Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 9 January 1947 (Conductor: Maurice Abravanel) |
|---|---|---|
| The Maurrant family | ||
| Frank Maurrant, a violent, disagreeable brute | bass-baritone | Norman Cordon |
| Anna Maurrant, his warm wife | dramatic soprano | Polyna Stoska |
| Rose Maurrant, their teenage daughter | lyric soprano | Anne Jeffreys |
| Willie Maurrant, their mischievous little boy | child, non singing | Peter Griffith |
| The Jones family | ||
| Emma Jones, a gossipy neighbor | mezzo-soprano | Hope Emerson |
| George Jones, her alcoholic husband | baritone | David E. Thomas |
| Mae Jones, their promiscuous teenage daughter | mezzo-soprano | Sheila Bond |
| Vincent Jones, her brutish elder brother, a cab driver | speaking role | Robert Pierson |
| The Olsen family | ||
| Olga Olsen, a Swedish neighbor | contralto | Ellen Repp |
| Carl Olsen, her husband | bass | Wilson Smith |
| Visitors To The House | ||
| Dick McGann, a romantic interest of Mae Jones | baritone | Danny Daniels |
| Harry Easter, Rose Maurrant's sleazy boss | baritone | Don Saxon |
| Steve Sankey, a milkman, supposedly having an affair with Anna Maurrant | speaking role | Lauren Gilbert |
| Nursemaid #1, a young nursemaid | lyric alto | Peggy Turnley |
| Nursemaid #2, another young nursemaid | contralto | Ellen Carleen |
| Dr. John Wilson, the doctor for Daniel Buchanan's pregnant wife | speaking role | Edwin G. O'Connor |
| Officer Harry Murphy, a policeman | speaking role | Norman Thomson |
| James Henry, City Marshall | speaking role | Randolphe Symonette |
| Fred Cullen, his assistant | speaking role | Paul Lily |
| Ambulance Driver, an ambulance driver | speaking role | |
| The Kaplan family | ||
| Abraham Kaplan, a radically opinioned elderly Jewish man | baritone | Irving Kaufman |
| Sam Kaplan, his meek teenage grandson, in love with Rose Maurrant | tenor | Brian Sullivan |
| Shirley Kaplan, his elder sister, a school teacher | speaking role | Norma Chambers |
| The Fiorentino family | ||
| Greta Fiorentino, a German neighbor | coloratura soprano | Helen Arden |
| Lippo Fiorentino, her feisty Italian husband | tenor | Sydney Rainer |
| The Hildebrand family | ||
| Laura Hildebrand, a struggling single mother | speaking role | Elen Lane |
| Jennie Hildebrand, her teenage daughter | mezzo-soprano | Beverly Janis |
| Charlie Hildebrand, her little boy | child | Bennett Burrill |
| Mary Hildebrand, her little girl | child | Juliana Gallagher |
| Other Residents | ||
| Daniel Buchanan, a nervous neighbor | tenor | Remo Lota |
| Henry Davis, the janitor | baritone | Creighton Thompson |
| Grace Davis, his little girl | child | Helen Ferguson |
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