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Debut
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Debut Playbill - Feb 1956
Debut
Broadway
Original
Holiday Theatre
1567 Broadway (47th St.), New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Mary Drayton
People (19)
Osceola Archer
Lid
(Original)
Edith Gresham
Aunt Phoebe
(Original)
Tom Helmore
Wyn Spaulding
(Original)
Alberta Hunter
Mattie
(Original)
Charles McDaniel
Dabney B. Featherstone III
(Original)
Eulabelle Moore
Anna
(Original)
Grace Raynor
Marjorie Hansford
(Original)
G. Albert Smith
Capt. Richard Beraud
(Original)
Inger Stevens
Maria Beraud
(Original)
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Osceola Archer
Lid
(Original)
Edith Gresham
Aunt Phoebe
(Original)
Tom Helmore
Wyn Spaulding
(Original)
Alberta Hunter
Mattie
(Original)
Charles McDaniel
Dabney B. Featherstone III
(Original)
Eulabelle Moore
Anna
(Original)
Grace Raynor
Marjorie Hansford
(Original)
G. Albert Smith
Capt. Richard Beraud
(Original)
Inger Stevens
Maria Beraud
(Original)
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Mary Drayton
Writer
Isabel Dunn
Based On The Novel "Maria and the Captain" By
John Gerstad
Director
John Boyt
Scenic Design
Jack Woods
Stage Manager
Don Hayden
Stage Manager
Reuben Rabinovitch
General Press Representative
Howard Newman
General Press Representative
Richard Horner
Producer
Justin Sturm
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
22
1956
Closing Date
Feb
25
1956
Performances
5
as of Jun 12, 2025
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