- (1936 - 1984) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1936) Stage Play: Horse Eats Hat. Book adapted by Edwin Denby [earliest Broadway credit] and Orson Welles. Based on "Un Chapeau de Paille D'Italie" by Eugene Labiche. Music by Paul Bowles [earliest Broadway credit]. Music arranged by Virgil Thomson. Musical Director: Virgil Thomson. Directed by Orson Welles. Maxine Elliott Theatre: 26 Sep 1936- Nov 1936 (closing date unknown/61 performances). Cast: Wallace Acton (as "Ensemble"), Tereon Alvarez (as "Ensemble"), May Angels (as "Ensemble"), George Armstrong (as "Ensemble"), Bill Baird (as "Ensemble"), George Barter (as "Berkowitz"), France Bendsten (as "Gustave"), Tod Brown (as "Ensemble"), Sarah Burton (as "The Countess"), Walter Burton (as "Butler"), Michael Callaghan (as "Ensemble"), Terry Carlson (as "Ensemble"), Steven Carter (as "First Footman"), Enrico Cellinl (as "Raguso"), Mildred Colt (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Cotten (as "Freddy"), Pell Dentler (as "Ensemble"), George Duthie (as "Entwhistle"), Georgia Empry (as "Ensemble"), Opal Essant (as "Ensemble"), Julia Fassett (as "Ensemble"), Arlene Francis (as "Tillie"), Warren Goddard (as "Ensemble"), Anna Gold (as "Ensemble"), Solomon Goldstein (as "Ensemble"), Craig Gordon (as "Ensemble"), Jane Hale (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Hartley (as "Ensemble"), Lawrence Hawley (as "Ensemble"), J. Headley (as "Second Footman"), Edwin Hemmer (as "Ensemble"), Jerry Hitchcock (as "Ensemble"), Rubert Hopkins (as "Ensemble"), Don Howard (as "Ensemble"), Jane Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Marie Jones (as "Ensemble"), Henriette Kaye (as "Daisy"), Frank Kelly (as "Ensemble"), Helene Korsun (as "Ensemble"), Mary Kukavski (as "Ensemble"), Henry Laird (as "Ensemble"), Paula Laurence (as "Agatha Entwhistle") [Broadway debut], Geraldine Law (as "Ensemble"), George Leach (as "Ensemble"), Walter LeRoy (as "Ensemble"), Bernard Lewis (as "Ensemble"), Donald MacMillan (as "Uncle Adolphe"), Margaret Maley (as "Ensemble"), Elizabeth Malone (as "Ensemble"), Harry McKee (as "Joseph"), Harry Merchant (as "Ensemble"), Lee Molnar (as "Ensemble"), Annie Morton, Edgerton Paul (as "Augustus"), Myron Paulson (as "Ensemble"), James Perry (as "Ensemble"), Hattie Rappaport (as "Ensemble"), Helena Rapport (as "Ensemble"), Lucy Rodriguez (as "Clotilda"), Henry Russelle (as "Ensemble"), Nina Salama (as "Ensemble"), Bernard Savage (as "Corporal"), Gloria Sheldon (as "Ensemble"), Hiram Sherman (as "Bobbin"), Harry Singer (as "Ensemble"), Jack Smith (as "Ensemble"), Sidney Smith (as "Grimshot"), George Smithfield (as "Ensemble"), Arabella St. James (as "Ensemble"), Dana Stevens (as "Queeper"), June Thorne (as "Ensemble"), Charles Uday (as "Ensemble"), Orson Welles (as "Mugglethorp"), Virginia Welles (as "Myrtle Mugglethorp") [final Broadway role], Arthur Wood (as "Ensemble"), Ellen Worth (as "Ensemble"), Victor Wright (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Classic Theatre Branch of the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA. Managing Producer: John Houseman. Assistant Producer: Ted Thomas.
- (1939) Stage Play: My Heart's in the Highlands.
- (1940) Stage Play: Love's Old Sweet Song. Comedy.
