Editing The Little Foxes (section)

==Production==

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Produced and directed by [[Herman Shumlin]], the original Broadway production of ''The Little Foxes'' opened February 15, 1939, at the [[Nederlander Theatre|National Theatre]]. It closed February 3, 1940, running for 410 performances before its two-season tour of the United States.<ref name=vault/><ref>{{cite news |date=February 3, 1940 |title=News of the Stage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/02/03/archives/news-of-the-stage-finnish-volunteers-in-native-costume-to-solicit.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2018-07-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The main poster and playbill design (yellow background with red and black lettering and the tagline "The Greatest Play of the Generation" over a circular photo of Bankhead in character) was closely referenced over eight decades later for the promotional materials for the satirical comedy ''[[Oh, Mary!]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/media/the-little-foxes/|title=The Little Foxes|first=William|last= Gantt|website=Encyclopedia of Alabama/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/andy-cohen-and-amy-sedaris-attend-the-oh-mary-off-broadway-news-photo/1996561135|title="Oh, Mary!" Off Broadway Opening Night: Andy Cohen and Amy Sedaris attend the "Oh, Mary!" Off Broadway Opening Night at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on February 08, 2024 in New York City|first=Michael |last= Loccisano|website=Getty Images/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cast===
* [[Tallulah Bankhead]] as Regina Hubbard Giddens<ref name="IBDb"/>
* [[Patricia Collinge]] as Birdie Hubbard<ref name="IBDb"/>
* [[Frank Conroy (actor)|Frank Conroy]] as Horace Giddens
* Lee Baker as William Marshall<ref name="IBDb"/>
* [[Charles Dingle]] as Benjamin Hubbard<ref name="IBDb"/>
* [[Dan Duryea]] as Leo Hubbard<ref name="IBDb"/>
* [[John Marriott (actor)|John Marriott]] as Cal<ref name="IBDb"/>
* [[Abbie Mitchell]] as Addie<ref name="IBDb"/>
* [[Carl Benton Reid]] as Oscar Hubbard<ref name="IBDb"/>
* Florence Williams as Alexandra Giddens<ref name="IBDb"/>

On October 30, 1939, [[Eugenia Rawls]] replaced Florence Williams in the role of Alexandra Giddens. Rawls had made her Broadway debut as one of the students in Lillian Hellman's 1934 play, ''[[The Children's Hour (play)|The Children's Hour]]'', which was also produced and directed by Herman Shumlin.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 2, 1939 |title=News of the Stage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1939/11/02/archives/news-of-the-stage-st-james-gets-summer-night-this-eveningnice-goin.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2018-06-30 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Rawls played Alexandra for the rest of the play's Broadway run and the national tour that followed.<ref name="IBDb">{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-little-foxes-12430 |title=The Little Foxes |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |access-date=2016-09-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 22, 1941 |title=Tallulah and Stage Daughter Look Alike |work=[[Amarillo Globe-News|The Amarillo Globe]] |page=11}}</ref>

The 104-city tour of ''The Little Foxes'' began February 5, 1940, in Washington, D.C., and ended April 15, 1941, in Philadelphia.<ref name="Carrier">{{cite book |last=Carrier |first=Jeffrey L. |date=1991 |title=Tallulah Bankhead: A Bio-bibliography |location=New York |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-3132-7452-7}}{{Rp|51}}</ref>

===Accolades===
[[Tallulah Bankhead]] won ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine's citation as best actress of the 1938–39 Broadway season.<ref name="Carrier"/>{{Rp|22}}