Appendix 1: Plays
As Husbands Go
A comedy in prologue and three acts, by Rachel Crothers. Non-professional production in Sarasota, Florida, March 1933.
Montgomery Clift (Wilburn).
Fly Away Home
A comedy in three acts by Dorothy Bennett and Irving White. Director: Thomas Mitchell. Producer: Theron Bamberg. Stockbridge Massachusetts, Summer stock 1934 and with the same company January 15, 1935, at 48th St. Theatre, New York. 202 performances.
Cast: Montgomery Clift (Harmer Masters), Georgette McKee (Buff Masters), Joan Tompkins (Linda Masters), Edwin Philips (Corey Masters), Claire Woodbury (Penny), Lili Zehner (Tinka Collingsby), Philip Faversham (Johnny Heming), Thomas Mitchell (James Masters), Albert Van Dekker (Arme Sloan), Geraldine Kay (Maria), Sheldon Leonard (Gabriel), Elmer Brown (Taxi Driver), Ann Mason (Nan Masters).
Jubilee
Musical comedy by Moss Hart. Music and lyrics: Cole Porter. Director: Hassard Short and Monty Woolley. Producer: Sam H. Harris and Max Gordon. Imperial Theatre, New York, October 11, 1935. 169 performances.
Cast: Melville Cooper (The King), Mary Bole (The Queen), Charles Waters (Prince James), Margaret Adams (Princess Diana), Montgomery Clift (Prince Peter), Jackie Kelk (Prince Rudolph), Richie Ling (Lord Wyndham), Derek Williams (Eric Dare), June Knight (Karen OKane), May Boley (Eva Steing), Mark Plant (Charles Rausmiller or Mowgli), Olive Reeves-Smith (Laura Fitzgerald), Charles Broakaw (A Sandwich Man), Ralph Sumpter (Professor Rexford), Dorothy Fox (The Beach Widow), Leo Chazel (Cabinet Minister), Charles Brokaw (Cabinet Minister), Don Douglas (Life Guard), Albert Amato (Announcer), Harold Murray (Master of Ceremonies), Jack Edwards (The Drunk), Ted Fetter (The Usher), Leo Chazel (Keeper of the Zoo).
The Road to Paradise
Comedy by Frederik Jackson. Producer: Jack Linder July 6th12th, 1936, Theatre Alden, Jamaica Long Island and July 13th, Theatre Brighton Beaches.
Yr. Obedient Husband
A sentimental comedy in three acts by Horace Jackson. Director: John Cromwell. Producer: Marwell Productions. Broadhurst Theatre, New York, January 10, 1938. 8 performances.
Cast: Dame May Witty (Mrs. Scurlock), Brenda Forbes (Mistress Binns), Florence Eldridge (Prue), Frieda Altman (Podd), Fredric March (Richard Steele), Marie Jolie (Elizabeth), Montgomery Clift (Lord Finch), Harold Thomas (Patrick), Walter Jones (Silas Pennyfield), Helena Glenn (Lady Envil), Leslie Austen (Lord Envil), John Pickard (John Gay), Ethel Morrison (Mrs. Howe), A.J. Herbert (Thomas Howe M.P.), Katherine Stewart (Lady Warwick or Mrs. Addison).
Eye on the Sparrow
A comedy in three acts by Maxwell Selser. Director: Antoinette Perry (under the pseudonym of John M. Worth). Producer: Girvan G. Higgingson. Vanderbilt Theatre May 3, 1938. 6 performances.
Cast: Montgomery Clift (Philip Thomas), Katherine Deane (Nancy Thomas), Edgard Stehli (Freeman), Barry Sullivan (Roger Sanford), Philip Ober (Ted Strong), Catherine Doucet (Barbara Thomas), Leslie King (Fejac Strode), Pearce Benton (Jim Wright), Stiano Braggiotti (Rostican), Dorothy Francis (Florence Audgen), Francesca Lenni (OMara), Edward Fielding (Thomas Hosea), Ernest Woodward (Rent Collector), Lester Damon (Moving Man), Sey Strouse (Rug Man).
The Wind and the Rain
A comedy in three acts by Merton Hodge. Director: Charles J. Parsons. Millbrook Theatre, Millbrook, NY, July 2530, 1938. 6 performances.
Cast: Shirley DeMe (Mrs. McPhe), Lex Lindsay (Gilbert Raymond), James Gregory (John Williams), Montgomery Clift (Charles Tritton), Allan Tower (Dr. Paul Duhamel), Evelyn Evers (Anne Hargreaves), Celeste Holm (Jill Manning), Jeffrey William Clark (Roger Cole), Robin Clapp (Pete Morgan).
