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Battle Hymn
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
May 22, 1936
Closing Date
Jul 25, 1936
Performances
72
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
Open Date: May 22, 1936
Close Date: Jul 25, 1936
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Experimental Theatre
(May 22, 1936 - Jul 25, 1936)
Setting
John Brown's Home, Richrield, Ohio, 1854; At the Kansas Border; John Brown's Cabin, Ossawatomie, Kansas, 1855; Home of Gerrit Smith, Peterboro, NY, 1859; Cellar and Living Room of John Brown's House near Harper's Ferry.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Federal Theatre Project of The WPA
Written by
Michael Blankfort
and
Michael Gold
Staged by
Vincent Sherman
; Choreographed by
Georgie Graham
Scenic Design by
Howard Bay
Katherine Arden
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ensemble
Mony Ash
August Bondi
Donald Barrie
Rev. Romney
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Harry Bonnick
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
William Burbridge
Captain Hugh Forbes
Grover Burgess
John Brown
Horace Casselberry
Mr. Hickey
Margery Christian
Captain Hugh Forbes
Michael Cisney
Owen Brown
Hattie Cline
Ensemble
Rose Cooper
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
James J. Coyle
Bill Doyle
Albert Hazlett
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ora Day
Ensemble
Agnes Delano
Ensemble
Ruth Forst
Ensemble
Agnes Gildea
Maria
Ensemble
Georgia Graham
Ensemble
R. Henry Handon
Joshua Larkin
Anthony Heathe
Watson Brown
Lee Hillery
David Thoreau
Philip Hilton
Joe
Richard Huett
Second Sheriff
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Leslie Hunt
Gerrit Smith
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Lada Ladova
Ensemble
Lucia Lull
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Gita Lurie
Ensemble
Alan MacAteer
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Lida MacMillan
Mary Brown
Manny Manisoff
Ensemble
Ruth Marcusson
Mrs. Kagi
Grant Mitchell
Slave Mother
Mary Morrison
Ruth Scott
David Palmer
John Cook
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Curtis Parker
Bill Larkin
Lewis Paul
William Lloyd Garrison
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ann Peters
Ensemble
Brandt Peters
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ensemble
Joseph Pevney
Oliver Brown
Robin Radin
Dolly Thompson
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Cortell Ramey
Drury Doyle
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Hilda Reis
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ensemble
Amelia Romano
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Herbert Rudley
Frank Sandborn
Edward Segal
Frederick Brown
Arthur W. Shackett
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Alfreda Sill
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Arthur Spencer
John Kagi
Arthur Spenser
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Gerald Stone
Ensemble
Laura Strassman
Ensemble
Charles P. Thompson
First Sheriff
Aaron Stevens
William Triest
Jason Brown
Sidney Vereker
Manny Buell
Helen Wainright
Ensemble
George Ward
Salmon Brown
Jeffrey Warnick
Ensemble
Florence Warren
Ensemble
Ringgold Watts
Slave Woman
Peter White
Ensemble
George Whittington
Shields Green
Aldeah Wise
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Philip Woodward
Dutch Sherman
Charles Tidd
George Yessner
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Federal Theatre Project of The WPA
Written by
Michael Blankfort
and
Michael Gold
Staged by
Vincent Sherman
; Choreographed by
Georgie Graham
Scenic Design by
Howard Bay
Katherine Arden
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ensemble
Mony Ash
August Bondi
Donald Barrie
Rev. Romney
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Harry Bonnick
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
William Burbridge
Captain Hugh Forbes
Grover Burgess
John Brown
Horace Casselberry
Mr. Hickey
Margery Christian
Captain Hugh Forbes
Michael Cisney
Owen Brown
Hattie Cline
Ensemble
Rose Cooper
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
James J. Coyle
Bill Doyle
Albert Hazlett
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ora Day
Ensemble
Agnes Delano
Ensemble
Ruth Forst
Ensemble
Agnes Gildea
Maria
Ensemble
Georgia Graham
Ensemble
R. Henry Handon
Joshua Larkin
Anthony Heathe
Watson Brown
Lee Hillery
David Thoreau
Philip Hilton
Joe
Richard Huett
Second Sheriff
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Leslie Hunt
Gerrit Smith
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Lada Ladova
Ensemble
Lucia Lull
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Gita Lurie
Ensemble
Alan MacAteer
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Lida MacMillan
Mary Brown
Manny Manisoff
Ensemble
Ruth Marcusson
Mrs. Kagi
Grant Mitchell
Slave Mother
Mary Morrison
Ruth Scott
David Palmer
John Cook
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Curtis Parker
Bill Larkin
Lewis Paul
William Lloyd Garrison
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ann Peters
Ensemble
Brandt Peters
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ensemble
Joseph Pevney
Oliver Brown
Robin Radin
Dolly Thompson
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Cortell Ramey
Drury Doyle
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Hilda Reis
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Ensemble
Amelia Romano
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Herbert Rudley
Frank Sandborn
Edward Segal
Frederick Brown
Arthur W. Shackett
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Alfreda Sill
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Arthur Spencer
John Kagi
Arthur Spenser
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Gerald Stone
Ensemble
Laura Strassman
Ensemble
Charles P. Thompson
First Sheriff
Aaron Stevens
William Triest
Jason Brown
Sidney Vereker
Manny Buell
Helen Wainright
Ensemble
George Ward
Salmon Brown
Jeffrey Warnick
Ensemble
Florence Warren
Ensemble
Ringgold Watts
Slave Woman
Peter White
Ensemble
George Whittington
Shields Green
Aldeah Wise
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
Philip Woodward
Dutch Sherman
Charles Tidd
George Yessner
Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue
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