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Lysistrata
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Comedy
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Jun 05, 1930
Closing Date
Jan 1931
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Open Date: Jun 05, 1930
Close Date: Jan 1931
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
44th Street Theatre
(Jun 05, 1930 - Jan 1931)
Description
A play in two acts
Setting
The Acropolis in Athens, 411 B.C.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Leased by
Shubert Theatre Corporation (Lee and J. J. Shubert, Directors)
Produced by
Philadelphia Theatre Association, Inc.
Written by
Aristophanes
; Book adapted by
Gilbert Seldes
; Music by
Leo Ornstein
Choreographed by
Doris Humphrey
and
Charles Weidman
; Staged by
Norman Bel Geddes
Production Design by
Norman Bel Geddes
Stage Manager:
William P. Adams
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Ray Clifford
and
Charles Peyton Glockner
Hortense Alden
Myrrhine
Lillian Ardell
Old Women's Chorus
Helen Blair Bailey
Dancer
Ada Barbour
Old Women's Chorus
Gloria Braggiotti
Second Spartan Woman
Lionel Braham
President of the Senate
Myra Brooks
Old Women's Chorus
Charles R. Burrows
Old Men's Chorus
Conrad Cantzen
Fifth Old Man
Justine Chase
First Corinthian Woman
Virginia Chauvenet
Second Old Woman
John F. Clearman
First Young Man
Polydorus
Dancer
Louise Closser Hale
Dancer
John C. Davis
First Senator
Dave DeSin
Dancer
Charles E. Douglas
Old Men's Chorus
Eric Dressler
A Herald from Sparta
Hope Emerson
Lampito
Consuelo Flowerton
First Theban Woman
Ruth Garland
First Athenian Woman
May Gerald
Old Women's Chorus
Etienne Girardot
Third Old Man
John Glenn
Third Policeman
Dancer
Ilse Gronau
Fourth Athenian Woman
Dancer
Chester Hammond
Fourth Senator
Paul Haskle
Second Senator
Ernestine Henoch
Fifth Athenian Woman
Dancer
Harry Henshaw
Old Men's Chorus
Doris Hesser
Old Women's Chorus
Mary Ann Holt
Dancer
Ernest Howard
Old Men's Chorus
Letitia Ide
Second Theban Woman
Dancer
Clayton Irving
Third Young Man
Bernard Jay
Dancer
Violet Kemble-Cooper
Lysistrata
Elizabeth Kennedy
Old Women's Chorus
Ada Klein
Old Women's Chorus
Marie Lalloz
Third Old Woman
Charles Laskey
Dancer
Jerome Lawlor
Lycon
Lysistrata's husband
José Limón
The Guard
James McCallion
The Child
Burton McEvilly
Second Young Man
Nicias
Dancer
Nancy McKnight
Third Athenian Woman
Owen Meech
Fourth Old Man
Gwendolyn Mervin
Dancer
Thomas Moody
Old Men's Chorus
Morton Moore
Third Senator
Marion Morehouse
Second Corinthian Woman
Mary Morris
Leader of Old Women
Pauline Potter
Old Women's Chorus
Elsie Rand
Dancer
Elizabeth Rechelle
Old Women's Chorus
Houston Richards
Second Old Man
Albert Robinson
Old Men's Chorus
Miriam Schiller
First Spartan Woman
Dancer
Betty Schlaffer
Sixth Athenian Woman
Dancer
Lucian Scott
First Policeman
Dancer
Maud B. Sinclair
Old Women's Chorus
Helen Strumlauf
Second Athenian Woman
Dancer
Elliot Sullivan
Clerk
Dancer
Ernest Truex
Kinesias
Neville Westman
Rhodope
Nydia Westman
Kalonike
Thornton Whitney
Fifth Senator
June Wilkinson
Dancer
George J. Williams
Old Men's Chorus
Howard Wilson
Second Policeman
Dancer
Ian Wolfe
First Old Man
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Leased by
Shubert Theatre Corporation (Lee and J. J. Shubert, Directors)
Produced by
Philadelphia Theatre Association, Inc.
Written by
Aristophanes
; Book adapted by
Gilbert Seldes
; Music by
Leo Ornstein
Choreographed by
Doris Humphrey
and
Charles Weidman
; Staged by
Norman Bel Geddes
Production Design by
Norman Bel Geddes
Stage Manager:
William P. Adams
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Ray Clifford
and
Charles Peyton Glockner
Hortense Alden
Myrrhine
Lillian Ardell
Old Women's Chorus
Helen Blair Bailey
Dancer
Ada Barbour
Old Women's Chorus
Gloria Braggiotti
Second Spartan Woman
Lionel Braham
President of the Senate
Myra Brooks
Old Women's Chorus
Charles R. Burrows
Old Men's Chorus
Conrad Cantzen
Fifth Old Man
Justine Chase
First Corinthian Woman
Virginia Chauvenet
Second Old Woman
John F. Clearman
First Young Man
Polydorus
Dancer
Louise Closser Hale
Dancer
John C. Davis
First Senator
Dave DeSin
Dancer
Charles E. Douglas
Old Men's Chorus
Eric Dressler
A Herald from Sparta
Hope Emerson
Lampito
Consuelo Flowerton
First Theban Woman
Ruth Garland
First Athenian Woman
May Gerald
Old Women's Chorus
Etienne Girardot
Third Old Man
John Glenn
Third Policeman
Dancer
Ilse Gronau
Fourth Athenian Woman
Dancer
Chester Hammond
Fourth Senator
Paul Haskle
Second Senator
Ernestine Henoch
Fifth Athenian Woman
Dancer
Harry Henshaw
Old Men's Chorus
Doris Hesser
Old Women's Chorus
Mary Ann Holt
Dancer
Ernest Howard
Old Men's Chorus
Letitia Ide
Second Theban Woman
Dancer
Clayton Irving
Third Young Man
Bernard Jay
Dancer
Violet Kemble-Cooper
Lysistrata
Elizabeth Kennedy
Old Women's Chorus
Ada Klein
Old Women's Chorus
Marie Lalloz
Third Old Woman
Charles Laskey
Dancer
Jerome Lawlor
Lycon
Lysistrata's husband
José Limón
The Guard
James McCallion
The Child
Burton McEvilly
Second Young Man
Nicias
Dancer
Nancy McKnight
Third Athenian Woman
Owen Meech
Fourth Old Man
Gwendolyn Mervin
Dancer
Thomas Moody
Old Men's Chorus
Morton Moore
Third Senator
Marion Morehouse
Second Corinthian Woman
Mary Morris
Leader of Old Women
Pauline Potter
Old Women's Chorus
Elsie Rand
Dancer
Elizabeth Rechelle
Old Women's Chorus
Houston Richards
Second Old Man
Albert Robinson
Old Men's Chorus
Miriam Schiller
First Spartan Woman
Dancer
Betty Schlaffer
Sixth Athenian Woman
Dancer
Lucian Scott
First Policeman
Dancer
Maud B. Sinclair
Old Women's Chorus
Helen Strumlauf
Second Athenian Woman
Dancer
Elliot Sullivan
Clerk
Dancer
Ernest Truex
Kinesias
Neville Westman
Rhodope
Nydia Westman
Kalonike
Thornton Whitney
Fifth Senator
June Wilkinson
Dancer
George J. Williams
Old Men's Chorus
Howard Wilson
Second Policeman
Dancer
Ian Wolfe
First Old Man
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