- (1940) Stage Play: Twelfth Night [or What You Will]. Comedy (revival). Written by William Shakespeare. Incidental music by Paul Bowles. Directed by Margaret Webster. St. James Theatre: 19 Nov 1940- 8 Mar 1941 (129 performances). Cast: Maurice Evans (as "Malvolio, Olivia's steward"), Helen Hayes (as "Viola"), Donald Burr (as "Feste, a jester in Olivia's household"), Mark Smith (as "Sir Toby Belch, Olivia's kinsman"), Sophie Stewart (as "Olivia, a countess"), June Walker (as "Maria, Olivia's waiting woman"), Wallace Acton (as "Sir Andrew Aguecheek, companion of Sir Toby"), Wesley Addy (as "Orsino, Duke of Illyria"), June Brehm (as "Lady in Olivia's house"), Donald Buka (as "Ensemble") [Broadway debut], Osbert Chevers (as "Page to the Duke"), Alex Courtnay (as "Sebastian, Viola's twin brother"), Larry Gates (as "Ensemble"), William Hansen (as "Priest"), Phillip Huston (as "Valentine, attendant of Orsino"), Ellis Irving (as "Antonio, a sea captain") [final Broadway role], Raymond Johnson (as "Fabian, inhabitant of Illyria"), George Keane (as "Curio, attendant of Orsino"), Max Leavitt (as "Ensemble"), Irving Morrow (as "Officer"), Jacqueline Paige (as "Ensemble"), Anthony Ross (as "Sea Captain/Soldier). Replacement cast: Lauren Gilbert (as "Orsino, Duke of Illyria"), Guy Spaull (as "Sea Captain/Soldier"). Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors) and Gilbert Miller. Note: This is considered by many to be the definitive Broadway production of this play.
- (1941) Stage Play: Liberty Jones. Musical. Music by Paul Bowles. Book by Philip Barry. Lyrics by Paul Bowles. Choreographed by Lew Christensen. Scenic Design and Costume Design by 'Raoul Pène Du Bois'. Directed by John Houseman. Shubert Theatre: 5 Feb 1941- 22 Feb 1941 (22 performances). Cast: Joseph Anthony (as "One of the Seven Friends"), John Beal (as "Commander Tom Smith"), Barbara Brown (as "One of the Eleven Friends"), Eva Burton (as "Singer [The Five]/One of the Eleven Friends"), Alyce Carter (as "Singer [The Five]/One of the Eleven Friends"), William Castle (as "Singer [The Five]/One of the Seven Friends"), Lew Christensen (as "One of the Seven Friends/Dancer [The Two]"), Nancy Coleman (as "Liberty Jones"), Crahan Denton (as "Reporter [The Two]"), Constance Dowling (as "One of the Eleven Friends"), Tom Ewell (as "Dick Brown"), Bedelia Falls (as "One of the Eleven Friends"), Allan Frank (as "Doctor, Committee Member, Policeman [The Four]"), Howard Freeman (as "Harry Robinson"), Vincent Gardner (as "One of the Seven Friends"), Ruth Gibbs (as "Singer [The Five]/One of the Eleven Friends"), Don Glenn (as "Reporter [The Two]"), Honora Harwood (as "One of the Eleven Friends"), Martha Hodge (as "Liberty's Aunt"), Roy Johnston (as "Singer [The Five]/One of the Seven Friends"), Helen Kramer (as "One of the Eleven Friends"), Norman Lloyd (as "Doctor, Committee Member, Policeman [The Four]"), William Lynn (as "Liberty's Uncle"), William Mende (as "Doctor, Committee Member, Policeman [The Four]"), Craig Mitchell (as "One of the Seven Friends"), Ellen Morgan (as "One of the Eleven Friends"), Murray O'Neill (as "Doctor, Committee Member, Policeman [The Four]"), Jack Parsons (as "One of the Seven Friends"), Louis Polan (as "A Shirt [The Three]"), Elise Reiman (as "One of the Eleven Friends/Dancer [The Two]"), Richard Sanders (as "A Shirt [The Three]"), Ivy Scott (as "Nurse Maggie"), Caryl Smith (as "One of the Eleven Friends"), Katherine Squire (as "Nurse Cotton"), Victor Thorley (as "A Shirt"). Produced by The Theatre Guild.
- (1941) Stage Play: Watch on the Rhine. Drama. Written by Lillian Hellman. Incidental music by Paul Bowles. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Helene Pons. Assistant to Jo Mielziner: George Jenkins. Directed by Herman Shumlin. Martin Beck Theatre: 1 Apr 1941- 21 Feb 1942 (378 performances). Cast: Ann Blyth (as "Babette Muller, daughter of Kurt and Sara"), Mady Christians (as "Sara Muller, Fanny's daughter"), George Coulouris (as "Teck de Brancovis, Marthe's husband, the count"), Peter Fernandez (as "Joshua Muller, elder son of Kurt and Sara"), Eda Heinemann (as "Anise, the housekeeper"), John Lodge (as "David Farrelly, Fanny's son"), Paul Lukas (as "Kurt Muller, Sara's husband"), Eric Roberts, Helen Trenholme (as "Marthe de Brancovis, a countess"), Lucile Watson (as "Fanny Farrelly"), Frank Wilson. Produced by Herman Shulin. Note: Filmed as Watch on the Rhine (1943).
