- Look Homeward, Angel (play)
Infobox Play
name = Look Homeward, Angel
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writer =Ketti Frings
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characters = Eugene Gant Eliza Gant W.O. Gant
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setting = Altamont, North Carolina, in 1916
premiere =November 28 ,1957
place =Ethel Barrymore Theatre , Broadway
orig_lang = English
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genre =Drama
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ibdb_id = 2660
iobdb_id ="Look Homeward, Angel" is an acclaimed
1957 stage play by theplaywright Ketti Frings . It opened on Broadway at theEthel Barrymore Theatre November 28 , 1957, ["New York Times ", Nov. 29, 1957, "The Theatre: 'Look Homeward, Angel' --- Luminous Adaptation of Wolfe Novel Opens," byBrooks Atkinson , p. 33.] and ran for a total of 564performance s, closing onApril 4 ,1959 .The play is based on
Thomas Wolfe 's largelyautobiographical novel of the same title, which was published in 1929.In
1958 , Ketti Frings won thePulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. The production receivedTony Award nominations for Best Play; Best Actor in a Play (Hugh Griffith andAnthony Perkins ); Best Actress in a Play (Jo Van Fleet ); Best Scenic Design (Jo Mielziner ); Best Costume Design (Motley); and Best Director (George Roy Hill ).John Drew Barrymore was to co-star withMiriam Hopkins in the tour of "Look Homeward, Angel", which was set to open inWilmington, Delaware , onOctober 21 , 1959, but Barrymore, who was said to be suffering from a skin infection and was underweight, quit the touring company during rehearsals. He was replaced byJonathan Bolt . ["New York Times", Oct.. 14, 1959, "Barrymore Quits Play --- Had Been Rehearsing in Tour of 'Look Homeward, Angel,'" p. 51.]ynopsis
"Look Homeward, Angel" traces the coming of age of Eugene Gant in the small town of Altamont, North Carolina. Eliza, his mother, is a woman who likes to make "Deals"—in business and with people. With the proverbial iron hand in the velvet glove and almost equal concern, she runs "Dixieland," her seedy boarding house, an alcoholic husband, a daughter and two sons.
Broadway Opening Night Cast
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Hugh Griffith as W.O. Gant
*Anthony Perkins as Eugene Gant
*Jo Van Fleet as Eliza Gant
*Arthur Hill as Ben Gant
*Frances Hyland as Laura James
*Joseph Bernard as Jake Clatt
*Clifford Cothren as Hugh Barton
*Mary Farrell as Mrs. Clatt
*Julia Johnston as Mrs. Snowden
*Victor Kilian as Dr. McGuire
*Elizabeth Lawrence as Florry Mangle
*Dwight Marfield as Mr. Farrell
*Rosemary Murphy as Helen Gant Barton
*Bibi Osterwald as Madame Elizabeth
*Tom Flatley Reynolds as Will Pentland
*Jack Sheehan as Tarkinton
*Leonard Stone as Hugh Barton
*Arthur Storch as Luke Gant
*Florence Sundstrom as Mrs. Marie "Fatty" Pert
*Susan Torrey as Miss BrownReferences
External links
* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2660 "Look Homeward, Angel"] at the
Internet Broadway Database
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