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Anna Lucasta
Play
All Black Cast
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Aug 30, 1944
Closing Date
Nov 30, 1946
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Open Date: Aug 30, 1944
Close Date: Nov 30, 1946
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Mansfield Theatre
(Aug 30, 1944 - Nov 30, 1946)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
The Lucasta living room in Pennsylvania and Noah's Bar in Brooklyn. Early 1941.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
John Wildberg
Originally produced by the
American Negro Theatre
Written by
Philip Yordan
Directed by
Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Scenic Design by
Frederick Fox
; Costume Design by
Paul Du Pont
Company Manager:
Clarence Jacobson
Stage Manager:
Walter Thompson Ash
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Charles Swain
Assistant to the Director:
Walter Thompson Ash
; Press Representative:
Jean Dalrymple
and
Anthony Buttitta
; Hilda Simm's dance arranged by
Rosetta LeNoire
Georgia Burke
Theresa
Alice Childress
Blanche
Alvin Childress
Noah
Hubert Henry
Eddie
Earle Hyman
Rudolf
Rosetta LeNoire
Stella
Canada Lee
Danny
Frederick O'Neal
Frank
John Proctor
Stanley
George Randol
Joe
Emory Richardson
Officer
Hilda Simms
Anna
Theodora Smith
Katie
John Tate
Lester
Mansfield Theatre
(Aug 30, 1944 - Nov 30, 1946)
Cast
Roy Allen
Stanley
Alternate
Gerard Beverly
Lester
Alternate
Isabelle Cooley
Anna
Ruby Dee
Anna
Inge Hardison
Stella
Alternate
Georgette Harvey
Theresa
Alternate
Claire Jay
Blanche
Alternate
Yvonne Machen
Anna
Lionel Monagus
Officer
John Tate
Danny
Slim Thompson
Noah
Alternate
Duke Williams
Lester
Milton Wood
Eddie
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
John Wildberg
Originally produced by the
American Negro Theatre
Written by
Philip Yordan
Directed by
Harry Wagstaff Gribble
Scenic Design by
Frederick Fox
; Costume Design by
Paul Du Pont
Company Manager:
Clarence Jacobson
Stage Manager:
Walter Thompson Ash
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Charles Swain
Assistant to the Director:
Walter Thompson Ash
; Press Representative:
Jean Dalrymple
and
Anthony Buttitta
; Hilda Simm's dance arranged by
Rosetta LeNoire
Georgia Burke
Theresa
Alice Childress
Blanche
Alvin Childress
Noah
Hubert Henry
Eddie
Earle Hyman
Rudolf
Rosetta LeNoire
Stella
Canada Lee
Danny
Frederick O'Neal
Frank
John Proctor
Stanley
George Randol
Joe
Emory Richardson
Officer
Hilda Simms
Anna
Theodora Smith
Katie
John Tate
Lester
Mansfield Theatre
(Aug 30, 1944 - Nov 30, 1946)
Cast
Roy Allen
Stanley
Alternate
Gerard Beverly
Lester
Alternate
Isabelle Cooley
Anna
Ruby Dee
Anna
Inge Hardison
Stella
Alternate
Georgette Harvey
Theresa
Alternate
Claire Jay
Blanche
Alternate
Yvonne Machen
Anna
Lionel Monagus
Officer
John Tate
Danny
Slim Thompson
Noah
Alternate
Duke Williams
Lester
Milton Wood
Eddie
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