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Comes the Revelation
Broadway
Original
Comes the Revelation
Broadway
Original
Jolson's 59th Street Theatre
932 Seventh Ave. at W. 58th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Louis Vittes
People (25)
Grover Burgess
Orris Hockett
(Original)
Kathryn Cameron
Mrs. Garrett
(Original)
Wendell Corey
Joe Flanders
(Original)
Sara Floyd
Mrs. Barney
(Original)
Will Geer
Pa Flanders
(Original)
G. Swayne Gordon
Benjamin Barney
(Original)
Mitchell Harris
James Q. Silsbury
(Original)
Carroll Hartley
Sophronia Flanders
(Original)
Peter Hobbs
Zachary Flanders
(Original)
Richard Karlan
William Garrett
(Original)
George Leach
Grammus
(Original)
Audra Lindley
Judy Garrett
(Original)
Maurice Minnick
Sheriff
(Original)
Mona Moray
Mrs. Hockett
(Original)
Mary Perry
Ma Flanders
(Original)
Wendell K. Phillips
Grandpa Crane
(Original)
June Stewart
Lily Milland
(Original)
John Thomas
Oliver Sampson
(Original)
William Thornton
David Garrett
(Original)
Lesley Woods
Ellen Crale
(Original)
Clay Yurdin
Sheriff's Deputy
(Original)
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Grover Burgess
Orris Hockett
(Original)
Kathryn Cameron
Mrs. Garrett
(Original)
Wendell Corey
Joe Flanders
(Original)
Sara Floyd
Mrs. Barney
(Original)
Will Geer
Pa Flanders
(Original)
G. Swayne Gordon
Benjamin Barney
(Original)
Mitchell Harris
James Q. Silsbury
(Original)
Carroll Hartley
Sophronia Flanders
(Original)
Peter Hobbs
Zachary Flanders
(Original)
Richard Karlan
William Garrett
(Original)
George Leach
Grammus
(Original)
Audra Lindley
Judy Garrett
(Original)
Maurice Minnick
Sheriff
(Original)
Mona Moray
Mrs. Hockett
(Original)
Mary Perry
Ma Flanders
(Original)
Wendell K. Phillips
Grandpa Crane
(Original)
June Stewart
Lily Milland
(Original)
John Thomas
Oliver Sampson
(Original)
William Thornton
David Garrett
(Original)
Lesley Woods
Ellen Crale
(Original)
Clay Yurdin
Sheriff's Deputy
(Original)
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Louis Vittes
Writer
Herman Rosten
Director
Ralph Alswang
Scenic Design
John Morris Chanin
Producer
Richard Karlan
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
May
26
1942
Closing Date
May
27
1942
Performances
2
as of Jan 10, 2026
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