PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 15, 1938
Closing Date
Nov 25, 1939
Performances
472
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Plymouth Theatre
(Oct 15, 1938 - Sep 30, 1939)
Adelphi Theatre
(Oct 02, 1939 - Nov 25, 1939)
Setting
In and about New Salem, Illinois, in the 1830s. In and about Springfield, Illinois, 1840s - 1861.
Theatre Owned / Operated by Plymouth Theatre Corporation
Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
Written by Robert E. Sherwood
Staged by Elmer Rice
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner
Business Manager: Victor Samrock
Stage Manager: Elmer Brown; Assistant Stage Mgr: John Triggs
Press Representative: William Fields and Phil Stevenson; Casting: Jane Broder; Assistant to Mr. Rice: Paul C. Krebs
Raymond Massey
Abe Lincoln
Ora Alexander
Ensemble
Dorothy Allan
The Edwards' Maid
Frank Andrews
Mentor Graham
Lloyd Barry
Tad Lincoln
Bette Benfield
Ensemble
Hubert Brown
Gobey
Everett Charlton
Bab
 
Cavalry Captain
 
Militia Captain
George Christie
Ben Mattling
David Clarke
Feargus
 
Donner
May Collins
Elizabeth Edwards
Glenn Coulter
Kavanaugh
Howard Da Silva
Jack Armstrong
Dearon Darnay
Ensemble
Robert Fitzsimmons
Ensemble
Lillian Foster
Nancy Green
John Gerard
Barrick
Dorothy Greeley
Ensemble
Arthur Griffin
Judge Bowling Green
David Hewes
Ensemble
Alfred Jenkins
Ensemble
Walter Kapp
Ensemble
Muriel Kirkland
Mary Todd
Harry Levian
Trum Cogdal
 
Jed
Adele Longmire
Ann Rutledge
George Malcolm
Ensemble
Lewis Martin
Ninian Edwards
Kevin McCarthy
Jasp
 
Phil
Lex Parrish
Willie Lincoln
John Payne
Robert Lincoln
Albert Phillips
Stephen A. Douglas
Wendell K. Phillips
William Herndon
McKinley Reeves
Ensemble
Elizabeth Reller
Ensemble
Marion Rooney
Aggie Gale
Herbert Rudley
Seth Gale
Bert Schorr
Ensemble
Allen Shaw
Ensemble
Howard Sherman
Jimmy Gale
Lotte Stawisky
Ensemble
Anne Stevenson
Ensemble
Calvin Thomas
Joshua Speed
Thomas F. Tracey
Sturveson
John Triggs
Ogleby
Frank Tweddell
Crimmin
Iris Whitney
Judith
 
The Lincolns' Maid
Dolores Williams
Ensemble
Joseph Wiseman
Ensemble
Harrison Woodhull
Ensemble

Plymouth Theatre (Oct 15, 1938 - Sep 30, 1939)

Stage Manager: Glenn Coulter

Cast

Richard Gaines
Abe Lincoln
Alexander Clark
Ninian Edwards
John Corington
Ensemble
Augusta Dabney
The Edwards' Maid
Thomas Daly
Ensemble
Edward Downes
Kavanaugh
Robert Fitzsimmons
Feargus
Peter Flint
Ensemble
Fred Herrick
Seth Gale
Wardell Jennings
Jasp
Ted Kral
Ensemble
Louis Marsh
Ensemble
Mary Michael
Nancy Green
James Moore
Sturveson
Paul Nevens
Robert Lincoln
William Norton
Ben Mattling
Robert Porterfield
Jack Armstrong
Grandon Rhodes
Joshua Speed
Marion Rooney
Nancy Green
Joanna Roos
Mary Todd
Richard Ross
Ensemble
Lewis L. Russell
Judge Bowling Green
Margaret Stallings
Ensemble
Anne Stevenson
The Lincolns' Maid
David Stevenson
Ensemble
Conway Washburn
Trum Cogdal
 
Jed
Iris Whitney
Aggie Gale
 
The Edwards' Maid
Jesse Wynne
Ensemble

Adelphi Theatre (Oct 02, 1939 - Nov 25, 1939)

Pulitzer Prize

for Drama

1939 Winner
Written by Robert E. Sherwood
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