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Catherine Was Great Playbill - Oct 1944
Catherine Was Great
Broadway
Original
Sam S. Shubert Theatre
225 W. 44th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Mae West
People (65)
Mae West
Catherine II
(Original)
Joel Ashley
Corporal Joe
(Original)
Prince Potemkin
(Original)
Gene Barry
Lieutenant Bunin
(Original)
Frank Baxter
Vanya
(Original)
Michael Bey
Ivan VI
(Original)
Ray Bourbon
Florian
(Original)
Phillip C. Jones
Captain Dronsky
(Original)
Owen Coll
Ambassador Choiseul
(Original)
Elinor Counts
Varvara
(Original)
Don De Leo
Ambassador Murad Pasha
(Original)
Victor Finney
Chamberlain
(Original)
Semyonev
(Original)
Don Gibson
Captain Danilov
(Original)
Coburn Goodwin
Count Nikolai Mirovich
(Original)
William H. Malone
Admiral Semechkin
(Original)
Leon Hamilton
Maurice
(Original)
Bern Hoffman
Pugacheff
(Original)
Philip Huston
Greg
(Original)
Gregory Orloff
(Original)
Charles K. Gerard
Count Panin
(Original)
Hubert Long
Alexis Orloff
(Original)
Jim
(Original)
Dayton Lummis
Chechkofski
(Original)
John Parrish
Marshal Suvorov
(Original)
Robert Strauss
Mike
(Original)
Mischa Tonken
Roy
(Original)
Reginald Allen
Usher
(Original)
George Anderson
Guard
(Original)
Albert Bayne
Councillor
(Original)
Carl Bensen
Soldier
(Original)
Harry Bodin
Innkeeper
(Original)
Gerry Brent
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Jack Burke
Soldier
(Original)
Eden Burrows
Guard
(Original)
William C. Tubbs
Councillor
(Original)
John Colby
Soldier
(Original)
Boyd de Brossard
Soldier
(Original)
Edna Eckert
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Dick Ellis
Usher
(Original)
Antony Fortune
Soldier
(Original)
John Frederick
Guard
(Original)
Robert G. Morse
Councillor
(Original)
Milton Gordon
Soldier
(Original)
Eddy Grove
Soldier
(Original)
Charles Hart
Councillor
(Original)
Jerry Lucas
Guard
(Original)
Michael Mauree
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Buddy Millard
Page Boy
(Original)
Dickie Millard
Page Boy
(Original)
Mila Niemi
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Gloria Pierre
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Joseph R. Mann
Councillor
(Original)
Mary Reid
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
William Skelton
Soldier
(Original)
Carl Specht
Soldier
(Original)
Richard Spohr
Guard
(Original)
Michael Spreder
Chamberlain
(Original)
Ramond Stenzi
Guard
(Original)
John Stephen
Chief Chamberlain
(Original)
Frank Stevens
Councillor
(Original)
Lester Towne
Chimneysweep
(Original)
Henry Vincent
English Ambassador
(Original)
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Mae West
Catherine II
(Original)
Joel Ashley
Corporal Joe
(Original)
Prince Potemkin
(Original)
Gene Barry
Lieutenant Bunin
(Original)
Frank Baxter
Vanya
(Original)
Michael Bey
Ivan VI
(Original)
Ray Bourbon
Florian
(Original)
Phillip C. Jones
Captain Dronsky
(Original)
Owen Coll
Ambassador Choiseul
(Original)
Elinor Counts
Varvara
(Original)
Don De Leo
Ambassador Murad Pasha
(Original)
Victor Finney
Chamberlain
(Original)
Semyonev
(Original)
Don Gibson
Captain Danilov
(Original)
Coburn Goodwin
Count Nikolai Mirovich
(Original)
William H. Malone
Admiral Semechkin
(Original)
Leon Hamilton
Maurice
(Original)
Bern Hoffman
Pugacheff
(Original)
Philip Huston
Greg
(Original)
Gregory Orloff
(Original)
Charles K. Gerard
Count Panin
(Original)
Hubert Long
Alexis Orloff
(Original)
Jim
(Original)
Dayton Lummis
Chechkofski
(Original)
John Parrish
Marshal Suvorov
(Original)
Robert Strauss
Mike
(Original)
Mischa Tonken
Roy
(Original)
Reginald Allen
Usher
(Original)
George Anderson
Guard
(Original)
Albert Bayne
Councillor
(Original)
Carl Bensen
Soldier
(Original)
Harry Bodin
Innkeeper
(Original)
Gerry Brent
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Jack Burke
Soldier
(Original)
Eden Burrows
Guard
(Original)
William C. Tubbs
Councillor
(Original)
John Colby
Soldier
(Original)
Boyd de Brossard
Soldier
(Original)
Edna Eckert
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Dick Ellis
Usher
(Original)
Antony Fortune
Soldier
(Original)
John Frederick
Guard
(Original)
Robert G. Morse
Councillor
(Original)
Milton Gordon
Soldier
(Original)
Eddy Grove
Soldier
(Original)
Charles Hart
Councillor
(Original)
Jerry Lucas
Guard
(Original)
Michael Mauree
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Buddy Millard
Page Boy
(Original)
Dickie Millard
Page Boy
(Original)
Mila Niemi
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Gloria Pierre
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
Joseph R. Mann
Councillor
(Original)
Mary Reid
Lady-in-Waiting
(Original)
William Skelton
Soldier
(Original)
Carl Specht
Soldier
(Original)
Richard Spohr
Guard
(Original)
Michael Spreder
Chamberlain
(Original)
Ramond Stenzi
Guard
(Original)
John Stephen
Chief Chamberlain
(Original)
Frank Stevens
Councillor
(Original)
Lester Towne
Chimneysweep
(Original)
Henry Vincent
English Ambassador
(Original)
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Mae West
Writer
Roy Hargrave
Staging
Margaret Sande
Choreographer
Howard Bay
Scenic Design
Mary Percy Schenck
Costume Design
Ernest Schrapps
Costume Design
Michael Todd
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Aug
2
1944
Closing Date
Jan
13
1945
Performances
191
as of Dec 03, 2025
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