PlayDrama Monologue One ActOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 15, 1959
Closing Date
May 16, 1959
Performances
37
PlayDrama Monologue One ActOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

This production was composed of the following shows: Some Comments on the Harmful Effects of Tobacco, Bedtime Story, Portrait of a Madonna, A Pound on Demand
Theatres
Playhouse Theatre
(Apr 15, 1959 - May 16, 1959)

Some Comments on the Harmful Effects of Tobacco

Category: Play, Drama, Monologue, One Act, Original, Broadway
Setting: Early 1900s.
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Produced by The Theatre Guild and Dore Schary; Associate Producer: Henry T. Weinstein
Written by Anton Chekhov
Staged by Hume Cronyn
Scenic Design by David Hays; Costume Design by Anna Hill Johnstone; Lighting Design by David Hays
General Manager: Peter Davis; Company Manager: Roy A. Somlyo
Production Stage Manager: Paul A. Foley; Stage Manager: Marjorie Winfield
Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and David Powers; Advertising: Jack Isaacson and Ingram Ash
Hume Cronyn
Prof. Ivan Ivanovitch Nyukhin

Bedtime Story

Category: Play, Drama, One Act, Original, Broadway
Setting: A bachelor flat in Dublin in 1925.
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Produced by The Theatre Guild and Dore Schary; Associate Producer: Henry T. Weinstein
Written by Sean O'Casey
Staged by Hume Cronyn
Scenic Design by David Hays; Costume Design by Anna Hill Johnstone; Lighting Design by David Hays
General Manager: Peter Davis; Company Manager: Roy A. Somlyo
Production Stage Manager: Paul A. Foley; Stage Manager: Marjorie Winfield
Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and David Powers; Advertising: Ingram Ash and Jack Isaacson
Hume Cronyn
John Jo Mulligan
Biff McGuire
Daniel Halibut
Jessica Tandy
Angela Nightingale

Portrait of a Madonna

Category: Play, Drama, One Act, Original, Broadway
Setting: The living-room of a moderately priced apartment. The present.
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Produced by The Theatre Guild and Dore Schary; Associate Producer: Henry T. Weinstein
Written by Tennessee Williams
Staged by Hume Cronyn
Setting by David Hays; Costumes by Anna Hill Johnstone; Lighting by David Hays
General Manager: Peter Davis; Company Manager: Roy A. Somlyo
Production Stage Manager: Paul A. Foley; Stage Manager: Marjorie Winfield
Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and David Powers; Advertising: Jack Isaacson and Ingram Ash
Hume Cronyn
The Doctor
George Mathews
The Porter
Biff McGuire
Elevator Boy
John Randolph
Mr. Abrams
Margot Stevenson
The Nurse
Jessica Tandy
Miss Lucretia Collins

A Pound on Demand

Category: Play, Drama, One Act, Revival, Broadway
Setting: In a Dublin post office, just after World War 1. Late afternoon.
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Produced by The Theatre Guild and Dore Schary; Associate Producer: Henry T. Weinstein
Written by Sean O'Casey
Staged by Hume Cronyn
Scenic Design by David Hays; Costume Design by Anna Hill Johnstone; Lighting Design by David Hays
General Manager: Peter Davis; Company Manager: Roy A. Somlyo
Production Stage Manager: Paul A. Foley; Stage Manager: Marjorie Winfield
Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and David Powers; Advertising: Jack Isaacson and Ingram Ash
Hume Cronyn
Jerry
George Mathews
Policeman
Biff McGuire
Sammy
Margot Stevenson
Girl in Charge
Jessica Tandy
The Public
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