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The Highest Tree

Longacre Theatre, (11/4/1959 - 11/21/1959)
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Opening:Nov 4, 1959   
Closing:Nov 21, 1959 Total Performances:21


Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: The Home of Dr. Aaron Cornish in the East Sixties, New York City. Two days before Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving Day.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization

Produced by The Theatre Guild and Dore Schary; Associate Producer: Walter Reilly

Written by Dore Schary

Directed by Dore Schary

Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager; Costume Design by Marvin Reiss; Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager; Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Klaus Holm

General Manager: Peter Davis; Company Manager: Jesse Long

Production Manager: Jean Barrere; Stage Manager: Arthur Marlowe

General Press Representative: Nat Dorfman; Production Associate: Warren Caro, Philip Langner, Marshall Young and Frank Perry; Press Representative: Irvin Dorfman and Jane Randall; Casting Director for The Theatre Guild: Ruth Frankenstein; Production Assistant: Daniel Selznick


Opening Night Cast

Diana Douglas Mary Macready  
Kenneth MacKenna Aaron Cornish  
William Prince Dr. Robert Leigh  
Howard St. John Frederick Ashe  
Richard Anderson Caleb Cornish   
Joe De Santis Bronislau Partos   
Larry Gates John Devereaux   
Frank Milan Steven Cornish   
Natalie Schafer Susan Ashe   
Elizabeth Cole Jane Ashe  
Miriam Goldina Isabel  
Gloria Hoye Amy Cornish  
Robert Redford Frederick Ashe, Jr. (Buzz)  
Robert Ritterbusch Arkady Clark  
Shirley Smith Gloria Cornish  

Understudies: Joe De Santis (John Devereaux), Gloria Hoye (Mary Macready), Nicholas Pryor (Arkady Clark, Frederick Ashe, Jr. (Buzz)), Shirley Smith (Amy Cornish, Jane Ashe), Dee Victor (Isabel, Susan Ashe).