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Life and Death of an American
Part of "The Living Newspaper" Series
Play
Sketches
Drama
Original
Opening Date
May 19, 1939
Closing Date
Jun 1939
Performances
29
Play
Sketches
Drama
Original
Open Date: May 19, 1939
Close Date: Jun 1939
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
(May 19, 1939 - Jun 1939)
Setting
Small Eastern City and Chicago, IL.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Living Newspaper Unit of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA
Music by
Alex North
and
Earl Robinson
; Written by
George Sklar
Choreographed by
Lily Mehlmann
; Staged by
Charles K. Freeman
Scenic Design by
Howard Bay
; Costume Design by
Alexander Jones
; Lighting Design by
Moe Hack
Technical Director:
George Crowley
Helene C. Ambrose
Kathleen Dorgan
Donald Cafarella
Danny Dorgan
Kendall Clark
Slim (As a Man)
Blanche Collins
Blues Singer
Dorothy Dunsby
Waitress
Danny Greene
Jerry Dorgan (As a Boy)
J. Arthur Kennedy
Jerry Dorgan (As a Man)
Judson Langill
Doctor
Nat Loesberg
Spike
Robert Lowe
Lieut. Forbes
Josephine Morse
Mrs. Ives
John Pote
Michael Dorgan
Mary Rolfe
Mary Buckley
Eleanor Scherr
Peasoup
Everett Spencer
Slim (As a Boy)
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Living Newspaper Unit of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA
Music by
Alex North
and
Earl Robinson
; Written by
George Sklar
Choreographed by
Lily Mehlmann
; Staged by
Charles K. Freeman
Scenic Design by
Howard Bay
; Costume Design by
Alexander Jones
; Lighting Design by
Moe Hack
Technical Director:
George Crowley
Helene C. Ambrose
Kathleen Dorgan
Donald Cafarella
Danny Dorgan
Kendall Clark
Slim (As a Man)
Blanche Collins
Blues Singer
Dorothy Dunsby
Waitress
Danny Greene
Jerry Dorgan (As a Boy)
J. Arthur Kennedy
Jerry Dorgan (As a Man)
Judson Langill
Doctor
Nat Loesberg
Spike
Robert Lowe
Lieut. Forbes
Josephine Morse
Mrs. Ives
John Pote
Michael Dorgan
Mary Rolfe
Mary Buckley
Eleanor Scherr
Peasoup
Everett Spencer
Slim (As a Boy)
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