The green pastures
Contributors: Johnson, Hall, 1888-1970; Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887-1954; Bradford, Roark, 1896-1948; Forrest Theatre (Organization : Philadelphia, Pa.); Theater Playbills and Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1933
Language: eng
Description: Forrest Theatre, Walnut Street, between 11th and 12th. Laurence Rivers, Inc. presents "The Green Pastures," a fable by Marc Connelly, production designed by Robert Edmond Jones, play staged by the author, Pulitzer Prize play, 1930. "The Green Pastures" was suggested by Roark Bradford's southern sketches, "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun".
Notes: Forrest Theatre [Philadelphia, Pa.], week beginning Monday, January 16, 1933.

Title devised by Library staff.

"The Playgoer. Volume 4, January 16, 1933, Number 21".

"Chestnut St. Opera House. Limited engagement only. Elmer Rice's sensational comedy success "Counsellor-at-Law," with Paul Muni in person, direct from its run of more than a year on Broadway. Beg. Monday, January 30th"--p. 7.

Cast: Charles H. Moore, Alicia Escamilla, Jazzlips Richardson, Jr., Philistine Baumgardner, Reginald Blythwood, Gloria Baumgardner, Frances Smith, Homer Tutt, Anna Mae Fritz, Josephine Byrd, Edna Thrower, J.A. Shipp, Doe Doe Green, Richard B. Harrison, McKinley Reeves, Daniel L. Haynes, Geraldine Gooding, Thomas Russell, Benveneta Washington, Edna M. Harris, James Fuller, Louis Kelsey, Collington Hayes, Ivan Sharp, Tutt Whitney, Susie Sutton, Milton J. Williams, Dinks Thomas, Geneva Blythewood, Emory Richardson, Freddie Archibald, J. Homer Tutt, Stanleigh Morrell, Florence Fields, Alonzo Fenderson, Mercedes Gilbert, McKinley Reeves, Reginald Fenderson, George Randol, Charles Winter Wood, Arthur Porter, Leona Winkler, Mary Ella Hart, Mabel Ridley, Nonie Simmons.

LC copy has handwritten note in pencil: "Tues. Jan'y 17. With the Clarence Browns".

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