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The Cool World
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Feb 22, 1960
Closing Date
Feb 23, 1960
Performances
2
Play
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Feb 22, 1960
Close Date: Feb 23, 1960
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Eugene O'Neill Theatre
(Feb 22, 1960 - Feb 23, 1960)
Description
A play in two acts
Setting
The street; the Curtis apartment; the clubhouse of the Royal Crocodiles; Royal Baron's apartment; Lu Ann's bedroom; Hermit's Luncheonette; Coney Island; Hurst's apartment.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Lester Osterman, Jr.
Written by
Warren Miller
and
Robert Rossen
; Based on the novel by
Warren Miller
Directed by
Robert Rossen
Scenic Design by
Howard Bay
; Costume Design by
Ann Roth
; Lighting Design by
Howard Bay
Company Manager:
Roy A. Somlyo
Production Stage Manager:
Charles Durand
; Stage Manager:
Louis Criss
Press Representative:
Harvey B. Sabinson
Art Aveilhe
Lucky
Ethel Ayler
Woman at the Beach
Don Blakely
Savage
Roscoe Lee Browne
Royal Baron
Marvin Felix Camillo
Bebop
Alice Childress
Mrs. Thurston
Herb Coleman
Saint
David Downing
Boy
Clebert Ford
Foxy
George Gatlin
Cowboy
Maxwell Glanville
Pusher
Martin Golar
Rod
Lynn Hamilton
Mrs. Custis
Philip Hepburn
Mau Mau
James Earl Jones
Harrison Thurston
Calvin Lockhart
Blood
Eulabelle Moore
Gramma Custis
Jim Oyster
Old Man
First Policeman
Ray Saint Jacques
Priest
Wardell Saunders
Father Christmas
Harold Scott
Chester
P. Jay Sidney
Hurst
Hilda Simms
Miss Dewpont
Cheyenne Sorocki
Cherokee
Melvin Stewart
Hermit
Cicely Tyson
Girl
Lamont Washington
Little Man
Alease Whittington
Lu Ann
Billy Dee Williams
Duke Custis
Duke Williams
Second Policeman
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Lester Osterman, Jr.
Written by
Warren Miller
and
Robert Rossen
; Based on the novel by
Warren Miller
Directed by
Robert Rossen
Scenic Design by
Howard Bay
; Costume Design by
Ann Roth
; Lighting Design by
Howard Bay
Company Manager:
Roy A. Somlyo
Production Stage Manager:
Charles Durand
; Stage Manager:
Louis Criss
Press Representative:
Harvey B. Sabinson
Art Aveilhe
Lucky
Ethel Ayler
Woman at the Beach
Don Blakely
Savage
Roscoe Lee Browne
Royal Baron
Marvin Felix Camillo
Bebop
Alice Childress
Mrs. Thurston
Herb Coleman
Saint
David Downing
Boy
Clebert Ford
Foxy
George Gatlin
Cowboy
Maxwell Glanville
Pusher
Martin Golar
Rod
Lynn Hamilton
Mrs. Custis
Philip Hepburn
Mau Mau
James Earl Jones
Harrison Thurston
Calvin Lockhart
Blood
Eulabelle Moore
Gramma Custis
Jim Oyster
Old Man
First Policeman
Ray Saint Jacques
Priest
Wardell Saunders
Father Christmas
Harold Scott
Chester
P. Jay Sidney
Hurst
Hilda Simms
Miss Dewpont
Cheyenne Sorocki
Cherokee
Melvin Stewart
Hermit
Cicely Tyson
Girl
Lamont Washington
Little Man
Alease Whittington
Lu Ann
Billy Dee Williams
Duke Custis
Duke Williams
Second Policeman
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