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The Possessed Playbill - Oct 1939
The Possessed
Broadway
Original
Lyceum Theatre
149 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
George Shdanoff
People (32)
Woodrow Chambliss
Peter Verkhovenski
(Original)
Burke Clarke
The Governor
(Original)
Blair Cutting
Shatov
(Original)
John Flynn
Nicholas Stavrogin
(Original)
Hugh Hatfield
Kirilov
(Original)
Reginald Pole
The Stranger
(Original)
Sam Schatz
A Theorist
(Original)
Fedka
(Original)
Beatrice Straight
Lisa
(Original)
Mary Lou Taylor
Martha
(Original)
Peter Tunnard
Lieutenant Drosdov
(Original)
Ellen Van Volkenburg
Mrs. Stavrogin
(Original)
Ronald Bennett
Presiding Officer
(Original)
Donald Bouche
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Erika Chambliss
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Louis Dowdney
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Jeanne Elgart
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Bert Griscom
Governor's Secretary
(Original)
Mary Haynsworth
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Alonzo Hinkley
Officer
(Original)
Tom Hughes
A Servant at Mrs. Stavrogin's
(Original)
A Teacher
(Original)
Dierdre Hurst
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Eugene Langston
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
James P. Corr
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Ford Rainey
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Allen Reeves
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
James Taylor
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
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Woodrow Chambliss
Peter Verkhovenski
(Original)
Burke Clarke
The Governor
(Original)
Blair Cutting
Shatov
(Original)
John Flynn
Nicholas Stavrogin
(Original)
Hugh Hatfield
Kirilov
(Original)
Reginald Pole
The Stranger
(Original)
Sam Schatz
A Theorist
(Original)
Fedka
(Original)
Beatrice Straight
Lisa
(Original)
Mary Lou Taylor
Martha
(Original)
Peter Tunnard
Lieutenant Drosdov
(Original)
Ellen Van Volkenburg
Mrs. Stavrogin
(Original)
Ronald Bennett
Presiding Officer
(Original)
Donald Bouche
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Erika Chambliss
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Louis Dowdney
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Jeanne Elgart
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Bert Griscom
Governor's Secretary
(Original)
Mary Haynsworth
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Alonzo Hinkley
Officer
(Original)
Tom Hughes
A Servant at Mrs. Stavrogin's
(Original)
A Teacher
(Original)
Dierdre Hurst
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Eugene Langston
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
James P. Corr
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Ford Rainey
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
Allen Reeves
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
James Taylor
Member of Verkhovenski's Organization
(Original)
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George Shdanoff
Writer
Elizabeth Reynolds Hapgood
Translation
Fyodor Mikhaylovitch Dostoyevsky
Source Material
Michael Chekhov
Staging
M. Dobujinsky
Scenic Design
Chekhov Theatre Productions, Inc.
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Oct
24
1939
Closing Date
Nov
4
1939
Performances
14
as of Dec 05, 2025
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