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The More the Merrier
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Sep 15, 1941
Closing Date
Sep 27, 1941
Performances
16
Play
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Sep 15, 1941
Close Date: Sep 27, 1941
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Cort Theatre
(Sep 15, 1941 - Sep 27, 1941)
Description
A comedy in three acts
Setting
Main hall of Harvey Royal's castle in the Colorado Rockies.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Otto L. Preminger
and
Norman Pincus
Written by
Frank Gabrielson
and
Irvin Pincus
Staged by
Otto Preminger
Scenic Design by
Stewart Chaney
James Albert
Second State Trooper
Frank Albertson
Daniel Finch
John Barnes
Capt. James
Max Beck
Mr. Jupiter
Ralph Chambers
Fat Man
Herbert Duffy
Jackson
Lee Frederick
First State Trooper
Will Geer
Forrest Lockhart
Robert Gray
Crivers
Teddy Hart
Al Goblin
Louis Hector
Harvey Royal
Dorrit Kelton
Miss Craig
Grace McDonald
Bugs Saunders
John McKee
Mr. Cartwright
Doro Merande
Miss Hogben
Millard Mitchell
Harry Scravvis
Scott Moore
Bus Driver
Mrs. Priestly Morrison
Mrs. Cartwright
J. C. Nugent
Senator Broderick
Daniele Porise
Sinister Man
Jack Riano
George Smith
Saint Subber
Young Man with a Radio
Guy Sampsel
Mr. Dewey
Lucia Seger
Mrs. Keek
G. Albert Smith
Doc Strube
Jane Standish
Mrs. Dewey
Brenda Struck
Lucille Keek
Keenan Wynn
Joseph Dolma
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Otto L. Preminger
and
Norman Pincus
Written by
Frank Gabrielson
and
Irvin Pincus
Staged by
Otto Preminger
Scenic Design by
Stewart Chaney
James Albert
Second State Trooper
Frank Albertson
Daniel Finch
John Barnes
Capt. James
Max Beck
Mr. Jupiter
Ralph Chambers
Fat Man
Herbert Duffy
Jackson
Lee Frederick
First State Trooper
Will Geer
Forrest Lockhart
Robert Gray
Crivers
Teddy Hart
Al Goblin
Louis Hector
Harvey Royal
Dorrit Kelton
Miss Craig
Grace McDonald
Bugs Saunders
John McKee
Mr. Cartwright
Doro Merande
Miss Hogben
Millard Mitchell
Harry Scravvis
Scott Moore
Bus Driver
Mrs. Priestly Morrison
Mrs. Cartwright
J. C. Nugent
Senator Broderick
Daniele Porise
Sinister Man
Jack Riano
George Smith
Saint Subber
Young Man with a Radio
Guy Sampsel
Mr. Dewey
Lucia Seger
Mrs. Keek
G. Albert Smith
Doc Strube
Jane Standish
Mrs. Dewey
Brenda Struck
Lucille Keek
Keenan Wynn
Joseph Dolma
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