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Point of No Return
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Point of No Return Playbill - Jan 1952
Point of No Return Playbill - Dec 1952
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Point of No Return
Broadway
Original
Alvin Theatre
250 W. 52nd St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Paul Osborn
People (41)
Henry Fonda
Charles Gray
(Original)
Phil Arthur
Jackie Mason
(Original)
Frances Bavier
Esther Gray
(Original)
Heywood Hale Broun
Second Clerk
(Original)
Madeleine Clive
Mrs. Burton
(Original)
Frank Conroy
Anthony Burton
(Original)
John Cromwell
John Gray
(Original)
Leora Dana
Nancy Gray
(Original)
Susan Harris
Evelyn Gray
(Original)
Pitt Herbert
Tailor
(Original)
Katherine Hynes
Miss Dingle
(Original)
James Jolley
Joe
(Original)
Colin Keith-Johnston
Laurence Lovell
(Original)
Madeleine King
Miss Marble
(Original)
Esther Gray
(Replacement)
James MacDonald
Conductor
(Original)
Davis Roberts
First Teller
(Original)
Second Teller
(Replacement)
Bartlett Robinson
Roger Blakesley
(Original)
Robert Ross
Malcolm Bryant
(Original)
Keith Russell
Bill Gray
(Original)
Harriet Selby
Maid
(Original)
Patricia Smith
Jessica Lovell
(Original)
Stanley Tackney
First Clerk
(Original)
Charles Taylor
Bill Gray
(Replacement)
Gene O'Donnell
First Teller
(Replacement)
Paul Huber
John Gray
(Replacement)
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Henry Fonda
Charles Gray
(Original)
Phil Arthur
Jackie Mason
(Original)
Frances Bavier
Esther Gray
(Original)
Heywood Hale Broun
Second Clerk
(Original)
Madeleine Clive
Mrs. Burton
(Original)
Frank Conroy
Anthony Burton
(Original)
John Cromwell
John Gray
(Original)
Leora Dana
Nancy Gray
(Original)
Susan Harris
Evelyn Gray
(Original)
Pitt Herbert
Tailor
(Original)
Katherine Hynes
Miss Dingle
(Original)
James Jolley
Joe
(Original)
Colin Keith-Johnston
Laurence Lovell
(Original)
Madeleine King
Miss Marble
(Original)
James MacDonald
Conductor
(Original)
Davis Roberts
First Teller
(Original)
Bartlett Robinson
Roger Blakesley
(Original)
Robert Ross
Malcolm Bryant
(Original)
Keith Russell
Bill Gray
(Original)
Harriet Selby
Maid
(Original)
Patricia Smith
Jessica Lovell
(Original)
Stanley Tackney
First Clerk
(Original)
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Paul Osborn
Writer
John P. Marquand
Based on the Novel
H. C. Potter
Director
Jo Mielziner
Scenic Design
Lighting Design
Mainbocher
Costume Design
John Harvey
Assistant to Mr. Mielziner
Frank Spencer
Assistant to the Costume Designer
David Gray, Jr.
Production Stage Manager
Robert Linden
Stage Manager
James Jolley
Assistant Stage Manager
Marshall Jamison
Casting
Herman Bernstein
General Manager
Abe Cohen
Manager
Leo Freedman
Press Representative
Leland Hayward
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
13
1951
Closing Date
Nov
22
1952
Performances
356
as of Dec 02, 2025
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Point of No Return - Dec 1951
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Awards
Outer Critics Circle
1952
Outstanding Play
Winner
Tony Award
1952
Best Featured Actor in a Play
John Cromwell
Winner
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