| Description | Press and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'Anna Lucasta' with photographs and illustrations of members of the cast; printed flyer on front cover [1947]; magazine extract with photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; includes magazine extract feature on Hilda Simms (cast member); programme with cast list and date 1953
Performed at His Majestys Theatre, Haymarket, London, 29 Oct 1947; presented by Jack Hylton by arrangement with John Wildberg (Harry Wagstaff Gribble's production); produced by Walter Thompson Ash; settings by Frederick Fox; The New Theatre, Oxford.
Revived at: The Prince of Wales Theatre, Piccadilly, London, 24 Aug 1953; presented by Bernard Delfont and John Wildberg; directed by Frederick O'Neal and Ken Freeman; settings by Frederick Fox; The London Hippodrome, 26 Jan 1954; presented by Bernard Delfont and John Wildberg; directed by Ken Freeman; settings by Frederick Fox
America: The Mansfield Theatre, New York, 30 Aug 1944; presented by John Wildberg and Harry Gribble.
Casts: Hilda Simms, Earle Hyman, Frank Silvera, Frederick O'Neal, Betty Haynes, Claire Leyba, John Tate, Reginald Fenderson, Alfreda Diggs, Anita Turner, Bee Freeman, Ken Freeman, Lance Taylor, Lorenzo Tucker, Neville Crabbe, Kenneth Manigault, Rita Stevens, Don Johnson, Isabelle Cooley, Duke Williams, Erol John, Charles Swain, Sylvia Overman, Noel Vaz, Richard Ward, Dan Jackson, Aleksandre Browne, Georgia Burke, Edith Whiteman, John Proctor, Emmett Babe Wallace, Eddie Banks. |
| Administrative History | Information supplied by a researcher, Nov 2023:
'Anna Lucasta' was originated by Philip Yordan and rewritten by Abram Hill, Harry Gribble and members of the American Negro Theatre in Harlem where it was first staged at the 135th Street New York Public Library in 1944. It moved to the Mansfield Theatre on Broadway where it ran for 947 performances, making it the longest running non-musical drama with an entirely African American cast. |