PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 05, 1959
Closing Date
Dec 12, 1959
Performances
9
PlayOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Longacre Theatre
(Dec 05, 1959 - Dec 12, 1959)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
A train station in Pluma, Alabama. The David Adams house.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by The Theatre Guild and Arthur Loew
Written by Lonnie Coleman; Based on "Adam's Way" by Lonnie Coleman
Directed by Alex Segal
Scenic Design by George Jenkins; Costume Design by Gene Coffin; Sound Design by Masque Sound Engineering Company; Assistant to Mr. Jenkins: William Wallace Bellin; Assistant to Mr. Coffin: Joe Codari
General Manager: Peter Davis; Company Manager: Arthur Waxman
Stage Manager: Karl Nielsen; Assistant Stage Mgr: Peter Gumeny
Press Representative: Dick Weaver; General Press Representative: Nat Dorfman; Press Associate: Warren Caro, Philip Langner, Marshall Young and Frank Perry; Casting: Ruth Frankenstein
Wendell Corey
David Adams
Eartha Kitt
Jolly Rivers
Joanne Barry
Portia Bates
Vinnette Carroll
Dora
Humphrey Davis
Thompson Bates
Laurie Main
Mr. Scarborough
Ellis Rabb
Reverend Furze
Anne Revere
Emma Ford
Joseph Boland
Charlie
Nat Burns
Mr. Mendelsohn
Drummond Erskine
Lon Keiler
Peter Gumeny
Buford Williams
James Knight
Broadway debut
Warren Holly
Charles McClelland
Robie Sellers
Eulabelle Moore
Thelma
Understudies: Joseph Boland (Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Mendelsohn), Drummond Erskine (Thompson Bates), Peter Gumeny (Lon Keiler, Robie Sellers, Warren Holly), James Knight (Reverend Furze), Eulabelle Moore (Dora), Ellis Rabb (David Adams) and Cicely Tyson (Jolly Rivers)
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