The Greatest Show on Earth (play)

The Greatest Show on Earth is a comedy in three acts by Vincent Duffey and Irene Alexander.[1] Set in a circus, the actors in this show portray animals longing to escape into the wild natural world.[2][3] It premiered on Broadway at the Playhouse Theatre on January 5, 1938. It ran there for a total of 29 performances; closing on January 29, 1938.[4] The cast included Edgar Stehli as Slimy the snake, Margaret Perry as Kitty, Dorothy Patten as Princess, John Alexander as Rajah the elephant, Anthony Ross as Leo the lion, Frank Lovejoy as Laddie, Alice Belmore Cliffe as Scheherazade the elephant, and Alan Handley as Adonis.[5] The production was produced by Helen Bonfils and her husband George Somnes. Somnes also staged the production.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Playhouse: The Greatest Show on Earth". Billboard. Vol. 50, no. 4. January 22, 1938. p. 27.
  2. ^ The Canadian Press (January 6, 1938). "Stage and Screen: The Great Show On Earth Proves To Not Be Quite So Imposing". The Montreal Star. p. 8.
  3. ^ Price, Edgar (January 6, 1938). "The Premiere: Greatest Show on Earth, in Which the Characters Portray Animals, Relights the Playhouse, and Right This Way, New Musical Comedy, Moves Into the Forty-Sixth St. Theatre". The Brooklyn Citizen. p. 14.
  4. ^ Mantle, Burns, ed. (1938). "The Greatest Show on Earth". The Best Plays of 1937-1938 and the Year Book of the Drama in America. Dodd, Mead & Company. pp. 413–414.
  5. ^ Mantle, Burns (January 6, 1938). "Greatest Show on Earth Novel; Right This Way Nicely Spirited". New York Daily News. p. 39.
  6. ^ Brooks Atkinson (January 6, 1938). "THE PLAY; ' The Greatest Show on Earth' and 'Right This Way' Are New Openings on Broadway". The New York Times. p. 22.
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