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The Green Pastures
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Revival
The Green Pastures
Broadway
Revival
44th Street Theatre
216 W. 44th St., New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Marc Connelly
People (121)
Laura Anderson
A Stout Angel
(Original)
Freddie Archibald
Flatfoot
(Original)
George Brown
Outer Guard
(Original)
John Charles
Isaac
(Original)
Allen Charles
Archangel
(Original)
Billy Cumby
Master of Ceremonies
(Original)
Richard Emory
Gambler
(Original)
Reginald Fenderson
A Candidate Magician
(Original)
William Fenton
King of Babylon
(Original)
Florence Fields
First Cleaner
(Original)
Mary Frances
Voice in Shanty
(Original)
Anna Mae Fritz
First Mammy Angel
(Original)
James Fuller
Cain the Sixth
(Original)
Mercedes Gilbert
Zipporah
(Original)
Geraldine Gooding
Eve
(Original)
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Edna Mae Harris
Zeba
(Original)
Richard B. Harrison
The Lord
(Original)
Daniel L. Haynes
Adam
(Original)
Hezdrel
(Original)
Charles Hill
Carlisle
(Original)
Child
(Original)
Harold Hines
Gambler
(Original)
Randall Homer
Custard Maker
(Original)
James Lindsay
The Admiral
(Original)
Jack Mann
Master of Ceremonies
(Original)
John McAllister
Jacob
(Original)
Morris McKinney
Noah
(Original)
George Milton
First Wizard
(Original)
Charles H. Moore
Mr. Deshee
(Original)
James Morrison
Another Officer
(Original)
Oscar Polk
Gabriel
(Original)
Arthur Porter
Head Magician
(Original)
Abraham
(Replacement)
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Second Wizard
(Replacement)
Martin Quinn
Officer
(Original)
George Randol
Pharaoh
(Original)
McKinney Reeves
Aaron
(Original)
Emory S. Richardson
Officer
(Original)
Jazzlips Richardson, Jr.
Boy Gambler
(Original)
Thomas Russell
Cain
(Original)
Babylonian Band
(Original)
Ivan Sharp
First Scout
(Original)
Prophet
(Original)
Carl Shorter
Second Wizard
(Original)
Babylonian Band
(Original)
D. Jay Sidney
Joshua
(Original)
Nonie Simmons
Myrtle
(Original)
Child
(Original)
King's Favorite
(Original)
Alice Snyder
Myrtle
(Original)
Child
(Original)
Susie Sutton
Noah's Wife
(Original)
Harry Thompson
Japheth
(Original)
J. Homer Tutt
Ham
(Original)
High Priest
(Original)
Lloyd Warren
Randolph
(Original)
Child
(Original)
Benveneta Washington
Cain's Girl
(Original)
Alto/Choir
(Original)
King's Favorite
(Original)
Irene Watts
A Cook
(Original)
Milton J. Williams
Shem
(Original)
Frank Wilson
Moses
(Original)
Leona Winkler
A Slender Angel
(Original)
King's Favorite
(Original)
Charles Winter Wood
Abraham
(Original)
The General
(Original)
The Lord
(Replacement)
Dinks Thomas
A Slender Angel
(Replacement)
Edward Yancey
Randolph
(Replacement)
William McFarland
Joshua
(Replacement)
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Jerome Addison
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Mildred Allison
Fourth Woman
(Original)
Myrtle Anderson
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Olive Ball
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Marie Benton
Child
(Original)
Henry Blake
First Man
(Original)
Franklin Brown
Child
(Original)
Second Boy
(Replacement)
Ruth Carl
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
George Carroll
Child
(Original)
Wilbur Cohen, Jr.
Child
(Original)
Second Boy
(Original)
Alice Cottingham
Child
(Original)
Ruby Davis
Child
(Original)
Beatrice Davis
Child
(Original)
Gertrude De Verney
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Robert Ecton
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Alice Geneva
Third Woman
(Original)
Earl Gough
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Mattie Harris
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Richard Henderson
Babylonian Band
(Original)
Boy Gambler
(Replacement)
T. Lloyd Hickman
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Frank Horace
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Harriet Hoyt
First Woman
(Original)
Alma L. Hubbard
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Nell Hunter
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Charles Ivan
First Scout
(Original)
Roland Jones
Child
(Original)
Third Boy
(Original)
Florence Lee
King's Favorite
(Original)
Theon Lewis
Child
(Original)
Carrington Lewis
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
James E. Lightfoot
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Willis Martin
Child
(Original)
Willie Mays
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Roy McKinley
Choir Leader
(Original)
Walter Meadows
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Viola Mickens
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Child
(Original)
King's Favorite
(Original)
Willis Norton
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Willis Morton
First Boy
(Original)
Massie Patterson
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Benjamin John Ragsdale
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
McKinley Reeves
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Mabel Ridley
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Augustus Simons
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Frances Smith
Second Cleaner
(Original)
Janet Stevens
Second Woman
(Original)
James Taylor
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Constance Van Dyke
King's Favorite
(Original)
Marie Warren
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Anna Washington
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Booker T. Washington, Jr.
