PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 17, 1938
Closing Date
Nov 05, 1938
Performances
161
PlayDramaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
(Mar 17, 1938 - Aug 13, 1938)
Ritz Theatre
(Sep 19, 1938 - Nov 05, 1938)
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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