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Searching for the Sun Playbill - Feb 1936
Searching for the Sun
Broadway
Original
Cort's 58th Street Theatre
202 W. 58th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Dan Totheroh
People (26)
Paul Birris
Tony
(Original)
Roger Blankenship
Red
(Original)
Steve Rapson
(Original)
Vernon Crane
Alf
(Original)
Joseph Curtin
Cutler
(Original)
Olive Deering
Dot
(Original)
Charles Henry
Skin
(Original)
Richard Hunter
Ed
(Original)
A Frightened Boy
(Original)
J. Richard Jones
Rusty
(Original)
Whitford Kane
Fletch
(Original)
Lewis Luke
Pat
(Original)
Charles Niemeyer
Peg-Leg
(Original)
Edwin Philips
Matt
(Original)
Leona Roberts
Hattie
(Original)
Happy Robinson
Happy
(Original)
Emerson Treacy
Purdy
(Original)
Jack Warren
Texas
(Original)
Jazzbo Williams
Buck
(Original)
Walter Beck
Head of the Mission
(Original)
Thomas Fisher
A Derelict
(Original)
Georgia Simmons
A Woman in Fairmead
(Original)
Eleanor Wendall
Organist
(Original)
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Paul Birris
Tony
(Original)
Roger Blankenship
Red
(Original)
Steve Rapson
(Original)
Vernon Crane
Alf
(Original)
Joseph Curtin
Cutler
(Original)
Olive Deering
Dot
(Original)
Charles Henry
Skin
(Original)
Richard Hunter
Ed
(Original)
A Frightened Boy
(Original)
J. Richard Jones
Rusty
(Original)
Whitford Kane
Fletch
(Original)
Lewis Luke
Pat
(Original)
Charles Niemeyer
Peg-Leg
(Original)
Edwin Philips
Matt
(Original)
Leona Roberts
Hattie
(Original)
Happy Robinson
Happy
(Original)
Emerson Treacy
Purdy
(Original)
Jack Warren
Texas
(Original)
Jazzbo Williams
Buck
(Original)
Walter Beck
Head of the Mission
(Original)
Thomas Fisher
A Derelict
(Original)
Georgia Simmons
A Woman in Fairmead
(Original)
Eleanor Wendall
Organist
(Original)
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Dan Totheroh
Writer
Julius Evans
Staging
Joan Hathaway
Staging
Cleon Throckmorton
Scenic Design
Albert Ingalls, Jr.
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
19
1936
Closing Date
Feb
1
1936
Performances
5
as of Jan 31, 2026
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