PlayPlay with music ComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 19, 1936
Closing Date
Jan 16, 1937
Performances
68
PlayPlay with music ComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
44th Street Theatre
(Nov 19, 1936 - Jan 16, 1937)
Theatre Leased by Nesca Realty Co., Inc.
Produced by The Group Theatre
Written by Paul Green; Music by Kurt Weill; Musical Director: Lehman Engel
Staged by Lee Strasberg
Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager; Costume Design by Paul Du Pont
Business Manager: Philip Adler
Stage Manager: Michael Gordon; Assistant Stage Mgr: Alfred Saxe, Bess Eitingon and Judson Hall; Technical Director: Isaac Benesch
Press Representative: Emmanuel Eisenberg
Luther Adler
English Sergeant
 
Belgian Major-General
 
Brother Henry
Peter Ainsley
Soldier
Kate Allen
Dr. Mahodan's Secretary
James Blake
Soldier
Roman Bohnen
Grandpa Joe
 
American Commander-in-Chief
 
Brother Claude
Phoebe Brand
Minny Belle Tompkins
Grover Burgess
Anguish Howington
Jean Burton
Song
Morris Carnovsky
Chief of the Allied High Command
 
Dr. Mahodan
William Challee
Private Fairfax
 
Doctor
Lee J. Cobb
Dr. McBray
 
French Major-General
 
Brother George
Russell Collins
Johnny Johnson
Curt Conway
Boy
 
Private Patrick O'Day
 
Brother William
Jules Garfield
Johann Lang
Judson Hall
British Soldier
 
Soldier
Orin Jannings
His Majesty, The King
Robert Joseph
Brother Jim
Elia Kazan
Private Kearns
 
Dr. Frewd
Thomas C. Kennedy
Scottish Colonel
Tony Kraber
Editor
 
Private Harwood
 
Brother Theodore
Will Lee
Photographer
 
Private Goldberger
Bob Lewis
Mayor
 
French Premier
Paul Mann
Orderly
 
German Priest
Sanford Meisner
Captain Valentine
Paula Miller
French Nurse
John Most
British Commander-in-Chief
Ruth Nelson
Sister from the O.D.S.D.L.D.
Joseph Pevney
West Point Lieutenant
Herbert Ratner
Private Svenson
 
Military Policeman
 
Attendant
Eddie Ryan
Anguish Howington, Jr.
Jack Saltzman
Liason Officer
Alfred Saxe
American Priest
Susanna Senior
Aggie Tompkins
Art Smith
Sergeant Jackson
 
Doctor
 
Brother Thomas
Eunice Stoddard
Camp Doll
Albert Van Dekker
Corporal George
 
Brother Hiram
music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Paul Green
Act 1
Sung By
Over in Europe
Mayor
Democracy's Call
Minny Belle Tompkins and Mayor
Up Chuckamauga Hill
Grandpa Joe
Johnny's Melody
Johnny Johnson
Aggie's Song
Aggie Tompkins
Oh Heart of Love
Minny Belle Tompkins
Farewell, Goodbye
Minny Belle Tompkins
Valentine's Tango
Captain Valentine
Song of the Goddess
Johnny Johnson
Act 2
Sung By
Song of the Wounded Frenchmen
Soldier
Tea Song
Sergeant Jackson
Cowboy Song
Editor
Song of the Guns
Soldier
Act 3
Sung By
Mon Ami My Friend
French Nurse
Allied High Command
Chief of the Allied High Command, Belgian Major-General, British Commander-in-Chief, Dr. McBray and Grandpa Joe
Prayer: In Times of War and Tumults
American Priest and Orderly
The Psychiatry Song
Chief of the Allied High Command
How Sweetly Friendship Binds
Doctor, Grandpa Joe, Dr. McBray, Boy, Corporal George, Brother Jim, Editor and English Sergeant
Hymn to Peace
Sergeant Jackson, Grandpa Joe, Dr. McBray, Boy, Corporal George, Brother Jim, Editor and English Sergeant
Johnny's Melody (Finale)
Johnny Johnson
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