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The Green Pastures
A Fable
Play
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 15, 1951
Closing Date
Apr 21, 1951
Performances
44
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Revival
Broadway
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Open Date: Mar 15, 1951
Close Date: Apr 21, 1951
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Broadway Theatre
(Mar 15, 1951 - Apr 21, 1951)
Description
A play in two parts
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Operated by
Trebuhs Realty Co., Inc.
Produced by
The Wigreen Company
; Produced in association with
Harry Fromkes
Written by
Marc Connelly
; Suggested by Southern Sketches "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun" by
Roark Bradford
Directed by
Marc Connelly
Production Design by
Robert Edmond Jones
General Manager:
J.H. Del Bondio
; Company Manager:
Edward A. Haas
Production Stage Manager:
Ben D. Kranz
; Stage Manager:
Charles Pratt, Jr.
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Herman Magidson
Choir under the Musical Direction of
Hall Johnson
; Assistant Choral Dir:
Louvinia White
Casting Consultant:
Lina Abarbanell
; General Press Representative:
Tom Weatherly
; Press Representative:
Dick Williams
Alice Ajaye
Alto/Choir
Rodger Alford
Choir Leader
A Candidate Magician
Scout
Tenor/Choir
Leona Avery
Alto/Choir
Lawson Bates
Tenor/Choir
Mabel Bergen
Soprano/Choir
Ernest Bloomfield
Child
Randolph
Eugene Bloomfield
Child
Patricia Bloomfield
Child
Alonzo Bosan
Noah
Abraham
John Bouie
First Man
Jacob
Pharaoh
High Priest
Philip Brinson
Carlisle
Child
Maudine Brown
Soprano/Choir
Vinie Burrows
Zeba
Jimmie Burton
Child
Miriam Burton
Soprano/Choir
Jack Carr
Bass/Choir
Calvin Dash
Scout
Corporal
Tenor/Choir
Ossie Davis
Gabriel
William O. Davis
Archangel
First Wizard
Tenor/Choir
Pierre Dillard
Second Boy
Child
William Dillard
Adam
Hezdrel
Beatrice Edwards
Child
Hope Foye
A King's Favorite
Soprano/Choir
James Fuller
Custard Maker
Gambler
Japheth
Joyce Gissentanner
Myrtle
Child
Dierdre Greenway
Child
Curtis Hawkins
Tenor/Choir
Louise Hawthorne
Soprano/Choir
Philip Hepburn
Boy Gambler
Child
Phillip Hepburn
First Boy
George Hill
Bass/Choir
Gambler
Alma L. Hubbard
Second Cook
Noah's Wife
Soprano/Choir
Milroy Ingram
Eve
First Woman
Zipporah
A King's Favorite
Yvonne Jiggets
A King's Favorite
Oci Johnson
Soprano/Choir
Alonzo Jones
Baritone/Choir
Jumel Jones
A King's Favorite
Avon Long
First Man Angel
Ham
Head Magician
King of Babylon
John Marriott
Mr. Deshee
the Preacher
Moses
Tina Marshall
Third Woman
A Manicurist
His Guest
William Marshall
God
Willie Mays
Alto/Choir
William McDaniel
A Voice
Tenor/Choir
Robert McFerrin
Gambler
Shem
Isaac
Second Officer
Tenor/Choir
Courtenaye Olden
Teacher Angel
A Concubine
A King's Favorite
Louise Parker
Alto/Choir
Madeline Preston
Soprano/Choir
Van Prince
Cain
Joshua
Cain the Sixth
Ethel Purnello
First Mammy Angel
Alto/Choir
John Rainey
Gambler
John H. Rainey
Baritone/Choir
Anna Mae Richardson
A Stout Angel
Voice in Shanty
Second Woman
Second Cleaner
George Royston
Gambler
Tenor/Choir
Randolph Sawyer
Flatfoot
Master of Ceremonies
Marcia Titus
Child
Robert Titus
Child
William Veasey
First Cook
Aaron
Prophet
Bass/Choir
Louvinia White
Soprano/Choir
Margaret Williams
A Slender Angel
First Cleaner
George O. Willis
A General
Scout
Bass/Choir
Beecher Wilson
Baritone/Choir
Mary Young
Child
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Operated by
Trebuhs Realty Co., Inc.
