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Detective Story
Play
Drama
Melodrama
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 23, 1949
Closing Date
Aug 12, 1950
Performances
581
Play
Drama
Melodrama
Original
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Open Date: Mar 23, 1949
Close Date: Aug 12, 1950
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Hudson Theatre
(Mar 23, 1949 - Jul 01, 1950)
Broadhurst Theatre
(Jul 03, 1950 - Aug 12, 1950)
Setting
The detective squad room of a New York police station.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Howard Lindsay
and
Russel Crouse
; Associate Producer:
May Kirshner
Written by
Sidney S. Kingsley
Staged by
Sidney Kingsley
Scenic Design by
Boris Aronson
; Costume Design by
Mildred Sutherland
; Assistant to Mr. Aronson:
Lisa Jalowetz
General Manager:
Herman Bernstein
; Company Manager:
Warren P. Munsell, Jr.
Production Stage Manager:
David Gray, Jr.
; Stage Manager:
Arthur Hughes
Press Representative:
Leo Freedman
and
Abner D. Klipstein
; Production Assistant:
Miriam Doyle
and
Gertrude Appelbaum
Ralph Bellamy
Detective McLeod
Meg Mundy
Mary McLeod
Jean Adair
Mrs. Farragut
John Alberts
Gentleman
Joseph Ancona
Mr. Bagatelle
Archie Benson
Crumb-Bum
Edward Binns
Detective Gallagher
John Boyd
Detective O'Brien
Michelette Burani
Mrs. Bagatelle
Joan Copeland
Susan Carmichael
Jim Flynn
Mr. Feeney
Lou Gilbert
Joe Feinson
Sarah Grable
Mrs. Feeney
Lee Grant
Shoplifter
Carl Griscom
Willy
Byron C. Halstead
Patrolman Keough
Michael Lewin
Photographer
James Maloney
Mr. Pritchett
Horace McMahon
Lieut. Monoghan
Patrick McVey
Detective Callahan
Jacqueline Paige
Indignant citizen
Joe Roberts
Patrolman Baker
Alexander Scourby
Tami Giacoppetti
Maureen Stapleton
Miss Hatch
Warren Stevens
Arthur Kindred
Ruth Storm
Lady
Robert Strauss
Detective Dakis
Michael Strong
2nd burglar (Lewis)
Earl Sydnor
Patrolman Barnes
Les Tremayne
Mr. Sims
James Westerfield
Detective Brody
Garney Wilson
Mr. Gallantz
Joseph Wiseman
1st burglar (Charlie)
Harry Worth
Dr. Schneider
Understudy:
Edward Binns
(Detective McLeod)
Hudson Theatre
(Mar 23, 1949 - Jul 01, 1950)
Cast
Anne Burr
Mary McLeod
Lydia Clarke
Mary McLeod
Frank De Kova
1st burglar (Charlie)
Ruth Gilbert
Shoplifter
Joseph Hardy
Detective Gallagher
Elinor Randel
Susan Carmichael
Janet Ward
Miss Hatch
Broadhurst Theatre
(Jul 03, 1950 - Aug 12, 1950)
Awards
Theatre World
Award
1950 Recipient
Lydia Clarke
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Howard Lindsay
and
Russel Crouse
; Associate Producer:
May Kirshner
Written by
Sidney S. Kingsley
Staged by
Sidney Kingsley
Scenic Design by
Boris Aronson
; Costume Design by
Mildred Sutherland
; Assistant to Mr. Aronson:
Lisa Jalowetz
General Manager:
Herman Bernstein
; Company Manager:
Warren P. Munsell, Jr.
Production Stage Manager:
David Gray, Jr.
; Stage Manager:
Arthur Hughes
Press Representative:
Leo Freedman
and
Abner D. Klipstein
; Production Assistant:
Miriam Doyle
and
Gertrude Appelbaum
Ralph Bellamy
Detective McLeod
Meg Mundy
Mary McLeod
Jean Adair
Mrs. Farragut
John Alberts
Gentleman
Joseph Ancona
Mr. Bagatelle
Archie Benson
Crumb-Bum
Edward Binns
Detective Gallagher
John Boyd
Detective O'Brien
Michelette Burani
Mrs. Bagatelle
Joan Copeland
Susan Carmichael
Jim Flynn
Mr. Feeney
Lou Gilbert
Joe Feinson
Sarah Grable
Mrs. Feeney
Lee Grant
Shoplifter
Carl Griscom
Willy
Byron C. Halstead
Patrolman Keough
Michael Lewin
Photographer
James Maloney
Mr. Pritchett
Horace McMahon
Lieut. Monoghan
Patrick McVey
Detective Callahan
Jacqueline Paige
Indignant citizen
Joe Roberts
Patrolman Baker
Alexander Scourby
Tami Giacoppetti
Maureen Stapleton
Miss Hatch
Warren Stevens
Arthur Kindred
Ruth Storm
Lady
Robert Strauss
Detective Dakis
Michael Strong
2nd burglar (Lewis)
Earl Sydnor
Patrolman Barnes
Les Tremayne
Mr. Sims
James Westerfield
Detective Brody
Garney Wilson
Mr. Gallantz
Joseph Wiseman
1st burglar (Charlie)
Harry Worth
Dr. Schneider
Understudy:
Edward Binns
(Detective McLeod)
Hudson Theatre
(Mar 23, 1949 - Jul 01, 1950)
Cast
Anne Burr
Mary McLeod
Lydia Clarke
Mary McLeod
Frank De Kova
1st burglar (Charlie)
Ruth Gilbert
Shoplifter
Joseph Hardy
Detective Gallagher
Elinor Randel
Susan Carmichael
Janet Ward
Miss Hatch
Broadhurst Theatre
(Jul 03, 1950 - Aug 12, 1950)
Theatre World
Award
1950 Recipient
Lydia Clarke
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