PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 01, 1944
Closing Date
Jan 15, 1949
Performances
1,775
PlayComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
48th Street Theatre
(Nov 01, 1944 - Jan 15, 1949)

Setting
The library of the old Dowd family mansion in a city in the Far West and in a reception room of Chumley's Rest.

Media
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Theatre Owned / Operated by William A. Brady
Produced by Brock Pemberton
Written by Mary Chase
Directed by Antoinette Perry
Scenic Design by John Root
General Manager: Thomas Kilpatrick; Company Manager: Clarence Taylor
Assistant Stage Mgr: Robert Gist; Stage Manager: Bradford Hatton
Music by the Maurice Nitke Ensemble
Costume Supervisor: Margaret Pemberton; Press Representative: Thomas Kilpatrick; Associate Press Representative: Earl S. Peed
Elwood P. Dowd
Nov 01, 1944 - Jul 12, 1947
Veta Louise Simmons
Betty Chumley
E. J. Lofgren
Mrs. Ethel Chauvenet
Mr. Peeples
Judge Omar Gaffney
William R. Chumley, M.D.
Lyman Sanderson, M.D.
Miss Johnson
Ruth Kelly, R.N.
Myrtle Mae Simmons
Duane Wilson

48th Street Theatre (Nov 01, 1944 - Jan 15, 1949)

Stage Manager: Ruth Storm and Paul A. Foley; Assistant Stage Mgr: Helen Randall

Cast

Elwood P. Dowd
Aug 30, 1948 - Jan 15, 1949
Elwood P. Dowd
Apr 26, 1948 - May 27, 1948
Elwood P. Dowd
May 28, 1948 - Aug 28, 1948
Elwood P. Dowd
Sep 01, 1947 - Mar 27, 1948
Elwood P. Dowd
Jul 14, 1947 - Aug 30, 1947
 
Elwood P. Dowd
Mar 29, 1948 - Apr 24, 1948
Bert Wheeler
During Frank Fay's vacation
Elwood P. Dowd
Aug 05, 1946 - Aug 31, 1946
Veta Louise Simmons
Judge Omar Gaffney
Betty Chumley
Lyman Sanderson, M.D.
Lyman Sanderson, M.D.
Ruth Kelly, R.N.
Myrtle Mae Simmons
Ruth Kelly, R.N.
? - Jul 12, 1946
Alternate
E. J. Lofgren
William R. Chumley, M.D.
 
Judge Omar Gaffney
Lyman Sanderson, M.D.
Veta Louise Simmons
Duane Wilson
Veta Louise Simmons
Alternate
Miss Johnson
Ruth Kelly, R.N.
Jul 13, 1946 - ?
William R. Chumley, M.D.
Ruth Kelly, R.N.
circa. 1946 - ?
Miss Johnson
Alternate

Pulitzer Prize

for Drama

1945 Winner
Written by Mary Chase
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