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Anne of the Thousand Days Playbill - Jan 1949
Anne of the Thousand Days
Broadway
Original
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
225 W. 44th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Maxwell Anderson
People (49)
Rex Harrison
Henry
(Original)
Joyce Redman
Anne Boleyn
(Original)
Terence Anderson
Clerk
(Original)
Royal Servant
(Original)
Kathleen Bolton
Serving Woman
(Original)
Cecil Clovelly
Prior Houghton
(Original)
Servant
(Original)
Donald Conrad
Singer
(Original)
Fred Ayers Cotton
Bailiff
(Original)
Robert Duke
Percy, Earl of Northumberland
(Original)
Charles Ellis
Musician
(Original)
Royal Servant
(Original)
Charles Francis
Thomas Boleyn
(Original)
Russell Gaige
Sir Thomas More
(Original)
Margaret Garland
Madge Shelton
(Original)
Harry Irvine
Bishop Fisher
(Original)
Viola Keats
Elizabeth Boleyn
(Original)
Monica Lang
Jane Seymour
(Original)
Richard Leone
Singer
(Original)
Ludlow Maury
Servant
(Original)
Harold McGee
Bailiff
(Original)
Musician
(Original)
Royal Servant
(Original)
John Merivale
Mark Smeaton
(Original)
Frank Myers
Singer
(Original)
Wendell K. Phillips
Thomas Cromwell
(Original)
Louise Platt
Mary Boleyn
(Original)
Harry Selby
Messenger
(Original)
Allan Stevenson
Henry Norris
(Original)
Percy Waram
Cardinal Wolsey
(Original)
Malcolm Wells
Musician
(Original)
Royal Servant
(Original)
John Williams
Duke of Norfolk
(Original)
Polly Rowles
Mary Boleyn
(Replacement)
George Collier
Prior Houghton
(Replacement)
Francis Bethencourt
Royal Servant
(Replacement)
Walter Matthau
Royal Servant
(Replacement)
Servant
(Replacement)
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Rex Harrison
Henry
(Original)
Joyce Redman
Anne Boleyn
(Original)
Terence Anderson
Clerk
(Original)
Royal Servant
(Original)
Kathleen Bolton
Serving Woman
(Original)
Cecil Clovelly
Prior Houghton
(Original)
Servant
(Original)
Donald Conrad
Singer
(Original)
Fred Ayers Cotton
Bailiff
(Original)
Robert Duke
Percy, Earl of Northumberland
(Original)
Charles Ellis
Musician
(Original)
Royal Servant
(Original)
Charles Francis
Thomas Boleyn
(Original)
Russell Gaige
Sir Thomas More
(Original)
Margaret Garland
Madge Shelton
(Original)
Harry Irvine
Bishop Fisher
(Original)
Viola Keats
Elizabeth Boleyn
(Original)
Monica Lang
Jane Seymour
(Original)
Richard Leone
Singer
(Original)
Ludlow Maury
Servant
(Original)
Harold McGee
Bailiff
(Original)
Musician
(Original)
Royal Servant
(Original)
John Merivale
Mark Smeaton
(Original)
Frank Myers
Singer
(Original)
Wendell K. Phillips
Thomas Cromwell
(Original)
Louise Platt
Mary Boleyn
(Original)
Harry Selby
Messenger
(Original)
Allan Stevenson
Henry Norris
(Original)
Percy Waram
Cardinal Wolsey
(Original)
Malcolm Wells
Musician
(Original)
Royal Servant
(Original)
John Williams
Duke of Norfolk
(Original)
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Maxwell Anderson
Writer
H. C. Potter
Staging
Jo Mielziner
Scenic Design
Lighting Design
Motley
Costume Design
Eugene Orosz
Miss Redman's Hairstyle
Maurice Siederman
Make-Up Design
William H. Zauder
Miss Redman's Make-up designed
John Harvey
Assistant to Mr. Mielziner
Lehman Engel
Incidental Music
Walter Wagner
Production Stage Manager
Scott Jackson
Stage Manager
Maury Tuckerman
Stage Manager
Terence Anderson
Stage Manager
Victor Samrock
Business Manager
William Fields
Press Representative
Walter Alford
Press Representative
Arthur Cantor
Press Assistant
The Playwrights' Company
Producer
Leland Hayward
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
8
1948
Closing Date
Oct
8
1949
Performances
286
as of Dec 04, 2025
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Awards
Tony Award
1949
Scenic Design (Play or Musical)
Jo Mielziner
Winner
1949
Best Actor in a Play
Rex Harrison
Winner
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