- (1943) Stage Play: South Pacific. Drama. Written by Howard Rigsby and Dorothy Heyward. Incidental music by Paul Bowles. Directed by Lee Strasberg. Cort Theatre: 29 Dec 1943- 1 Jan 1944 (5 performances). Cast: Canada Lee (as "Sam Johnson"), Ruby Dee (as "Native") [Broadway debut], Kaie Deei (as "Japanese Voice"), George Fisher (as "Native"), Emanuel Gillard (as "Native Child"), Clyde Goines (as "Native Child"), Gordon Heath (as "Native"), Danny Johnson (as "Liliboi"), Wini Johnson (as "Ruth"), Wendell K. Phillips (as "Captain Dunlap"), James Reason (as "Native Child"), Gloria Robinson (as "Native Child"), Ledia Rosa (as "Native Child"), Louis Sharp (as "Dr. John"), Rudolph Whitaker (as "Daniel"), Frank Wilson (as "The Luluai"). Produced by David Lowe.
- (1944) Stage Play: Jacobowsky and the Colonel. Comedy. Written by S.N. Behrman. Based on an original play by Franz Werfel. Incidental music by Paul Bowles. Assistant Stage Mgr: Bettina Cerf. General Stage Manager: Coby Ruskin. Directed by Elia Kazan. Martin Beck Theatre: 14 Mar 1944- 10 Mar 1945 (417 performances). Cast: Annabella (as "Marianne") [Broadway debut], Louis Calhern (as "Colonel Tadeusz Boleslav Stjerbinsky"), Oskar Karlweis (as "S.L. Jacobowsky"), Harold Vermilyea (as "Gestapo Official"), J. Edward Bromberg (as "Szabuniewicz"), Donald Cameron (as "Monsieur Serouille/Senator Brisson"), Philip Collier (as "Air Raid Warden"), Philip Coolidge (as "The Dice Player"), Harry Davis (as "Soloman/Papa Clarion"), Louise Dowdney (as "A Young Girl"), Joseph Kallini (as "Street Singer"), Peter Kass (as "Szycke"), Edward Kreisler (as "Sergeant De Ville/Second French Soldier"), Don Lee (as "Wilhelm/First German Soldier"), Jules Leni (as "Child"), Jane Marbury (as "Old Lady from Arras"), E.G. Marshall (as "Brigadier"), Kitty Mattern (as "Cosette"), Bob Merritt (as "Max/Second German Soldier"), Frank Overton (as "First Lieutenant"), Coby Ruskin (as "A Chauffeur"), William Sanders (as "The Commissaire"), Burton Tripp (as "Gendarme/First French Soldier"), Hilda Vaughn (as "Madame Bouffier"), Harrison Winter (as "Sleeping Shopkeeper"), Barry O'Moore (as "The Tragic Gentleman"). Replacement actors: Donald Arbury (as "Monsieur Serouille/Senator Brisson"), Oliver Cliff (as "The Dice Player"), Loney Lewis (as "Szabuniewicz"), Herbert Ratner (as "Air Raid Warden/Max/Second German Soldier"), Gwilym Williams (as "Street Singer"). Produced by The Theatre Guild (Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner: Administrative Directors). Produced in association with Jack H. Skirball. Note: Filmed as Me and the Colonel (1958).
- (1945) Stage Play: The Glass Menagerie. Drama.
- (1946) Stage Play: On Whitman Avenue. Drama. Written by Maxine Wood. Lullaby composed by Paul Bowles. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by Margo Jones. Cort Theatre: 8 May 1946- 14 Sep 1946 (150 performances). Cast: Joanna Albus (as "Edna Reed"), Vivian Baber (as "Wini Bennett"), Ernestine Barrier(as "Kate Tilden"), Philip Clarke (as "Jeff Hall"), Jean Cleveland (as "Ellen Lund"), Will Geer (as "Ed Tilden"), Canada Lee (as "David Bennett"), Betty Greene (as "Little Belle Hall"), Martin Miller (as "Johnnie Tilden"), Abbey Mitchell (as "Cora Bennett"), Stephen Roberts (as "Wilbur Reed"), Robert F. Simon [credited as Robert Simon] (as "Walter Lund"), Augustus Smith (as "Gramp Bennett"), Kenneth Terry (as "Bernie Lund"), Hilda Vaughn (as "Aurie Anderson"), Richard Williams (as "Owen Bennett"), Perry Wilson (as "Toni Tilden"). Produced by Canada Lee and Mark Marvin. Produced in association with George McLain.
