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The Philadelphia Story
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Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 28, 1939
Closing Date
Mar 30, 1940
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Open Date: Mar 28, 1939
Close Date: Mar 30, 1940
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Shubert Theatre
(Mar 28, 1939 - Mar 30, 1940)
Setting
Philadelphia suburbs, 1930's. The action takes place int he course of twenty-four hours at Seth Lord's house in the country, near Philadelphia.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Central Theatres Leasing & Construction Company
Produced by
The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors)
Written by
Philip Barry
Directed by
Robert B. Sinclair
Scenic Design by
Robert Edmond Jones
; Lighting Design by
Robert Edmond Jones
Company Manager:
Herman Bernstein
Stage Manager:
Karl Nielsen
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Hayden Rorke
Joseph Cotten courtesy of
The Mercury Theatre
Vera Allen
Margaret Lord
Lorraine Bate
Elsie
Shirley Booth
Elizabeth Imbrie
Liz
Owen Coll
Thomas
Joseph Cotten
C. K. Dexter Haven
Frank Fenton
George Kittredge
Philip Foster
Edward
Van Heflin
Macaulay Connor
Mike
Katharine Hepburn
Tracy Samatha Lord
Nicholas Joy
Seth Lord
Lenore Lonergan
Dinah Lord
Forrest Orr
William Tracy
Uncle Willy
Hayden Rorke
Mac
Myrtle Tannehill
May
Dan Tobin
Alexander Lord
Sandy
Understudy:
Dora Sayers
(Tracy Samatha Lord)
Shubert Theatre
(Mar 28, 1939 - Mar 30, 1940)
Assistant Stage Mgr:
Philip Foster
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Central Theatres Leasing & Construction Company
Produced by
The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors)
Written by
Philip Barry
Directed by
Robert B. Sinclair
Scenic Design by
Robert Edmond Jones
; Lighting Design by
Robert Edmond Jones
Company Manager:
Herman Bernstein
Stage Manager:
Karl Nielsen
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Hayden Rorke
Joseph Cotten courtesy of
The Mercury Theatre
Vera Allen
Margaret Lord
Lorraine Bate
Elsie
Shirley Booth
Elizabeth Imbrie
Liz
Owen Coll
Thomas
Joseph Cotten
C. K. Dexter Haven
Frank Fenton
George Kittredge
Philip Foster
Edward
Van Heflin
Macaulay Connor
Mike
Katharine Hepburn
Tracy Samatha Lord
Nicholas Joy
Seth Lord
Lenore Lonergan
Dinah Lord
Forrest Orr
William Tracy
Uncle Willy
Hayden Rorke
Mac
Myrtle Tannehill
May
Dan Tobin
Alexander Lord
Sandy
Understudy:
Dora Sayers
(Tracy Samatha Lord)
Shubert Theatre
(Mar 28, 1939 - Mar 30, 1940)
Assistant Stage Mgr:
Philip Foster
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