"The Ponder Heart" - Music Box Theatre (1956)
Our playbill of "The Ponder Heart", performed at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway, was dated February 25, 1956 by Norman Landau, the gentlemen who saw the production and kept the playbill. He also noted on the cover that the production was "Poor", but taped newspaper clippings to the inside including a review by Brooks Atkinson.
Cast
Name | Role |
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Theodore Browne | Jacob |
Vinie Burrows | Sarah |
David Leland | Mr. Springer |
Una Merkel | Edna Earle Ponder |
Don Hanmer | De Yancy Clanahan |
John Marriott | Big John |
Juanita Hall | Narciss |
Edwin Buckley | Purdel Peacock |
Ricky Klein | Bruce Peacock |
Helen Quarrier | Treva Peacock |
Jeanne Shelley | Johnnie Ree Peacock |
Harold Grau | Mr. Peacock |
Charlotte Klein | Mrs. Peacock |
Barbara Jean Gilliam | Eloise |
David Wayne | Uncle Daniel Ponder |
Will Geer | Dorris R. Gladney |
Sarah Marshall | Bonnie Dee Ponder |
Noel Williams | Sam |
Johnny Klein | Rodney |
Junior Marshall | Willie |
Ruth White | Teacake Magee |
John McGovern | Judge Waite |
Donald Foster | Dr. Eubanks |
Dwight Marfield | Truex Bodkin |
Mary Farrell | Mrs. Bodkin |
J. Talbot Holland | Al |
William Dwyer | Clyde |
James Karr | Clerk |
Tony Kraber | Bailiff |
Alan Manson | Foreman |
Daniel Bergin | ensemble |
Joseph Bishop | ensemble |
Tom Geraghty | ensemble |
Jim Holden | ensemble |
Richard Rothrock | ensemble |
Lieselotte Singer | ensemble |
Production Staff
Name | Position |
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The Playwright's Company | Producer |
Joseph Fields | Playwright |
Jerome Chodorov | Playwright |
Robert Douglas | Director |
Ben Edwards | Scenic and Lighting Design |
Frank Spencer | Costumes |
Lehman Engel | Music Advisor |
Klaus Holm | Lighting Supervisor |
Richard Burns | Asst. to Mr. Edwards |
Florence Klotz | Asst. to Mr. Spencer |
Ira Senz | Hair-pieces |
Jessie Zimmer | Stockings |
Victor Samrock | Business Manager |
William Fields | Press Representative |
Leonard Field | Company Manager |
Walter Alford | Associate Press Rep |
Reginald Denenholz | Associate Press Rep |
Philip Mathias | Production Stage Manager |
Tony Kraber | Stage Manager |
James Karr | Asst. Stage Manager |
Malcolm Wells | Production Assistant |
Violet Welles | Production Secretary |
Harry Romar | Master Electrician |
Joseph Cassidy | Asst. Electrician |
Harry Gorta | Asst. Electrician |
Larry Bland | Master Carpenter |
Ernest Taylor | Asst. Carpenter |
Joe Lynn | Master of Properties |
Joe Zaniewski | Asst. Property Man |
Minnie Eisele | Wardrobe Mistress |
Victor Lloyd | Dresser for Mr. Wayne |