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John Henry

(Original Broadway Production, 1940)

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Production Information
Opening:January 10, 1940
Closing:unknown
# Performances:7
Theatres:44th Street Theatre
(1/10/1940 - 1/10/1940)
44th Street Theatre
(1/10/1940 - 1/15/1940)
Production Type:Original Production
Production Status: Closed
Run Type:Open Run
Market:Broadway
Intermissions:1
 
Production Staff
Anthony Brown
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Director
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Director
(Staging)
Charles L. Cooke
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Orchestrator
Charles Friedman
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Director
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Director
(Staging)
John Hambleton
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Costume Designer
Albert R. Johnson
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Scenic Designer
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Scenic Designer
Leonard De Paur
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Choral Director
Hans Spialek
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Orchestrator
Don Voorhees
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Musical Director
 
Original Cast | Replacements
J. De Witt Spencer
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Mink Eye
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Mink Eye
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Nud
James Armstrong
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Ensemble
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Ensemble
Joseph Attles
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Bad Stacker Lee
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Man Named Sam
Leona Avery
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Ensemble
Ernest Baskette
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Ensemble
Jonathan Brice
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Ensemble
Oscar Brooks
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Ensemble
Maudine Brown
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Ensemble
Alyce Carter
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Ensemble
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Fancy Ladies' Octette
Minto Cato
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Old Aunt Dinah
Ella Belle Davis
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Ensemble
George Dickson
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Ensemble
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Rucker
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Ensemble
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Rucker
John Diggs
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Ensemble
Ruby Elzy
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Julie Anne
Nora Evans
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Ensemble
Samuel A. Floyd
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Ensemble
Marie Fraser
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Ensemble
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Fancy Ladies' Octette
Samuel Gary
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Ensemble
Ruth Gibbs
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Ensemble
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Fancy Ladies' Octette
Louis Gilbert
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Ensemble
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First Caller
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Pimps' Quartette
James B. Gordon
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Ensemble
Alexander Gray
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Billie Bob Russell
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Mate
Claudia Hall
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Ensemble
Edgar Hall
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Ensemble
Kate Hall
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Ensemble
Wyer Owens Handy
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Ensemble
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Pimps' Quartette
Robert Harvey
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Hell Buster
Lloyd Howlett
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Ensemble
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Floyd
Myra Johnson
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Poor Selma
George Jones, Jr.
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Ensemble
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Julie Anne's Papa
George Kennedy
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Ensemble
Mildred Lassiter
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Ensemble
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Fancy Ladies' Octette
James Lightfoot
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Deaf Man
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Ensemble
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John Henry's Papa
Henrietta Lovelace
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Julie Anne's Mamma
Sadie McGill
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Ensemble
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Rucker's Wife
Massie Patterson
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Ensemble
Paul Robeson
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John Henry
Bayard Rustin
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Ensemble
C.W. Scott
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Ensemble
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Roustabout
Ernest Shaw
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Ensemble
Anne Simmons
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Ensemble
Maude Simmons
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Ensemble
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John Henry's Mamma
Merritt Smith
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Pimps' Quartette
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Reader
Kenneth Spencer
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Walking Boss
Randall Steplight
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Ensemble
Eva Vaughan
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Ensemble
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Fancy Ladies' Octette
Benveneta Washington
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Carrie
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Ensemble
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Fancy Ladies' Octette
Mattie Washington
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Ensemble
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Fancy Ladies' Octette
Charles Welch
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Ensemble
Alice White
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Ensemble
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Fancy Ladies' Octette
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Ensemble
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Fancy Ladies' Octette
Josh White
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Blind Lemon
Frederick Wilkerson
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Ensemble
Musa Williams
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Ruby
William Woolfolk
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Ensemble
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Pimps' Quartette
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Second Caller
Ray Yeates
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A Rouster
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Ensemble
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