The Doughgirls (play)
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Written byJoseph Fields
Date premieredDecember 30, 1942
Place premieredLyceum Theatre
Original languageEnglish
| The Doughgirls | |
|---|---|
 Playbill cover for The Doughgirls on Broadway | |
| Written by | Joseph Fields |
| Date premiered | December 30, 1942 |
| Place premiered | Lyceum Theatre |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Setting | A hotel in Washington, D.C. |
The Doughgirls is a three-act play written by Joseph Fields. Producer Max Gordon staged it on Broadway, where it debuted at the Lyceum Theatre on December 30, 1942. The play is a comedy about three unmarried women sharing a room in an overcrowded hotel in Washington, D.C. during World War II. The Broadway production was a hit that ran for 671 performances and closed on July 29, 1944.[1][2] It was adapted as a film of the same name in 1944.
The characters and cast from the Broadway production are given below:[3]
| Character | Broadway cast |
|---|---|
| Edna | Virginia Field |
| Julian Cadman | King Calder |
| Mr. Jordan | Sydney Grant |
| Col. Harry Hallstead | Reed Brown, Jr. |
| A bellboy | George Calvert |
| Maid | Mary Cooper |
| Maid | Mildred Haines |
| Vivian | Arleen Whelan |
| Another bellboy | Jerome Thor |
| A porter | Hugh Williamson |
| Another porter | Kermit Kegley |
| Waiter | Walter Beck |
| Nan | Doris Nolan |
| Brigadier General Slade | William J. Kelly |
| Tom Dillon | Vinton Hayworth |
| Judge Honoria Blake | Ethel Wilson |
| Natalia Chodorov | Arlene Francis |
| A stranger | Harold Grau |
| Orderly | Joseph Olney |
| Warren Buckley | Edward H. Robins |
| Sylvia | Natalie Schafer |
| Chaplain Stevens | Reynolds Evans |
| Admiral Owens | Thomas F. Tracey |
| Timothy Walsh | James MacDonald |
| Stephen Forbes | Maurice Burke |
| Father Nicholai | Maxim Panteleieff |
