The run closed May 18, 1957
- Opened
- October 30, 1956
- Closed
- May 18, 1957
- Performances
- 231
- Previews
- 1
- Theatre
- Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Of the 705 productions we hold that opened in the 1950s and record a performance count, this is the 126th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Major Barbara 4 more that season
| 1915 | Playhouse Theatre Original · Louis Calvert | |
| 1928 | Guild Theatre Revival · Philip Moeller | 84 perf. |
| 1980 | Circle In The Square Theatre Revival · Stephen Porter | 40 perf. |
| 2001 | American Airlines Theatre Revival · Daniel Sullivan | 74 perf. |
Who was in it17 named
Eli Wallach
Colin Keith Johnston
Nancy Malone
Myra Carter
Frank Gero
Sally Gracie
Louise Latham
Richard Lupino
Patricia Ripley
Frederic Warriner
Anne Jackson
Roger Boxill
5 of these 17 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 12 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Charles Laughton
- Producer
- Robert L. Joseph
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for Major Barbara at all.
- No show page for Major Barbara. The work is here as a title and a year, and nothing more has been gathered about it.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.