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Life With Father
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Nov 08, 1939
Closing Date
Jul 12, 1947
Performances
3,224
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Open Date: Nov 08, 1939
Close Date: Jul 12, 1947
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Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Empire Theatre
(Nov 08, 1939 - Sep 08, 1945)
Bijou Theatre
(Sep 10, 1945 - Jun 15, 1947)
Alvin Theatre
(Jun 17, 1947 - Jul 12, 1947)
Setting
The morning room of the Day house on Madison Avenue. The late 1880s.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Al Hayman
Produced by
Oscar Serlin
Dramatized by
Howard Lindsay
and
Russel Crouse
; Based on stories by
Clarence Day
Staged by
Bretaigne Windust
Scenic Design by
Stewart Chaney
; Costume Design by
Stewart Chaney
Business Manager:
Walter Fried
; General Manager:
Harry D. Kline
Executive Stage Manager:
A.H. Van Buren
; Stage Manager:
Cecil Clovelly
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Raymond Moorhead
and
Donald Frank
General Press Representative:
Harry Forwood
; Production Advisor:
Katherine B. Day
Katharine Bard
Annie
Dorothy Bernard
Margaret
Nellie Burt
Nora
John Drew Devereaux
Clarence
Ruth Hammond
Cousin Cora
Timothy Kearse
Maggie
John C. King
Dr. Sommers
Howard Lindsay
Father
Portia Morrow
Delia
Larry Robinson
Harlan
Raymond Roe
Whitney
Richard Simon
John
Richard Sterling
The Rev. Dr. Lloyd
Dorothy Stickney
Vinnie
A.H. Van Buren
Dr. Humphreys
Teresa Wright
Mary Skinner
Empire Theatre
(Nov 08, 1939 - Sep 08, 1945)
Stage Manager:
Charles Collier
Cast
Gertrude Beach
Mary Skinner
Marianne Byer
Mary Skinner
Lily Cahill
Vinnie
Teddy Casey
Whitney
Wallis Clark
Father
Charles Collier
Dr. Sommers
Harvey Collins
Clarence
John
Ben Cooper
Harlan
Whitney
Jack Dimond
Harlan
Sep 1943 - circa. May 1945
Robert Donnelly
John
Michael Dreyfuss
John
1943 - ?
Virginia Dunning
Annie
John Grine
Whitney
Grace Grinnell
Delia
John Grinnell
Whitney
Elaine Ivans
Nora
Dean Kenny
John
Mary McNamee
Annie
Norman Miller
Dr. Sommers
Brandon Peters
Father
Artie Quinn
John
Margaret Randall
Maggie
Donald Randolph
Father
Paul Wells
Harlan
Nydia Westman
Vinnie
Bijou Theatre
(Sep 10, 1945 - Jun 15, 1947)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Cast
David Anderson
Harlan
Jacquelin Daniels
Delia
William Daniels
Clarence
David Garden
Whitney
Pamela Gillespie
Mary Skinner
Arthur Margetson
Father
Ruth McArthur
Maggie
Lassie Moore
Delia
Paul Wells
Whitney
Alvin Theatre
(Jun 17, 1947 - Jul 12, 1947)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Herman Bernstein
Production Director:
A.H. Van Buren
Cast
Barbara Barton
Maggie
Jim Christie
John
Cecil Clovelly
Dr. Sommers
Tommy Dineen
Harlan
David Frank
Whitney
Gene Fuller
Clarence
Ellen Humphrey
Mary Skinner
Delia
Kathleen McLean
Delia
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Al Hayman
Produced by
Oscar Serlin
Dramatized by
Howard Lindsay
and
Russel Crouse
; Based on stories by
Clarence Day
Staged by
Bretaigne Windust
Scenic Design by
Stewart Chaney
; Costume Design by
Stewart Chaney
Business Manager:
Walter Fried
; General Manager:
Harry D. Kline
Executive Stage Manager:
A.H. Van Buren
; Stage Manager:
Cecil Clovelly
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Raymond Moorhead
and
Donald Frank
General Press Representative:
Harry Forwood
; Production Advisor:
Katherine B. Day
Katharine Bard
Annie
Dorothy Bernard
Margaret
Nellie Burt
Nora
John Drew Devereaux
Clarence
Ruth Hammond
Cousin Cora
Timothy Kearse
Maggie
John C. King
Dr. Sommers
Howard Lindsay
Father
Portia Morrow
Delia
Larry Robinson
Harlan
Raymond Roe
Whitney
Richard Simon
John
Richard Sterling
The Rev. Dr. Lloyd
Dorothy Stickney
Vinnie
A.H. Van Buren
Dr. Humphreys
Teresa Wright
Mary Skinner
Empire Theatre
(Nov 08, 1939 - Sep 08, 1945)
Stage Manager:
Charles Collier
Cast
Gertrude Beach
Mary Skinner
Marianne Byer
Mary Skinner
Lily Cahill
Vinnie
Teddy Casey
Whitney
Wallis Clark
Father
Charles Collier
Dr. Sommers
Harvey Collins
Clarence
John
Ben Cooper
Harlan
Whitney
Jack Dimond
Harlan
Sep 1943 - circa. May 1945
Robert Donnelly
John
Michael Dreyfuss
John
1943 - ?
Virginia Dunning
Annie
John Grine
Whitney
Grace Grinnell
Delia
John Grinnell
Whitney
Elaine Ivans
Nora
Dean Kenny
John
Mary McNamee
Annie
Norman Miller
Dr. Sommers
Brandon Peters
Father
Artie Quinn
John
Margaret Randall
Maggie
Donald Randolph
Father
Paul Wells
Harlan
Nydia Westman
Vinnie
Bijou Theatre
(Sep 10, 1945 - Jun 15, 1947)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Cast
David Anderson
Harlan
Jacquelin Daniels
Delia
William Daniels
Clarence
David Garden
Whitney
Pamela Gillespie
Mary Skinner
Arthur Margetson
Father
Ruth McArthur
Maggie
Lassie Moore
Delia
Paul Wells
Whitney
Alvin Theatre
(Jun 17, 1947 - Jul 12, 1947)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Herman Bernstein
Production Director:
A.H. Van Buren
Cast
Barbara Barton
Maggie
Jim Christie
John
Cecil Clovelly
Dr. Sommers
Tommy Dineen
Harlan
David Frank
Whitney
Gene Fuller
Clarence
Ellen Humphrey
Mary Skinner
Delia
Kathleen McLean
Delia
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