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The Green Pastures
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Original
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The Green Pastures 半岛体育 - June 1930
The Green Pastures
Broadway
Original
Mansfield Theatre
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Marc Connelly
People (104)
Gerome Addison
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Freddie Archibald
Flatfoot
(Original)
Leona Avery
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Marguerite Avery
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Earl Bowie
Babylonian Band
(Original)
Margery Bumgardner
Child
(Original)
Philistine Bumgardner
Child
(Original)
Edgar Burks
Jacob
(Original)
Elsie Byrd
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Joe Byrd
Randolph
(Original)
Josephine Byrd
A Stout Angel
(Original)
First Cleaner
(Original)
Voice in Shanty
(Original)
Geneva Bythewood
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Third Woman
(Original)
Reginald Bythewood
Third Boy
(Original)
Wilbur Cohen, Jr.
Child
(Original)
Billy Cumby
Master of Ceremonies
(Original)
Ruby Davis
Child
(Original)
Willmay Davis
Child
(Original)
Gertrude De Verney
Child
(Original)
Alicia Escamilla
Myrtle
(Original)
Amy Escamilla
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Alonzo Fenderson
Moses
(Original)
Reginald Fenderson
A Candidate Magician
(Original)
Florence Fields
Second Cleaner
(Original)
Arthur Foster
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Harold Foster
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Oliver Foster
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Anna Mae Fritz
First Mammy Angel
(Original)
Second Woman
(Original)
James Fuller
Cain the Sixth
(Original)
Mercedes Gilbert
Zipporah
(Original)
Geraldine Gooding
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Eve
(Replacement)
Juanita Hall
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Edna Mae Harris
Zeba
(Original)
Mattie Harris
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Richard B. Harrison
The Lord
(Original)
Mary Ella Hart
King's Favorite
(Original)
Colington Hayes
Gambler
(Original)
Master of Ceremonies
(Replacement)
Daniel L. Haynes
Adam
(Original)
Hezdrel
(Original)
Adolph Henderson
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Richard Henderson
Babylonian Band
(Original)
Wesley Hill
Gabriel
(Original)
Walter Hilliard
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Frank Horace
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Charlotte Junius
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Louis Kelsey
Boy Gambler
(Original)
Tom Lee
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Viola Lewis
Child
(Original)
Fredia Longshaw
Child
(Original)
Joe Loomis
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Ruthena Matson
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Willie Mays
Alto/Choir
(Original)
William McFarland
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Cecil McNair
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Walter Meadows
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Viola Mickens
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Jay Mondaaye
King of Babylon
(Original)
Charles H. Moore
Isaac
(Original)
Mr. Deshee
(Original)
Stanleigh Morrell
Another Officer
(Original)
Ham
(Original)
Joshua
(Original)
Thula Oritz
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Massie Patterson
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Verdon Perdue
Child
(Original)
Inez Persand
King's Favorite
(Original)
Arthur Porter
Head Magician
(Original)
Benjamin John Ragsdale
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
George Randol
Pharaoh
(Original)
McKinley Reeves
Aaron
(Original)
Choir Leader
(Original)
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Jazzlips Richardson, Jr.
First Boy
(Original)
Tommy Russell
Babylonian Band
(Original)
Ivan Sharp
First Scout
(Original)
Gambler
(Original)
Prophet
(Original)
Jesse A. Shipp
Abraham
(Original)
Archangel
(Original)
Carl Shorter
Babylonian Band
(Original)
Frances Smith
A Cook
(Original)
Susie Sutton
Noah's Wife
(Original)
Edna Thrower
A Slender Angel
(Original)
Margerette Thrower
Child
(Original)
J. Homer Tutt
Ham
(Original)
High Priest
(Original)
Constance Van Dyke
King's Favorite
(Original)
Lou Vernon
Cain
(Original)
The General
(Original)
John Warner
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Marie Warren
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Benveneta Washington
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Cain's Girl
(Original)
Fourth Woman
(Original)
Howard Washington
Second Boy
(Original)
Walter Whitfield
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Tutt Whitney
Noah
(Original)
D.K. Williams
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Milton J. Williams
Shem
(Original)
Inez Richardson Wilson
Eve
(Original)
Leona Winkler
King's Favorite
(Original)
Charles Winter Wood
The Admiral
(Original)
Bertha Wright
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Dinks Thomas
A Slender Angel
(Replacement)
Ruth Carl
Angel/Townsperson
(Replacement)
Sam Davis
Gabriel
(Replacement)
Mabel Ridley
King's Favorite
(Replacement)
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Gerome Addison
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Freddie Archibald
Flatfoot
(Original)
Leona Avery
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Marguerite Avery
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Earl Bowie
Babylonian Band
(Original)
Margery Bumgardner
Child
(Original)
Philistine Bumgardner
Child
(Original)
Edgar Burks
Jacob
(Original)
Elsie Byrd
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Joe Byrd
Randolph
(Original)
Josephine Byrd
A Stout Angel
(Original)
First Cleaner
(Original)
Voice in Shanty
(Original)
Geneva Bythewood
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Third Woman
(Original)
Reginald Bythewood
Third Boy
(Original)
Wilbur Cohen, Jr.
