Coastwise is a play in 3 Acts by Don Mullally and H. A. Archibald.[1] The work premiered on Broadway at the Provincetown Playhouse on November 30, 1931 where it ran for a total of 37 performances.[2] The play is set in a cabin in Northwestern Canada. The original production starred Shirley Booth as Annie Duvall, Richard Stevenson as Alan Farquhar, Lucia Moore as Mrs. Farquhar, Thomas McQuillan as Marty, Priscilla Knowles as Minnie, Charles Gibney as Alec MacDonald, Alexander Campbell as Roberts, and Gordon Hamilton as Nelson.[3]

References

  1. ^ Brooks Atkinson (December 1, 1931). "The Play: Honor in the Big Woods". The New York Times. p. 23.
  2. ^ Burns Mantle, Garrison P. Sherwood, ed. (1932). "Coastwise". The Best Plays and the Year Book of the Drama in America, 1931. Dodd, Mead & Co. p. 441.
  3. ^ David C. Tucker (2008). Shirley Booth: A Biography and Career Record. McFarland & Company. p. 143. ISBN 9780786436002.

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