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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/668
Title'Amphitryon 38' by S. N. Behrman
Extent1 file
Date1937-1938
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Amphitryon 38', adapted from the French of Jean Giraudoux; with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast and cast lists; typescript inside front cover gives cast list and dates; includes photographs of cast members in scenes from the play

Performed at The Lyric Theatre, London, 17 May 1938, closing performance (62nd) 9 Jul 1938; presented by John C. Wilson in association with the New York Theatre Guild; directed by Bretaigne Windust; settings by Lee Simonson; music by Samuel L. M. Barlow
America: The Shubert Theatre, New York, 1 Nov 1937; presented by the Theatre Guild Inc; conceived and supervised by Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; staged by Bretaigne Windust; costumes by Valentina; music composed and conducted by Samuel L. M. Barlow

Casts: Alfred Lunt, Richard Whorf, George Meader, Sydney Greenstreet, John Barclay, Lynn Fontanne, Barry Thomson, Margery Weston, Jacqueline Paige, Edith King, Alan Hewitt, Kathleen Roland, Ernestine de Becker
Access StatusOpen

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