Auntie Mame is a comedic stage play written by American playwrights Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee.'dramatists.com Official Play licensing website accessed 04/15/2024 The play was adapted from the novel of the same name first published in 1955 by Patrick Dennis. The play was a critical and commercial success, and was nominated for five Tony Awards, running for 639 performances.
Production history The play premiered on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre on October 31, 1956, and closed on June 28, 1958, after 639 performances. The original Broadway production was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Actress for Rosalind Russell, Best Stage Technician (Joseph Harbuck), and Best Scenic Design (Oliver Smith). Peggy Cass won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Agnes Gooch. Russell and Cass reprised their roles for a 1958 film of the same name, for which they were both nominated for Academy Awards.
Following the Broadway production, the show went on a national tour starring Eve Arden in the title role, and opened on London's West End at the Adelphi Theatre, starring Beatrice Lillie. Lillie had also taken over the role of Auntie Mame in the Broadway production. After Rosalind Russell's contract ended, the role was taken over by Greer Garson, and then Lillie. Florence MacMichael replaced Peggy Cass as Agnes Gooch in the Broadway production, and then continued playing the role on tour.
Original cast and characters CharacterBroadway1st Tour2nd TourCalifornia TourWest End19561957195819581958Mame Dennis Rosalind RussellConstance BennettSylvia SidneyEve ArdenBeatrice LillieBeauregard BurnsideRobert SmithMark O'DanielsBrooks West Geoffrey TooneVera Charles Polly RowlesJane van DuserShannon DeanBenay VenutaFlorence DesmondDwight BabcockRobert AllenBlaine CordnerLeo LuckerRobert AllenDavid BirdPatrick DennisRobert HigginsMichael ThomasWilliam BerrianRay FulmerDinsdale LandenM. Lindsay WoolseyJohn O'HareKendall ClarkPhil ArthurDavid LewisGerald WelchAgnes GoochPeggy CassBernice McLaughlinSudie BondFlorence MacMichaelRosamund GreenwoodYoung PatrickJan HandzlikRobert LindnerGuy RussellDennis JoelJohn HallGloria UpsonJoyce LearDorothy SeftonFrancesca TrantumSuzanne Turner Jacqueline EllisPegeen RyanPatricia JenkinsMartha RandallLaura LeeJacqueline Holt Jill MelfordDoris UpsonDorothy BlackburnDulcie CooperRuth HoldenDorothy BlackburnPamela SimpsonClaude UpsonWalter KlavunArthur BarnettT. J. HalliganWillard WatermanDonald StewartBrian O'BannionJames MonksGerald MetcalfePhilip BoscoManning RossPatrick HoltNorah MuldoonBeulah GarrickAnn SullivanBetty SinclairIsabel PriceAnita Sharp BolsterItoYuki ShimodaYoji MatsuokaYoshi NakaYuki ShimodaJohn A. TinnSally Cato MacDougallMarian WintersFayne BlackburnWinifred AinsleeElizabeth Talbot-MartinHelen HortonMother Burnside Ethel CodyDorrit KeltonJoan DavenportSpivyNatalie LynnRalph DevineGrant SullivanOtis BigelowJohn GrangerLoren TindallTom Gill
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