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John Henry (1940)

Broadway, Musical

PlaywrightEdward E Rose

MusicJacques Wolfe

LyricsRoark Bradford

Venue44th Street Theatre216 W. 44th St. New York, NY

Licensed ByPublic Domain

Opening DateJan 10th 1940

Creative Team
Music
Jacques Wolfe
Original
Lyrics
Roark Bradford
Original
Playwright
Edward E Rose
Original
Direction
Charles Friedman
Original
Cast
Blind Lemon
Josh White
Original
John Henry's Papa
James Lightfoot
Original
Julie Anne
Ruby Elzy
Original
Julie Anne's Mamma
Henrietta Lovelace
Original
Roustabout
CW Scott
Original
John Henry's Mamma
Maude Simmons
Original
Old Aunt Dinah
Minto Cato
Original
Hell Buster
Robert Harvey
Original
John Henry
Paul Robeson
Original
Poor Selma
Myra Johnson
Original
Billie Bob Russell
Alexander Gray
Original
Rucker's Wife
Sadie McGill
Original
Ruby
Musa Williams
Original
Ensemble
Anne Simmons
Original
Ernest Shaw
Original
John Diggs
Original
Ella Belle Davis
Original
George Jones Jr.
Original
James Armstrong
Original
Massie Patterson
Original
Frederick Wilkerson
Original
Claudia Hall
Original
William Woolfolk
Original
Lloyd Howlett
Original
George Kennedy
Original
Randall Steplight
Original
George Dickson
Original
Leona Avery
Original
Benveneta Washington
Original
Nora Evans
Original
Marie Fraser
Original
Oscar Brooks
Original
Samuel A Floyd
Original
Wyer Owens Handy
Original
Charles Welch
Original
Jonathan Brice
Original
Samuel Gary
Original
Mattie Washington
Original
Kate Hall
Original
Edgar Hall
Original
Maudine Brown
Original
James B Gordon
Original
Ernest Baskette
Original
A Rouster
Ray Yeates
Original
Pimps' Quartette
Louis Gilbert
Original
Merritt Smith
Original
Fancy Ladies' Octette
Mildred Lassiter
Original
Alice White
Original
Alyce Carter
Original
Ruth Gibbs
Original
Eva Vaughan
Original
Walking Boss
Kenneth Spencer
Original
Man Named Sam
Joseph Attles
Original
Artistic Production
Production
Fred Mitchell
Original

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