ORPHEUS
DESCENDING
FOR MARION BLACK VACCARO
Orpheus Descending was presented at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York on March 21, 1957, by the Producers Theatre. It was directed by Harold Clurman; the stage set was designed by Boris Aronson, the costumes by Lucinda Ballard, and the lighting by Feder. The cast was as follows:
DOLLY HAMMA: Elizabeth Eustis
BEULAH BINNINGS: Jane Rose
PEE WEE BINNINGS: Warren Kemmerling
DOG HAMMA: David Clarke
CAROL CUTRERE: Lois Smith
EVA TEMPLE: Nell Harrison
SISTER TEMPLE: Mary Farrell
UNCLE PLEASANT: John Marriott
VAL XAVIER: Cliff Robertson
VEE TALBOT: Joanna Roos
LADY TORRANCE: Maureen Stapleton
JABE TORRANCE: Crahan Denton
SHERIFF TALBOTT: R. G. Armstrong
MR. DUBINSKY: Beau Tilden
WOMAN: Janice Mars
DAVID CUTRERE: Robert Webber
NURSE PORTER: Virgilia Chew
FIRST MAN: Albert Henderson
SECOND MAN: Charles Tyner
Other characters: CONJURE MAN, CLOWN.