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Tea and Sympathy   

 
Ethel Barrymore Theatre , (9/30/1953 - 2/07/1955)
Longacre Theatre , (2/09/1955 - 4/09/1955)
48th Street Theatre , (4/11/1955 - 6/18/1955)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Sep 30, 1953   
Closing Date:Jun 18, 1955 Total Performances:712

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: A dormitory in a boys' school in New England. June.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by the Barrymore Theatre Corporation
Produced by The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; Robert Anderson; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Roger L. Stevens; John F. Wharton); Produced in association with Mary K. Frank
Written by Robert Anderson
Staged by Elia Kazan; Directed by Elia Kazan
Assistant Designer to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey; Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Anna Hill Johnstone
Business Manager: Victor Samrock
Production Stage Manager: Seymour Milbert; Assistant Stage Mgr: Yale Wexler
Press Representative: William Fields; Associate Press Representative: Walter Alford; Casting: Karl Malden; Production Assistant: Malcolm Wells
For his assistance in casting, Mr. Kazan gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Karl Malden
Cast
Deborah Kerr Laura Reynolds
Leif Erickson Bill Reynolds
John Kerr Tom Lee
Richard Franchot Phil
Florida Friebus Lilly Sears
John McGovern Herbert Lee
Richard Midgley David Harris
Arthur Steuer Steve
Alan Sues Ralph
Yale Wexler Paul
Dick York Al
1955 Theatre World Award
winnerMary Fickett [winner]
winnerAnthony Perkins [winner]
1954 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
winnerJohn Kerr [winner]