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First Lady
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Nov 26, 1935
Closing Date
Jun 1936
Performances
246
Play
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Music Box Theatre
(Nov 26, 1935 - Jun 1936)
Setting
Living Room in the Secretary of State's Home, Washington, D.C.; Carter Hibbard's Study.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Sam H. Harris
Written by
Katharine Dayton
and
George S. Kaufman
Staged by
George S. Kaufman
Scenic Design by
Donald Oenslager
; Costuming of the entire production supervised by
John Hambleton
; Technical assistant to Mr. Oenslager:
Isaac Benesch
Company Manager:
William G. Norton
Stage Manager:
William McFadden
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Armand Cortes
Press Representative:
John Peter Toohey
; Assistant Press Representative:
Ben Kornzweig
Jane Cowl
Lucy Chase Wayne
Florenz Ames
Ellsworth T. Ganning
Don Beddoe
Jason Fleming
Leslie Bingham
Her Friend
Isis Brinn
Guest
Helen Brooks
Emmy Paige
Jessie Busley
Belle Hardwick
Lily Cahill
Irene Hibbard
Armand Cortes
Senor Ortega
Frank Dae
George Mason
Thomas Findlay
Tom Hartwick
Ruth Hovey
The Baroness
Bradford Hunt
Guest
Naoe Kondo
Guest
Charles La Rue
Guest
Judson Laire
Senator Keane
Donald McKenzie
A General
Lillian Norton
Mrs. Davenport
Daniel Ocko
Guest
George Parsons
Herbert Sedgwick
Diantha Pattison
Sophy Prescott
Susan Powers
Guest
Stanley Ridges
Stephen Wayne
Margherita Sargent
A Congressman's Wife
James Seeley
Charles
John M. Troughton
Bleecker
Rita Vale
Ann Forrester
Regina Wallace
Mrs. Ives
Ethel Wilson
Mrs. Creevey
Hon. Wu
A Chinese
Oswald Yorke
Carter Hibbard
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Sam H. Harris
Written by
Katharine Dayton
and
George S. Kaufman
Staged by
George S. Kaufman
Scenic Design by
Donald Oenslager
; Costuming of the entire production supervised by
John Hambleton
; Technical assistant to Mr. Oenslager:
Isaac Benesch
Company Manager:
William G. Norton
Stage Manager:
William McFadden
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Armand Cortes
Press Representative:
John Peter Toohey
; Assistant Press Representative:
Ben Kornzweig
Jane Cowl
Lucy Chase Wayne
Florenz Ames
Ellsworth T. Ganning
Don Beddoe
Jason Fleming
Leslie Bingham
Her Friend
Isis Brinn
Guest
Helen Brooks
Emmy Paige
Jessie Busley
Belle Hardwick
Lily Cahill
Irene Hibbard
Armand Cortes
Senor Ortega
Frank Dae
George Mason
Thomas Findlay
Tom Hartwick
Ruth Hovey
The Baroness
Bradford Hunt
Guest
Naoe Kondo
Guest
Charles La Rue
Guest
Judson Laire
Senator Keane
Donald McKenzie
A General
Lillian Norton
Mrs. Davenport
Daniel Ocko
Guest
George Parsons
Herbert Sedgwick
Diantha Pattison
Sophy Prescott
Susan Powers
Guest
Stanley Ridges
Stephen Wayne
Margherita Sargent
A Congressman's Wife
James Seeley
Charles
John M. Troughton
Bleecker
Rita Vale
Ann Forrester
Regina Wallace
Mrs. Ives
Ethel Wilson
Mrs. Creevey
Hon. Wu
A Chinese
Oswald Yorke
Carter Hibbard
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