PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 15, 1939
Closing Date
Feb 03, 1940
Performances
410
PlayDramaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
National Theatre
(Feb 15, 1939 - Feb 03, 1940)
Setting
The living room of the Giddens house in a small town in Alabama. The spring of 1900.
Produced by Herman Shumlin
Written by Lillian Hellman
Staged by Herman Shumlin
Scenic Design by Howard Bay; Costume Design by Aline Bernstein
General Manager: Kermit Bloomgarden
Production Stage Manager: B.D. Kranz; Assistant Stage Mgr: Norma Chambers
Press Representative: Richard Maney and John L. Toohey
Tallulah Bankhead
Regina Giddens
Patricia Collinge
Birdie Hubbard
Frank Conroy
Horace Giddens
Lee Baker
William Marshall
Charles Dingle
Benjamin Hubbard
Dan Duryea
Leo Hubbard
John Marriott
Cal
Abbie Mitchell
Addie
Carl Benton Reid
Oscar Hubbard
Florence Williams
Alexandra Giddens
Understudies: Norma Chambers (Birdie Hubbard), Paul Huber (Oscar Hubbard, Benjamin Hubbard) and Joan Tetzel (Alexandra Giddens)

National Theatre (Feb 15, 1939 - Feb 03, 1940)

Cast

Eugenia Rawls
Alexandra Giddens
Understudy: Eugenia Rawls (Alexandra Giddens)
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