Stage Play: Anna Lucasta. Written by
Philip Yordan. Directed by
Harry Wagstaff Gribble. Mansfield Theatre: 30 Aug 1944- 30 Nov 1946 (957 performances). Cast:
Georgia Burke (as "Theresa"),
Alice Childress (as "Blanche"),
Alvin Childress (as "Noah"), Hubert Henry (as "Eddie"),
Earle Hyman (as "Rudolf") [Broadway debut], Rosetta LeNoire (as "Stella"),
Canada Lee (as "Danny"), Frederick O'Neal (as "Frank"), John Proctor (as "Stanley"),
George Randol (as "Joe"),
Emory Richardson (as "Officer"), Hilda Simms (as "Anna"), Theodora Smith (as "Katie"), John Tate (as "Lester"). Replacement actors: Roy Allen (as "Stanley") [Alternate], Gerard Beverly (as "Lester") [Alternate], Isabelle Cooley (as "Anna"),
Ruby Dee (as "Anna"), Inge Hardison (as "Stella"), [Alternate],
Georgette Harvey (as "Theresa") [Alternate], Claire Jay (as "Blanche") [Alternate], Yvonne Machen (as "Anna"), Lionel Monagus (as "Officer"), John Tate (as "Danny"), Slim Thompson (as "Noah") [Alternate], Duke Williams (as "Lester"), Milton Wood (as "Eddie"). Produced by John Wildberg. Note: Filmed by Columbia Pictures Corporation as
Anna Lucasta (1949), by Longridge Enterprises [distributed by United Artists] as
Anna Lucasta la ragazza che scotta (1958).
