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A Touch of the Poet   

 
Helen Hayes Theatre , (10/02/1958 - 6/13/1959)
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Opening Date:Oct 02, 1958   
Closing Date:Jun 13, 1959 Total Performances:284

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in four acts
Setting: The dining room of Melody's Tavern, in a village a few miles from Boston. July 27, 1828.


Production Staff [Collapse]
Produced by The Producers Theatre
Originally produced by Robert Whitehead
Written by Eugene O'Neill
Staged by Harold Clurman
Scenic Design by Ben Edwards; Assistant Designer: Richard Burns; Assistant Costume Design: Betty Coe Armstrong
General Manager: Oscar Olesen; Company Manager: Thomas V. Bodkin; Managing Director of the Helen Hayes Theatre: Louis A. Lotito
Production Stage Manager: Joseph Brownstone; Assistant Stage Mgr: Norman Kean
Press Representative: Barry Hyams, Bob Ullman and Lila Glaser; Casting: Terry Fay; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner and Associates; Press Secretary: Edith L. Kean
Cast
Betty Field Deborah
Mrs. Henry Harford
Helen Hayes Nora Melody
Eric Portman Cornelius Melody
John Call Dan Roche
Tom Clancy Mickey Maloy
Curt Conway Jamie Cregan
Farrell Pelly Patch Riley
Art Smith Paddy O'Dowd
Kim Stanley Sara Melody
Luis Van Rooten Nicholas Gadsby
1959 Tony Award® Best Play
 Written by Eugene O'Neill; Produced by The Producers Theatre; Originally produced by Robert Whitehead [nominee]
1959 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
 Kim Stanley [nominee]