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Prologue to Glory
Broadway
Original
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Prologue to Glory Playbill - March 1938
Prologue to Glory
Broadway
Original
Maxine Elliott's Theatre
109 W. 39th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Ellsworth Prouty Conkle
People (68)
Edith Ansley
Ensemble
(Original)
George Averill
Ensemble
(Original)
Elizabeth Bilencova
Ensemble
(Original)
James Bradleigh
Ensemble
(Original)
Henry Buckler
Dr. Allen
(Original)
Charles Burrows
Ensemble
(Original)
Paul Byron
Denton Offut
(Original)
Leon Colker
Ensemble
(Original)
Kitty Cosgriff
Aunt Polly Green
(Original)
Stephen Courtleigh
Abe Lincoln
(Original)
George Cowell
Ensemble
(Original)
Wilbur Cox
Ensemble
(Original)
Winifred Crawford
Ensemble
(Original)
Al Durand
Ensemble
(Original)
Frank Eldred
Ensemble
(Original)
Joan Flicker
Carrie
(Original)
Josephine Fox
Ensemble
(Original)
Gustave Gordon
Colonel Rutledge
(Original)
Tom Greenway
Ensemble
(Original)
Louis Hallett
Ensemble
(Original)
Gordon Hamilton
Ensemble
(Original)
Charles Henderson
Ensemble
(Original)
James P. Houston
Ensemble
(Original)
Herbert Jelley
Ensemble
(Original)
Phillip C. Jones
Ensemble
(Original)
Isabel Keightley
Ensemble
(Original)
James Kennedy
Ensemble
(Original)
Harlan E. Knight
Ensemble
(Original)
Charles Leeper
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Lowe
Mentor Graham
(Original)
Jimmy Lydon
Denny
(Original)
Seymour Malmude
Ensemble
(Original)
Clara Marsh
Granny Rutledge
(Original)
Harry Mathias
Ensemble
(Original)
Roderick Maybee
Jack Armstrong
(Original)
Frank McKinney
Ensemble
(Original)
John McNulty
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Miller
David Rutledge
(Original)
Tom Morrison
Squire Bowlin Green
(Original)
Jean Nelson
Ensemble
(Original)
Blanche Newcomb
Ensemble
(Original)
Frank Norton
Ensemble
(Original)
Lawrence O'Brien
Ensemble
(Original)
William Phelps
Henry Onstott
(Original)
Edwin Platt
Ensemble
(Original)
Patricia Ramsey
Ensemble
(Original)
Carl Robinson
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Robson
Emory Potter
(Original)
Ann Rutledge
Ann Mayes Rutledge
(Original)
Arthur W. Shackett
Ensemble
(Original)
Lillian Shrewsbury
Mrs. Rutledge
(Original)
Lida Snow
Sarah Lincoln
(Original)
Sharon Stephens
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Toms
Ensemble
(Original)
Samuel Van Dyke
Ensemble
(Original)
June Victor
Ensemble
(Original)
Violette Villiers
Ensemble
(Original)
John West
Tom Lincoln
(Original)
Elizabeth Widmer
Ensemble
(Original)
Sidney Williams
Ensemble
(Original)
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Edith Ansley
Ensemble
(Original)
George Averill
Ensemble
(Original)
Elizabeth Bilencova
Ensemble
(Original)
James Bradleigh
Ensemble
(Original)
Henry Buckler
Dr. Allen
(Original)
Charles Burrows
Ensemble
(Original)
Paul Byron
Denton Offut
(Original)
Leon Colker
Ensemble
(Original)
Kitty Cosgriff
Aunt Polly Green
(Original)
Stephen Courtleigh
Abe Lincoln
(Original)
George Cowell
Ensemble
(Original)
Wilbur Cox
Ensemble
(Original)
Winifred Crawford
Ensemble
(Original)
Al Durand
Ensemble
(Original)
Frank Eldred
Ensemble
(Original)
Joan Flicker
Carrie
(Original)
Josephine Fox
Ensemble
(Original)
Gustave Gordon
Colonel Rutledge
(Original)
Tom Greenway
Ensemble
(Original)
Louis Hallett
Ensemble
(Original)
Gordon Hamilton
Ensemble
(Original)
Charles Henderson
Ensemble
(Original)
James P. Houston
Ensemble
(Original)
Herbert Jelley
Ensemble
(Original)
Phillip C. Jones
Ensemble
(Original)
Isabel Keightley
Ensemble
(Original)
James Kennedy
Ensemble
(Original)
Harlan E. Knight
Ensemble
(Original)
Charles Leeper
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Lowe
Mentor Graham
(Original)
Jimmy Lydon
Denny
(Original)
Seymour Malmude
Ensemble
(Original)
Clara Marsh
Granny Rutledge
(Original)
Harry Mathias
Ensemble
(Original)
Roderick Maybee
Jack Armstrong
(Original)
Frank McKinney
Ensemble
(Original)
John McNulty
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Miller
David Rutledge
(Original)
Tom Morrison
Squire Bowlin Green
(Original)
Jean Nelson
Ensemble
(Original)
Blanche Newcomb
Ensemble
(Original)
Frank Norton
Ensemble
(Original)
Lawrence O'Brien
Ensemble
(Original)
William Phelps
Henry Onstott
(Original)
Edwin Platt
Ensemble
(Original)
Patricia Ramsey
Ensemble
(Original)
Carl Robinson
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Robson
Emory Potter
(Original)
Ann Rutledge
Ann Mayes Rutledge
(Original)
Arthur W. Shackett
Ensemble
(Original)
Lillian Shrewsbury
Mrs. Rutledge
(Original)
Lida Snow
Sarah Lincoln
(Original)
Sharon Stephens
Ensemble
(Original)
Robert Toms
Ensemble
(Original)
Samuel Van Dyke
Ensemble
(Original)
June Victor
Ensemble
(Original)
Violette Villiers
Ensemble
(Original)
John West
Tom Lincoln
(Original)
Elizabeth Widmer
Ensemble
(Original)
Sidney Williams
Ensemble
(Original)
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Ellsworth Prouty Conkle
Writer
Leo Bulgakov
Staging
Walter Walden
Scenic Design
Mary Merrill
Costume Design
Feder
Lighting Design
Hans Bruno Meyer
Incidental Music
Morris Ankrum
Production Supervisor
Federal Theatre Project of The WPA
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Mar
17
1938
Closing Date
Nov
5
1938
Performances
161
as of Dec 02, 2025
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