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The Corn is Green
Author(s)
Emlyn Williams
Venue
Royal Alexandra TheatreShow Run
April 20, 1942 - April 25, 1942
Genre
DramaProducer/Director
Herman Shumlin (Prod & Dir)
Cast
Ethel Barrymore (Colt), Richard Waring, Marcell Dill, Esther Mitchell, Charles S. Pursell, Gwyneth Hughes, George Bleasdale, Edmond Breon, Eva Leonard-Boyne, Thelma Schnee, Terence Morgan, Kenneth Charke, Patrick O'Connor, Donald Buka, J. P. Wilson
Emlyn Williams’ The Corn Is Green was a massive London hit in 1938. It did not make its debut on Broadway until 1940, when the legendary Ethel Barrymore (the New York theatre named after her is still in use) starred in it and proved so successful that Ms. Barrymore toured it across North America for a few years. It played the Royal Alex in 1942. Mr. Barrymore played the Riyal Alex five times.