Tragical history of Doctor Faustus
Contributors: Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999; Feder, Abe H.; Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593; Federal Theatre Project (New York, N.Y.). Project 891; Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1937
Language: eng
Other titles: Doctor Faustus
Description: The Federal Theatre, USA Work Program, WPA, Project 891, Hallie Flanagan, national director, Philip W. Barber, director for N.Y.C. presents "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus," by Christopher Marlowe (first performed in 1589), production by Orson Welles, music by Paul Bowles, lighting by Feder. Puppets by Bill Baird, masks by James Cochrane, production designs under the supervision of Kirk Glover, executed and painted by W.P.A. Federal Theatre Workshop, costumes executed by W.P.A. Federal Theatre Workshop, orchestra courtesy of the W.P.A. Federal Music Project, conductor, Jacques Gottlieb, managing producer John Houseman, general stage manager, Thomas Carnahan, stage managers Charles Pittenger, Carol King and William B. Greenbaum.
Notes: [New York, Maxine Elliott Theatre, 1937]

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Charles Peyton, J. Headley, Orson Welles, Bernard Savage, Myron Paulson, Arthur Spencer, Willian Hitch, Joseph Wooll, Huntly Eston, Harry McKee, Hiram Sherman, Wallace Acton, George Smithfield, George Duthie, Edward Hemmer, Jack Carter, Paula Laurence, Elizabeth Malone, Jane Hale, Helena Rapport, Cora Burlar, Della Ford, Nina Salama, Lee Molnar, Larry Lauria, Clarence Yates, Richie White, Jack Mealy, Warren Goddard, Robert Hopkins, Peter Barbier, Henry Russelle, Henry Howard, Louise Pennywell, Harry Singer, Solomon Goldstein, Walter Palm, Mracel Rousseau, Frank Kelly, Charles Uday.

In: American theater programs of the late 19th and 20th centuries (Library of Congress).