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Tea and Sympathy
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Sep 30, 1953
Closing Date
Jun 18, 1955
Performances
712
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Sep 30, 1953 - Feb 07, 1955)
Longacre Theatre
(Feb 09, 1955 - Apr 09, 1955)
48th Street Theatre
(Apr 11, 1955 - Jun 18, 1955)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
A dormitory in a boys' school in New England. June.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned by
The Shubert Organization
; Theatre Operated by the
Barrymore Theatre Corporation
Produced by
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; Robert Anderson; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Roger L. Stevens; John F. Wharton)
; Produced in association with
Mary K. Frank
Written by
Robert Anderson
Staged by
Elia Kazan
Assistant Designer to Mr. Mielziner:
John Harvey
; Scenic Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Lighting Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Costume Design by
Anna Hill Johnstone
Business Manager:
Victor Samrock
Production Stage Manager:
Seymour Milbert
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Yale Wexler
Press Representative:
William Fields
; Associate Press Representative:
Walter Alford
; Casting:
Karl Malden
; Production Assistant:
Malcolm Wells
For his assistance in casting, Mr. Kazan gratefully acknowledges the assistance of
Karl Malden
Deborah Kerr
Laura Reynolds
Leif Erickson
Bill Reynolds
John Kerr
Tom Lee
Richard Franchot
Phil
Florida Friebus
Lilly Sears
John McGovern
Herbert Lee
Richard Midgley
David Harris
Arthur Steuer
Steve
Alan Sues
Ralph
Yale Wexler
Paul
Dick York
Al
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Sep 30, 1953 - Feb 07, 1955)
Cast
Regis Caddic
Paul
Joan Fontaine
Laura Reynolds
Jun 01, 1954 - Feb 26, 1955
Anthony Perkins
Tom Lee
Jun 01, 1954 - ?
Yale Wexler
Al
Understudy:
Mary Fickett
(Laura Reynolds)
Longacre Theatre
(Feb 09, 1955 - Apr 09, 1955)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization
Cast
Mary Fickett
Laura Reynolds
Feb 28, 1955 - ?
48th Street Theatre
(Apr 11, 1955 - Jun 18, 1955)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
William A. Brady
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1954 Winner
John Kerr
Theatre World
Award
1955 Recipient
Anthony Perkins
and
Mary Fickett
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned by
The Shubert Organization
; Theatre Operated by the
Barrymore Theatre Corporation
Produced by
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; Robert Anderson; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Roger L. Stevens; John F. Wharton)
; Produced in association with
Mary K. Frank
Written by
Robert Anderson
Staged by
Elia Kazan
Assistant Designer to Mr. Mielziner:
John Harvey
; Scenic Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Lighting Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Costume Design by
Anna Hill Johnstone
Business Manager:
Victor Samrock
Production Stage Manager:
Seymour Milbert
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Yale Wexler
Press Representative:
William Fields
; Associate Press Representative:
Walter Alford
; Casting:
Karl Malden
; Production Assistant:
Malcolm Wells
For his assistance in casting, Mr. Kazan gratefully acknowledges the assistance of
Karl Malden
Deborah Kerr
Laura Reynolds
Leif Erickson
Bill Reynolds
John Kerr
Tom Lee
Richard Franchot
Phil
Florida Friebus
Lilly Sears
John McGovern
Herbert Lee
Richard Midgley
David Harris
Arthur Steuer
Steve
Alan Sues
Ralph
Yale Wexler
Paul
Dick York
Al
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Sep 30, 1953 - Feb 07, 1955)
Cast
Regis Caddic
Paul
Joan Fontaine
Laura Reynolds
Jun 01, 1954 - Feb 26, 1955
Anthony Perkins
Tom Lee
Jun 01, 1954 - ?
Yale Wexler
Al
Understudy:
Mary Fickett
(Laura Reynolds)
Longacre Theatre
(Feb 09, 1955 - Apr 09, 1955)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization
Cast
Mary Fickett
Laura Reynolds
Feb 28, 1955 - ?
48th Street Theatre
(Apr 11, 1955 - Jun 18, 1955)
Theatre Owned / Operated by
William A. Brady
Tony Award®
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1954 Winner
John Kerr
Theatre World
Award
1955 Recipient
Anthony Perkins
and
Mary Fickett
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