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A Play by FREDERICK KNOTT

with JAMES TOLKAN JOSEPH MASCOLO GEMMA RICHARD DENNIS BRANDA o.nd WILLIAM TRAYLOR

Directed by WINDSOR LEWIS

Scenery by FRED VOEJ.PEL

Production Stage Manager SEAN CUNNINGHAM CAST (In order of a]!J!l'Orance)

Mike Talman WILLIAM TRAYLOR Sgt. Carlino ...... JOSEPH MASCOLO Harry Roat, Jr...... JAMES TOLKAN

Susy Hendrix ...... PHYLLIS KIRK

Sam Hendrix ...... RICHARD BRANDA

Gloria ...... •...... GEMMA DENNIS

Policemen ...... BARRY HOFFMAN, HUBERT ENGLAND

UNDERSTUDIES Standbys never substitute for listed players unless a specific announce­ ment for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. For Miss Kirk - Alice Mulvihill. For Miss Dennis - Maura Mulvihill. For Messrs. Tolkan , Traylor and Mascolo - Richard Branda. For Mr. Branda - Barry Hoffman.

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ACT I. Scene 1. Friday Evening Scene 2. Saturday Afternoon Scene 3. Twenty minutes later

ACT II. Scene 1. About an hour later Scene 2. A few minutes later Scene 3. A minute later

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A Civic Music Association Presentation Snap Judl.?111ent, To Tell the Truth and entation. He made hi s Broadway debut Pa.uworcl, as well as having appeared in Noel Coward's Nude With Violin and often on Ti1e Oscar Lt•wmt Show and on toured in repertory in that comedy and many discussion programs. Present Ltlll~.?h t er. Mr. Traylor was born She is probably best remembered for and raised in Missouri, and received his her co-starring appearances through two A .B . from North-East Missouri State and a half years with Peter Lawford in College and worked toward his Master's the Thin Man series. and she was nomi­ at Northwestern before spending two nated for an Emmy Award for her por­ years in the Signal Corps. Off-Broadway trayal of Nora on that program. he appeared in New York in Lonnie Readily ad-Jibbing, Miss Kirk con­ Chapman's Cry of the Raindrop. In the ducted interviews for NBC's Monitor ra­ golden days of television he appeared on dio programs. and two years ago she Playhouse 90, StaRe Door, A rmstronR spent a whole season running a discus­ Circle Theatre, Kraft Theatre, Matinee sion program, ABC's The Younl.? Set, TIJeatre. The Defenders, The Nurses and writing it and moderating it daily for an Father Knows Best. In stock he has ap­ hour, five times a week. peared in Sweet Bird of Youth, with Joan Fontaine in Susan and God, with Orson Bean in Smd Me No Flowers. In New JAMES TOLKAN, Harry Roar, Jr., born York he acted in the recent revival of and raised in Tucson. was a football star The Glass MetwRerie. at Eastern Arizona College before join­ ing the Navy for the fracas in Korea. After that he took theatrical training at JOSEPH MASCOLO. SRt. Carlino, was the University of Iowa, and made his way seen on Broadway last season as the hot­ to New York for further study with Stella tempered chauffeur in Sir Tyrone Gu­ Adler and Lee Strasberg. He made his thrie's all-star revival of Dinner at EiRh t. professional debut with a resident theatre His first major stage role in New York in Memphis, and then had a series of was in The Threepenny Opaa, in which understudy assignments with Broadway he played Matt for a year. In the New plays. A major opportunity came to him York Shakespeare Festival production of to play the arrogant Captain Solyony in Macheth he played Ross and then Mac­ Chekhov's Three Sisters in the Actors' duff. Successively he acted the two ma­ Studio production in London. In New jor roles of Eddie and Marco in the long York he played the role of Judas in the run of A View from the BridRe, and he modern play about the Crucifixion, Be­ scored a great personal success in the off­ tween Two Thieves, the role of the tor­ Broadway version of Pirandello's To tured longshoreman in the long-run pro­ Clothe the Naked. He played Mangiaca­ duction of Arthur Miller's A View from vallo in The Rose Tattoo at Buffalo's Stu­ the Bridge, and a leading role in Live dio theatre and with Jose Ferrer in After Like Pigs, by the British avant-garde play­ the Fall in Miami. and he has been on a wright John Arden. On a long tour Mr. number of television programs. He is a Tolkan was seen in The Best Man in the talented musician as well as an actor and role of the ex-President that had been has played clarinet with the Metropot:tan originated by Lee Tracy. Opera orchestra.

