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A New Life
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A New Life Playbill - Sept 1943
A New Life
Broadway
Play
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Royale Theatre
242 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Elmer Rice
People (27)
Blaine Cordner
Dr. Lyman Acton
(Original)
Dorothy Darling
Esther Zuckerman
(Original)
Elizabeth Dewing
An Anesthetist
(Original)
Ann Driscoll
Miss Murphy
(Original)
Betty Field
Edith Charles Cleghorne
(Original)
Shirley Gale
Miss Woolley
(Original)
Frederica Going
Miss Kingsley
(Original)
Walter Greaza
Samuel Cleghorne
(Original)
Arthur Griffin
Grover C. Charles
(Original)
Terry Harris
Miss Swift
(Original)
Timmie Hyler
Lillian Sheridan
(Original)
John Ireland
Gustave Jensen
(Original)
Helen Kingstead
Ruth Emery
(Original)
George Lambert
Captain Cleghorne
(Original)
Merle Maddern
Isabelle Cleghorne
(Original)
Sanford McCauley
Theodore Emery
(Original)
Sara Peyton
Miss Weatherby
(Original)
Ann Thomas
Olive Rapallo
(Original)
Alice Thompson
Miss Hanson
(Original)
Kenneth Tobey
George Sheridan
(Original)
Colleen Ward
Miss Devore
(Original)
Dora Weissman
Mollie Kleinberger
(Original)
Joan Wetmore
Millicent Prince
(Original)
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Blaine Cordner
Dr. Lyman Acton
(Original)
Dorothy Darling
Esther Zuckerman
(Original)
Elizabeth Dewing
An Anesthetist
(Original)
Ann Driscoll
Miss Murphy
(Original)
Betty Field
Edith Charles Cleghorne
(Original)
Shirley Gale
Miss Woolley
(Original)
Frederica Going
Miss Kingsley
(Original)
Walter Greaza
Samuel Cleghorne
(Original)
Arthur Griffin
Grover C. Charles
(Original)
Terry Harris
Miss Swift
(Original)
Timmie Hyler
Lillian Sheridan
(Original)
John Ireland
Gustave Jensen
(Original)
Helen Kingstead
Ruth Emery
(Original)
George Lambert
Captain Cleghorne
(Original)
Merle Maddern
Isabelle Cleghorne
(Original)
Sanford McCauley
Theodore Emery
(Original)
Sara Peyton
Miss Weatherby
(Original)
Ann Thomas
Olive Rapallo
(Original)
Alice Thompson
Miss Hanson
(Original)
Kenneth Tobey
George Sheridan
(Original)
Colleen Ward
Miss Devore
(Original)
Dora Weissman
Mollie Kleinberger
(Original)
Joan Wetmore
Millicent Prince
(Original)
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Elmer Rice
Writer
Howard Bay
Scenic Design
Rose Bogdanoff
Costume Design
The Playwrights' Company
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Sep
15
1943
Closing Date
Nov
13
1943
Performances
70
as of Jan 05, 2026
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A New Life - September 19, 1943
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A New Life - September 19, 1943
A New Life - September 19, 1943
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