The Green Pastures
A Fable
PlayPlay with musicRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 26, 1935
Closing Date
Apr 27, 1935
Performances
71
PlayPlay with musicRevivalBroadway
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Open Date: Feb 26, 1935
Close Date: Apr 27, 1935
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
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Description
A play in two parts
Setting
Sunday School; Fish Fry; Garden; Outside the Garden; Roadside; Private Office; Another Roadside; Hou
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PeopleProduced by Laurence Rivers, Inc.Written by Marc Connelly; Suggested by the Southern sketches "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun" by Roark Bradford; All choral arrangements used have been written especially for "The Green Pastures" by Hall JohnsonStaged by Marc ConnellyProduction Design by Robert Edmond JonesCompany Manager: Clarence JacobsonStage Manager: Charles WaltonChoral Director: Evelyn Burwell and Oliver FosterPress Representative: Clarence JacobsonSecond BoySoprano/ChoirSoprano/ChoirHezdrelChildChildChildAlto/ChoirTenor/ChoirBabylonian BandProphetBabylonian BandKing's FavoriteChildMyrtleHigh PriestChildKing's FavoriteAlto/ChoirChildA Slender AngelThe General
44th Street Theatre (Feb 26, 1935 - Apr 27, 1935)
Cast
Second Wizard
Produced by Laurence Rivers, Inc.
Written by Marc Connelly; Suggested by the Southern sketches "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun" by Roark Bradford; All choral arrangements used have been written especially for "The Green Pastures" by Hall Johnson
Staged by Marc Connelly
Production Design by Robert Edmond Jones
Company Manager: Clarence Jacobson
Stage Manager: Charles Walton
Choral Director: Evelyn Burwell and Oliver Foster
Press Representative: Clarence Jacobson
Second Boy
Soprano/Choir
Soprano/Choir
Hezdrel
Child
Child
Child
Alto/Choir
Tenor/Choir
Babylonian Band
Prophet
Babylonian Band
King's Favorite
Child
Myrtle
High Priest
Child
King's Favorite
Alto/Choir
Child
A Slender Angel
The General
44th Street Theatre (Feb 26, 1935 - Apr 27, 1935)
Cast
Second Wizard
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