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Murder in the Cathedral
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Drama
Original
Opening Date
Mar 20, 1936
Closing Date
Apr 1936
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Open Date: Mar 20, 1936
Close Date: Apr 1936
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Manhattan Theatre
(Mar 20, 1936 - Apr 1936)
Setting
Archbishop's Hall, Canterbury Cathedral, 1170.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Popular Price Theatre of The Federal Theatre Project of the WPA
Music by
A. Lehman Engel
; Written by
T.S. Eliot
Staged by
Edward T. Goodman
and
Halstead Welles
Scenic Design by
Tom Adrian Cracraft
Leopold Badia
Singing Chorus
John Battie
Singing Chorus
Iona Bright
First woman of Canterbury
Robert Bruce
Fourth Tempter
Camelia Campbell
Fourth woman of Canterbury
Stephen Courtleigh
Second Knight
Roger De Koven
First Knight
Josef Draper
Second Tempter
Bessie English
Ninth woman of Canterbury
David Friedkin
Herald
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
Singing Chorus
Charlotte Gloer
Tenth woman of Canterbury
Tom Greeway
First Tempter
Georgia Harvey
Second woman of Canterbury
Harry Irvine
Thomas Becket
John James
Singing Chorus
Maria LaPorta
Singing Chorus
George Le Soir
Third Tempter
Vladimir Lepidinsky
Singing Chorus
Jon Lormer
Third Knight
Helen Morrow
Seventh woman of Canterbury
Leo Nash
Singing Chorus
Negro Youth Theatre
Singing Chorus
Barna Ostertag
Fifth woman of Canterbury
Mabel Paige
Sixth woman of Canterbury
Louis Prohoff
Third Priest
Mary Roth
Eighth woman of Canterbury
Peter Skrefstad
Singing Chorus
Harry Sothern
Second Priest
Minnie Stanley
Third woman of Canterbury
Frederick Tozere
Fourth Knight
Alan Wallace
Singing Chorus
Robert Williamson
First Priest
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Popular Price Theatre of The Federal Theatre Project of the WPA
Music by
A. Lehman Engel
; Written by
T.S. Eliot
Staged by
Edward T. Goodman
and
Halstead Welles
Scenic Design by
Tom Adrian Cracraft
Leopold Badia
Singing Chorus
John Battie
Singing Chorus
Iona Bright
First woman of Canterbury
Robert Bruce
Fourth Tempter
Camelia Campbell
Fourth woman of Canterbury
Stephen Courtleigh
Second Knight
Roger De Koven
First Knight
Josef Draper
Second Tempter
Bessie English
Ninth woman of Canterbury
David Friedkin
Herald
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company
Singing Chorus
Charlotte Gloer
Tenth woman of Canterbury
Tom Greeway
First Tempter
Georgia Harvey
Second woman of Canterbury
Harry Irvine
Thomas Becket
John James
Singing Chorus
Maria LaPorta
Singing Chorus
George Le Soir
Third Tempter
Vladimir Lepidinsky
Singing Chorus
Jon Lormer
Third Knight
Helen Morrow
Seventh woman of Canterbury
Leo Nash
Singing Chorus
Negro Youth Theatre
Singing Chorus
Barna Ostertag
Fifth woman of Canterbury
Mabel Paige
Sixth woman of Canterbury
Louis Prohoff
Third Priest
Mary Roth
Eighth woman of Canterbury
Peter Skrefstad
Singing Chorus
Harry Sothern
Second Priest
Minnie Stanley
Third woman of Canterbury
Frederick Tozere
Fourth Knight
Alan Wallace
Singing Chorus
Robert Williamson
First Priest
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