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(Original Broadway Production, 1945)

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Production Information
Opening:November 22, 1945
Closing:April 13, 1946
# Performances:167
Theatres:National Theatre
(11/22/1945 - 4/13/1946)
National Theatre
(11/22/1945 - 4/13/1946)
Shubert Theatre
(9/0/1945 - ?)
Production Type:Original Production
Production Status: Closed
Run Type:Open Run
Market:Broadway
Intermissions:1
 
Production Staff
Maurice Abravanel
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Musical Director
Franz Allers
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Musical Director
Harold Byrns
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Orchestrator
Robert Davison
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Scenic Designer
Edward Padula
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Director
(Book Direction)
Anthony Tudor
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Choreographer
Miles White
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Costume Designer
John C. Wilson
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Director
(Staging)
 
Original Cast | Replacements
Bette Anderson
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Lucille
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Vocal Ensemble
John Archer
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Peter Townsend
Richard Astor
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Dancer
Lucille Benson
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May Tompkins
Paul Best
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Voltaire
Bruce Cartwright
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Dancer
Ronald Chetwood
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Dancer
Janice Cioffi
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Dancer
Charles Danford
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Vocal Ensemble
Nina Dean
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Vocal Ensemble
Shirley Dean
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Vocal Ensemble
Lois Eastman
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Vocal Ensemble
Robert Field
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Harry Scott
Lucille Floetman
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Leonore
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Vocal Ensemble
Bert Freed
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Bill Tompkins
Mattlyn Gevurtz
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Dancer
Ralph Glover
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Plato
Arlouine Goodjohn
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Susan
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Vocal Ensemble
Tom Helmore
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Gerald Barker
Bill Johnson
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Alex Maitland
Erik Kristen
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Dancer
Hugh Laing
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Alex
(in book)
Hermann Leopoldi
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Freud
Karol Loraine
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Marie
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Vocal Ensemble
Estelle Loring
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Marjorie
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Vocal Ensemble
Robert Lussier
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Vocal Ensemble
Irene Manning
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Katherine Townsend
Dwight Marfield
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Eddie Warren
Paul Mario
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Vocal Ensemble
Patricia Marshall
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Christopher Randolph
Tommy Matthews
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Vocal Ensemble
Don Mayo
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Joe McDonald
Keny McCord
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Vocal Ensemble
Jack Miller
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Dancer
Isabel Mirrow
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Dancer
June Morris
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Dancer
Mary Ellen Moylan
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Katherine
(in book)
Betty Jean Smythe
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Anne
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Vocal Ensemble
Eva Soltesz
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Dancer
Alfred Sukey
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Vocal Ensemble
Ernest Taylor
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Vocal Ensemble
Eleanor Treiber
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Dancer
Bernard Tunisse
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Vocal Ensemble
Sonja Tyven
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Dancer
Jeffrey Warren
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Vocal Ensemble
Frank Westbrook
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Dancer
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