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What a Life
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Apr 13, 1938
Closing Date
Jul 08, 1939
Performances
538
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Apr 13, 1938
Close Date: Jul 08, 1939
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Biltmore Theatre
(Apr 13, 1938 - Dec 31, 1938)
Mansfield Theatre
(Jan 02, 1939 - Jul 08, 1939)
Setting
The principal's office of Central High School.
Comments
Sculptor Inge Hardison was a replacement actor in this production. During her tenure, she sculpted life-sized busts of six of her fellow performers; they were put on display in the lobby of the Mansfield Theatre.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Bernard Klawans
Produced by
George Abbott
Written by
Clifford Goldsmith
Directed by
George Abbott
Scenic Design by
Cirker & Robbins
Business Manager:
Carl Fisher
,
Charles Harris
and
Robert Foulk
Stage Manager:
George W. Smith
Press Representative:
Charles Washburn
,
Barclay McCarty
and
Kenneth White
; Production Assistant:
Edith Van Cleve
and
Ezra Stone
Joyce Arling
Miss Wheeler
Ralph Bell
Student
Eddie Bracken
Bill
Jack Byrne
Mr. Ferguson
James Corner
George Bigelow
Betty Field
Barbara Pearson
Blaine Fillmore
Student
Vaughan Glaser
Mr. Bradley
Teresa Keane
Student
Marguerite Lodge
Student
Kay Loring
Miss Johnson
Ruth Matteson
Miss Shea
Butterfly McQueen
Mary
William Mendrek
Mr. Patterson
Mitzi Miller
Student
Daniel Ocko
Mr. Vecchitto
Lea Penman
Mrs. Aldrich
Arthur Pierson
Mr. Nelson
Elena Salvatore
Gertie
Ezra Stone
Henry Aldrich
Maidel Turner
Miss Eggleston
Isla Vaile
Student
Edith Van Cleve
Miss Pike
Biltmore Theatre
(Apr 13, 1938 - Dec 31, 1938)
Stage Manager:
Kay Loring
Cast
Judith Ann Abbott
Student
Sarah Burton
Miss Wheeler
Irving Morrow
Mr. Nelson
Phyllis Thaxter
Student
Fleming Ward
Mr. Patterson
Mansfield Theatre
(Jan 02, 1939 - Jul 08, 1939)
Assistant Stage Mgr:
John Most
Press Representative:
Ben Washer
and
Frank McCarthy
Cast
Ralph Bell
Mr. Patterson
Fred Clark
Mr. Ferguson
Fraye Gilbert
Miss Shea
Ellen Hall
Miss Wheeler
Inge Hardison
Student
Teresa Keane
Gertie
Anne Lincoln
Student
John Most
Student
Marion Sweet
Miss Shea
Isla Vaile
Barbara Pearson
Fleming Ward
Mr. Bradley
Norman Williams
George Bigelow
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Bernard Klawans
Produced by
George Abbott
Written by
Clifford Goldsmith
Directed by
George Abbott
Scenic Design by
Cirker & Robbins
Business Manager:
Carl Fisher
,
Charles Harris
and
Robert Foulk
Stage Manager:
George W. Smith
Press Representative:
Charles Washburn
,
Barclay McCarty
and
Kenneth White
; Production Assistant:
Edith Van Cleve
and
Ezra Stone
Joyce Arling
Miss Wheeler
Ralph Bell
Student
Eddie Bracken
Bill
Jack Byrne
Mr. Ferguson
James Corner
George Bigelow
Betty Field
Barbara Pearson
Blaine Fillmore
Student
Vaughan Glaser
Mr. Bradley
Teresa Keane
Student
Marguerite Lodge
Student
Kay Loring
Miss Johnson
Ruth Matteson
Miss Shea
Butterfly McQueen
Mary
William Mendrek
Mr. Patterson
Mitzi Miller
Student
Daniel Ocko
Mr. Vecchitto
Lea Penman
Mrs. Aldrich
Arthur Pierson
Mr. Nelson
Elena Salvatore
Gertie
Ezra Stone
Henry Aldrich
Maidel Turner
Miss Eggleston
Isla Vaile
Student
Edith Van Cleve
Miss Pike
Biltmore Theatre
(Apr 13, 1938 - Dec 31, 1938)
Stage Manager:
Kay Loring
Cast
Judith Ann Abbott
Student
Sarah Burton
Miss Wheeler
Irving Morrow
Mr. Nelson
Phyllis Thaxter
Student
Fleming Ward
Mr. Patterson
Mansfield Theatre
(Jan 02, 1939 - Jul 08, 1939)
Assistant Stage Mgr:
John Most
Press Representative:
Ben Washer
and
Frank McCarthy
Cast
Ralph Bell
Mr. Patterson
Fred Clark
Mr. Ferguson
Fraye Gilbert
Miss Shea
Ellen Hall
Miss Wheeler
Inge Hardison
Student
Teresa Keane
Gertie
Anne Lincoln
Student
John Most
Student
Marion Sweet
Miss Shea
Isla Vaile
Barbara Pearson
Fleming Ward
Mr. Bradley
Norman Williams
George Bigelow
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