Remains to Be Seen
Written byHoward Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Date premieredOctober 3, 1951 (1951-10-03)
Place premieredMorosco Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreComedy

Remains to Be Seen is a play written by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Producer Leland Hayward opened it on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre on October 3, 1951. Bretaigne Windust directed the production, which ran for 199 performances.[1][2]

The play is a comedy about the investigation of the murder of an anti-pornography crusader. Following his death, various characters gather at his Park Avenue apartment, including his niece Jody, his attorney, his butler, the apartment building's young janitor, and a doctor. In the process, the attorney falls in love with Jody, but she chooses to leave with the janitor instead.

Cast and characters

The characters and opening night cast from the Broadway production are given below:[3]

Opening night cast
Character Broadway cast
Jody Revere Janis Paige
Waldo Walton Jackie Cooper
Benjamin Goodman Howard Lindsay
Hideo Hayakawa Harry Shaw Lowe
Valeska Chauvel Madeleine Morka
Dr. Charles Gresham Warner Anderson
Mrs. Bright Edith Bell
Patrolman Johnson John Bouie
Detective Watson Jonathan Brewster
Lieutenant Casey Kirk Brown, Jr.
Tony Minetti Frank Campanella
Al (the Porter) Ossie Davis
Detective Weiner Lew Herbert
Dr. Chester Delapp Ross Hertz
Fred Fleming Joseph Latham
Morris Rosenberg Paul Lipson
Detective Davis Alexander Lockwood
Edward Miller Karl Lukas
Robert Clark Hugh Rennie

Adaptations

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adapted the play as a film of the same name in 1953, directed by Don Weis. June Allyson starred as Jody.

References

  1. ↑ Hischak, Thomas S. (2009). Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007. McFarland. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-7864-5309-2.
  2. ↑ Bordman, Gerald (1995). American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930–1969. Oxford University Press. pp. 300–301. ISBN 978-0-19-509079-6.
  3. ↑ "Remains to Be Seen". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
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