PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Jun 03, 1948
Closing Date
Jun 12, 1948
Performances
14
PlayComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
City Center
(Jun 03, 1948 - Jun 12, 1948)
Description
A Play in Three Acts with Prologue and Epilogue
Produced by New York City Theatre Company
Originally produced in New York under the title 'The World We Live In' by William A. Brady
Written by Josef Capek and Karel Capek; Dramatized and Adapted by Owen Davis
Directed by José Ferrer; Choreographed by Hanya Holm
Scenic Design by Herbert Brodkin; Costume Design by Emeline Roche; Lighting Design by Herbert Brodkin
Ted Allegretti
Another Ant
Tom Avera
Victor
 
Journalist
Bobby Busch
Another Male Beetle
 
1st Snail
Mack Busch
Another Messenger
 
2nd Snail
Stanley Carlson
Male Beetle
Robert Carroll
Ichneumon Fly
 
2nd Engineer
Leonardo Cimino
Blind Ant
Chevi Colton
Ichneumon Fly's Larva
 
Bond Salesman
George Coulouris
The Vagrant
José Ferrer
Felix
 
Yellow Commander
Rita Gam
Clythia
Claire Hale
Young Butterfly
 
3rd Moth
George Hall
A Traitor
Joyce Hill
War Worker
Phyllis Hill
Iris
Paula Laurence
Female Beetle
Betty Low
Young Butterfly
 
2nd Moth
Annabelle Lyon
Young Butterfly
 
Female Cricket
 
4th Moth
Nan McFarland
Woman
Arthur Newman
Wood Cutter
Thomas Poston
Otakar
 
Quartermaster
Alexander Scourby
1st Engineer
Mildred Joanne Smith
Chrysalis
Robinson Stone
The Professor
 
Inventor
Ray Walston
Male Cricket
 
Telegrapher
Sidney Walters
An Ant
Jane White
Young Butterfly
 
1st Moth
Bert Whitley
Parasite
 
Wounded Man
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