According to Law / A Strange Play
One Act - Original
Mansfield Theatre
Data not verified
- First Preview:
- Opening Date: June 1, 1944
- Closing Date: June 3, 1944
- Previews: 3
- Performances: 4
- According to Law / A Strange Play is comprised of A Strange Play, According to Law
Playwright: Noel Huston, Patti Spears
Synopsis
An evening of two plays, including Noel Huston's one-act According to Law and Patti Spears' two-act A Strange Play.
According to Law depicts the concerted effort in a Southern courtroom to send a black man to the electric chair for a crime he did not commit.
In A Strange Play, a playwright suffering from writers' block is unsure whether or not he should use his knowledge of his friend's wife's infidelity as material for a play — or if he should tell his friend about the infidelity.
A Strange Play: Opening Night Cast
| Ralph Clanton | William Douglas | |
| Richard H. Gordon | Dr. Stephen Duryea | |
| Herbert Heyes | Paul Cartwright | |
| Alicia Parnahay | Claire | |
| Byron Russell | James |
A Strange Play: Opening Night Production Credits
| Patti Spears | Writer | |
| Eugene Endrey | Staging | |
| Harry Gordon Bennett | Scenic Design | |
| Leo Kerz | Lighting Design | |
| Eugene Endrey | Producer |
According to Law: Opening Night Cast
| Byron Russell | James | |
| Don Appell | Ben Staggs | |
| Windsor Bryan | Henry Yancey | |
| Robert S. Harrison | Henry Terry | |
| Dayton Lummis | Senator Lawrence | |
| Lorraine MacMartin | Mrs. Harkness | |
| Burton Mallory | Luke | |
| Harvey Marlowe | Harvey | |
| Gregory Robbins | Jim Nailey |
According to Law: Opening Night Production Credits
| Noel Huston | Writer | |
| Eugene Endrey | Staging | |
| Harry Gordon Bennett | Scenic Design | |
| Leo Kerz | Lighting Design | |
| Eugene Endrey | Producer |
