Production Encyclopedia 1948 (1948)

PRODUCTION ENCYCLOPEDIA 925 Adaptation and staging, Michael Myerberg. Music, John Sebastian Bach. Arrangements, Lehmann Engel. Dances and mimes, Esther Junger. Setting, Albert Johnson. Costumes and masks, Mary Percu Schenck. Presented by Michael Myerberg. The Carpenter Ferdi Hoffman Judas Roy Hargrave The Woman Margaret Wycherly Lazarus Harry Irvine The Mutes: Peter Tony Charmoli Simon Richard Astor John Betts Lee THE DRUID CIRCLE Morosco Theatre. Opened October 22, 1947. Closed December 20, 1947. 69 Performances. A play by John Van Druten. Staged by the author. Sets and lighting by Stewart Chaney. Presented by Alfred De Liagre, Jr. Miss Dagnall Lillian Bronson Professor White Leo C. Carroll Prof. Parry Phillips Noel Leslie Maddox Boyd Crawford Tobin Aidan Turner Tom LloydEl lis Walter Starkey Megan Lewis Susan Douglas Brenda Maddox Neva Patterson Mrs. White Ethel Griff ies Miss Trevelyan Merle Maddern Blodwen Cherry Hardy DUET FOR TWO HANDS Booth Theatre. Opened October 7, 1947. Closed October 11, 1947. 6 Performances. A melodrama by Mary Hayley Bell. Staged by Reginald Denham. Set and lighting, Charles Elson. Costumes, Helene Pons. Presented by Robert Reud. Abigail Sarclet Joyce Redman Herda Sarclet Wynne Clark Fletty Ruth Vivian Edward Sarclet Francis L. Sullivan Stephen Cass Hugh Marlowe THE EAGLE HAS TWO HEADS Plymouth Theatre. Opened March 19, 1947. Closed April 12, 1947. 29 Performances. A romantic melodrama by Jean Cocteau. Adapted by Ronald Duncan. Staged by John C. Wilson. Settings, Donald Oenslager. Costumes, Aline Bernstein. Presented by John C. Wilson. Countess Edith De Berg Eleanor Wilson Maxim, Duke of Willenstein Kendall Clark The Queen Tallulah Bankhead Stanislas Helmut Dantine Tony Cherokee Thornton Baron Foehn Charles Derwent EASTWARD IN EDEN Royale Theatre. Opened November 18, 1947. Closed November 29, 1947. 15 Performances. A play by Dorothy Gardner. Directed by Ellen Von Volkenburg. Settings and costumes by Donald Oenslager. Original music by Andre Singer. Presented by Nancy Stern. Austin Dickinson John O'Connor Lavinia Dickinson Beatrice Manley Maggie Kate Tomlinson Lucy Plum Barbara Ames Helen Fiske (Hunt Jackson) Emma Knox Susan Gilbert Penelope Sack Gerry Hood Don Peters Ben Newton Ernest Graves Emily Dickinson Beatrice Straight Edward Dickinson Edwin Jerome Dr. Charles Wadsworth Onslow Stevens Miss Simpson Mary Jackson Martha Dickinson Robin Humphrey Thomas Wentworth Higginson John D. Seymour FINIAN'S RAINBOW 46th Street Theatre. Opened January 10, 1947. A musical. Book, E. Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy. Music, Burton Lane. Lyrics, E. Y. Harburg. Direction, Bretaigne Windust. Sets and lighting, Jo Mielziner. Dances, Michael Kidd. Costumes, Eleanor Goldsmith. Orchestrations, Robert Russell and Don Walker. Vo cal arrangements, Lynn Murray. Musical director, Milton Rosenstock. Presented by Lee Sabinson and William R. Katzell. Sunny (Harmonica Player) Sonny Terry Buzz Collins Eddie Bruce Sheriff Tom McElhany First Sharecropper Alan Gilbert Second Sharecropper Robert Eric Carlson Susan Mahoney Anita Alvarez Henry Augustus Smith, Jr. Finian McLonergan Albert Sharpe Sharon McLonergan Ella Logan Woody Mahoney Donald Richards Third Sharecropper Ralph Waldo Cummings Og (A Leprechaun) David Wayne Howard William Greaves Senator Billboard Rawkins Robert Pitkin First Geologist Nathaniel Dickerson Diane Diane Woods Jane Jane Earle John (The Preacher) Roland Skinner Fourth Sharecropper Maude Simmons Mr. Robust Arthur Tell Mr. Shears Royal Dano First Passion Pilgrim Cospeler Jerry Laws Second Passion Pilgrim Gospeler Lorenzo Fuller Third Passion Pilgrim Cospeler Louis Sharp First Deputy Michael Ellis Second Deputy Robert Eric Carlson Third Deputy Harry Day Other Children. .Norma Jane Marlow, Elayne Richards THE FIRST MRS. ERASER Shubert Theatre. Opened November 5, 1947. Closed December 9, 1947. 39 Performances. A comedy by St. John Irvine. Staged by Harold Young. Setting, Charles Elson. Costumes, Natalie Barth Walker. Presented by Cant Caither. Ninian Eraser Lex Richards Mabel Hazel Jones James Eraser Henry Daniell Philip Logan Reginald Mason Alice Eraser Emily Lawrence Murdo Eraser Kendall Clark Janet Eraser Jane Cowl Elsie Eraser Frances Tannehill FOR LOVE OR MONEY Henry Miller Theatre. Opened November 4, 1947. A comedy by F. Hugh Herbert. Staged by Harry Ellerbe. Setting by Raymond Sovey. Costumes by Anna Hill Johnstone. Presented by Barnard Straus. Mrs. Tremaine Paula Trueman Bill Tremaine Mark O'Daniels Mr. Tremaine Kirk Brown Mrs. Early Maida Reade Wilbur Grover Burgess Nita Havemeyer Vicki Cummings Preston Mitchell John Loder Janet Blake June Lockhart GALILEO Maxine Elliot Theatre. Opened December 7, 1947. 7 Performances. A drama in two acts by Bertolt Brecht. Translated by Charles Laughton. Staged by Joseph Losey. Setting and costumes, Robert Davison. Music, Hanns Eisler. Lyrics, Albert Brush. Choreography, Lotte Cosier. Musical conductor, Josef Schmid. Presented by the Experimental Theatre, Inc. CAST: Richard Leone, Michael Citro, Albert Ares, Allen Martin, Charles Laughton, Hester Sondergaard, Philip Swander, Fred Stewart, John Straub, Joan McCracken, Dwight Marfield, Sidney Bassler, Frank Campanella, Harry Hess, Taylor Graves, Larry Rosen, Thomas Palmer, Earl Montgomery, Jr., Mary Grace Canfield, llyana Campbell, Leonard Bell, Don McGoldrick, Werner Klemperer, Wesley Addy, Pitt Herbert, Don Hanmer, Leonardo Cimino, Richard Astor, Donald Symington, Lawrence Ryle, Rusty Lane, John Carradine, Harris Brown, Elizabeth Moore, Iris Mann, Allen Martin, Warren Stevens, Philip Robinson and Nehemiah Persoff. THE GENTLEMAN FROM ATHENS Mansfield Theatre. Opened December 9, 1947. Closed December 13, 1947. 6 Performances. A comedy by Emmet Lavery. Staged by Sam