Child
(Original)
Billy Cumby
Master of Ceremonies
(Original)
Ruby Davis
Child
(Original)
Willmay Davis
Child
(Original)
Gertrude De Verney
Child
(Original)
Alicia Escamilla
Myrtle
(Original)
Amy Escamilla
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Alonzo Fenderson
Moses
(Original)
Reginald Fenderson
A Candidate Magician
(Original)
Florence Fields
Second Cleaner
(Original)
Arthur Foster
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Harold Foster
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Oliver Foster
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Anna Mae Fritz
First Mammy Angel
(Original)
Second Woman
(Original)
James Fuller
Cain the Sixth
(Original)
Mercedes Gilbert
Zipporah
(Original)
Geraldine Gooding
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Juanita Hall
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Edna Mae Harris
Zeba
(Original)
Mattie Harris
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Richard B. Harrison
The Lord
(Original)
Mary Ella Hart
King's Favorite
(Original)
Colington Hayes
Gambler
(Original)
Daniel L. Haynes
Adam
(Original)
Hezdrel
(Original)
Adolph Henderson
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Richard Henderson
Babylonian Band
(Original)
Wesley Hill
Gabriel
(Original)
Walter Hilliard
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Frank Horace
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Charlotte Junius
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Louis Kelsey
Boy Gambler
(Original)
Tom Lee
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Viola Lewis
Child
(Original)
Fredia Longshaw
Child
(Original)
Joe Loomis
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Ruthena Matson
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Willie Mays
Alto/Choir
(Original)
William McFarland
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Cecil McNair
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Walter Meadows
Bass/Choir
(Original)
Viola Mickens
Alto/Choir
(Original)
Jay Mondaaye
King of Babylon
(Original)
Charles H. Moore
Isaac
(Original)
Mr. Deshee
(Original)
Stanleigh Morrell
Another Officer
(Original)
Ham
(Original)
Joshua
(Original)
Thula Oritz
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Massie Patterson
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Verdon Perdue
Child
(Original)
Inez Persand
King's Favorite
(Original)
Arthur Porter
Head Magician
(Original)
Benjamin John Ragsdale
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
George Randol
Pharaoh
(Original)
McKinley Reeves
Aaron
(Original)
Choir Leader
(Original)
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Jazzlips Richardson, Jr.
First Boy
(Original)
Tommy Russell
Babylonian Band
(Original)
Ivan Sharp
First Scout
(Original)
Gambler
(Original)
Prophet
(Original)
Jesse A. Shipp
Abraham
(Original)
Archangel
(Original)
Carl Shorter
Babylonian Band
(Original)
Frances Smith
A Cook
(Original)
Susie Sutton
Noah's Wife
(Original)
Edna Thrower
A Slender Angel
(Original)
Margerette Thrower
Child
(Original)
J. Homer Tutt
Ham
(Original)
High Priest
(Original)
Constance Van Dyke
King's Favorite
(Original)
Lou Vernon
Cain
(Original)
The General
(Original)
John Warner
Tenor/Choir
(Original)
Marie Warren
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
Benveneta Washington
Angel/Townsperson
(Original)
Cain's Girl
(Original)
Fourth Woman
(Original)
Howard Washington
Second Boy
(Original)
Walter Whitfield
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Tutt Whitney
Noah
(Original)
D.K. Williams
Baritone/Choir
(Original)
Milton J. Williams
Shem
(Original)
Inez Richardson Wilson
Eve
(Original)
Leona Winkler
King's Favorite
(Original)
Charles Winter Wood
The Admiral
(Original)
Bertha Wright
Soprano/Choir
(Original)
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Marc Connelly
Writer
Staging
Roark Bradford
Suggested by Southern Sketches "Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun"
Hall Johnson
Musical Director
Evelyn Burwell
Assistant Choral Director
Robert Edmond Jones
Production Design
Claude E. Archer
Stage Manager
Edward Gardiner
Technical Director
C.G. Stewart
General Manager
Joseph Robie
General Press Representative
Ethel Gordon
Press Representative
Laurence Rivers, Inc.
Producer
View All Production Team
Pro Info
Opening Date
Feb
26
1930
Closing Date
Aug
29
1931
Performances
640
as of Jun 11, 2025
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Awards
Pulitzer Prize
1930
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Marc Connelly
Winner
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