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Roll, Sweet Chariot
Play
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Oct 02, 1934
Closing Date
Oct 1934
Performances
7
Play
Play with music
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Oct 02, 1934
Close Date: Oct 1934
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Cort Theatre
(Oct 02, 1934 - Oct 1934)
Description
A play in four scenes
Setting
Potter's Field, A Negro Village Somewhere in the South.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Margaret Hewes
Incidental music by
Dolphe Martin
; Written by
Paul Green
Staged by
Margaret Hewes
,
Emjo Basshe
and
Stanley Pratt
Scenic Design by
Tom Adrian Cracraft
Orchestral Choir conducted by
Dolphe Martin
; Clarinet:
Samuel Harris
; Tuba:
Virginia Criscuoli
; Tympani:
Everett L. Westcott
Thomas Anderson
Orchestral Choir
Billy Andrews
Zeb Vance Lockley
Dorothea Archie
Milly Wilson
Leona Avery
Orchestral Choir
Lucian Ayers
Dode Wilson
Dora Bacotte
Orchestral Choir
Edward Batten
Orchestral Choir
Rufus Brent
Orchestral Choir
Leonard Brown
Chain Gang
Lucius Carter, Jr.
Willie Lockley
Philip Carter
Bad Eye Smith
Marguerite Cartwright
Flossie Tucker
Ralf Coleman
Tom Sterling
Warren Coleman
"John Henry"
Willard DeCosta
Sport Womack
Herbert Ellis
Chain Gang
Orchestral Choir
Pearl Gaines
Seeny Gray
William Hardaway
Chain Gang
Lloyd Horton
Doodle Wilson
Joseph James
Baritone Soloist
Johnny Johnston
Chain Gang
Billy Jones
Chain Gang
Rosalie King
Orchestral Choir
Mulford Lee
Orchestral Choir
Rose MacClendon
Sudie Wilson
Olga Maillard
Orchestral Choir
Luoneal Mason
Bantam Wilson
Albert McCoy
Orchestral Choir
Sadie McGill
Orchestral Choir
Arthur McLean
Orchestral Choir
Fred Miller
Jim Parr
Lionel Monagas
Ed. Uzzell
John Morrissey
First Guard
Lillian Norris
Belle Utley
Joe Northern
Chain Gang
Ralph Northern
Chain Gang
Edward Pugh
Chain Gang
Bobby Robinson
Orchestral Choir
Lester Robinson
Orchestral Choir
Bigelow Sayre
Second Guard
Zelda Shelton
Orchestral Choir
Maude Simmons
Orchestral Choir
Paul Smelley
Orchestral Choir
Ethel Hardie Smith
Orchestral Choir
Jay Thomas
Chain Gang
Dora Thompson
Orchestral Choir
Sam Tolson
Chain Gang
Teddy Vaughn
Chain Gang
Eleanor Wallace
Quiviene Lockley
Annie Wilson
Orchestral Choir
Frank Wilson
Levin Farrow
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Margaret Hewes
Incidental music by
Dolphe Martin
; Written by
Paul Green
Staged by
Margaret Hewes
,
Emjo Basshe
and
Stanley Pratt
Scenic Design by
Tom Adrian Cracraft
Orchestral Choir conducted by
Dolphe Martin
; Clarinet:
Samuel Harris
; Tuba:
Virginia Criscuoli
; Tympani:
Everett L. Westcott
Thomas Anderson
Orchestral Choir
Billy Andrews
Zeb Vance Lockley
Dorothea Archie
Milly Wilson
Leona Avery
Orchestral Choir
Lucian Ayers
Dode Wilson
Dora Bacotte
Orchestral Choir
Edward Batten
Orchestral Choir
Rufus Brent
Orchestral Choir
Leonard Brown
Chain Gang
Lucius Carter, Jr.
Willie Lockley
Philip Carter
Bad Eye Smith
Marguerite Cartwright
Flossie Tucker
Ralf Coleman
Tom Sterling
Warren Coleman
"John Henry"
Willard DeCosta
Sport Womack
Herbert Ellis
Chain Gang
Orchestral Choir
Pearl Gaines
Seeny Gray
William Hardaway
Chain Gang
Lloyd Horton
Doodle Wilson
Joseph James
Baritone Soloist
Johnny Johnston
Chain Gang
Billy Jones
Chain Gang
Rosalie King
Orchestral Choir
Mulford Lee
Orchestral Choir
Rose MacClendon
Sudie Wilson
Olga Maillard
Orchestral Choir
Luoneal Mason
Bantam Wilson
Albert McCoy
Orchestral Choir
Sadie McGill
Orchestral Choir
Arthur McLean
Orchestral Choir
Fred Miller
Jim Parr
Lionel Monagas
Ed. Uzzell
John Morrissey
First Guard
Lillian Norris
Belle Utley
Joe Northern
Chain Gang
Ralph Northern
Chain Gang
Edward Pugh
Chain Gang
Bobby Robinson
Orchestral Choir
Lester Robinson
Orchestral Choir
Bigelow Sayre
Second Guard
Zelda Shelton
Orchestral Choir
Maude Simmons
Orchestral Choir
Paul Smelley
Orchestral Choir
Ethel Hardie Smith
Orchestral Choir
Jay Thomas
Chain Gang
Dora Thompson
Orchestral Choir
Sam Tolson
Chain Gang
Teddy Vaughn
Chain Gang
Eleanor Wallace
Quiviene Lockley
Annie Wilson
Orchestral Choir
Frank Wilson
Levin Farrow
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