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The Big Blow
Play
Drama
Original
Opening Date
Oct 01, 1938
Closing Date
Feb 1939
Performances
157
Play
Drama
Original
Open Date: Oct 01, 1938
Close Date: Feb 1939
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
(Oct 01, 1938 - Feb 1939)
Setting
Yard of a South Florida Farm; Celie Partin's Cabin; The Barnett Log House; A Holy Roller's Tent.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Federal Theatre Project of The WPA
; Production under the direction of
Morris Ankrum
; Produced in association with
George Brewer
Music by
Hans Bruno Meyer
; Written by
Theodore Pratt
Staged by
Anton Bundsmann
Scenic Design by
Samuel Leve
; Costume Design by
Mary Merrill
; Lighting Design by
Feder
Fred Burke
Ensemble
Kendall Clark
Wade Barnett
Kate Cloud
Woman with Baby
Edwin Cooper
Carney Jelks
Pell Dentler
Ensemble
Maurice Fallet
Ensemble
George Fay
Ensemble
Edward Fleischer
Ensemble
William Gallagher
Second Cracker
Julian Garfield
Ensemble
Agnes Gildea
Ensemble
Doe Doe Green
Clay
Alec Guin
Ensemble
Elizabeth Hawkins
Second Woman
Ruth Hoffman
Ensemble
Leslie Hunt
First Cracker
Thurman Jackson
Orey
Fay Keen
Ensemble
Sam Lewis
Ensemble
Burton Mallory
Ony Mell
Elizabeth Malone
Aunt Jane Barnett
George Mathews
Deefy
John McCormack
Ensemble
Albert McWilliams
Ensemble
John Morrisey
Ensemble
Melba Palmer
First Woman
Myron Paulson
Ensemble
Wilda Pratt
Ensemble
George Probert
Third Cracker
Dorothy Raymond
Sarah Barnett
Lise Rembova
Ensemble
Gregory Robbins
Holy Roller Preacher
Amelia Romano
Celie Partin
Jack Smith
First Woman's Husband
Josephine Smith
Ensemble
Aage Steenshorne
Ensemble
Julian Taliaferro
Ensemble
Frances Ware
Preacher's Daughter
Eugenia Woods
Ensemble
Edward Wright
Ensemble
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Federal Theatre Project of The WPA
; Production under the direction of
Morris Ankrum
; Produced in association with
George Brewer
Music by
Hans Bruno Meyer
; Written by
Theodore Pratt
Staged by
Anton Bundsmann
Scenic Design by
Samuel Leve
; Costume Design by
Mary Merrill
; Lighting Design by
Feder
Fred Burke
Ensemble
Kendall Clark
Wade Barnett
Kate Cloud
Woman with Baby
Edwin Cooper
Carney Jelks
Pell Dentler
Ensemble
Maurice Fallet
Ensemble
George Fay
Ensemble
Edward Fleischer
Ensemble
William Gallagher
Second Cracker
Julian Garfield
Ensemble
Agnes Gildea
Ensemble
Doe Doe Green
Clay
Alec Guin
Ensemble
Elizabeth Hawkins
Second Woman
Ruth Hoffman
Ensemble
Leslie Hunt
First Cracker
Thurman Jackson
Orey
Fay Keen
Ensemble
Sam Lewis
Ensemble
Burton Mallory
Ony Mell
Elizabeth Malone
Aunt Jane Barnett
George Mathews
Deefy
John McCormack
Ensemble
Albert McWilliams
Ensemble
John Morrisey
Ensemble
Melba Palmer
First Woman
Myron Paulson
Ensemble
Wilda Pratt
Ensemble
George Probert
Third Cracker
Dorothy Raymond
Sarah Barnett
Lise Rembova
Ensemble
Gregory Robbins
Holy Roller Preacher
Amelia Romano
Celie Partin
Jack Smith
First Woman's Husband
Josephine Smith
Ensemble
Aage Steenshorne
Ensemble
Julian Taliaferro
Ensemble
Frances Ware
Preacher's Daughter
Eugenia Woods
Ensemble
Edward Wright
Ensemble
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