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The Green Pastures

(Original Broadway Production, 1930)

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Production Information
Opening:February 26, 1930
Closing:August 29, 1931
# Performances:640
Theatres:Mansfield Theatre
(2/26/1930 - 8/29/1931)
Mansfield Theatre
(2/26/1930 - 8/29/1931)
Production Type:Original Production
Production Status: Closed
Run Type:Open Run
Market:Broadway
Intermissions:1
 
Production Staff
Marc Connelly
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Director
(Staging)
Hall Johnson
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Musical Director
Robert Edmond Jones
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Production Designer
 
Original Cast | Replacements
Gerome Addison
....
Baritone/Choir
Freddie Archibald
....
Flatfoot
Leona Avery
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Alto/Choir
Marguerite Avery
....
Soprano/Choir
Earl Bowie
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Babylonian Band
Margery Bumgardner
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Child
Philistine Bumgardner
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Child
Edgar Burks
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Jacob
Elsie Byrd
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Angel/Townsperson
Joe Byrd
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Randolph
Josephine Byrd
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A Stout Angel
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First Cleaner
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Voice in Shanty
Geneva Bythewood
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Angel/Townsperson
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Third Woman
Reginald Bythewood
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Third Boy
Billy Cumby
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Master of Ceremonies
Ruby Davis
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Child
Willmay Davis
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Child
Constance Van Dyke
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King's Favorite
Alicia Escamilla
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Myrtle
Amy Escamilla
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Angel/Townsperson
Alonzo Fenderson
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Moses
Reginald Fenderson
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A Candidate Magician
Florence Fields
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Second Cleaner
Arthur Foster
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Tenor/Choir
Harold Foster
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Tenor/Choir
Oliver Foster
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Baritone/Choir
Anna Mae Fritz
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First Mammy Angel
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Second Woman
James Fuller
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Cain the Sixth
Mercedes Gilbert
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Zipporah
Geraldine Gooding
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Soprano/Choir
Juanita Hall
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Soprano/Choir
Edna Mae Harris
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Zeba
Mattie Harris
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Soprano/Choir
Richard B. Harrison
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The Lord
Mary Ella Hart
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King's Favorite
Colington Hayes
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Gambler
Daniel L. Haynes
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Adam
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Hezdrel
Adolph Henderson
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Tenor/Choir
Richard Henderson
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Babylonian Band
Wesley Hill
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Gabriel
Walter Hilliard
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Tenor/Choir
Frank Horace
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Bass/Choir
Jazzlips Richardson, Jr.
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First Boy
Wilbur Cohen, Jr.
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Child
Charlotte Junius
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Alto/Choir
Louis Kelsey
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Boy Gambler
Tom Lee (ii)
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Bass/Choir
Viola Lewis
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Child
Fredia Longshaw
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Child
Joe Loomis
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Tenor/Choir
Ruthena Matson
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Alto/Choir
Willie Mays
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Alto/Choir
William McFarland
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Tenor/Choir
Cecil McNair
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Bass/Choir
Walter Meadows
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Bass/Choir
Viola Mickens
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Alto/Choir
Jay Mondaaye
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King of Babylon
Charles H. Moore
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Mr. Deshee
(the Preacher)
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Isaac
Stanleigh Morrell
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Another Officer
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Ham
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Joshua
Thula Oritz
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Angel/Townsperson
Massie Patterson
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Soprano/Choir
Verdon Perdue
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Child
Inez Persand
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King's Favorite
Arthur Porter
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Head Magician
Benjamin John Ragsdale
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Baritone/Choir
George Randol
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Pharaoh
McKinley Reeves
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Aaron
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Choir Leader
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Tenor/Choir
Emory Richardson
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First Man
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First Wizard
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Officer
Tommy Russell
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Babylonian Band
Ivan Sharp
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First Scout
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Gambler
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Prophet
Jesse A. Shipp
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Abraham
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Archangel
Carl Shorter
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Babylonian Band
Frances Smith
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A Cook
Susie Sutton
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Noah's Wife
Dinks Thomas
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First Woman
Edna Thrower
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A Slender Angel
Margerette Thrower
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Child
Homer Tutt
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Custard Maker
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Ham
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High Priest
Gertrude De Verney
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Soprano/Choir
Lou Vernon
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Cain
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The General
John Warner
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Tenor/Choir
Marie Warren
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Soprano/Choir
Benveneta Washington
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Angel/Townsperson
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Cain's Girl
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Fourth Woman
Howard Washington
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Second Boy
Walter Whitfield
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Baritone/Choir
Tutt Whitney
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Noah
D.K. Williams
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Baritone/Choir
Milton J. Williams
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Shem
Inez Richardson Wilson
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Eve
Leona Winkler
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King's Favorite
Charles Wood
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The Admiral
Bertha Wright
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Soprano/Choir
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