PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 31, 1944
Closing Date
Jan 13, 1945
Performances
52
PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
National Theatre
(Oct 31, 1944 - Jan 13, 1945)
Setting
Teta's Room, The Argan Castle, near Prague, 1913; The Kitchen, Argan Castle, 1938; The Church Garden, Detva, Moravia; Reception Hall, The Vatican.
Comments
Due to Miss Barrymore's illness the play was closed between November 9th and December 11th.
Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors)
Written by Ladislaus Bush-Fekete and Mary Helen Fay; Based on the novel by Franz Werfel
Staged by B. Iden Payne
Production Design by Stewart Chaney; Costumes for Miss Barrymore, Mr. Basserman, Miss Cerf and Papal Retinue designed by Robert Davison; Assistant to Mr. Chaney: O. L. Raineri
Assistant Business Manager: Sara Greenspan; Company Manager: Tom Powers
Stage Manager: Edward McHugh
General Press Representative: Alfred H. Tamarin; Casting Assistant: Bettina Cerf
Ethel Barrymore
Teta
Sanford Meisner
Bichler
David Barnaby
Sediaris
Wolfe Barzell
Prossnitzer
Albert Basserman
The Pope
Else Basserman
Mrs. Schultz
Julian Benjamin
Papal Valet
Martin Blaine
Pastor
Bettina Cerf
Countess Argan
Marcel Dill
Sottomaestro
Paige Edwards
Swiss Guard
Edward Fernandez
Young Mojmir
The Child
Robert Fletcher
Swiss Guard
Eduard Franz
Mojmir
Edward Kilcullen
Maestro di Camera
Madeline Lee
Zdenka
John McKee
Monsignore
Peggy Meredith
Jarmila
Harry Neville
Kompert
Robert O'Brien
Sediaris
Wauna Paul
Mila
Frank Richards
Kovalsky
Augusta Roeland
Franziska
Sheila Trent
Masha
Don Valentine
Mail Carrier
Graham Velsey
Physician
Val Witherill
George
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