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Daughters of Atreus
Broadway
Original
Daughters of Atreus
Broadway
Original
44th Street Theatre
216 W. 44th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Robert Turney
People (46)
Barbara Adams
Thetis
(Original)
John Boruff
Vortigern
(Original)
Eileen Burns
Fria
(Original)
Thomas Coffin Cooke
Aesculapios
(Original)
Hal Conklin
Aegisthos
(Original)
Olive Deering
Iphegeneia
(Original)
Ann Freshman
Euterpe
(Original)
Leslie Gorall
A Messenger
(Original)
Gale Gordon
Agamemnon
(Original)
Harry Irvine
Kalchas
(Original)
Clara Mahr
Sharadha
(Original)
Eleonora Mendelssohn
Klytaimnestra
(Original)
Thomas Neal
Hippolytos
(Original)
Edmond O'Brien
Pylades
(Original)
Gilda Oakleaf
Elecktra, as a Child
(Original)
Carla Ogle
Nerissa
(Original)
Maria Ouspenskaya
Polymnia
(Original)
Eleanor Powers
Melissa
(Original)
Joanna Roos
Elektra
(Original)
Howard Sherman
Orestes, as a child
(Original)
Edgar Stehli
Cheops
(Original)
Robert Stewart
Orestes' Attendant
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
Edward Trevor
Achilles
(Original)
Helen Walpole
Hero
(Original)
Cornel Wilde
Phaon
(Original)
Eric Wollencott
Orestes
(Original)
Elizabeth Young
Nephis
(Original)
Sidney Bryson
Ensemble
(Original)
Richard Burdette
Ensemble
(Original)
Ben Edwards
Ensemble
(Original)
Vincent Gardner
Ensemble
(Original)
John Grimshaw
Ensemble
(Original)
James Larmore
Ensemble
(Original)
Melvin Parks
Ensemble
(Original)
Gordon Peters
Ensemble
(Original)
Carl Rodgers
Ensemble
(Original)
Arthur L. Sachs
Ensemble
(Original)
Michael Sage
Ensemble
(Original)
William Van Gundy
Ensemble
(Original)
Louis Varca
Ensemble
(Original)
Franklin Webb
Ensemble
(Original)
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Barbara Adams
Thetis
(Original)
John Boruff
Vortigern
(Original)
Eileen Burns
Fria
(Original)
Thomas Coffin Cooke
Aesculapios
(Original)
Hal Conklin
Aegisthos
(Original)
Olive Deering
Iphegeneia
(Original)
Ann Freshman
Euterpe
(Original)
Leslie Gorall
A Messenger
(Original)
Gale Gordon
Agamemnon
(Original)
Harry Irvine
Kalchas
(Original)
Clara Mahr
Sharadha
(Original)
Eleonora Mendelssohn
Klytaimnestra
(Original)
Thomas Neal
Hippolytos
(Original)
Edmond O'Brien
Pylades
(Original)
Gilda Oakleaf
Elecktra, as a Child
(Original)
Carla Ogle
Nerissa
(Original)
Maria Ouspenskaya
Polymnia
(Original)
Eleanor Powers
Melissa
(Original)
Joanna Roos
Elektra
(Original)
Howard Sherman
Orestes, as a child
(Original)
Edgar Stehli
Cheops
(Original)
Robert Stewart
Orestes' Attendant
(Original)
Ensemble
(Original)
Edward Trevor
Achilles
(Original)
Helen Walpole
Hero
(Original)
Cornel Wilde
Phaon
(Original)
Eric Wollencott
Orestes
(Original)
Elizabeth Young
Nephis
(Original)
Sidney Bryson
Ensemble
(Original)
Richard Burdette
Ensemble
(Original)
Ben Edwards
Ensemble
(Original)
Vincent Gardner
Ensemble
(Original)
John Grimshaw
Ensemble
(Original)
James Larmore
Ensemble
(Original)
Melvin Parks
Ensemble
(Original)
Gordon Peters
Ensemble
(Original)
Carl Rodgers
Ensemble
(Original)
Arthur L. Sachs
Ensemble
(Original)
Michael Sage
Ensemble
(Original)
William Van Gundy
Ensemble
(Original)
Louis Varca
Ensemble
(Original)
Franklin Webb
Ensemble
(Original)
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Robert Turney
Writer
Frederic McConnell
Staging
Jo Mielziner
Scenic Design
James Reynolds
Costume Design
Delos Chappell
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
14
1936
Closing Date
Oct
31
1936
Performances
13
as of Jan 30, 2026
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