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Skipper Next to God   

 
Maxine Elliott's Theatre , (1/04/1948 - 1/30/1948)
Playhouse Theatre , (1/30/1948 - 3/27/1948)
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Opening Date:Jan 04, 1948   
Closing Date:Mar 27, 1948 Total Performances:93

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: The Captain's cabin of the steamship "The Young Nelly" as the ship is lying in a South American port and just off the United States coast, 1938.


Production Staff
Produced by Blevins Davis and The Experimental Theatre, Inc.
Written by Jan De Hartog; Chants and cantoral selections by Abe Newborn
Directed by Lee Strasberg
Scenic Design by Boris Aronson
General Manager: Theron Bamberger; Company Manager: Harold Kusell
Production Supervisor: Cheryl Crawford; Stage Manager: Harry Davis; Assistant Stage Mgr: Abe Newborn and Sally Dwight
General Press Agent: Bill Doll; Company Press Agent: Dick Williams; Advertising Representative: Fred Golden; Costume Supervisor: Paul Du Pont
Cast
John Garfield Joris Kuiper
Captain
Wallace Acton South American Consul
Joseph Anthony Richters
Ship's Doctor
Florence Aquino Passenger
Wolfe Barzell Rabbi
John Becher Meyer
Mate
Joe Bernard Passenger
Nola Chilton Passenger
Richard Coogan American Naval Officer
Carmen Costi Officer of South American Military Police
Allan Frank Passenger
Frances Gaar Passenger
Jabez Gray Bruinsma
Captain of the Amsterdam
Ruth K. Hill Passenger
Harry Irvine The Clergyman
Peter Kass Second Jew
Bill Lazarus Passenger
Michael Lewin First Jew
John Marley Passenger
Si Oakland Willemse
Ship's Doctor of the Amsterdam
Edwin Ross Passenger
John Shellie "Chief" Davelaar
1st Engineer
Robert White Henky
Messroom Boy
Paul Wilson Passenger