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Native Son
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Drama
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 24, 1941
Closing Date
Jun 28, 1941
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Open Date: Mar 24, 1941
Close Date: Jun 28, 1941
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Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
St. James Theatre
(Mar 24, 1941 - Jun 28, 1941)
Setting
Chicago. The Present.
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People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Orson Welles
and
John Houseman
; Associate Producer:
Bern Bernard
Written by
Paul Green
and
Richard Wright
; Based on the novel by
Richard Wright
Directed by
Orson Welles
Scenic Design by
James Morcom
Jacqueline Ghant Andre
A Neighbor
Frances Bavier
Peggy
John Berry
A Reporter
C.M. Bootsie Davis
Ernie Jones
Philip Bourneuf
Buckley, D.A.
Eileen Burns
Miss Emmett
Anne Burr
Mary Dalton
Ray Collins
Paul Max
Attorney for the Defense
Evelyn Ellis
Hannah Thomas
Nell Harrison
Mrs. Dalton
Canada Lee
Bigger Thomas
William Malone
Judge
Helen Martin
Vera Thomas
Rena Mitchell
Clara
Joseph Pevney
Jan Erlone
J. Flashe Riley
Jack
Don Roberts
A Newspaper Man
Stephen Roberts
A Newspaper Man
Erskine Sanford
Mr. Dalton
Wardell Saunders
Gus Mitchell
Everett Sloane
Britten
Paul Stewart
A Newspaper Man
Rodester Timmons
G.H. Rankin
Lloyd Warren
Buddy Thomas
George Zorn
A Newspaper Man
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Orson Welles
and
John Houseman
; Associate Producer:
Bern Bernard
Written by
Paul Green
and
Richard Wright
; Based on the novel by
Richard Wright
Directed by
Orson Welles
Scenic Design by
James Morcom
Jacqueline Ghant Andre
A Neighbor
Frances Bavier
Peggy
John Berry
A Reporter
C.M. Bootsie Davis
Ernie Jones
Philip Bourneuf
Buckley, D.A.
Eileen Burns
Miss Emmett
Anne Burr
Mary Dalton
Ray Collins
Paul Max
Attorney for the Defense
Evelyn Ellis
Hannah Thomas
Nell Harrison
Mrs. Dalton
Canada Lee
Bigger Thomas
William Malone
Judge
Helen Martin
Vera Thomas
Rena Mitchell
Clara
Joseph Pevney
Jan Erlone
J. Flashe Riley
Jack
Don Roberts
A Newspaper Man
Stephen Roberts
A Newspaper Man
Erskine Sanford
Mr. Dalton
Wardell Saunders
Gus Mitchell
Everett Sloane
Britten
Paul Stewart
A Newspaper Man
Rodester Timmons
G.H. Rankin
Lloyd Warren
Buddy Thomas
George Zorn
A Newspaper Man
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