Sunrise at Campobello

Cort Theatre, (1/30/1958 - 5/30/1959)

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Opening Date:	Jan 30, 1958
Closing Date:	May 30, 1959	Total Performances:	556

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway

Description: A drama in three acts and eight scenes

Setting: The home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada (1921); and New York (1922-1924).

Opening Night Credits
Awards

Production Staff [See More]
Theatre Leased by The Shubert Organization
Produced by The Theatre Guild and Dore Schary
Written by Dore Schary
Directed by Vincent J. Donehue
Scenic Design by Ralph Alswang; Costume Design by Virginia Volland; Lighting Design by Ralph Alswang
General Manager: Peter Davis; Company Manager: Jesse Long
Production Stage Manager: Jean Barrere; Stage Manager: Kenneth Mays
General Press Representative: Nat Dorfman; Press Representative: Irvin Dorfman and Marjorie Barkentin

Cast

Ralph Bellamy	Franklin Delano Roosevelt
James Bonnet	James Roosevelt
Alan Bunce	Governor Alfred E. Smith
Clifford Carpenter	Mr. Brimmer
Jerry Crews	Daly
Floyd Curtis	Policeman
	Stretcher Bearer
Roni Dengel	Anna Roosevelt
Vincent Dowling	Senator Walsh
	Stretcher Bearer
Ethel Everett	Marie
Mary Fickett	Eleanor Roosevelt
William Fort	Franklin Calder
Henry Jones	Louis McHenry Howe
James Earl Jones	Edward
Kenneth Kakos	Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.
Edwin Philips	A Speaker
	Stretcher Bearer
James Reese	Doctor Bennet
Richard Robbins	Mr. Lassiter
Jeffrey Rowland	John Roosevelt
Anne Seymour	Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt
Perry Skaar	Elliott Roosevelt
Mary Welch	Miss Marguerite (Missy) LeHand

Understudies: James Bayer (Elliott Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.), Clifford Carpenter (Louis McHenry Howe), Vincent Dowling (Governor Alfred E. Smith, Mr. Lassiter), Ethel Everett (Miss Marguerite (Missy) LeHand, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt), William Fort (Mr. Brimmer, Senator Walsh), Kenneth Kakos (John Roosevelt), Richard Robbins (Franklin Delano Roosevelt), Linda Seff (Anna Roosevelt, Marie), Perry Skaar (James Roosevelt) and Mary Welch (Eleanor Roosevelt)

Tony Award^®
1958 Best Play [winner]
Written by Dore Schary; Produced by The Theatre Guild and Dore Schary
1958 Best Actor in Play [winner]
Ralph Bellamy
1958 Best Featured Actor in a Play [winner]
Henry Jones
1958 Best Featured Actress in a Play [nominee]
Mary Fickett
1958 Best Director [winner]
Directed by Vincent J. Donehue