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The Wookey Playbill - Oct 1941
The Wookey
Broadway
Original
Plymouth Theatre
236 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
People (34)
Edmund Gwenn
Mr. Wookey
(Original)
Heather Angel
Primrose Wookey
(Original)
Victor Beecroft
Cousin Hector
(Original)
Milton Blumenthal
Navvie
(Original)
Roland Bottomley
A. R. P. Warden
(Original)
Grace Collins
First Girl
(Original)
Sean Dillon
The Curate
(Original)
Neil Fitzgerald
Walt Gibbs
(Original)
Charles Francis
Colonel Glenn
(Original)
Carol Goodner
Aunt Gen
(Original)
Nora Howard
Mrs. Wookey
(Original)
Horace McNally
Rory McSwiggin
(Original)
Henry Mowbray
Constable Simpson
(Original)
Olive Reeves-Smith
The Vack Lady
(Original)
Everett Ripley
Dr. Lewishohn
(Original)
Byron Russell
Mr. Archibald
(Original)
George Sturgeon
Ernie Wookey
(Original)
John Tervor
Navvie
(Original)
Elizabeth Sutherland
Aunt Gen
(Replacement)
William Postance
Navvie
(Replacement)
John Moore
Third Boy
(Original)
Gilbert Russell
Second Boy
(Original)
Subaltern
(Original)
Allen Shaw
First Boy
(Original)
German Radio Announcer
(Original)
Messenger
(Original)
Cora Smith
Second Girl
(Original)
Harry Sothern
First-Aid Man
(Original)
George Wilson
First Boy
(Replacement)
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Edmund Gwenn
Mr. Wookey
(Original)
Heather Angel
Primrose Wookey
(Original)
Victor Beecroft
Cousin Hector
(Original)
Milton Blumenthal
Navvie
(Original)
Roland Bottomley
A. R. P. Warden
(Original)
Grace Collins
First Girl
(Original)
Sean Dillon
The Curate
(Original)
Neil Fitzgerald
Walt Gibbs
(Original)
Charles Francis
Colonel Glenn
(Original)
Carol Goodner
Aunt Gen
(Original)
Nora Howard
Mrs. Wookey
(Original)
Horace McNally
Rory McSwiggin
(Original)
Henry Mowbray
Constable Simpson
(Original)
Olive Reeves-Smith
The Vack Lady
(Original)
Everett Ripley
Dr. Lewishohn
(Original)
Byron Russell
Mr. Archibald
(Original)
George Sturgeon
Ernie Wookey
(Original)
John Tervor
Navvie
(Original)
John Moore
Third Boy
(Original)
Gilbert Russell
Second Boy
(Original)
Subaltern
(Original)
Allen Shaw
First Boy
(Original)
German Radio Announcer
(Original)
Messenger
(Original)
Cora Smith
Second Girl
(Original)
Harry Sothern
First-Aid Man
(Original)
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Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Writer
Robert B. Sinclair
Staging
Jo Mielziner
Scenic Design
Lighting Design
Karl Nielsen
Stage Manager
William Postance
Assistant Stage Manager
Lewis J. Deak
General Manager
Richard Maney
Press Representative
Ted Goldsmith
Press Representative
Edgar Selwyn
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
10
1941
Closing Date
Jan
3
1942
Performances
134
as of Dec 04, 2025
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The Wookey - October 6, 1941
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The Wookey - October 6, 1941
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The Wookey - October 6, 1941
The Wookey - October 6, 1941
The Wookey - October 6, 1941
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