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The Insect Comedy
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Jun 03, 1948
Closing Date
Jun 12, 1948
Performances
14
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
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Open Date: Jun 03, 1948
Close Date: Jun 12, 1948
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
City Center
(Jun 03, 1948 - Jun 12, 1948)
Description
A Play in Three Acts with Prologue and Epilogue
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
New York City Theatre Company
Originally produced in New York under the title 'The World We Live In' by
William A. Brady
Written by
Josef Capek
and
Karel Capek
; Dramatized and Adapted by
Owen Davis
Directed by
José Ferrer
; Choreographed by
Hanya Holm
Scenic Design by
Herbert Brodkin
; Costume Design by
Emeline Roche
; Lighting Design by
Herbert Brodkin
Ted Allegretti
Another Ant
Tom Avera
Victor
Journalist
Bobby Busch
Another Male Beetle
1st Snail
Mack Busch
Another Messenger
2nd Snail
Stanley Carlson
Male Beetle
Robert Carroll
Ichneumon Fly
2nd Engineer
Leonardo Cimino
Blind Ant
Chevi Colton
Ichneumon Fly's Larva
Bond Salesman
George Coulouris
The Vagrant
José Ferrer
Felix
Yellow Commander
Rita Gam
Clythia
Claire Hale
Young Butterfly
3rd Moth
George Hall
A Traitor
Joyce Hill
War Worker
Phyllis Hill
Iris
Paula Laurence
Female Beetle
Betty Low
Young Butterfly
2nd Moth
Annabelle Lyon
Young Butterfly
Female Cricket
4th Moth
Nan McFarland
Woman
Arthur Newman
Wood Cutter
Thomas Poston
Otakar
Quartermaster
Alexander Scourby
1st Engineer
Mildred Joanne Smith
Chrysalis
Robinson Stone
The Professor
Inventor
Ray Walston
Male Cricket
Telegrapher
Sidney Walters
An Ant
Jane White
Young Butterfly
1st Moth
Bert Whitley
Parasite
Wounded Man
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
New York City Theatre Company
Originally produced in New York under the title 'The World We Live In' by
William A. Brady
Written by
Josef Capek
and
Karel Capek
; Dramatized and Adapted by
Owen Davis
Directed by
José Ferrer
; Choreographed by
Hanya Holm
Scenic Design by
Herbert Brodkin
; Costume Design by
Emeline Roche
; Lighting Design by
Herbert Brodkin
Ted Allegretti
Another Ant
Tom Avera
Victor
Journalist
Bobby Busch
Another Male Beetle
1st Snail
Mack Busch
Another Messenger
2nd Snail
Stanley Carlson
Male Beetle
Robert Carroll
Ichneumon Fly
2nd Engineer
Leonardo Cimino
Blind Ant
Chevi Colton
Ichneumon Fly's Larva
Bond Salesman
George Coulouris
The Vagrant
José Ferrer
Felix
Yellow Commander
Rita Gam
Clythia
Claire Hale
Young Butterfly
3rd Moth
George Hall
A Traitor
Joyce Hill
War Worker
Phyllis Hill
Iris
Paula Laurence
Female Beetle
Betty Low
Young Butterfly
2nd Moth
Annabelle Lyon
Young Butterfly
Female Cricket
4th Moth
Nan McFarland
Woman
Arthur Newman
Wood Cutter
Thomas Poston
Otakar
Quartermaster
Alexander Scourby
1st Engineer
Mildred Joanne Smith
Chrysalis
Robinson Stone
The Professor
Inventor
Ray Walston
Male Cricket
Telegrapher
Sidney Walters
An Ant
Jane White
Young Butterfly
1st Moth
Bert Whitley
Parasite
Wounded Man
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