MusicalAll Black Cast OperaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 20, 1934
Closing Date
Apr 14, 1934
Performances
48
MusicalAll Black Cast OperaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
44th Street Theatre
(Feb 20, 1934 - Mar 17, 1934)
Empire Theatre
(Apr 02, 1934 - Apr 14, 1934)
Description
An opera in four acts
Setting
Avila: St. Theresa; Barcelona.
Produced by Harry Moses; Produced in association with Friends and Enemies of Modern Music
Libretto by Gertrude Stein; Music by Virgil Thomson; Musical Director: Alexander Smallens
Scenario by Maurice Grosser; Production directed by John Houseman; Choreographed by Frederick Ashton
Scenic Design by Florine Stettheimer and Kate Drain Lawson; Costume Design by Florine Stettheimer and Kate Drain Lawson; Lighting Design by Abe Feder
Production Stage Manager: Ted Thomas
Choral Director: Eva Jessye
Charlotte Alford
Female Saint
Thomas Anderson
Broadway debut
St. Giuseppe
Maxwell Baird
Dancer
Bertha Fitzhugh Baker
St. Settlement
Card Lyn Baker
Dancer
Edward Batten
St. Absalon
David Bethe
St. Stephen
Thomas Bolden
Male Saint
Dorothy Bronson
Female Saint
Harold Des Verney
Male Saint
Elizabeth Dickerson
Dancer
Alma Dickson
Female Saint
Abner Dorsey
Compere
Leonard Franklin
St. Ferdinand
Josephine Gray
Female Saint
Lena Halsey
Female Saint
Mabel Hart
Dancer
Florence Hester
St. Answers
Altonell Hines
Commere
William Holland
Male Saint
Bruce Howard
St. Theresa II
Lee Jenkins
Male Saint
Olga Maillard
Female Saint
Assotta Marshall
Female Saint
Kitty Mason
St. Cecelia
Edward Matthews
St. Ignatius
Sadie McGill
Female Saint
Matthew Floyd Miller
Dancer
Helen Moore
Female Saint
Albert Moss
Male Saint
Cecil Murray
Male Saint
William O'Neill
Male Saint
Benhamin Parks
Male Saint
Cordelia Patterson
Female Saint
Marguerite Perry
St. Sara
Flossie Roberts
St. Bernardine
Randolph Robinson
St. Plan
Beatrice Robinson-Wayne
St. Theresa I
Harold Slappy
Male Saint
Paul Smellie
Male Saint
Billie Smith
Dancer
Eva Vaughn Smith
Female Saint
Charles Spinnard
St. Anselmo
Jessie Swan
Female Saint
Andrew Taylor
Male Saint
George Timbers
St. Eustace

44th Street Theatre (Feb 20, 1934 - Mar 17, 1934)

Cast

John Diggs
St. Chavez

Empire Theatre (Apr 02, 1934 - Apr 14, 1934)

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