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About the Play
The second longest-running play in Broadway history based on the novel of the same name by Erskine Caldwell.
Story:
The story of the Lester's of "Tobacco Road", of father Jeeter who dreams of planting a garden beside his ramshackle home, the idiotic son who marries a ravenous evangelist and drives an automobile to destruction, a daughter with strong sexual inclinations, another who is sold into marriage for $7...
Fun Fact
The play was banned in some major U.S. cities for being sensational and immoral.
Shocks Dissipated In 'Tobacco Road', New York Times, by Frank, Leah
Playwright
Jack Kirkland
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Theatre Masque, 48th Street Theatre, Forrest Theatre
- Opening Night
- Dec 4, 1933
- Total Performances
- 3,182
- Original Cast
- Sam Byrd, Ashley Cooper, Henry Hull, Ruth Hunter, Dean Jagger, Lamar King, Maude Odell, Patricia Quinn, Reneice Rehan, Edwin Walter, Margaret Wycherly
- Director
- Anthony Brown
- Producer
- Anthony Brown, Jack Kirkland and Sam H. Grisman
- Scenic Design
- Robert Redington Sharpe
1942 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Forrest Theatre
- Opening Night
- Sep 5, 1942
- Total Performances
- 34
- Original Cast
- Lillian Ardell, John Barton, Sheila Brent, Norman Budd, Sondra Johnson, Sara Perry, Vinnie Phillips, Joe Silver, Fred Sutton, Harry Townes, Edwin Walter
- Director
- Anthony Brown
- Producer
- Anthony Brown, Jack Kirkland and Harry H. Oshrin
- Scenic Design
- Robert Redington Sharpe
1943 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- Ritz Theatre
- Opening Night
- Sep 4, 1943
- Total Performances
- 66
- Original Cast
- Lillian Ardell, John Barton, Dan Danton, Barbara Joyce, Michael King, Sara Perry, Vinnie Phillips, Luciel Richards, Kim Spalding, Fred Sutton, Edwin Walter
- Director
- Anthony Brown
- Producer
- Jack Kirkland and Harry H. Oshrin
- Scenic Design
- Robert Redington Sharpe
1950 Broadway Revival
- Theatre
- 48th Street Theatre
- Opening Night
- Mar 6, 1950
- Total Performances
- 7
- Original Cast
- John Bouie, Evelyn Ellis, Mercedes Gilbert, Estelle Hemsley, Baby Joyce, Powell Lindsay, Delores Mack, John Mark, John Tate, Cherokee Thornton, Jimmy Wright
- Director
- Evelyn Ellis
- Producer
- Jack Kirkland and Negro Drama Group
1941 Film Version
- Movie Name
- Tobacco Road
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- John Ford
- Screenplay
- Nunnally Johnson
- Starring
- Charley Grapewin, Gene Tierney, Marjorie Rambeau
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