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The Ponder Heart
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Feb 16, 1956
Closing Date
Jun 23, 1956
Performances
149
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
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Open Date: Feb 16, 1956
Close Date: Jun 23, 1956
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Music Box Theatre
(Feb 16, 1956 - Jun 23, 1956)
Description
A comedy in three acts
Setting
In and around a small town in the South, a few years ago.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
Written by
Joseph A. Fields
and
Jerome Chodorov
; Based on a story by
Eudora Welty
Directed by
Robert Douglas
Scenic Design by
Ben Edwards
; Costume Design by
Frank Spencer
; Lighting Design by
Ben Edwards
Business Manager:
Victor Samrock
; Company Manager:
Leonard Field
Production Stage Manager:
Philip Mathias
; Stage Manager:
Tony Kraber
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
James Karr
Music Advisor:
Lehman Engel
Lighting Supervisor:
Klaus Holm
; Press Representative:
William Fields
; Associate Press Representative:
Walter Alford
and
Reginald Denenholz
; Production Assistant:
Malcolm Wells
; Master Carpenter:
Lawrence Bland
David Wayne
Uncle Daniel Ponder
Will Geer
Dorris R. Gladney
Juanita Hall
Narciss
Don Hanmer
De Yancey Clanahan
Sarah Marshall
Bonnie Dee Ponder
Una Merkel
Edna Earle Ponder
Daniel Bergin
Jurors and Spectators
Joe Bishop
Jurors and Spectators
Theodore Browne
Jacob
Edwin Buckley
Purdel Peacock
Vinie Burrows
Sarah
William Dwyer
Clyde
Mary Farrell
Mrs. Bodkin
Donald Foster
Dr. Eubanks
Tom Geraghty
Jurors and Spectators
Barbara Jean Gilliam
Eloise
Harold Grau
Mr. Peacock
Jim Holden
Jurors and Spectators
J. Talbot Holland
Al
James Karr
Clerk
Charlotte Klein
Mrs. Peacock
Johnny Klein
Rodney
Richard Klein
Bruce Peacock
Tony Kraber
Bailiff
David Leland
Mr. Springer
Alan Manson
Foreman
Dwight Marfield
Truex Bodkin
John Marriott
Big John
Junior Marshall
Willie
John McGovern
Judge Waite
Helen Quarrier
Treva Peacock
Richard Rothrock
Jurors and Spectators
Jeanne Shelley
Johnnie Ree Peacock
Lieselotte Singer
Jurors and Spectators
Ruth White
Teacake Magee
Noel Williams
Sam
Music Box Theatre
(Feb 16, 1956 - Jun 23, 1956)
Cast
Henry Boyce
Willie
Irene Kane
Treva Peacock
Eulabelle Moore
Narciss
May 28, 1956 - ?
Billy Quinn
Purdel Peacock
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Featured Actress in a Play
1956 Winner
Una Merkel
Best Scenic Design
1956 Nominee
Scenic Design by
Ben Edwards
Stage Technician
1956 Nominee
Carpenter:
Lawrence Bland
Theatre World
Award
1956 Recipient
Sarah Marshall
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
Written by
Joseph A. Fields
and
Jerome Chodorov
; Based on a story by
Eudora Welty
Directed by
Robert Douglas
Scenic Design by
Ben Edwards
; Costume Design by
Frank Spencer
; Lighting Design by
Ben Edwards
Business Manager:
Victor Samrock
; Company Manager:
Leonard Field
Production Stage Manager:
Philip Mathias
; Stage Manager:
Tony Kraber
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
James Karr
Music Advisor:
Lehman Engel
Lighting Supervisor:
Klaus Holm
; Press Representative:
William Fields
; Associate Press Representative:
Walter Alford
and
Reginald Denenholz
; Production Assistant:
Malcolm Wells
; Master Carpenter:
Lawrence Bland
David Wayne
Uncle Daniel Ponder
Will Geer
Dorris R. Gladney
Juanita Hall
Narciss
Don Hanmer
De Yancey Clanahan
Sarah Marshall
Bonnie Dee Ponder
Una Merkel
Edna Earle Ponder
Daniel Bergin
Jurors and Spectators
Joe Bishop
Jurors and Spectators
Theodore Browne
Jacob
Edwin Buckley
Purdel Peacock
Vinie Burrows
Sarah
William Dwyer
Clyde
Mary Farrell
Mrs. Bodkin
Donald Foster
Dr. Eubanks
Tom Geraghty
Jurors and Spectators
Barbara Jean Gilliam
Eloise
Harold Grau
Mr. Peacock
Jim Holden
Jurors and Spectators
J. Talbot Holland
Al
James Karr
Clerk
Charlotte Klein
Mrs. Peacock
Johnny Klein
Rodney
Richard Klein
Bruce Peacock
Tony Kraber
Bailiff
David Leland
Mr. Springer
Alan Manson
Foreman
Dwight Marfield
Truex Bodkin
John Marriott
Big John
Junior Marshall
Willie
John McGovern
Judge Waite
Helen Quarrier
Treva Peacock
Richard Rothrock
Jurors and Spectators
Jeanne Shelley
Johnnie Ree Peacock
Lieselotte Singer
Jurors and Spectators
Ruth White
Teacake Magee
Noel Williams
Sam
Music Box Theatre
(Feb 16, 1956 - Jun 23, 1956)
Cast
Henry Boyce
Willie
Irene Kane
Treva Peacock
Eulabelle Moore
Narciss
May 28, 1956 - ?
Billy Quinn
Purdel Peacock
Tony Award®
Best Featured Actress in a Play
1956 Winner
Una Merkel
Best Scenic Design
1956 Nominee
Scenic Design by
Ben Edwards
Stage Technician
1956 Nominee
Carpenter:
Lawrence Bland
Theatre World
Award
1956 Recipient
Sarah Marshall
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