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Let Freedom Ring
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Let Freedom Ring
Broadway
Original
Broadhurst Theatre
235 W. 44th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Albert Bein
People (68)
Patricia Barker
Lou
(Original)
Paula Bauersmith
Emma Martin
(Original)
Isabel Bonner
Bessie
(Original)
Aldrich Bowker
Chester Wentworth
(Original)
Dorothy Brackett
Sally Martin
(Original)
Hubert Brown
Henry Brickhouse
(Original)
Norma Chambers
Ora McClure
(Original)
Edwin Cooper
Paul Randolph
(Original)
Alven Dexter
Victor Burnett
(Original)
Charles Dingle
Sheriff Cole
(Original)
Lew Eckels
Jim Hawkins
(Original)
Thomas Ewell
Small Hardy
(Original)
Young Frank Martin at 21
(Original)
Elvin Field
Dan
(Original)
Will Geer
John Kirkland
(Original)
Dean Jenks
Sam
(Original)
Young Frank Martin at 13
(Replacement)
Charles Jordan
Ed Allen
(Original)
Rose Keane
Minnie Hawkins
(Original)
Fred Knight
Tom Stevens
(Original)
June Meier
Minnie Martin
(Original)
Mary Perry
Marge
(Original)
Shirley Poirier
Florrie
(Original)
Robert Porterfield
Jesse MacDonald
(Original)
Robert Reed
Bill
(Original)
George
(Replacement)
Edward Ryan, Jr.
John McClure as a Boy
(Original)
Bigelow Sayre
George
(Original)
Garland F. Smith
Timothy O'Doul
(Original)
Perry
(Replacement)
An Old Man
(Replacement)
A Representative
(Replacement)
Leslie Stafford
Bonnie McClure
(Original)
Shepperd Strudwick
John McClure
(Original)
Lucille Strudwick
Sara
(Original)
George Oliver Taylor
Frazer MacDonald
(Original)
Robert Thomsen
Basil McClure
(Original)
John McClure
(Replacement)
Frank Tweddell
Frank Martin
(Original)
Herta Ware
Mary
(Original)
Bessie
(Replacement)
Norman Williams
Young Frank Martin at 13
(Original)
Robert B. Williams
Kirk McClure
(Original)
Roger Blankenship
Minnie Hawkins
(Replacement)
Deputy
(Original)
An Old Man
(Replacement)
Millhand
(Replacement)
Robert Hayes
Salilster Wilson
(Replacement)
James Morgan
Perry
(Replacement)
John O'Shaughnessy
Tom Stevens
(Replacement)
A Representative
(Original)
Eddie Ryan
John McClure as a Boy
(Replacement)
James Shelburne
Frank Martin
(Replacement)
Will Sterling
Young Frank Martin at 21
(Replacement)
Millhand
(Original)
Eric Walz
Basil McClure
(Replacement)
Millhand
(Original)
Booth Whitfield
Timothy O'Doul
(Replacement)
Deputy
(Original)
A Representative
(Replacement)
Richard Allen
Millhand
(Original)
Eric Burroughs
A Representative
(Original)
James Clairington
Millhand
(Original)
Toni Gilman
Mill Worker's Child
(Original)
Roy Johnson
Millhand
(Original)
Philip Jones
An Intern
(Original)
Charles Kuhn
An Old Man
(Original)
Michael Lettice
Millhand
(Original)
Herbert Levin
Millhand
(Original)
Douglas Parkhurst
An Office Boy
(Original)
William Triest
Millhand
(Original)
Willson Tuttle
Millhand
(Original)
George James
Another Representative
(Replacement)
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Patricia Barker
Lou
(Original)
Paula Bauersmith
Emma Martin
(Original)
Isabel Bonner
Bessie
(Original)
Aldrich Bowker
Chester Wentworth
(Original)
Dorothy Brackett
Sally Martin
(Original)
Hubert Brown
Henry Brickhouse
(Original)
Norma Chambers
Ora McClure
(Original)
Edwin Cooper
Paul Randolph
(Original)
Alven Dexter
Victor Burnett
(Original)
Charles Dingle
Sheriff Cole
(Original)
Lew Eckels
Jim Hawkins
(Original)
Thomas Ewell
Small Hardy
(Original)
Young Frank Martin at 21
(Original)
Elvin Field
Dan
(Original)
Will Geer
John Kirkland
(Original)
Dean Jenks
Sam
(Original)
Charles Jordan
Ed Allen
(Original)
Rose Keane
Minnie Hawkins
(Original)
Fred Knight
Tom Stevens
(Original)
June Meier
Minnie Martin
(Original)
Mary Perry
Marge
(Original)
Shirley Poirier
Florrie
(Original)
Robert Porterfield
Jesse MacDonald
(Original)
Robert Reed
Bill
(Original)
Edward Ryan, Jr.
John McClure as a Boy
(Original)
Bigelow Sayre
George
(Original)
Garland F. Smith
Timothy O'Doul
(Original)
Leslie Stafford
Bonnie McClure
(Original)
Shepperd Strudwick
John McClure
(Original)
Lucille Strudwick
Sara
(Original)
George Oliver Taylor
Frazer MacDonald
(Original)
Robert Thomsen
Basil McClure
(Original)
Frank Tweddell
Frank Martin
(Original)
Herta Ware
Mary
(Original)
Norman Williams
Young Frank Martin at 13
(Original)
Robert B. Williams
Kirk McClure
(Original)
Richard Allen
Millhand
(Original)
Roger Blankenship
Deputy
(Original)
Eric Burroughs
A Representative
(Original)
James Clairington
Millhand
(Original)
Toni Gilman
Mill Worker's Child
(Original)
Roy Johnson
Millhand
(Original)
Philip Jones
An Intern
(Original)
Charles Kuhn
An Old Man
(Original)
Michael Lettice
Millhand
(Original)
Herbert Levin
Millhand
(Original)
John O'Shaughnessy
A Representative
(Original)
Douglas Parkhurst
An Office Boy
(Original)
Will Sterling
Millhand
(Original)
William Triest
Millhand
(Original)
Willson Tuttle
Millhand
(Original)
Eric Walz
Millhand
(Original)
Booth Whitfield
Deputy
(Original)
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Albert Bein
Writer
Producer
Grace Lumpkin
Source Material ("To Make My Bread")
Worthington Miner
Staging
Max Gorelik
Scenic Design
Eva Rapoport
Costume Design
Charles Friedman
Production Manager
Leslie Urbach
Stage Manager
Douglas Parkhurst
Assistant Stage Manager
Zelda Dorfman
Company Manager
Martha Dreiblatt
Press Representative
George Ammerman
Assistant Press Representative
Jack Goldsmith
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Nov
6
1935
Closing Date
Feb
22
1936
Performances
108
as of Dec 04, 2025
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