Motion Picture Production Encyclopedia (1950)

N . Y. STAGE SHOWS 1948 991 Bishop Armstrong (Tom) Lawrence Brooks Suzette Armstrong Joan Shepard Alice Marion Bradley Harry Armstrong William Berrian Miss Potherton Hildegrade Halliday Cornelius Van Tuyl Melville, Ruick Susan Van Tuyl Hazel' Dawn Jr. Percival Hawthorne-Hillary Tom Bate Mrs. DeWitt Barbara Patton Veronica DeWitt Gail Adams Octavia Fotheringham Luella Gear Sir Frederick Putnam Rex Evans Lady Putnam Doris Patston Rupert Chandler Melton Moore Viadimir Luccachevitch Nat Burns Miss Joyce Natalie Norman Bertie Wessel Lawrence Weber Georgianna Curtright Verna Epperly Mararet Fears Mary Jane Sloan Lawrence Riley Andy Aprea Thyra Winslow Lou Maddox Dewitt Bodeen Donald Crocker Rosella Allegra Varron Mme. Marguerita Cavallini (Rita) Anne Jeffreys Charlotte Armstrong Madeleine Holmes Tosatti (The Organ Grinder) Tito Coral First Maid Edith Lane Second Maid Patricia Boyer Page Boy Norval Tormsen Other guests Martha Burnett, June Reimer, Muriel Birkhead, Harold Ronk, Le Roy Bush. Songs: "Souvenir," "1898," "Debutante," "Written in Your Hand," "Millefleurs," "Love and Laughter," "From Now Onward," "Little Emmaline," "Aria," "Desire," "Polka," "If Only," "In Love With Romance," "Finaletto," "Prayer." OH, MR. ME A DOW BROOK Colden Theatre. Opened Sunday, December 26, 1948. Closed January 22, 1949. 34 performances. A comedy by Ronald Telfer and Pauline Jamerson. Staged by Harry Ellerbe. Set, Wolfgang Roth. Costumes supervised by Lucille Little. Presented by John Yorke. Constance Vye Grace McTarnahan Harland Vye Harry Ellerbe Sophie MacDonald Sylvia Field japhet Meadowbrook Ernest Truex Nesta Madrigale Vicki Cummings James Howells Mortion L. Stevens THE OLD LADY SAYS "NO!" Mansfield Theatre. Opened February 16, 1943. Closed February 22, 1948. 8 performances. A drama by Denis Johnston. Staged and lighted by Hilton Edwards. Settings, Michael MacLiammoir and Molly MacEwen. Presented by Aldrich and Myers in association with Brian Doherty. The Speaker ( Robert Emmet) ....Michael MacLiammoir Sarah Curran Meriel Moore Major Sirr Reginald Jarman 1st Redcoat Bryan Herbert 2nd Redcoat. Liam Gannon The Other Ones Roy Irving, Edward Golden, Denis Brennan, Patrick Nolan, William Dalzell, Nora O'Mahoney, Helena Hughes, Betsy Rogues, Patricia Kennedy, Edna O'Rourke. PATIENCE Century Theatre. Opened February 9, 1948. Closed April 24, 1948. 16 performances. Operetta by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Staged by Anna Bethel. Musical director, Isidore Godfrey. Presented by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. Colonel Calverly Richard Walker Major Murgatroyd C. William Morgan Lieut, the Duke of Dunstable Leonard Osborn (Officers of Dragoon Guards) Reginald Bunthorne (a Fleshy Poet) Martyn Green Archibald Grosvenor (an Idyllic Poet) Charles Doming Mr. Bunthorne's Solicitor Milton Rees Rapturous Maidens: The Lady Angela Joan Gillingham The Lady Saphir Gwyneth Cullimore The Lady Ella Muriel Harding The Lady Jane Ella Halman Patience (a Dairy Maid) Margaret Mitchell Chorus of Rapturous Maidens and Officers of the Dragoon Guards. PIRATES OF PENZANCE AND TRIAL BY JURY Century Theatre. Opened January 5, 1948. Closed April 24, 1948. 16 performances. Operettas by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Sets and costumes, Charles Ricketts. Musical direction by Isidore Godfrey. Director, Anna Bethell. Presented by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE OR THE SLAVE OF DUTY Major-Gneeral Stanley Martyn Green The Pirate King Darrell Fancourt Samuel Richard Dunn Frederic Thomas Round Sergeant of Police Richard Walker Mabel, Helen Roberts; Edith, Joyce Wright; Kate, Joan Gillingham; Isabel, Enid Walsh. Chorus of pirates, police and General Stanley's daughters. TRIAL BY JURY The Learned Judge Richard Watson Counsel for the Plaintiff Leonard Osborn Foreman of the Jury Radley Flynn Usher Richard Walker Associate C. William Morgan The Plaintiff Cwyneth Cullimore First Bridesmaid Enid Walsh Chorus of jurymen, bridesmaids and public. THE PLAY'S THE THINC Booth Theatre. Opened Wednesday, April 28, 1948. Closed December 18, 1948. 244 performances. A comedy by Ferenc Molner. Staged by Gilbert Miller. Set by Oliver Messel. Lighted by Ralph Alswang. Gowns, Castillo. Presented by Gilbert Miller in association with James Russo and Michael Ellis. Sandor Tural .". Louis Calhern Mansky Ernest Cossart Albert Adam Richard Hylton Johann Dwornitschek Francis Compton llona Szabo Faye Emerson Almady Arthur Margetson Mell Claud Allister Lackeys Ted Paterson, Fred Wentler POWER WITHOUT CLORY Booth Theatre. Opened January 13, 1948. Closed February 7, 1948. 31 performances. A drama by Michael Clayton Hilton. Staged by Chloe Gibson. Setting, Charles Elson. Presented by John C. Wilson and the Shuberts. Flo Joan Newell Maggie Marjorie Rhodes Edith Helen Misener Eddie Lewis Stringer Anna Hilary Liddell Cliff Peter Murray John Trevor Ward PRIVATE LIVES Plymouth Theatre. Opened Monday, October 4, 1948 A comedy by Noel Coward.. Staged by Martin Manulis. Settings, Charles Elson. Presented by Jorn C. Wilson. Sibyl Chase Barbara Baxley Elyot Chase Donald Cook Victor Prynne William Langford Amanda Prynne Tallulah Bankhead Louise Therese Quadri RAPE OF LUCRETIA Ziegfeld Theatre. Opened Wednesday, December 29, 1948. Closed January 16, 1949. 23 performances. A music drama with book by Ronald Duncan and score by Benjamin Britten. Staged by Agnes DeMille. Sets and costumes, John Piper. Lighting, Peggy Clark. Vocal direction, John Howell. Conductor, Paul Breisach. Presented by Marjorie and Sherman Ewing and Giovanni Cardelli.