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The Women
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The Women Playbill - Jan 1937
The Women
Broadway
Original
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W. 47th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Clare Boothe Luce
People (52)
Charita Bauer
Little Mary
(Original)
Eloise Bennett
Euphie
(Original)
Eileen Burns
Miss Fordyce
(Original)
Jessie Busley
Mrs. Morehead
(Original)
Mary Cecil
Maggie
(Original)
Ilka Chase
Sylvia
(Original)
Virgilia Chew
Miss Watts
(Original)
Audrey Christie
Miriam Aarons
(Original)
Beatrice Cole
Second Model
(Original)
Doris Day
First Saleswoman
(Original)
Margaret Douglass
Countess de Lage
(Original)
Lucille Fenton
A Nurse
(Original)
Head Saleswoman
(Original)
Arlene Francis
Helene
(Original)
Princess Tamara
(Original)
Margalo Gillmore
Mary
(Original)
Ruth Hammond
Olga
(Original)
Joy Hathaway
A Fitter
(Original)
Anne Hunter
Exercise Instructress
(Original)
Ethel Jackson
Mrs. Wagstaff
(Original)
Betty Lawford
Crystal Allen
(Original)
Marjorie Main
Lucy
(Original)
Adrienne Marden
Peggy
(Original)
Jane Moore
Second Hairdresser
(Original)
Mary Murray
Miss Trimmerback
(Original)
Lillian Norton
Cigarette Girl
(Original)
Second Hairdresser
(Replacement)
Phyllis Povah
Edith
(Original)
Jean Rodney
Second Saleswoman
(Original)
Jane Seymour
Nancy Blake
(Original)
Mary Stuart
First Hairdresser
(Original)
Ann Teeman
Jane
(Original)
Martina Thomas
Third Saleswoman
(Original)
Beryl Wallace
First Model
(Original)
Ann Watson
Pedicurist
(Original)
Marjorie Wood
Sadie
(Original)
Claire Carleton
Crystal Allen
(Replacement)
Jeanne Cooley
Second Saleswoman
(Replacement)
Marjorie Dalton
Third Saleswoman
(Replacement)
Edith Gresham
Countess de Lage
(Replacement)
Gladys Griswold
Miriam Aarons
(Replacement)
Enid Markey
Olga
(Replacement)
Ethel Remey
Lucy
(Replacement)
Tanya Sanina
Helene
(Replacement)
Princess Tamara
(Replacement)
Jacqueline Susann
First Model
(Replacement)
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Charita Bauer
Little Mary
(Original)
Eloise Bennett
Euphie
(Original)
Eileen Burns
Miss Fordyce
(Original)
Jessie Busley
Mrs. Morehead
(Original)
Mary Cecil
Maggie
(Original)
Ilka Chase
Sylvia
(Original)
Virgilia Chew
Miss Watts
(Original)
Audrey Christie
Miriam Aarons
(Original)
Beatrice Cole
Second Model
(Original)
Doris Day
First Saleswoman
(Original)
Margaret Douglass
Countess de Lage
(Original)
Lucille Fenton
A Nurse
(Original)
Head Saleswoman
(Original)
Arlene Francis
Helene
(Original)
Princess Tamara
(Original)
Margalo Gillmore
Mary
(Original)
Ruth Hammond
Olga
(Original)
Joy Hathaway
A Fitter
(Original)
Anne Hunter
Exercise Instructress
(Original)
Ethel Jackson
Mrs. Wagstaff
(Original)
Betty Lawford
Crystal Allen
(Original)
Marjorie Main
Lucy
(Original)
Adrienne Marden
Peggy
(Original)
Jane Moore
Second Hairdresser
(Original)
Mary Murray
Miss Trimmerback
(Original)
Lillian Norton
Cigarette Girl
(Original)
Phyllis Povah
Edith
(Original)
Jean Rodney
Second Saleswoman
(Original)
Jane Seymour
Nancy Blake
(Original)
Mary Stuart
First Hairdresser
(Original)
Ann Teeman
Jane
(Original)
Martina Thomas
Third Saleswoman
(Original)
Beryl Wallace
First Model
(Original)
Ann Watson
Pedicurist
(Original)
Marjorie Wood
Sadie
(Original)
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Clare Boothe Luce
Writer
Robert B. Sinclair
Staging
Jo Mielziner
Scenic Design
John Hambleton
Costumes Supervisor
Karl Nielsen
Stage Manager
Bernard Hart
Assistant Stage Manager
Barbara Adams
Assistant Stage Manager
Ben A. Boyer
General Manager
Albert A. Cohen
Company Manager
Max Gordon
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
26
1936
Closing Date
Jul
1
1938
Performances
657
as of Dec 05, 2025
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