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Prologue to Glory
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 17, 1938
Closing Date
Nov 05, 1938
Performances
161
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
(Mar 17, 1938 - Aug 13, 1938)
Ritz Theatre
(Sep 19, 1938 - Nov 05, 1938)
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Federal Theatre Project of The WPA
Incidental music by
Hans Bruno Meyer
; Written by
Ellsworth Prouty Conkle
Staged by
Leo Bulgakov
; Production Supervised by
Morris Ankrum
Scenic Design by
Walter Walden
; Costume Design by
Mary Merrill
; Lighting Design by
Feder
Edith Ansley
Ensemble
George Averill
Ensemble
Elizabeth Bilencova
Ensemble
James Bradleigh
Ensemble
Henry Buckler
Dr. Allen
Charles Burrows
Ensemble
Paul Byron
Denton Offut
Leon Colker
Ensemble
Kitty Cosgriff
Aunt Polly Green
Stephen Courtleigh
Abe Lincoln
Mar 17, 1938 - Aug 13, 1938
George Cowell
Ensemble
Wilbur Cox
Ensemble
Winifred Crawford
Ensemble
Al Durand
Ensemble
Frank Eldred
Ensemble
Joan Flicker
Carrie
Josephine Fox
Ensemble
Gustave Gordon
Colonel Rutledge
Tom Greenway
Ensemble
Louis Hallett
Ensemble
Gordon Hamilton
Ensemble
Charles Henderson
Ensemble
James P. Houston
Ensemble
Herbert Jelley
Ensemble
Phillip C. Jones
Ensemble
Isabel Keightley
Ensemble
James Kennedy
Ensemble
Harlan E. Knight
Ensemble
Charles Leeper
Ensemble
Robert Lowe
Mentor Graham
Jimmie Lydon
Denny
Seymour Malmude
Ensemble
Clara Marsh
Granny Rutledge
Harry Mathias
Ensemble
Roderick Maybee
Jack Armstrong
Frank McKinney
Ensemble
John McNulty
Ensemble
Robert Miller
David Rutledge
Tom Morrison
Squire Bowlin Green
Jean Nelson
Ensemble
Blanche Newcomb
Ensemble
Frank Norton
Ensemble
Lawrence O'Brien
Ensemble
William Phelps
Henry Onstott
Edwin Platt
Ensemble
Patricia Ramsey
Ensemble
Carl Robinson
Ensemble
Robert Robson
Emory Potter
Ann Rutledge
Ann Mayes Rutledge
Arthur W. Shackett
Ensemble
Lillian Shrewsbury
Mrs. Rutledge
Lida Snow
Sarah Lincoln
Sharon Stephens
Ensemble
Robert Toms
Ensemble
Samuel Van Dyke
Ensemble
June Victor
Ensemble
Violette Villiers
Ensemble
John West
Tom Lincoln
Elizabeth Widmer
Ensemble
Sidney Williams
Ensemble
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
(Mar 17, 1938 - Aug 13, 1938)
Understudy:
Russell Conway
(Abe Lincoln)
Ritz Theatre
(Sep 19, 1938 - Nov 05, 1938)
Cast
Erford Gage
Abe Lincoln
Sep 19, 1938 - ?
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Federal Theatre Project of The WPA
Incidental music by
Hans Bruno Meyer
; Written by
Ellsworth Prouty Conkle
Staged by
Leo Bulgakov
; Production Supervised by
Morris Ankrum
Scenic Design by
Walter Walden
; Costume Design by
Mary Merrill
; Lighting Design by
Feder
Edith Ansley
Ensemble
George Averill
Ensemble
Elizabeth Bilencova
Ensemble
James Bradleigh
Ensemble
Henry Buckler
Dr. Allen
Charles Burrows
Ensemble
Paul Byron
Denton Offut
Leon Colker
Ensemble
Kitty Cosgriff
Aunt Polly Green
Stephen Courtleigh
Abe Lincoln
Mar 17, 1938 - Aug 13, 1938
George Cowell
Ensemble
Wilbur Cox
Ensemble
Winifred Crawford
Ensemble
Al Durand
Ensemble
Frank Eldred
Ensemble
Joan Flicker
Carrie
Josephine Fox
Ensemble
Gustave Gordon
Colonel Rutledge
Tom Greenway
Ensemble
Louis Hallett
Ensemble
Gordon Hamilton
Ensemble
Charles Henderson
Ensemble
James P. Houston
Ensemble
Herbert Jelley
Ensemble
Phillip C. Jones
Ensemble
Isabel Keightley
Ensemble
James Kennedy
Ensemble
Harlan E. Knight
Ensemble
Charles Leeper
Ensemble
Robert Lowe
Mentor Graham
Jimmie Lydon
Denny
Seymour Malmude
Ensemble
Clara Marsh
Granny Rutledge
Harry Mathias
Ensemble
Roderick Maybee
Jack Armstrong
Frank McKinney
Ensemble
John McNulty
Ensemble
Robert Miller
David Rutledge
Tom Morrison
Squire Bowlin Green
Jean Nelson
Ensemble
Blanche Newcomb
Ensemble
Frank Norton
Ensemble
Lawrence O'Brien
Ensemble
William Phelps
Henry Onstott
Edwin Platt
Ensemble
Patricia Ramsey
Ensemble
Carl Robinson
Ensemble
Robert Robson
Emory Potter
Ann Rutledge
Ann Mayes Rutledge
Arthur W. Shackett
Ensemble
Lillian Shrewsbury
Mrs. Rutledge
Lida Snow
Sarah Lincoln
Sharon Stephens
Ensemble
Robert Toms
Ensemble
Samuel Van Dyke
Ensemble
June Victor
Ensemble
Violette Villiers
Ensemble
John West
Tom Lincoln
Elizabeth Widmer
Ensemble
Sidney Williams
Ensemble
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
(Mar 17, 1938 - Aug 13, 1938)
Understudy:
Russell Conway
(Abe Lincoln)
Ritz Theatre
(Sep 19, 1938 - Nov 05, 1938)
Cast
Erford Gage
Abe Lincoln
Sep 19, 1938 - ?
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