WILLIAM TRAYLOR, Mike Talman, GEMMA DENNIS, G/oriu, has been ap­ received critical acclaim last season for pearing in television commercials si nce his Broadway performance opposite In­ she was six, and she has played numer­ grid Thulin in Burgess Meredith's pro­ ous stage roles in the community theatre duction of Of Love R emembered. Prior near her parents' home at Manhasset, to that he appeared as Steve opposite Long Island. in the further suburbs of Constance Towers's Julie in the exciting New York. Dennis is her stage name, in r.evival of Show Boat at Lincoln Center honor of her father, Dennis Mulvihill, and he subsequently toured with this pres- and she is accompanied on this tour by PHON E 325 . 5958 THE BETLEM CORP. AI'S 2555 BAIRD ROAD UTUXEDO SHOP 381-7800 FO RMA.L 'IVEA.R . SPORTS'IVEA.R Serving Rochester for 25 Years in " Firs t in formal •/•g•nc• QUALITY lor o~•r 40 Y••rs ·· INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL Morv Sorkin - Gil Cresov AIR CONDITIONING AND 129 CLINTON AVE. SO. REFRIGERATION opposite Midtown Pine Go Xero• Square

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When is comedy serious? Or rather. how frequently will conduct an informal chat serious is comedy? Or. have you ever en­ with the audience following the perform­ joyed listening for over an hour to a ance of the play and . when time allows, great comedian without laughing? he will drop in on their various local so­ These questions come to mind follow­ cial events. In fact. Mr. Ewell is in wide ing an informal interview with Tom demand as a lecturer hut his theatrical Ewell. a favorite to millions of stage. commitments limit too much of this screen and television fans. Comedy. to activity. him. is very serious and he was mo~t em­ Despite many television offers. he feels phatic 111<1\en stating that "performing in that live performances are essential for theatricals is a business - 1t's my busi­ necessary audience reaction to insure ness. and I love it. ·· proper timing. especially for comedy. We were seated in his comfortable Following hi s current tour he is contem­ New York East side apartment when the plating a television special and also hopes conversation shifted to the advantages to devote some time to a literary project. and disadvantages of touring with a play. This popular comedian was raised in Some stars positively will not travel and a small town in Kentucky. As a boy he others. like Tom Ewell. look forward to was fascinated when the AI G. Field it. He seems to enjoy traveling and has Minstrels arrived in town and paraded criss-crossed the country many times and down the main street. He and his grand­ has made a point to visit. for pleasure or mother were avid fans of all the enter­ business. in every state in the union. tainment provided by the chautauquas. Having "always had itchy feet. even as With their lunches packed in a shoe box a child"' he was quite delighted to accept they would frequently attend both morn­ the current road production of the ing and afternoon performances. All this Broadway comedy hit. The /mpossibll' theatrical urge led to his desire to be­ Yt'ars, especially when he was informed come an actor. of the fine selection of co-actors perform­ Actually. Ewell's first theatrical enter­ ing in the company. prise was not on the stage but was work­ ··casting a road show:· said Mr. Ewell. ing in the box office of the Apollo The­ ··is quite a problem today. Many sup­ atre in Atlantic City. N. J. At that time porting players are reluctant to disrupt this theatre was a key tryout house for their family life and. even discounting pre-Broadway shows. as were others in that. it is difficult to obtain properly nearby Long Branch and Asbury Park. trained young people who are willing to Aside from his acclaim as a leading go on the road. I consider mvself fortu­ comedian. Tom Ewell has performed in nate to he performing with such an ex ­ numerous musicals. Even though he ad­ ceptionally talented cast as required in mits to being far from a trained singer. this particular type of comedy." he has had his share of selling songs on During the tour Mr. Ewell will also the stage and even in motion pictures. sever his family ties as is his custom. He He humorously recalled how his friend laughingly said that the company of his Leonard Bernstein remarked, "Tom, wife and thirteen-year-old son will have something happens to you between the to he replaced by two French poodles he cracks of the piano keys when you sing." purchased expressly for the tour. Dogs However. this never stopped Ewell from usually become problems on the road appearing opposite a great musical star hut Ewell simplifies this in planning to such as Mary Martin. travel mainly in his own automobile. When asked if he had any desire to Tom Ewell has performed on the portray a dramatic role he replied. " No. Broadway stage in numerous productions. I hecome very depressed when I do not He contends that audiences attracted on hear the boistrous laughter of an audi­ tour differ from those in New York. To ence. Besides. Oscar Hammerstein once him local audiences are more interested advised me to never take anything which in their neighbors and their status sym­ requires my performance to be second bols are not as important as those in the he't. He was right and that's why I have big city. Consequently. when on tour. he seriously concentrated on comedy." • > • () V'l () tu m Q.. East Avenue at V'l « V'l < 311 Alexander St. 0 ~ u Open Mon. thru Sat. 9:30 'til 5:30- m • Courtesy Parking on Alexander Street Thurs. 'til 9:30 V'l

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