A scene from Porgy (a play in four acts), written by the American Playwrights Dorothy Heyward (1890 - 1961) and Du Bose Hayward (1885 - 1940), adapted from his novel and produced under the direction of Rouben Mamoulian at the Guild Theater in New York City, with a long run of 367 performances from October 10, 1927, to August 1928. The production starred Frank Wilson, Wesley Hill, Dorothy Paul, Percy Verwayne, Edward Fielding, John King, Zephyr Pruitt, Ruby Smithe, etc.
DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, authors of the play Porgy
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Act 2, scene 4: Charleston crown-actor Jack Carter-rushes out into the storm to save Clara  Setting for Catfish Row by Cleon Throckmorton     PORGY (1927) Theatre Guild window card poster ft. art by Simonson |
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