Gods of the Lightning

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Written by Maxwell Anderson Original language English Playwright Maxwell Anderson Place premiered Helen Hayes Theatre		Date premiered October 24, 1928 First performance 24 October 1928 Genre Drama
Setting Lyceum Restaurant, District Attorney's office, Supreme Court court room Similar The Masque of Kings, The Wingless Victory, High Tor, Winterset, Elizabeth the Queen

Gods of the Lighning was a 1928 Broadway three-act drama written by Maxwell Anderson and Harold Hickerson, produced by Hamilton MacFadden and Kellogg Gary and staged by MacFadden. It ran for 29 performances from October 24, 1928 to November 1928 at the Little Theatre. The Sacco-Vanzetti case was the play's inspiration, Charles Bickford in the Sacco character role.

Cast

Morris Ankrum as Spiker

Jules Artfield as Heine

Charles Bickford as Macready

Barton MacLane as Ward

Sylvia Sidney as Rosalie

Horace Braham as Capraro

Maynard Burgess as Lubin

Eva Condon as Mrs. Lubin

Robert Brister as Salter

Leo Bulgakov as Suvorin

Del Cleveland as District Attorney asst.

Samuel Coit as Sowerby

Edward Cutler as clerk of court

Willard Dashiell as Haslet

Jules Ferrar as Bauer

Benjamin Fesseden as policeman

Moss Fleisig as Jerusalem Slim

John R. Hamilton as Gluckstein

Thomas Kelly as Andy

Arthur Pederson as Pete

Molly Ricardel as Salvation Lassie

Lloyd Sabine as police sgt.

Sam Silverbush as Ike

Ian Wolfe as Milkin

Douglas Wood as Judge Vail

Harry Bliven as Bartlett

Henry Engel as Sheriff Henry

References

Gods of the Lightning Wikipedia

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