Orpheus Descending Playbill - March 1957
Orpheus Descending
Broadway
Original
Orpheus Descending
Broadway
Original
SYNOPSIS:
Tennessee Williams’s steamy and lyrical Orpheus Descending is a love story and a tragedy, telling of the passion of a storekeeper’s wife and a wandering guitar player and their doomed escape attempt from a hell of small-mindedness. Set in a dry-goods store in the 1950s deep South, the play’s toxic brew of Jim Crow, xenophobia, and provincialism evokes an American past that unfortunately is not the past, with open acceptance of hatred leading inevitably to violence.
- playwright: Tennessee Williams
People (35)
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Sheriff Talbott
(Original)
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Nurse Porter
(Original)
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Dog Hamma
(Original)
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Jabe Torrance
(Original)
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Dolly Hamma
(Original)
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Sister Temple
(Original)
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Eva Temple
(Original)
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1st Man
(Original)
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Pee Wee Binnings
(Original)Jabe Torrance
(Replacement)
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Uncle Pleasant
(Original)
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Woman
(Original)
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Val Xavier
(Original)
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Vee Talbott
(Original)
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Beulah Binnings
(Original)
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Carol Cutrere
(Original)
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Lady Torrance
(Original)
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Mr. Dubinsky
(Original)
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2nd Man
(Original)
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David Cutrere
(Original)
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Sheriff Talbott
(Original)
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Nurse Porter
(Original)
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Dog Hamma
(Original)
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Jabe Torrance
(Original)
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Dolly Hamma
(Original)
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Sister Temple
(Original)
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Eva Temple
(Original)
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1st Man
(Original)
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Pee Wee Binnings
(Original)
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Uncle Pleasant
(Original)
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Woman
(Original)
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Val Xavier
(Original)
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Vee Talbott
(Original)
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Beulah Binnings
(Original)
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Carol Cutrere
(Original)
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Lady Torrance
(Original)
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Mr. Dubinsky
(Original)
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2nd Man
(Original)
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David Cutrere
(Original)
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WriterLyrics ("Heavenly Grass")
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Music for "Heavenly Grass"
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Director
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Scenic Design
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Costume Design
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Lighting Design
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Assistant to Ms. Ballard
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Incidental Music
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Incidental Music Arrangements
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Production Stage Manager
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Stage Manager
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Stage Manager
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Company Manager
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Press Representative
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Press Representative
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Producer
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Producer
Inside The Playbill
Orpheus Descending - March 1957
Orpheus Descending - March 1957
Orpheus Descending - March 1957
Orpheus Descending - March 1957
Orpheus Descending - March 1957
Orpheus Descending - March 1957
Orpheus Descending - March 1957
Orpheus Descending - March 1957
Orpheus Descending - March 1957
Orpheus Descending - March 1957
Awards
| Theatre World Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Theatre World Award | Winner |
| Tony Award | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Costume Design (Play or Musical) | Nominee | |
| 1958 | Scenic Design (Play or Musical) | Nominee |
Shows That Opened That Season: 1957–1958
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