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BROADWAY GOES HIGHBROW - New season brings a monumental O'Neill drama and amazing interest in reviving the classics. Opening on Broadway, Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, Lady Windermere's Fan, The Duchess of Malfi and Noel Coward's latest farce, Present Laughter. Performers in The Iceman Cometh include James Barton, Nicholas Joy, Frank Tweddell, Tom Pedi, Dudley Digges, Jeanne Cagney, Carl Benton Reid, and Paul Crabtree. Elizabeth Bergner plays the title role in "The Duchess of Malfi" and Canad Lee is the first Negro to play a white man on Broadway. Costume Drama flourishes in "Cyrano de Bergerac" starring Jose Ferrer as Cyrano and Frances Reid as Roxanne. As Lady Windermere, Penelope Ward and Clifton Webb sparkle in Oscar Wilde's period piece. ..... 1946 LIFE Magazine Article, A4958A.