Ruth and Augustus Goetz's The Heiress premiered on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre on Sept. 29, 1947. The play starred Wendy Hiller as the lonely Catherine and Basil Rathbone in a Tony-winning performance as her father.
Read the original production's opening night Playbill on the Vault.
The Heiress most recently appeared on Broadway in 1995 in a Tony-winning revival featuring Philip Bosco, Cherry Jones, Frances Sternhagen and Katie Finneran. The production earned four Tonys including Best Revival, Actress in a Play (Jones), and Featured Actress in a Play (Sternhagen).
