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A Red Rainbow Playbill - Sept 1953
A Red Rainbow
Broadway
Original
Royale Theatre
242 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Myron C. Fagan
People (17)
William Adler
Rourke
(Original)
Effie Afton
Roxy Gainsborough
(Original)
Spencer James
Congressman Felz
(Original)
Will Kemp
Major Robert (Bob) Brainard
(Original)
Fred Irving Lewis
Senator Derlin
(Original)
William Martel
Gorman
(Original)
Robert Middleton
J. Kerrigan Kane
(Original)
Mary Alice Moore
Arline Mason
(Original)
William Remick
Jensen
(Original)
Winston Ross
District Attorney Britt
(Original)
Hans Josef Schumm
Boris Sarno
(Original)
Howard Smith
Inspector Scanlon
(Original)
Ruthelma Stevens
Mrs. Russell Meadow
(Original)
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William Adler
Rourke
(Original)
Effie Afton
Roxy Gainsborough
(Original)
Spencer James
Congressman Felz
(Original)
Will Kemp
Major Robert (Bob) Brainard
(Original)
Fred Irving Lewis
Senator Derlin
(Original)
William Martel
Gorman
(Original)
Robert Middleton
J. Kerrigan Kane
(Original)
Mary Alice Moore
Arline Mason
(Original)
William Remick
Jensen
(Original)
Winston Ross
District Attorney Britt
(Original)
Hans Josef Schumm
Boris Sarno
(Original)
Howard Smith
Inspector Scanlon
(Original)
Ruthelma Stevens
Mrs. Russell Meadow
(Original)
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Myron C. Fagan
Writer
Staging
Louis Kennel
Scenic Design
Al Jones
Stage Manager
Bruce Fagan
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
14
1953
Closing Date
Sep
26
1953
Performances
16
as of Mar 04, 2026
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