Native Son (play)

Native Son
First edition 1941
Written by	Paul Green Richard Wright
Date premiered	March 24, 1941
Place premiered	St. James Theatre New York City, New York
Original language	English
Genre	Drama
Setting	Chicago, Illinois

Native Son is a 1941 Broadway drama written by Paul Green and Richard Wright based on Wright's novel Native Son. It was produced by Orson Welles and John Houseman with Bern Bernard as associate producer and directed by Welles with scenic design by John Morcom. It ran for 114 performances from March 24, 1941 to June 28, 1941 at the St. James Theatre.

This is the last time Welles and Houseman, co-founders of the Mercury Theatre, ever worked together.^[1]^:12

Cast

Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas in
Native Son (1941)

Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas
Frances Bavier as Peggy
Everett Sloane as Britten
Philip Bourneuf as Buckley, District Attorney
Ray Collins as Paul Max, defense attorney
John Berry as a reporter
Helen Martin as Vera Thomas
Evelyn Ellis as Hannah Thomas
Joseph Pevneya as Jan Erlone
Erskine Sanford as Mr. Dalton
C. M. "Bootsie" Davis as Earnie Jones
Eileen Burns as Miss Emmett
Anne Burr as Mary Dalton
Nell Harrison as Mrs. Dalton
Jacqueline Ghant Andre as a neighbor
William Malone as Judge
Rena Mitchell as Clara
J. Flashe Riley as Jack
Wardell Saunders as Gus Mitchell
Rodester Timmons as G. H. Rankin
Lloyd Warren as Buddy Thomas

Newspaper Men

Don Roberts
Stephen Roberts
Paul Stewart
George Zorn

References

↑ Wood, Bret (1990). Orson Welles: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-26538-0.

External links

Native Son at the Internet Broadway Database
Native Son — Playbill beginning April 13, 1941
"Native Son: Best-Selling Novel is Turned into Tense Drama Strikingly Staged by Orson Welles" Life, April 7, 1941, pp. 94–96
Major Dramatic Works: Native Son, 1940–1980 in the Paul Green Papers, #3693, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Orson Welles

Filmography Radio credits Theatre credits Discography Bibliography Awards and nominations

Feature films	Citizen Kane (1941) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) The Stranger (1946) The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Macbeth (1948) Othello (1952) Mr. Arkadin (1955) Touch of Evil (1958) The Trial (1962) Chimes at Midnight (1965) The Immortal Story (1968) F for Fake (1974) Filming Othello (1978)

Shorts	Twelfth Night (1933) The Hearts of Age (1934) Too Much Johnson (1938) Citizen Kane trailer (1940) Around the World (lost film) (1946) The Miracle of St. Anne (lost film) (1950) Magic Trick (1953) The Dominici Affair (1955) Portrait of Gina (1958) An Evening with Orson Welles (1970) Orson's Bag (1968–69) incorporating Vienna (1968) The Merchant of Venice (1969) One Man Band, aka London (1968–71) Moby Dick (1971) F for Fake trailer (1976) Orson Welles' Magic Show (1976–85) The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)

Unfinished films	It's All True (1942) Moby Dick—Rehearsed (lost film) (1955) Don Quixote (1957–69) The Heroine (lost film) (1967) The Deep (1967–70) The Other Side of the Wind (1970–76) Filming 'The Trial' (1981) The Dreamers (1980–82)

Films in which Welles directed some scenes	Journey into Fear (1943) Follow the Boys (1944) Black Magic (1949) Three Cases of Murder (1955) David and Goliath (1960) No Exit (1962) The Southern Star (1969)

Films derived from Welles screenplays	Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) Treasure Island (1972) Cradle Will Rock (1999) The Big Brass Ring (1999)

Television	Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955) Around the World with Orson Welles (1955) Orson Welles and People (lost) (1956) The Fountain of Youth (1958) In the Land of Don Quixote (1964) The Orson Welles Show (1979)

Theatre	Voodoo Macbeth (1936) Horse Eats Hat (1936) The Second Hurricane (1937) The Cradle Will Rock (musical) (1937–38) Caesar (1937–38) Too Much Johnson (1938) Five Kings (Part One) (1939) Native Son (1941) The Mercury Wonder Show (1943) Around the World (musical) (1946) The Blessed and the Damned (containing two plays: "The Unthinking Lobster" and "Time Runs...") (1950) Othello (1951) The Lady in the Ice (ballet) (1953) Moby Dick—Rehearsed (1955) Chimes at Midnight (1960) Rhinoceros (1960)

Radio	Les Misérables (1937) The Shadow (1937–38) The Mercury Theatre on the Air (including "The War of the Worlds") (1938) The Campbell Playhouse (1938–40) Orson Welles Show (1941–42) Ceiling Unlimited (1942–43) Hello Americans (1942–43) The Orson Welles Almanac (1944) This Is My Best (1945) Orson Welles Commentaries (1945–46) The Mercury Summer Theatre on the Air (1946) The Adventures of Harry Lime (1951–52) The Black Museum (1951–52)

Books	This is Orson Welles (co-written with Peter Bogdanovich; 1992, rev.1998) Les Bravades (1996)

Related	Mercury Theatre

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