husband to Lady Britomart 
 
Burgess Meredith Adolphus Cusins
Barbara's fiance 
 
Cornelia Otis Skinner Lady Britomart Undershaft  
Eli Wallach Bill Walker  
Colin Keith-Johnston Peter Shirley   
Nancy Malone Jenny Hill   
John Astin Morrison
butler to Lady Britomart 
 
Walter Burke Snobby Price  
Myra Carter Sarah Undershaft
Lady Britomart's daughter 
 
Frank Gero Footman
to Lady Britomart 
 
Sally Gracie Rummy Mitchens  
Louise Latham Maid
to Lady Britomart 
 
Richard Lupino Charles Lomax
Sarah's fiance 
 
Patricia Ripley Mrs. Baines
Colonel in the Salvation Army 
 
Frederic Warriner Stephen Undershaft