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.