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Mamba's Daughters
Broadway
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Mamba's Daughters Playbill - Jan 1939
Mamba's Daughters
Broadway
Original
Empire Theatre
1430 Broadway (40th & 41st), New York, NY, New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
DuBose Heyward
,
Dorothy Heyward
People (43)
Oliver Barbour
The Prosecuting Attorney
(Original)
Edna Beane
Ensemble
(Original)
Reginald Beane
Slim
(Original)
Altunar Branan
Ensemble
(Original)
Inez Branan
Ensemble
(Original)
Anne Brown
Gardenia
(Original)
Willie Bryant
Gilley Bluton
(Original)
Georgia Burke
Eva
(Original)
Doris Champion
Ensemble
(Original)
Rebecca Champion
Ensemble
(Original)
Bob Coogan
Policeman
(Original)
John Cornell
Clerk of the Court
(Original)
Helen Dowdy
Willie May
(Original)
Georgette Harvey
Mamba
(Original)
Mary Holmes
Ensemble
(Original)
Alberta Hunter
Dolly
(Original)
J. Rosamond Johnson
The Reverend Quintus Whaley
(Original)
Ella Mae Lashley
Ensemble
(Original)
Canada Lee
Drayton
(Original)
Assotta Marshall
Ensemble
(Original)
Fredye Marshall
Ensemble
(Original)
Henry May
Ensemble
(Original)
Arthur McLean
Ensemble
(Original)
Harry Mestayer
The Judge
(Original)
Joyce Miller
Young Lissa
(Original)
Rena Mitchell
Martha
(Original)
Dorothy Paul
Tessie
(Original)
Hayes L. Pryor
Ned
(Original)
Ethel Purnello
Maum Vina
(Original)
Robert Raines
Ensemble
(Original)
John Rustad
Another Policeman
(Original)
Louis Sharp
Mingo
(Original)
Al Stokes
Davey
(Original)
Fredi Washington
Lissa
(Original)
Edna Waters
Ensemble
(Original)
Ethel Waters
Hagar
(Original)
Bradley Wilson
Ensemble
(Original)
Jimmy Wright
Tony
(Original)
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Oliver Barbour
The Prosecuting Attorney
(Original)
Edna Beane
Ensemble
(Original)
Reginald Beane
Slim
(Original)
Altunar Branan
Ensemble
(Original)
Inez Branan
Ensemble
(Original)
Anne Brown
Gardenia
(Original)
Willie Bryant
Gilley Bluton
(Original)
Georgia Burke
Eva
(Original)
Doris Champion
Ensemble
(Original)
Rebecca Champion
Ensemble
(Original)
Bob Coogan
Policeman
(Original)
John Cornell
Clerk of the Court
(Original)
Helen Dowdy
Willie May
(Original)
Georgette Harvey
Mamba
(Original)
Mary Holmes
Ensemble
(Original)
Alberta Hunter
Dolly
(Original)
J. Rosamond Johnson
The Reverend Quintus Whaley
(Original)
Ella Mae Lashley
Ensemble
(Original)
Canada Lee
Drayton
(Original)
Assotta Marshall
Ensemble
(Original)
Fredye Marshall
Ensemble
(Original)
Henry May
Ensemble
(Original)
Arthur McLean
Ensemble
(Original)
Harry Mestayer
The Judge
(Original)
Joyce Miller
Young Lissa
(Original)
Rena Mitchell
Martha
(Original)
Dorothy Paul
Tessie
(Original)
Hayes L. Pryor
Ned
(Original)
Ethel Purnello
Maum Vina
(Original)
Robert Raines
Ensemble
(Original)
John Rustad
Another Policeman
(Original)
Louis Sharp
Mingo
(Original)
Al Stokes
Davey
(Original)
Fredi Washington
Lissa
(Original)
Edna Waters
Ensemble
(Original)
Ethel Waters
Hagar
(Original)
Bradley Wilson
Ensemble
(Original)
Jimmy Wright
Tony
(Original)
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Dorothy Heyward
Writer
DuBose Heyward
Writer
From the Novel by
Jerome Kern
Featured Songs
Guthrie McClintic
Staging
Producer
Perry Watkins
Scenic Design
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Jan
3
1939
Closing Date
May
20
1939
Performances
162
as of Jan 03, 2026
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