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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/2782
Title'The Big Knife' by Clifford Odets
Extent1 file
Date[1949]-1954
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Big Knife' with photographs of members of the cast and cast list; handwriting on front cover gives dates; includes magazine extracts with photographs of cast members in scenes from the play

Performed at The Duke of Yorks Theatre, London, 1 Jan 1954; presented by Sam Wqanamaker and Ralph Birch; directed by Sam Wanamaker; settings by Richard Lake
Transferred to: The Westminster Theatre, London, 29 Mar 1954, closing performance (138th) 1 May 1954; The Wimbledon Theatre, 30 Nov 1953
Originally at: The Royal Theatre, Birmingham, 16 Nov 1953
America: The National Theatre, New York [24 Feb 1949]

Casts: John Harrison, Philip Vickers, Sam Wanamaker, Natalie Lyyn, Renee Asherson, Meier Tzelnicker, Frederick Valk, George Colouris, Jacqueline Kott, Stuart Nichol, Diane Cilento, Arthur Owen, Heather Stannard, Joseph O'Connor, Mayne Lynton, Mona Bruce, J. Edward Bromberg, Nancy Kelly, John Garfield
Access StatusOpen

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