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Mother
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Mother
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Civic Repertory Theatre
107 W. 14th St. (Sixth Ave), New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
music:
Alex North
,
Jerome Moross
,
Hanns Eisler
playwright:
Bertolt Brecht
People (25)
Frances Bavier
Lydia Antonovna
(Original)
The Butcher's Wife
(Original)
Woman
(Original)
John Boruff
Pavel Vlasov
(Original)
Lee J. Cobb
Smilgin
(Original)
Vasil Yefimovich
(Original)
A Policeman
(Original)
Worker
(Original)
Millicent Green
Vera Stefanovna
(Original)
A Servant Girl
(Original)
Helen Henry
Pelagea Vlasova
(Original)
Lester Lonergan Jr.
Karpow
(Original)
Sostakovich
(Original)
Tony Ross
Anton
(Original)
A Prison Guard
(Original)
An Official
(Original)
Herbert Rudley
Andrei Maximovitch Nachodka
(Original)
Yegor Luchin
(Original)
Worker
(Original)
Hester Sondergaard
Masha
(Original)
A Woman in Black
(Original)
Another Tenant
(Original)
Woman
(Original)
Martin Wolfson
Ivan Vesovchikov
(Original)
Stanley G. Wood
Nicolai Ivanovich Vesovchikov
(Original)
Worker
(Original)
James MacDonald
A Doctor
(Original)
The Inspector
(Original)
Worker
(Original)
Robert Miller
Worker
(Original)
Charles Niemeyer
Gatekeeper
(Original)
Scab
(Original)
Worker
(Original)
Bradley Louis Roberts
Worker
(Original)
Guy Smith, Jr.
Worker
(Original)
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Frances Bavier
Lydia Antonovna
(Original)
The Butcher's Wife
(Original)
Woman
(Original)
John Boruff
Pavel Vlasov
(Original)
Lee J. Cobb
Smilgin
(Original)
Vasil Yefimovich
(Original)
A Policeman
(Original)
Worker
(Original)
Millicent Green
Vera Stefanovna
(Original)
A Servant Girl
(Original)
Helen Henry
Pelagea Vlasova
(Original)
Lester Lonergan Jr.
Karpow
(Original)
Sostakovich
(Original)
Tony Ross
Anton
(Original)
A Prison Guard
(Original)
An Official
(Original)
Herbert Rudley
Andrei Maximovitch Nachodka
(Original)
Yegor Luchin
(Original)
Worker
(Original)
Hester Sondergaard
Masha
(Original)
A Woman in Black
(Original)
Another Tenant
(Original)
Woman
(Original)
Martin Wolfson
Ivan Vesovchikov
(Original)
Stanley G. Wood
Nicolai Ivanovich Vesovchikov
(Original)
Worker
(Original)
James MacDonald
A Doctor
(Original)
The Inspector
(Original)
Worker
(Original)
Robert Miller
Worker
(Original)
Charles Niemeyer
Gatekeeper
(Original)
Scab
(Original)
Worker
(Original)
Bradley Louis Roberts
Worker
(Original)
Guy Smith, Jr.
Worker
(Original)
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Bertolt Brecht
Writer
Paul Peters
Translator
Hanns Eisler
Music
Jerome Moross
Music
Alex North
Music
Maxim Gorky
From a Novel by
Victor Wolfson
Staging
Mordecai Gorelik
Scenic Design
The Theatre Union
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Nov
19
1935
Closing Date
Dec
15
1935
Performances
36
as of Nov 29, 2025
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