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Shadow Play
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One Act
Revival
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Tonight at 8:30 Playbill - Feb 1948
Shadow Play
Broadway
One Act
Revival
National Theatre
208 W. 41st St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
People (16)
Gertrude Lawrence
Victoria Gayforth
(Original)
Sarah Burton
Sibyl Heston
(Original)
Booth Colman
Hodge
(Original)
Valerie Cossart
Lena
(Original)
Norah Howard
Martha Cunningham
(Original)
Graham Payn
Simon Gayforth
(Original)
William Roerick
Michael Doyle
(Original)
Philip Tonge
George Cunningham
(Original)
Rhoderick Walker
A Young Man
(Original)
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Gertrude Lawrence
Victoria Gayforth
(Original)
Sarah Burton
Sibyl Heston
(Original)
Booth Colman
Hodge
(Original)
Valerie Cossart
Lena
(Original)
Norah Howard
Martha Cunningham
(Original)
Graham Payn
Simon Gayforth
(Original)
William Roerick
Michael Doyle
(Original)
Philip Tonge
George Cunningham
(Original)
Rhoderick Walker
A Young Man
(Original)
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Noël Coward
Writer
Staging
Richard Barstow
Musical Staging
George Jenkins
Scenic Design
Homer Curran
Producer
Russell Lewis
Producer
Howard Young
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
23
1948
Closing Date
Mar
13
1948
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