Production Encyclopedia 1948 (1948)

928 PRODUCTION ENCYCLOPEDIA Scandal George Hayes Tattle Cyril Richard Mrs. Frail Adrianne Allen Foresight John Kidd Robin Donald Bain Nurse Phillipa Gill Angelica Pamela Brown Sir Sampson Legend Malcolm Keen Mrs. Foresight Marian Spencer Miss Prue Jessie Evans Ben Robert Flemyng Buckram Sebastian Cabot Jenny Mary Lynn LOVE GOES TO PRESS Biltmore Theatre. Opened Jan. 1, 1947. Closed Jan. 4, 1947. 5 Performances. A comedy by Martha Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles. Staged, Wallace Douglas. Settings, Raymond Sovey. Costumes, Emeline Roche. Presented by Warren P. Munsell and Herman Bernstein. Leonard Lightfoot Gerald Andersen Tex Crowder David Tyrrell Hank O'Reilly Warren Parker Joe Rogers William Post, Jr. Major Phillip Brooke-jervaux Ralph Michael Corporal Cramp Peter Bennett Daphne Rutherford Georgina Cookson Jane Mason Joyce Heron Annabelle Jones Jane Middleton Major Dick Hawkins Don Gibson Captain Sir Alastair Darke Nigel Neilson THE MAGIC TOUCH International Theatre. Opened September 3, 1947, Closed September 13, 1947. 13 Performances. A comedy by Charles Raddock and Charles Sherman. Staged by Herman Rotsten. Settings by Louis Kennell. Presented by John Morris Chanin. Cathy Turner Sara Anderson Jeff Turner William Terry Eddie Mitchell Sid Melton J. L. Thompson Howard Smith Amy Thompson Frances Comstock Baker Le Roi Operti Flossie Claypool Hope Emerson Ken White Burke McHugh Larry Masters Carleton Carpenter Wilbur Grisby Norman Tokar Phil Parks Henry Lasco Frank Sorroni Richard Karlan MAN & SUPERMAN Alvin Theatre. Opened October 8, 1947. A comedy by George Bernard Shaw. Staged by Maurice Evans. Associate director, George Schaefer. Sets, Frederick Stover. Costumes, David Ffolkes. Presented by Maurice Evans. Roebuck Ramsden Malcolm Keen Maid Miriam Stovall Octavius Robinson Chester Stratton John Tanner Maurice Evans Ann Whitefield Frances Rowe Mrs. Whitefield Josephine Brown Miss Ramsden Phoebe Mackay Violet Robinson Carmen Mathews Henry Straker Jack Manning Hector Malone, Jr... Tom Bickley Hector Malone, Sr Victor Sutherland MEDEA National Theatre. Opened October 20, 1947. Adapted from the "Tragedy of Euripides" by Robinson jeffers. Staged by John Gielgud. Setting, Ben Edwards. Costumes, Castillo. Lighting, Peggy Clark. Original music, Tibor Serly. Presented by Robert Whitehead and Oliver Rea. The Nurse Florence Reed The Tutor Don Mc Henry The Children Gene Lee, Peter Moss First Woman of Corinth Grace Mills Second Woman of Corinth Kathryn Grill Third Woman of Corinth Leone Wilson Medea Judith Anderson Creon Albert Hecht Jason John Gielgud Aegeus „ _ Hugh Franklin Jason's Slave Richard Hylton Attendants to Medea... .Martha Downes, Marian Seldes Soldiers Ben Morse, Jon Dawson, Richard Boone, Dennis McCarthy THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Century Theatre. Opened February 22, 1947. Closed March 8, 1947. 6 Performances. A play by William Shakespeare. Costumes designed by Sheila Jackson. Musical arrangements, Rosabel Watson. Presented by Hall Shelton by arrangement with Advance Players' Association, Ltd. Duke of Venice Eric Adeney Prince of Morocco Robert Algar Prince of Aragon David Dodimead Antonio Alexander Gauge Bassanio John Wynyard Solanio Frederick Horrey Salarino Richard Blythe Gratiano Josef Shear Lorenzo Kempster Barnes Shylock Donald Wolf it Tubal Eric Maxon Launcelot Gobbo Geoffrey Wilkinson Old Gobbo Malcolm Watson Balthasar George Bradford Stephano Margaret Stallard Clerk to the Court David Dodimead Portia Rosalind I den Nerissa Marion Marshall Jessica.. Penelope Chandler Magnificoes of Venice, Officers of the Court of Justice, Gaolers, Servants and Other Attendants. MESSAGE FOR MARGARET Plymouth Theatre. Opened April 16, 1947. Closed April 19, 1947. 5 Performances. A drama by James Parish. Staged by Elliott Nugent. Setting, Donald Oenslager. Presented by Stanley Cilkey and Barbara Payne in association with Henry Sherek, Ltd. Margaret Hayden Mady Christians Stephen Austin Roger Prior Adelaine Chalcot Miriam Hopkins Robert Chalcot Peter Cookson Maid Janice Mara THE MIKADO Century Theatre. Opened December 29, 1947. Operetta by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Sets and costumes, Charles Ricketts. Orchestra directed by Isidore Godfrey. Director, Anne Bethell. Presented by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. The Mikado of Japan Darrell Fancourt Nanki-Poo Thomas Round Ko-Ko Marty n Green Pooh-Bah Richard Watson Pish -Tush Charles Doring Go-To Peter Pratt YumYum Margaret Mitchell Pitti-Sing Marian Smith PeepBo Joan Cillingham Katisha Ella Halman THE MIRACLE OF THE MOUNTAINS The Playhouse. Opened April 25, 1947. Closed April 26, 1947. 3 Performances. A drama by Ferenc Molnar. Directed by the author. Sets and costumes by Robert Davison. General manager. Max Siegel. Presented by Archer King and Harrison Woodhull. Clement Kermit Kegley Dominic Norman Wallace Ambrose Salem Ludwig The Prior. John McKee The Attorney Victor Kilian Cicely Julie Haydon Simon E. A. Krumschmidt Sergeant John Frederick Gendarme Mace Gwyer Veronica Consuelo O'Connor Cornelia Gloria O'Connor The Squire Lawrence Tibbett Jr. The Judge Manart Kippen The Mayor's Wife Katherine Anderson The Doctor „ Bernard Randall The Mayor Frederic Tozere