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Midgie Purvis
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Midgie Purvis Playbill - January 1961
Midgie Purvis
Broadway
Original
Martin Beck Theatre
302 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Mary Chase
People (30)
Tallulah Bankhead
Midgie Purvis
(Original)
Jean Bruno
Babe Jensen
(Original)
William Callan
Jack Feddersen
(Original)
Mary Farrell
Mrs. Durkee
(Original)
Red Granger
Bill Lomax
(Original)
Joseph Grassi
Harry
(Original)
Russell Hardie
Edwin Gilroy Purvis
(Original)
John Cecil Holm
Luther Plunkett
(Original)
Paul Mace
Wesley
(Original)
Janice Mars
Vivian Stubbs
(Original)
Kip McArdle
Mother
(Original)
Alice Pearce
Dorothy Plunkett
(Original)
Richard Prahl
Louis Kronfeldt
(Original)
William Redfield
Canfield Purvis
(Original)
Clinton Sundberg
Dr. Monroe Sidensticker
(Original)
Jane Van Duser
Emma Pasternack
(Original)
Nydia Westman
Althea Malone
(Original)
Pia Zadora
Cleo June
(Original)
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Tallulah Bankhead
Midgie Purvis
(Original)
Jean Bruno
Babe Jensen
(Original)
William Callan
Jack Feddersen
(Original)
Mary Farrell
Mrs. Durkee
(Original)
Red Granger
Bill Lomax
(Original)
Joseph Grassi
Harry
(Original)
Russell Hardie
Edwin Gilroy Purvis
(Original)
John Cecil Holm
Luther Plunkett
(Original)
Paul Mace
Wesley
(Original)
Janice Mars
Vivian Stubbs
(Original)
Kip McArdle
Mother
(Original)
Alice Pearce
Dorothy Plunkett
(Original)
Richard Prahl
Louis Kronfeldt
(Original)
William Redfield
Canfield Purvis
(Original)
Clinton Sundberg
Dr. Monroe Sidensticker
(Original)
Jane Van Duser
Emma Pasternack
(Original)
Nydia Westman
Althea Malone
(Original)
Pia Zadora
Cleo June
(Original)
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Mary Chase
Writer
Burgess Meredith
Director
Ben Edwards
Scenic Design
Lighting Design
Guy Kent
Costume Design
Sol Kaplan
Incidental Music
Edmund Baylies
Production Stage Manager
William Callan
Stage Manager
Richard Maney
Press Representative
Martin Shwartz
Press Representative
Anne Woll
Press Representative
Robert Whitehead
Producer
Roger L. Stevens
Produced in Association with
Alfred R. Glancy, Jr.
Produced in Association with
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
1
1961
Closing Date
Feb
18
1961
Performances
21
as of Jul 07, 2025
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Awards
Tony Award
1961
Best Actress in a Play
Tallulah Bankhead
Nominee
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