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Set My People Free

Hudson Theatre, (11/3/1948 - 11/27/1948)
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Opening:Nov 3, 1948   
Closing:Nov 27, 1948 Total Performances:29


Category: Play, Original, Broadway





by opening date



Written by Dorothy Heyward

Staged by Martin Ritt

Scenic Design by Ralph Alswang; Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps

Choral Director: Joshua Lee


Opening Night Cast

Somer Alberg Trader Henri  
Thomas Anderson Jesse Blackwood  
Edith Atuka-Reid Tina  
Harry Bolden Belleisle  
Alonzo Bosan Pompey  
John Bouie Perault Prioleau  
Samuel Brown 1st Drummer  
Eric Burroughs Mingo Harth  
Tyler Carpenter Patrolman  
Blaine Cordner Captain Wilson  
Harold Des Verney Blind Philip  
George Dosher Jemmy  
Gail Gladstone Eliza  
Juano Hernandez Denmark  
Theodore Hines Cuppy  
Earl Jones Ned Bennett  
Wanza L. King Benbow  
Canada Lee George
Head Slave 
 
Urylee Leonardos Blanche  
Fredye Marshall Rachel  
William Marshall Rolla Bennett  
William McDaniel Pharaoh  
Charles McRae Monday Gell  
Moses Mianns 2nd Drummer  
Bertha T. Powell The Mauma  
Marion Scanlon Phyllis  
Louis Sharp Lot  
Richard Silver Frank Ferguson  
Merritt Smith Adam  
Mildred Joanne Smith Rose  
Earl Sydnor Peter Poyas  
William Warfield Aneas  
Leigh Whipper Gullah Jack  
Musa Williams Sinah  
Frank Wilson Morris Brown