- (1946) Stage Play: The Dancer. Melodrama (revival).
- (1946) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand.
- (1946) Stage Play: No Exit. Drama. Written by Jean-Paul Sartre. Book adapted by Paul Bowles. Directed by John Huston. Biltmore Theatre: 26 Nov 1946- 21 Dec 1946 (31 performances). Cast: Annabella (as "Inez"), Claude Dauphin (as "Cradeau"), Ruth Ford (as "Estelle"), Peter Kass (as "Bellboy"). Produced by Herman Levin and Oliver Smith.
- (1946) Stage Play: Land's End. Drama. Written by Thomas Job. Based on the novel by Mary Ellen Chase. Music by Paul Bowles. Directed by Robert Lewis. Playhouse Theatre: 11 Dec 1946- 14 Dec 1946 (5 performances). Cast: Mabel Acker, Frieda Altman (as "Miss Penrose"), Xenia Bank, Jay Barney, Shirley Booth (as "Susan Pengilly"), Sydney Boyd, Clement Brace, Ross Chetwynd, Horace Cooper, Walter Coy, Helen Craig (as "Ellen Pascoe"), Diane de Brett, Minnie Dupree (as "Grandmother Tregonny"), Michael Feigay, Joseph Foley, Merle Maddern (as "Mrs. Tregonny"), Theodore Newton, Amelia Romano, Fred Stewart (as "Mr. Trevetha"). Produced by Paul Feigay. Produced in association with George Somnes.
- (1953) Stage Play: Cyrano de Bergerac. Comedy (revival). Written by Edmond Rostand. Book adapted by Brian Hooker. Costume Design by Emeline Roche. Incidental music by Paul Bowles. Scenic Design by Richard Whorf. Assistant Director: Jess Kimmel. Directed by José Ferrer. City Center: 11 Nov 1953- 22 Nov 1953 (15 performances). Cast: Carl Albertson, Toby Allen, Carmen Alvarez, Jacques Aubuchon, Leopold Badia, Betty Bartley, Linda Berlin, Peter Brandon, Peter Buchan, Bill Butler, Sandy Campbell, Stanley Carlson, Dean Cetrulo, Ann Chisholm, Ralph Clanton, Tamar Cooper, Richard Cowdery (as "A Lackey"), Garry Cowen, Arlene Dahl (as "Roxane, Cyrano's cousin"), Lee Danna, Jarmila Daubek, Vincent Donahue, Muriel Dooley, José Ferrer (as "Cyrano de Bergerac, a Gascon"), Jack Fletcher, John Glennon, Peter Harris, Phillip Huston (as "Le Bret"), Jill Kraft, Robert Lansing (as "Cadet of Gascoyne"), Paula Laurence, Lily Lodge, Roberta MacDonald, Benedict MacQuarrie (as "A Porter, Another Poet"), Lori March, Marijane Maricle, Jill McAnney, Gordon Nelson, Louise de la Parra, Philip Prindle, Viola Roache (as "Mother Marguerite"), Eva Rubinstein, Robinson Stone, Charles Summers, Tom Tryon (as "Another Lackey"), Honey Waldman, Arthur Walsh, Douglas Watson, Albert Whitley, Wallace Widdecombe, G. Wood. Produced by New York City Theatre Company. Note: Excerpts from this stage production, including some of Bowles' music, were recorded on a single LP in the 1950's.
- (1930's- 60's). Musical works: "Picnic Cantata"; "Music for a Farce"; "Scenes d'Anabase"; "Suite for Small Orchestra"; "Preludes for Piano"; "Blue Mountain Ballads"; the ballets "Yankee Clipper"; "Pastorales"; and "Sentimental Colloquy"; and the operas "The Wind Remains" and "Denmark Vesey".
- (1949) Novel: "The Sheltering Sky." 304 pages. Originally published by John Lehmann, London. (filmed as The Sheltering Sky (1990))
- (1966) Novel: "Up Above the World."
- (2010 - 2011) He translated Jean Paul Sartre's play, "No Exit," in an American Contemporary Theatre production in San Francisco, California. Kim Collier was director.
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