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The Highest Tree   

 
Longacre Theatre , (11/04/1959 - 11/21/1959)
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Opening Date:Nov 04, 1959   
Closing Date:Nov 21, 1959 Total Performances:21

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: The Home of Dr. Aaron Cornish in the East Sixties, New York City. Two days before Thanksgiving; Thanksgiving Day.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by The Theatre Guild and Dore Schary; Associate Producer: Walter Reilly
Written by Dore Schary
Directed by Dore Schary
Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager; Costume Design by Marvin Reiss; Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager; Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Klaus Holm
General Manager: Peter Davis; Company Manager: Jesse Long
Production Manager: Jean Barrere; Stage Manager: Arthur Marlowe
General Press Representative: Nat Dorfman; Production Associate: Warren Caro, Philip Langner, Marshall Young and Frank Perry; Press Representative: Irvin Dorfman and Jane Randall; Casting Director for The Theatre Guild: Ruth Frankenstein; Production Assistant: Daniel Selznick
Cast
Diana Douglas Mary Macready
Kenneth MacKenna Aaron Cornish
William Prince Dr. Robert Leigh
Howard St. John Frederick Ashe
Richard Anderson Caleb Cornish
Joe De Santis Bronislau Partos
Larry Gates John Devereaux
Frank Milan Steven Cornish
Natalie Schafer Susan Ashe
Elizabeth Cole Jane Ashe
Miriam Goldina Isabel
Gloria Hoye Amy Cornish
Robert Redford Frederick Ashe, Jr. (Buzz)
Robert Ritterbusch Arkady Clark
Shirley Smith Gloria Cornish
Understudies: Joe De Santis (John Devereaux), Gloria Hoye (Mary Macready), Nicholas Pryor (Arkady Clark, Frederick Ashe, Jr. (Buzz)), Shirley Smith (Amy Cornish, Jane Ashe) and Dee Victor (Isabel, Susan Ashe)