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Horse Eats Hat
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Sep 26, 1936
Closing Date
Dec 05, 1936
Performances
61
Play
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Sep 26, 1936
Close Date: Dec 05, 1936
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
(Sep 26, 1936 - Dec 05, 1936)
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Classic Theatre Branch of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA
; Managing Producer:
John Houseman
; Assistant Producer:
Ted Thomas
Book adapted by
Edwin Denby
and
Orson Welles
; Based on "Un Chapeau de Paille D'Italie" by
Eugene Labiche
; Music by
Paul Bowles
; Music arranged by
Virgil Thomson
; Musical Director:
Virgil Thomson
Directed by
Orson Welles
Stage Manager:
Thomas Carnahan
and
William L. Greenbaum
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Carol King
Conducted by
Jacques Gottlieb
Lighting Supervisor:
A. H. Feder
Horses executed by
Bil Baird
Wallace Acton
Ensemble
Tereon Alvarez
Ensemble
May Angels
Ensemble
George Armstrong
Ensemble
Bil Baird
Ensemble
George Barter
Berkowitz
France Bendsten
Gustave
Tod Brown
Ensemble
Sarah Burton
The Countess
Walter Burton
Butler
Michael Callaghan
Ensemble
Terry Carlson
Ensemble
Steven Carter
First Footman
Enrico Cellini
Raguso
Mildred Colt
Ensemble
Joseph Cotten
Freddy
Pell Dentler
Ensemble
George Duthie
Entwhistle
Georgia Empry
Ensemble
Opal Essant
Ensemble
Julia Fassett
Ensemble
Arlene Francis
Tillie
Warren Goddard
Ensemble
Anna Gold
Ensemble
Solomon Goldstein
Ensemble
Craig Gordon
Ensemble
Jane Hale
Ensemble
Peggy Hartley
Ensemble
Lawrence Hawley
Ensemble
J. Headley
Second Footman
Edwin Hemmer
Ensemble
Jerry Hitchcock
Ensemble
Rubert Hopkins
Ensemble
Don Howard
Ensemble
Jane Johnson
Ensemble
Marie Jones
Ensemble
Henriette Kaye
Daisy
Frank Kelly
Ensemble
Helene Korsun
Ensemble
Mary Kukavski
Ensemble
Henry Laird
Ensemble
Paula Laurence
Agatha Entwhistle
Geraldine Law
Ensemble
George Leach
Ensemble
Walter LeRoy
Ensemble
Bernard Lewis
Ensemble
Donald MacMillan
Uncle Adolphe
Margaret Maley
Ensemble
Elizabeth Malone
Ensemble
Harry McKee
Joseph
Harry Merchant
Ensemble
Lee Molnar
Ensemble
Annie Morton
Edgerton Paul
Augustus
Myron Paulson
Ensemble
James Perry
Ensemble
Hattie Rappaport
Ensemble
Helena Rapport
Ensemble
Lucy Rodriguez
Clotilda
Henry Russelle
Ensemble
Nina Salama
Ensemble
Bernard Savage
Corporal
Gloria Sheldon
Ensemble
Hiram Sherman
Bobbin
Harry Singer
Ensemble
Jack Smith
Ensemble
Sidney Smith
Grimshot
George Smithfield
Ensemble
Arabella St. James
Ensemble
Dana Stevens
Queeper
June Thorne
Ensemble
Charles Uday
Ensemble
Orson Welles
Mugglethorp
Virginia Welles
Myrtle Mugglethorp
Arthur Wood
Ensemble
Ellen Worth
Ensemble
Victor Wright
Ensemble
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Classic Theatre Branch of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA
; Managing Producer:
John Houseman
; Assistant Producer:
Ted Thomas
Book adapted by
Edwin Denby
and
Orson Welles
; Based on "Un Chapeau de Paille D'Italie" by
Eugene Labiche
; Music by
Paul Bowles
; Music arranged by
Virgil Thomson
; Musical Director:
Virgil Thomson
Directed by
Orson Welles
Stage Manager:
Thomas Carnahan
and
William L. Greenbaum
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Carol King
Conducted by
Jacques Gottlieb
Lighting Supervisor:
A. H. Feder
Horses executed by
Bil Baird
Wallace Acton
Ensemble
Tereon Alvarez
Ensemble
May Angels
Ensemble
George Armstrong
Ensemble
Bil Baird
Ensemble
George Barter
Berkowitz
France Bendsten
Gustave
Tod Brown
Ensemble
Sarah Burton
The Countess
Walter Burton
Butler
Michael Callaghan
Ensemble
Terry Carlson
Ensemble
Steven Carter
First Footman
Enrico Cellini
Raguso
Mildred Colt
Ensemble
Joseph Cotten
Freddy
Pell Dentler
Ensemble
George Duthie
Entwhistle
Georgia Empry
Ensemble
Opal Essant
Ensemble
Julia Fassett
Ensemble
Arlene Francis
Tillie
Warren Goddard
Ensemble
Anna Gold
Ensemble
Solomon Goldstein
Ensemble
Craig Gordon
Ensemble
Jane Hale
Ensemble
Peggy Hartley
Ensemble
Lawrence Hawley
Ensemble
J. Headley
Second Footman
Edwin Hemmer
Ensemble
Jerry Hitchcock
Ensemble
Rubert Hopkins
Ensemble
Don Howard
Ensemble
Jane Johnson
Ensemble
Marie Jones
Ensemble
Henriette Kaye
Daisy
Frank Kelly
Ensemble
Helene Korsun
Ensemble
Mary Kukavski
Ensemble
Henry Laird
Ensemble
Paula Laurence
Agatha Entwhistle
Geraldine Law
Ensemble
George Leach
Ensemble
Walter LeRoy
Ensemble
Bernard Lewis
Ensemble
Donald MacMillan
Uncle Adolphe
Margaret Maley
Ensemble
Elizabeth Malone
Ensemble
Harry McKee
Joseph
Harry Merchant
Ensemble
Lee Molnar
Ensemble
Annie Morton
Edgerton Paul
Augustus
Myron Paulson
Ensemble
James Perry
Ensemble
Hattie Rappaport
Ensemble
Helena Rapport
Ensemble
Lucy Rodriguez
Clotilda
Henry Russelle
Ensemble
Nina Salama
Ensemble
Bernard Savage
Corporal
Gloria Sheldon
Ensemble
Hiram Sherman
Bobbin
Harry Singer
Ensemble
Jack Smith
Ensemble
Sidney Smith
Grimshot
George Smithfield
Ensemble
Arabella St. James
Ensemble
Dana Stevens
Queeper
June Thorne
Ensemble
Charles Uday
Ensemble
Orson Welles
Mugglethorp
Virginia Welles
Myrtle Mugglethorp
Arthur Wood
Ensemble
Ellen Worth
Ensemble
Victor Wright
Ensemble
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