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The Pirate
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Nov 25, 1942
Closing Date
Apr 27, 1943
Performances
177
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Nov 25, 1942
Close Date: Apr 27, 1943
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Martin Beck Theatre
(Nov 25, 1942 - Apr 27, 1943)
Description
A comedy in three acts
Setting
A small village in the West Indies. Early in the 19th Century.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
and
The Theatre Guild
Written by
S. N. Behrman
; Suggested by an idea in a play by
Ludwig Fulda
; Incidental music by
Herbert Kingsley
Staged by
Alfred Lunt
and
John C. Wilson
; Choreographed by
Felicia Sorel
Scenic Design by
Lemuel Ayers
; Costume Design by
Miles White
; Assistant to Mr. White:
Sylvia Saal
Business Manager:
Victor Samrock
; Company Manager:
Lawrence Farrell
Stage Manager:
Charva Chester
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Guy Moneypenny
and
Peter Garey
Press Representative:
William Fields
and
Phil Stevenson
Lynn Fontanne
Manuela
Alfred Lunt
Serafin
David Bethea
Ensemble
John Brown
Musician
Adolphus Cheatham
Musician
Herbert Cowens
Musician
Wilbur De Paris
Musician
Emilio Denti
Musician
Clarence Derwent
Viceroy
John Dixon
Musician
Maurice Ellis
Trillo
Robert Emhardt
Estaban
Jeffery Etheridge
Ensemble
Peter Garey
Viceroy's Guard
Eddie Gibbs
Musician
Ruby Greene
Maid to Manuela
Juanita Hall
Mango Seller
Bruce Howard
Ensemble
Anna Jackson
Maid to Manuela
Jules Johnson
Ensemble
Martha Jones
Ensemble
Clare Keith
Ensemble
William LeMassena
The Hermit
Fredye Marshall
Ensemble
Emmet Matthews
Musician
Inez Matthews
Maid to Isabella
Guy Moneypenny
Viceroy's Guard
Walter Mosby
Don Bolo
James O'Neill
Capucho
Lea Penman
Isabella
Albert Popwell
Fisherboy
Muriel Rahn
Lizarda
Alan Reed
Pedro Vargas
Max Rich
Musician
Charles Swain
Ensemble
Eloise Uggams
Ensemble
Joseph Washington
Ensemble
Lavinia White
Maid to Manuela
Carol Wilson
Ensemble
Estelle Winwood
Ines
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
and
The Theatre Guild
Written by
S. N. Behrman
; Suggested by an idea in a play by
Ludwig Fulda
; Incidental music by
Herbert Kingsley
Staged by
Alfred Lunt
and
John C. Wilson
; Choreographed by
Felicia Sorel
Scenic Design by
Lemuel Ayers
; Costume Design by
Miles White
; Assistant to Mr. White:
Sylvia Saal
Business Manager:
Victor Samrock
; Company Manager:
Lawrence Farrell
Stage Manager:
Charva Chester
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Guy Moneypenny
and
Peter Garey
Press Representative:
William Fields
and
Phil Stevenson
Lynn Fontanne
Manuela
Alfred Lunt
Serafin
David Bethea
Ensemble
John Brown
Musician
Adolphus Cheatham
Musician
Herbert Cowens
Musician
Wilbur De Paris
Musician
Emilio Denti
Musician
Clarence Derwent
Viceroy
John Dixon
Musician
Maurice Ellis
Trillo
Robert Emhardt
Estaban
Jeffery Etheridge
Ensemble
Peter Garey
Viceroy's Guard
Eddie Gibbs
Musician
Ruby Greene
Maid to Manuela
Juanita Hall
Mango Seller
Bruce Howard
Ensemble
Anna Jackson
Maid to Manuela
Jules Johnson
Ensemble
Martha Jones
Ensemble
Clare Keith
Ensemble
William LeMassena
The Hermit
Fredye Marshall
Ensemble
Emmet Matthews
Musician
Inez Matthews
Maid to Isabella
Guy Moneypenny
Viceroy's Guard
Walter Mosby
Don Bolo
James O'Neill
Capucho
Lea Penman
Isabella
Albert Popwell
Fisherboy
Muriel Rahn
Lizarda
Alan Reed
Pedro Vargas
Max Rich
Musician
Charles Swain
Ensemble
Eloise Uggams
Ensemble
Joseph Washington
Ensemble
Lavinia White
Maid to Manuela
Carol Wilson
Ensemble
Estelle Winwood
Ines
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