Dame Nature
A comedy in three acts by Andre Birabeau. Translated from French by Patricia Collinge. Director: Worthington Miner. Producer: The Theatre Guild. Booth Theatre, New York, September 26, 1938. 48 performances.
Cast: Thomas Coffin Cooke (Max), Charles Bellin (Beer, a schoolboy), Frederick Bradlee (Second school boy), Edwin Mills (Third schoolboy), Edwin Cooper (Concierge), Harry Irvine (Doctor Faridet), Lois Hall (Leonie Perrot), Montgomery Clift (Ere Brisac), Morgan James (Batton), Peter Miner (Fourth schoolboy), Kathryn Grill (Nannie), Grace Matthews (Marie), Jessie Royce Leis (Madame Brisac), Onslow Stevens (Monsieur Brisac), Forrest Orr (Forrest Orr), Wilton Graff (Paul Marachal).
The Mother
By Paul Selver and Miles Malleson, from a play by Karel Capek. Director: Miles Malleson. Producer: Victor Payne Jennings in association with Kathleen Robinson. Lyceum Theatre, New York, April 25, 1939. 31 performances.
Cast: Alla Nazimova (The Mother), Reginald Bach (The Father), Stephen Ker Appleby (Erew), Carl Norval (George), Alan Brixley (Christopher), Tom Palmer (Peter), Montgomery Clift (Tony), Edward Broadley (The Old Man).
There Shall Be No Night
A drama in three acts by E. Sherwood. Director: Alfred Lunt. Producer: Playwrights Company and the Theatre Guild. Alvin Theatre, New York, April 29, 1940. 181 performances.
Cast: Alfred Lunt (Dr. Kaarlo Valkonen), Lynne Fontanne (Mirea Valkonen), Richard Whorf (Dave Corween), Sydney Greenstreet (Uncle Waldemar), Brooks West (Gus Shuman), Montgomery Clift (Erik Valkonen), Elizabeth Fraser (Kaatri Alquist), Maurice Colbourne (Dr. Ziemssen), Edward Raquello (Major Rutkowski), Charles Ansley (Joe Burnett), Thomas Gomez (Ben Gichner), William LeMassena (Frank Olmstead), Claude Horton (Sergeant Gosden), Phyllis Thaxter (Lempi), Charva Chester (Ilma), Ralph Nelson (Camera Man), Robert Downing (Camera Man).
Out of the Frying Pan
A comedy in three acts by Francis Swann. Director: Sanford Meisner. Producer: Jean Muir and Sanford Meisner. County Theater, Suffern, New York, August 4, 1941. 7 performances.
Cast: Micheal Strong (George Bodell), Kenneth Tobey (Norman Reese), Mabel Paige (Mrs. Garnet), Montgomery Clift (Tony Dennison), Florence McMichael (Muriel Foster), Peggy Meyer (Kate Ault), Sally Gracie (Marge Benson), Gertrude Beach (Dottie Coburn), Harry Antrim (Mr. Coburn), Percy Kilbride (Mr. Kenny), Tony Manning (Mac), Henry Lawson (Joe).
Mexican Mural
A comedy in 4 panels by Ramon Naya, directed and produced by Robert Lewis. Chanin Auditorium, New York, April 26, 1942. About 5 performances.
Cast: (First Panel) Vera Cruz Interior Wallace House (Rumbero), Priscilla Newton, Robert Leer (Comparas), Perry Wilson (Didi Ruiz), Kathryn Grill (Dona Alex), Montgomery Clift (Lalo Brito), Eda Reiss (Luisa).
(Second Panel) Miracle Painting Libby Holman (Celestina Ruiz), Terry Dicks (Chelina), Spencer James (Doctor Brito), Gertrude Gilpin (Morena), Henrietta Lovelace (Petra), Mira Rosovskaya or Rostova (Verbena), Norma Chambers (a lady).
(Third Panel) Moonlight Scene Kevin McCarthy (Mariano Ruiz), Owen Jordon (Miguel Ruiz), Wallace House, Spencer James (Troubadours), David Opatoshu (Mata Hari), Larry Hugo, William LeMassena, Morton Amster (Gold Shirts), Tom Barry, Viola Kates, Priscilla Newton, Robert Leer, and others (People of Vera Cruz).
(Fourth Panel) Patio with Flamingo Kenneth Tobey (the Redhead), Norma Chambers (Juliana), Viola Kates (Maria Chris).
The Skin of Our Teeth
A comedy in three acts by Thornton Wilder. Director: Elia Kazan. Producer:
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