Child
(Original)
Ashley Webb
Child
(Original)
Walter Whitfield
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Rudolph Williams
Child
(Original)
Dow K. Williams
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Gertrude Wilson
Child
(Original)
King's Favorite
(Original)
Bertha Wright
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Edgar Yancey
Babylonian Band
(Original)
J. Homer
High Priest
(Replacement)
Billie Richards
Third Boy
(Replacement)
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Laura Anderson
A Stout Angel
(Original)
Freddie Archibald
Flatfoot
(Original)
George Brown
Outer Guard
(Original)
John Charles
Isaac
(Original)
Allen Charles
Archangel
(Original)
Billy Cumby
Master of Ceremonies
(Original)
Richard Emory
Gambler
(Original)
Reginald Fenderson
A Candidate Magician
(Original)
William Fenton
King of Babylon
(Original)
Florence Fields
First Cleaner
(Original)
Mary Frances
Voice in Shanty
(Original)
Anna Mae Fritz
First Mammy Angel
(Original)
James Fuller
Cain the Sixth
(Original)
Mercedes Gilbert
Zipporah
(Original)
Geraldine Gooding
Eve
(Original)
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Edna Mae Harris
Zeba
(Original)
Richard B. Harrison
The Lord
(Original)
Daniel L. Haynes
Adam
(Original)
Hezdrel
(Original)
Charles Hill
Carlisle
(Original)
Child
(Original)
Harold Hines
Gambler
(Original)
Randall Homer
Custard Maker
(Original)
James Lindsay
The Admiral
(Original)
Jack Mann
Master of Ceremonies
(Original)
John McAllister
Jacob
(Original)
Morris McKinney
Noah
(Original)
George Milton
First Wizard
(Original)
Charles H. Moore
Mr. Deshee
(Original)
James Morrison
Another Officer
(Original)
Oscar Polk
Gabriel
(Original)
Arthur Porter
Head Magician
(Original)
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Martin Quinn
Officer
(Original)
George Randol
Pharaoh
(Original)
McKinney Reeves
Aaron
(Original)
Emory S. Richardson
Officer
(Original)
Jazzlips Richardson, Jr.
Boy Gambler
(Original)
Thomas Russell
Cain
(Original)
Babylonian Band
(Original)
Ivan Sharp
First Scout
(Original)
Prophet
(Original)
Carl Shorter
Second Wizard
(Original)
Babylonian Band
(Original)
D. Jay Sidney
Joshua
(Original)
Nonie Simmons
Myrtle
(Original)
Child
(Original)
King's Favorite
(Original)
Alice Snyder
Myrtle
(Original)
Child
(Original)
Susie Sutton
Noah's Wife
(Original)
Harry Thompson
Japheth
(Original)
J. Homer Tutt
Ham
(Original)
High Priest
(Original)
Lloyd Warren
Randolph
(Original)
Child
(Original)
Benveneta Washington
Cain's Girl
(Original)
Alto/Choir
(Original)
King's Favorite
(Original)
Irene Watts
A Cook
(Original)
Milton J. Williams
Shem
(Original)
Frank Wilson
Moses
(Original)
Leona Winkler
A Slender Angel
(Original)
King's Favorite
(Original)
Charles Winter Wood
Abraham
(Original)
The General
(Original)
Jerome Addison
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Mildred Allison
Fourth Woman
(Original)
Myrtle Anderson
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Olive Ball
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Marie Benton
Child
(Original)
Henry Blake
First Man
(Original)
Franklin Brown
Child
(Original)
Ruth Carl
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
George Carroll
Child
(Original)
Wilbur Cohen, Jr.
Child
(Original)
Second Boy
(Original)
Alice Cottingham
Child
(Original)
Ruby Davis
Child
(Original)
Beatrice Davis
Child
(Original)
Gertrude De Verney
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Robert Ecton
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Alice Geneva
Third Woman
(Original)
Earl Gough
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Mattie Harris
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Richard Henderson
Babylonian Band
(Original)
T. Lloyd Hickman
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Frank Horace
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Harriet Hoyt
First Woman
(Original)
Alma L. Hubbard
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Nell Hunter
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Charles Ivan
First Scout
(Original)
Roland Jones
Child
(Original)
Third Boy
(Original)
Florence Lee
King's Favorite
(Original)
Theon Lewis
Child
(Original)
Carrington Lewis
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
James E. Lightfoot
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Willis Martin
Child
(Original)
Willie Mays
Alto/Choir
(Original)
William McFarland
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Roy McKinley
Choir Leader
(Original)
Walter Meadows
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Viola Mickens
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Child
(Original)
King's Favorite
(Original)
Willis Norton
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Willis Morton
First Boy
(Original)
Massie Patterson
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Benjamin John Ragsdale
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
McKinley Reeves
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Mabel Ridley
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Augustus Simons
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Frances Smith
Second Cleaner
(Original)
Janet Stevens
Second Woman
(Original)
James Taylor
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Constance Van Dyke
King's Favorite
(Original)
Marie Warren
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Anna Washington
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Booker T. Washington, Jr.
Child
(Original)
Ashley Webb
Child
(Original)
Walter Whitfield
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Rudolph Williams
Child
(Original)
Dow K. Williams
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Gertrude Wilson
Child
(Original)
King's Favorite
(Original)
Bertha Wright
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Edgar Yancey
Babylonian Band
(Original)
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Marc Connelly
Writer
Staging
Roark Bradford
Source Material (suggested by the Southern sketches "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun")
Evelyn Burwell
Choral Director
Oliver Foster
Choral Director
Robert Edmond Jones
Production Design
Hall Johnson
Choral Arrangements
Charles Walton
Stage Manager
Clarence Jacobson
Company Manager
Press Representative
Laurence Rivers, Inc.
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
26
1935
Closing Date
Apr
27
1935
Performances
71
as of Dec 05, 2025
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