Produced by
The Wigreen Company
; Produced in association with
Harry Fromkes
Written by
Marc Connelly
; Suggested by Southern Sketches "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun" by
Roark Bradford
Directed by
Marc Connelly
Production Design by
Robert Edmond Jones
General Manager:
J.H. Del Bondio
; Company Manager:
Edward A. Haas
Production Stage Manager:
Ben D. Kranz
; Stage Manager:
Charles Pratt, Jr.
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Herman Magidson
Choir under the Musical Direction of
Hall Johnson
; Assistant Choral Dir:
Louvinia White
Casting Consultant:
Lina Abarbanell
; General Press Representative:
Tom Weatherly
; Press Representative:
Dick Williams
Alice Ajaye
Alto/Choir
Rodger Alford
Choir Leader
A Candidate Magician
Scout
Tenor/Choir
Leona Avery
Alto/Choir
Lawson Bates
Tenor/Choir
Mabel Bergen
Soprano/Choir
Ernest Bloomfield
Child
Randolph
Eugene Bloomfield
Child
Patricia Bloomfield
Child
Alonzo Bosan
Noah
Abraham
John Bouie
First Man
Jacob
Pharaoh
High Priest
Philip Brinson
Carlisle
Child
Maudine Brown
Soprano/Choir
Vinie Burrows
Zeba
Jimmie Burton
Child
Miriam Burton
Soprano/Choir
Jack Carr
Bass/Choir
Calvin Dash
Scout
Corporal
Tenor/Choir
Ossie Davis
Gabriel
William O. Davis
Archangel
First Wizard
Tenor/Choir
Pierre Dillard
Second Boy
Child
William Dillard
Adam
Hezdrel
Beatrice Edwards
Child
Hope Foye
A King's Favorite
Soprano/Choir
James Fuller
Custard Maker
Gambler
Japheth
Joyce Gissentanner
Myrtle
Child
Dierdre Greenway
Child
Curtis Hawkins
Tenor/Choir
Louise Hawthorne
Soprano/Choir
Philip Hepburn
Boy Gambler
Child
Phillip Hepburn
First Boy
George Hill
Bass/Choir
Gambler
Alma L. Hubbard
Second Cook
Noah's Wife
Soprano/Choir
Milroy Ingram
Eve
First Woman
Zipporah
A King's Favorite
Yvonne Jiggets
A King's Favorite
Oci Johnson
Soprano/Choir
Alonzo Jones
Baritone/Choir
Jumel Jones
A King's Favorite
Avon Long
First Man Angel
Ham
Head Magician
King of Babylon
John Marriott
Mr. Deshee
the Preacher
Moses
Tina Marshall
Third Woman
A Manicurist
His Guest
William Marshall
God
Willie Mays
Alto/Choir
William McDaniel
A Voice
Tenor/Choir
Robert McFerrin
Gambler
Shem
Isaac
Second Officer
Tenor/Choir
Courtenaye Olden
Teacher Angel
A Concubine
A King's Favorite
Louise Parker
Alto/Choir
Madeline Preston
Soprano/Choir
Van Prince
Cain
Joshua
Cain the Sixth
Ethel Purnello
First Mammy Angel
Alto/Choir
John Rainey
Gambler
John H. Rainey
Baritone/Choir
Anna Mae Richardson
A Stout Angel
Voice in Shanty
Second Woman
Second Cleaner
George Royston
Gambler
Tenor/Choir
Randolph Sawyer
Flatfoot
Master of Ceremonies
Marcia Titus
Child
Robert Titus
Child
William Veasey
First Cook
Aaron
Prophet
Bass/Choir
Louvinia White
Soprano/Choir
Margaret Williams
A Slender Angel
First Cleaner
George O. Willis
A General
Scout
Bass/Choir
Beecher Wilson
Baritone/Choir
Mary Young
Child
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