PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 01, 1944
Closing Date
Jan 15, 1949
Performances
1,775
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
48th Street Theatre
(Nov 01, 1944 - Jan 15, 1949)
Setting
The library of the old Dowd family mansion in a city in the Far West and in a reception room of Chumley's Rest.
Media
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Theatre Owned / Operated by William A. Brady
Produced by Brock Pemberton
Written by Mary Chase
Directed by Antoinette Perry
Scenic Design by John Root
General Manager: Thomas Kilpatrick; Company Manager: Clarence Taylor
Assistant Stage Mgr: Robert Gist; Stage Manager: Bradford Hatton
Music by the Maurice Nitke Ensemble
Costume Supervisor: Margaret Pemberton; Press Representative: Thomas Kilpatrick; Associate Press Representative: Earl S. Peed
Frank Fay
Elwood P. Dowd
Nov 01, 1944 - Jul 12, 1947
Josephine Hull
Veta Louise Simmons
Dora Clement
Betty Chumley
Robert Gist
E. J. Lofgren
Frederica Going
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet
Lawrence Hayes
Mr. Peeples
John Kirk
Judge Omar Gaffney
Fred Irving Lewis
William R. Chumley, M.D.
Tom Seidel
Lyman Sanderson, M.D.
Eloise Sheldon
Miss Johnson
Janet Tyler
Ruth Kelly, R.N.
Jane Van Duser
Myrtle Mae Simmons
Jesse White
Duane Wilson

48th Street Theatre (Nov 01, 1944 - Jan 15, 1949)

Stage Manager: Ruth Storm and Paul A. Foley; Assistant Stage Mgr: Helen Randall

Cast

Joe E. Brown
Elwood P. Dowd
Aug 30, 1948 - Jan 15, 1949
Jack Buchanan
Elwood P. Dowd
Apr 26, 1948 - May 27, 1948
James Dunn
Elwood P. Dowd
May 28, 1948 - Aug 28, 1948
Frank Fay
Elwood P. Dowd
Sep 01, 1947 - Mar 27, 1948
James Stewart
Elwood P. Dowd
Jul 14, 1947 - Aug 30, 1947
 
Elwood P. Dowd
Mar 29, 1948 - Apr 24, 1948
Bert Wheeler
During Frank Fay's vacation
Elwood P. Dowd
Aug 05, 1946 - Aug 31, 1946
Marion Lorne
Veta Louise Simmons
Wyrley Birch
Judge Omar Gaffney
Ethel Britton
Betty Chumley
Philip Carlyle
Lyman Sanderson, M.D.
Thomas Coley
Lyman Sanderson, M.D.
Mary Cooper
Ruth Kelly, R.N.
Mary Dallas
Myrtle Mae Simmons
Toni Favor
Ruth Kelly, R.N.
? - Jul 12, 1946
Alternate
Russell Gold
E. J. Lofgren
Lawrence Hayes
William R. Chumley, M.D.
 
Judge Omar Gaffney
Thomas Hume
Lyman Sanderson, M.D.
Frances Lawrence
Veta Louise Simmons
Robert P. Lieb
Duane Wilson
Ruth McDevitt
Veta Louise Simmons
Alternate
Helen Randall
Miss Johnson
Romola Robb
Ruth Kelly, R.N.
Jul 13, 1946 - ?
Allan Tower
William R. Chumley, M.D.
Lee Truhill
Ruth Kelly, R.N.
circa. 1946 - ?
Anita Webb
Miss Johnson
Alternate

Pulitzer Prize

for Drama

1945 Winner
Written by Mary Chase
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