The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner, comedy in five acts written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart that debuted on October 16, 1939 at the Music Box Theatre in New York City.

Original Cast

The original cast is listed below, as billed.

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• Mrs. Ernest W. Stanley ....... Virginia Hammond
• Miss Preen ................... Mary Wickes
• Richard Stanley .............. Gordon Merrick
• June Stanley ................. Barbara Wooddell
• John ......................... George Probert
• Sarah ........................ Mrs. Priestley Morrison
• Mrs. Dexter .................. Barbara Adams
• Mrs. McCutcheon .............. Edmonia Nolley
• Mr. Stanley .................. George Lessey
• Maggie Cutler ................ Edith Arwater
• Dr. Bradley .................. Dudley Clemens
• Sheridan Whiteside ........... Monty Woolley
• Harriet Stanley .............. Ruth Vivian
• Bert Jefferson ............... Theodore Newton
• Professor Metz ............... LeRoi Operti
• The Luncheon Guests:
• Phil Sheridan
• Charles Washington
• William Postance
• Mr. Baker .................... Carl Johnson
• Expressman ................... Harold Woolf
• Lorraine Sheldon ............. Carol Goodner
• Sandy ........................ Michael Harvey
• Beverley Carlton ............. John Hoysradt
• Westcott ..................... Edward Fisher
• Radio Technicians:
• Rodney Stewart
• Carl Johnson
• Six Young Boys
• Daniel Leone
• Jack Whitman
• Daniel Landon
• Donald Landon
• DeWitt Purdue
• Robert Rea
• Banjo ........................ David Burns
• Two Deputies
• Curtis Karpe
• Phil Sheridan
• A Plainclothes Man ........... William Postance