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Porgy
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Porgy Playbill - September 1929
Porgy
Broadway
Revival
Martin Beck Theatre
302 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
DuBose Heyward
,
Dorothy Heyward
People (26)
Jack Carter
Crown
(Original)
Peter Clark
Jim
(Original)
A.B. Comatheire
Simon Frazier
(Original)
Evelyn Ellis
Crown's Bess
(Original)
Georgette Harvey
Maria
(Original)
Wallace Hill
Scipio
(Original)
Wesley Hill
Jake
(Original)
Richard Huey
Mingo
(Original)
Felix Jacoves
Policeman
(Original)
Rose McClendon
Serena
(Original)
Ella Madison
Annie
(Original)
Garrett Minturn
The Coroner
(Original)
Dorothy Paul
Lily
(Original)
Hayes L. Pryor
Peter
(Original)
Wayland Rudd
Nelson
(Original)
Erskine Sanford
Alan Archdale
(Original)
Frederick Smith
A Dectective
(Original)
Edna Thomas
Clara
(Original)
Percy Verwayne
Sporting Life
(Original)
Walter Warner
Policeman
(Original)
Leigh Whipper
The Crab Man
(Original)
Undertaker
(Original)
Frank Wilson
Porgy
(Original)
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Jack Carter
Crown
(Original)
Peter Clark
Jim
(Original)
A.B. Comatheire
Simon Frazier
(Original)
Evelyn Ellis
Crown's Bess
(Original)
Georgette Harvey
Maria
(Original)
Wallace Hill
Scipio
(Original)
Wesley Hill
Jake
(Original)
Richard Huey
Mingo
(Original)
Felix Jacoves
Policeman
(Original)
Rose McClendon
Serena
(Original)
Ella Madison
Annie
(Original)
Garrett Minturn
The Coroner
(Original)
Dorothy Paul
Lily
(Original)
Hayes L. Pryor
Peter
(Original)
Wayland Rudd
Nelson
(Original)
Erskine Sanford
Alan Archdale
(Original)
Frederick Smith
A Dectective
(Original)
Edna Thomas
Clara
(Original)
Percy Verwayne
Sporting Life
(Original)
Walter Warner
Policeman
(Original)
Leigh Whipper
The Crab Man
(Original)
Undertaker
(Original)
Frank Wilson
Porgy
(Original)
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Dorothy Heyward
Writer
DuBose Heyward
Writer
Rouben Mamoulian
Director
The Theatre Guild
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
13
1929
Closing Date
Oct
1
1929
Performances
34
as of Dec 04, 2025
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