The white plume
Contributors: Mercer, Ruby; Locke, Charles O.; Barratt, Watson; Kamarova, Natalie; Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969; Pokrass, Samuel; Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918; National Theatre Corporation (Washington, D.C.); Richard L. Coe Theater Programs Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1939
Language: eng
Description: National Theatre, direction, Rapley Theatre Company, Edmund Plohn, manager, the Messrs. Shubert present "The White Plume," a musical play based on Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac," music by Samuel D. Pokrass and Vernon Duke, adapted by Charles O. Locke, stage direction by Mr. Houston, settings designed by Watson Barratt, choreography by Mme. Natalie Kamarova, costumes designed by Ernst Schrappro, executed by Stage Costumes, Inc., lyrics by Charles O. Locke, with George Houston, Ruby Mercer, Eric Mattson, Robert Chisholm, Hal Forde, Evelyn Case, Belita, Trueman Gaige, Wesley Bender, Douglas Leavitt, Joseph Holland, Zella Russell, Edward Roecker, Earl McVeigh, Driscoll Wolfe, Valentina Litvinoff, Hope Emerson, Nina Olivette, Cornell Wilde, Ray MacDonald, Fred Sherman, Hubert Gubelman, Bill Johnson, and 90 others.
Notes: National Theatre, beginning Monday evening, December 25, 1939.

Title devised by Library staff.

Cast: Donald Green, Joseph Holland, Cornell Wilde, Ruby Mercer, Hal Forde, Zella Russell, Earl McVeigh, Maria Belita, Ray MacDonald, Ruth Hovey, Fred Harper, Eric Mattson, Douglas Leavitt, Ed Roecker, Herbert Stark, Hope Emerson, Valentina Litvinoff, Herbert Gubelman, Driscoll Wolfe, Truman Gaige, George Houston, Fred Sherman, Edward Constantine, Robert Chisholm, Zella Russell, Wesley Bender, Earle McVeigh, Bill Johnson, Betti Davis, Louis A. Dmitri, Kay Kingsley, Evelyn Case, Ellin Brooks. Ladies of the ensemble: Betsey Berkley, Cynthia Cavanaugh, Barbara  Elliott, Jill Giboson, Cornelia Fairley, Helen Hudson, Frances King, Ann Sande, Ailene Stone, Frances Tanner, Kay York, Jane Aldrich, Dolores Flanders, Stella Hughes, Maxine Moore, Jean Matus, Charlotte Orkin, Esta Elman, Hazel Graham, Gloria Hart, Lynn Lawrence, Erminie Randolph, Virginia Vonne, Marjorie Williamson. Gentlemen of the ensemble: James Allison, John Barry, James Carroll, Edward Constantine, George Farrell, Joseph Granville, Karl Holly, Scott Ishmael, Robert Leffler, THomas Mitchell, Jerry O'Rourke, Richard Reeves, Herbert Rissman, Harold Stark, Norman Van Emburgh, Roderick Williams, Henry Williamson, Philip Shafer, George Young. Ladies of the corps de ballet: Marilyn Brandberg, Doris Denton, Peggy, Darcy, Marie Grey, Anna Lazarova, Ann Lee, Doris Padgett, Lillian Reilly, Charlotte Sumner, Janet Stull, Doris York.

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