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The Crucible

Martin Beck Theatre, (1/22/1953 - 7/11/1953)
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Opening:Jan 22, 1953   
Closing:Jul 11, 1953 Total Performances:197


Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: Salem, Massachusetts. 1692.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by Martin Beck Theatre Corporation

Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden

Written by Arthur Miller; Lullaby composed by Anne Ronnell; Hymn composed by Alex Miller

Staged by Jed Harris

Scenic Design by Boris Aronson; Costume Design by Edith Lutyens; Assistant to Mr. Aronson: Lisa Jalowetz; Assistant to Edith Lutyens: Evelyn Erb

Company Manager: S.M. Handelsman; Business Manager: Jack Schlissel; General Manager: Louis A. Lotito

Production Stage Manager: Del Hughes; Stage Manager: Leonard Patrick; Assistant Stage Mgr: Donald Marye

Assistant to the Director: Shirley Berick; Casting: Jane Broder; Press Representative: James Proctor and Merle Debuskey


Opening Night Cast

Arthur Kennedy John Proctor  
Walter Hampden Deputy-Governor Danforth   
E. G. Marshall Reverend John Hale   
Beatrice Straight Elizabeth Proctor   
Jean Adair Rebecca Nurse  
Janet Alexander Betty Parris  
Jacqueline Andre Tituba  
Raymond Bramley Thomas Putnam  
Philip Coolidge Judge Hawthorne  
Jenny Egan Mary Warren  
Adele Fortin Sarah Good  
Jane Hoffman Ann Putnam  
Dorothy Jolliffe Mercy Lewis  
Donald Marye Hopkins  
Don McHenry Ezekiel Cheever  
George Mitchell John Willard  
Madeleine Sherwood Abigail Williams  
Barbara Stanton Susanna Walcott  
Fred Stewart Reverend Samuel Parris  
Joseph Sweeney Giles Corey  
Graham Velsey Francis Nurse