Title: The Women
Date: Monday 19th-Saturday 24th February 1940
Type: Play
Company: N/A
Location: Theatre Royal, Nottingham, England
Playwright: Clare Boothe
Director: Gilbert Miller
Collection Number: 3904_1940_01

Cast

Act I, Scene I, Mary Haines’ Sitting Room. New York, Winter-
Jane: Naita Moore
Sylvia (Mrs. Howard Fowler): Mary Alice Collins
Nancy Blake: Josephine Dent
Peggy (Mrs. John Day): Rita Davies
Edith (Mrs. Phelps Potter): Kathleen Boutall
Mary (Mrs. Stephen Haines): Gwynne Whitby

Act I, Scene II, A Hairdressers. A few days later-
Mrs Wagstaff: Mary McDermott
Olga: Dorothy Ranns
1st Hairdresser: Eileen Dale
2nd Hairdresser: Margaret Hinton
Woman in Mask: Nelva Singer
Euphie: Katherine Poulton
Pedicurist: Mary Lennox
Mary: Gwynne Whitby
Nancy: Josephine Dent

Act I, Scene III, Mary Haines’ Sitting Room. An hour later-
Mary: Gwynne Whitby
Jane: Naita Moore
Miss Fordyce: Audrey Russell
Little Mary: Joan Greenwood
Mrs. Morehead: Gwen Day Burroughs

Act I, Scene IV, A Fitting Room. Two months later-
1st Saleswoman: Mary Lennox
2nd Saleswoman: Elaine Swanston
3rd Saleswoman: Enid Hewit
1st Model: Barbara Carswell
Crystal Allen: Daphne Maddox
Mary: Gwynne Whitby
Sylvia: Mary Alice Collins
A Fitter: Katherine Poulton
2nd Model: Dorothy Ranns
Princess Tamara: Helen Dessau

Act II, Scene I, An Exercise Salon. Two weeks later-
Exercise Instructress: Naita Moore
Sylvia: Mary Alice Collins
Peggy: Rita Davies
Edith: Kathleen Boutall

Act II, Scene II, Mary Haines’ Pantry. Several days later-
Maggie: Margaret Boyd
Jane: Naita Moore

Act II, Scene III, Mary Haines’ Sitting Room. A month later-
Mrs Morehead: Gwen Day Burroughs
Mary: Gwynne Whitby
Miss Watts: Enid Hewit
Miss Trimmerback: Nelva Singer
Little Mary: Joan Greenwood
Jane: Naita Moore

Act II, Scene IV, A Hospital Room. A month later-
Nurse: Margaret Boyd
Edith: Kathleen Boutall
Peggy: Rita Davies

Act II, Scene V, A Reno Hotel Room. Two weeks later-
Lucy: Meg Townshend
Peggy: Rita Davies
Countess de Lage: Natalie Lynn
Miriam Aarons: Tucker McGuire
Mary: Gwynne Whitby
Sylvia: Mary Anne Collins

Act III, Scene I, Crystal’s Bathroom. Two years later-
Helene: Helen Dessau
Crystal: Daphne Maddox
Sylvia: Mary Alice Collins
Little Mary: Joan Greenwood

Act III, Scene II, Mary Haines’ Bedroom. Later that evening-
Miriam Aarons: Tucker McGuire
Mary: Gwynne Whitby
Nancy: Josephine Dent
Peggy: Rita Davies
Jane: Naita Moore
Edith: Kathleen Boutall
Mrs. Morehead: Gwen Day Burroughs
Countess: Natalie Lynn
Little Mary: Joan Greenwood

Act III, Scene III, The Ladies’ Powder-room of the Casino Roof. Midnight–
Sadie: Maude Courtney
1st Cutie: Margaret Hinton
2nd Cutie: Dorothy Ranns
1st Society Girl: Mary Lennox
2nd Society Girl: Elaine Swanston
Cigarette Girl: Eileen Dale
Dowager: Mary McDermott
Debutante: Barbara Carswell
Countess: Natalie Lynn
Nancy: Josephine Dent
Mary: Gwynne Whitby
Miriam Aarons: Tucker McGuire
Edith: Kathleen Boutall
Peggy: Rita Davies
Girl in Distress: Nelva Singer
Crystal: Daphne Maddox
Sylvia: Mary Alice Collins

Crew

For The Women

Producers: Gilbert Miller, Jack Buchanan
Produced in Association With: O’Bryen, Linnit and Dunfee

Assistant to the Director: Lewis Allen
Tour Staging: Peter Mather

Set Design: Clifford Pember
Set Building: Loveday & Higson, John Brunskill
Set Painting: Alick Johnstone

For Gilbert Miller and Jack Buchanan

General Manager: Philip Algar
Business Manager: Douglas Murray
Stage Director: Gerard Clifton
Stage Manager: Audrey Russell
Assistant Stage Manager: Ben Travers
Publicity: Geo. Elliot, Anthony Vivian

For the Theatre Royal

Managing: Moss’ Empires Ltd.
Joint Managing Directors: R. H. Gillespie, George Black
Direction: George Black
Resident Manager: Tim H. Tillson
Resident Musical Director: Charles Dennis

Programme Published By: Stilwell Darby & Co. Ltd.
Programme Printed By: John Waddington Ltd.