Stage Play: The Desk Set. Comedy. Written by
William Marchant [final Broadway credit]. Directed by
Joseph Fields. Broadhurst Theatre: 24 Oct 1955- 5 July 1956 (296 performances). Cast:
Dorothy Blackburn,
Shirley Booth (as "Bunny Watson"),
Frank Milan,
Clarice Blackburn,
Wayne Carson,
Harry Ellerbe,
Anne Marie Geyer,
Mary Gildea (as "The Lady in the Blue Suit"),
Louis Gossett Jr., Sterling Johnson,
Doris Roberts (as "Miss Rumple"), Frank Roberts,
Byron Sanders,
Mike Steen,
Joyce Van Patten (as "Elsa"),
Elizabeth Wilson. Produced by
Robert Fryer and
Lawrence Carr. Notes: (1) Filmed by 20th Century Fox as
Desk Set (1957). (2) There was also a tour of this show; an Oakland newspaper from 25 Nov 1956 shows her in this play at the Curran Theater, co-starring Frank Milan, Byron Sanders, and
Lee Patrick.
