THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH (1945-46, 1948)

A History of Mankind in Comic Strip

Written by: Thornton Wilder

Directed: Laurence Olivier

Locations: Phoenix Theatre, Piccadilly Theatre

Opened: Phoenix Theatre, London, May 15 (or 16), 1945;
               Piccadilly Theatre, London, September 11, 1946;
               Tour of Australia and New Zealand, November 1, 1948.

Phoenix Theatre Cast: Vivien Leigh (Sabina), Cecil Parker (Mr. Antrobus), Joan Young (Mrs. Antrobus), Terence Morgan (the Antrobus son), and Ena Burrill (the Antrobus daughter).

Piccadilly Theatre Cast: Vivien Leigh (Sabina), George Devine (Mr. Antrobus), Esther Somers (Mrs. Antrobus).

Tour of Australia and New Zealand Cast: Vivien Leigh (Sabina), Laurence Olivier (Mr. Antrobus), Eileen Beldon (Mrs. Antrobus), George Relph, Therence Morgan, Dan Cunningham, Hugh Stewart, James Bailey, Peggy Simpson, Georgina Jumel, Helen Beck, George Cooper, Olivier Hunter, Derrick Penley, Mercia Swinburne (the Fortune-teller), Peter Cushing, Bernard Merefield, Robert Beaumont, Thomas Heathcote, Meg Maxwell, Anne McGrath, John Barnard, Tony Gavin, Denis Lether, Michael Redington, and Jane Shirley.

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