Character Guide
The original cast for the 1953 Music Box Theatre production (in order of appearance):
- Ruth McDevitt - Helen Potts - Flo's neighbor
- Ralph Meeker - Hal Carter - Hired by Helen, an old college friend of Alan
- Kim Stanley - Millie Owens - Youngest daughter of Flo
- Morris Miller - Bomber - Neighborhood kid
- Janice Rule - Madge Owens - Oldest daughter of Flo
- Peggy Concklin - Flo Owens - Madge and Millie’s mother
- Eileen Heckart - Rosemary Sydney - Schoolteacher renting a room in Flo’s house
- Paul Newman - Alan Seymour - Madge’s boyfriend, an old college friend of Hal
- Reta Shaw - Irma Kronkite - Schoolteacher, a friend of Rosemary
- Elizabeth Wilson - Christine Schoenwalder - Schoolteacher, a friend of Rosemary
- Arthur O'Connell - Howard Bevans - Rosemary's boyfriend
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