The great white hope.
Contributors: Alexander, Jane, 1939-; Jones, James Earl.; Sherin, Edwin; Sackler, Howard.; Alvin Theatre Corporation.; Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1968
Language: eng
Subjects: Johnson, Jack, -- 1878-1946 -- Drama
Genres: Drama
Description: Alvin Theatre, Herman Levin presents "The Great White Hope," a new play by Howard Sackler with James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, George Mathews, Lou Gilbert, Jon Cypher, Jimmy Pelham, George Ebeling, Peter Masterson, Marlene Warfield, Hilda Haynes, Eugene Wood, Thomas Barbour, Don Blakely, Marshall Efron, Hector Elizondo, Antonio Fargas, Ruth Gregory, L. Errol Jaye, Brooks Rogers, Gil Rogers, Mel Winkler, Max Wright, scenery designed by Robin Wagner, costumes designed by David Toser, lighting designed by John Gleason, music arranged by Charles Gross, directed by Edwin Sherin.
Notes: Alvin Theatre, October 3, 1968. Premiere performance.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Gil Rogers, George Ebeling, George Mathews, Max Wright, Burke Byrnes, Hector Elizondo, Lance Cunard, Peter Masterson, Lou Gilbert, Ed Lauter, George Curley, Jimmy Pelham, James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Bob Horen, Marlene Wakefield, Edward McNally, Joseph Hamer, George Harris II, Michael Prince, Dan Priest, Edd K. Gasper, Sean J. Walsh, Thomas Barbour, Jon Cypher, Marshall Efron, Lou Meyer, David Thomas, Eugene R. Wood, Larry Swanson, Garwood Perkins, Woodie King, Philip Lindsay, Jerry Laws, Terrance Phillips, David Connell, Lawrence Cook, Don Blakely, Dave Brown, Judy Thames, Dolores St. Amand, Verona Barnes, Joanna Featherstone, Thomas Anderson, Richard Pittman, Yvonne Southerland, Glory Van Scott, Wel Winkler, Luis Espinosa, David Thomas, Christine Thomas, Sheila Coonan, Danette Small, Ruth Gregory, Brooks Rogers, Clark Morgan, L. Errol Jaye, Hilda Haynes, Richard Pittman.

LC copy accompanied by telex messages regarding reviews of the play at the Alvin Theater (6 sheets) and photocopies of reviews from the New York Times and Variety from October 1968 (3 sheet).

In: Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress).