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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1963)

Broadway, Play

Playwright • AdaptationEdward Albee

Music - IncidentalWilliam Flanagan

Based on the Novella • Based on the StoryCarson McCullers

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Picture of Martin Beck Theatre

VenueMartin Beck Theatre302 W. 45th St. New York, NY

Licensed ByDramatists Play Service

Opening DateOct 30th 1963

Closing DateFeb 15th 1964

Creative Team
Director
Alan Schneider
Original
Second Assistant Director
Melvin Bernhardt
Original
Fight Coordinator Boxing
Max Kleven
Original
Set Designer
Ben Edwards
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Costume Designer
Jane Greenwood
Original
Lighting Designer
Jean Rosenthal
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Production Stage Management
Don Gilliland
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John Maxtone Graham
Original
John Maxtone-Graham
Original
Assistant Production Stage Management
Ernest Austin
Original
Cast
Horace Wells
William Duell
Original
Rainey 1
Louis W. Waldon
Original
Mrs. Hasty Malone
Bette Henritze
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Stumpy Macphail
John C. Becher
Original
Narrator
Roscoe Lee Browne
Original
Lucy Willins
Nell Harrison
Original
Cousin Lyman
Julian Miller
Original
Michael Dunn
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Emma Hale
Enid Markey
Original
Henrietta Ford Crimp Jr.
Susan Dunfee
Original
Mrs. Peterson
Jenny Egan
Original
Henry Ford Crimp
David Clarke
Original
Miss Amelia Evans
Rosemary Murphy
Original
Colleen Dewhurst
Original
Rosser Cline
Griff Evans
Original
Marvin Macy
Lou Antonio
Original
Rainey 2
Deane Selmier
Original
Merlie Ryan
Roberts Blossom
Original
Henry Macy
William Prince
Original
Townsperson
Jack Kehoe
Original
Alice Drummond
Original
Ernest Austin
Original
Orchestra
Conductor
Samuel Baron
Original
Cello
Seymour Barab
Original
Clarinet Bass
Stanley Drucker
Original
Flute
Julius Baker
Original
Harp
Laura Newell
Original
Percussion
Herbert Harris
Original
Trumpet
Raymond Crisara
Original
Artistic Production
Producer
Ben Edwards
Original
Lewis Allen
Original

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