as Miss Ronberry William John Davies as Idwal Morris Dorothy Langley as Sarah Pugh Albert Biddiscombe as Groom Frederick Lloyd as Squire Betty Jardine as Bessie Watty Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Watty Sybil Thorndike as Miss Moffat Kenneth Evans as Robbart Robbatch Wynford Morse as Glyn Thomas Jack Glyn as Will Hughes Glan Williams as John Owen Emlyn Williams as Morgan Evans Frank Dunlop as Old Tom Broadway production Produced and directed by Herman Shumlin, the Broadway production of The Corn Is Green opened November 26, 1940 at the National Theatre. The setting was designed by Howard Bay; costumes were designed by Ernest Schrapps. The production transferred to the Royale Theatre on September 9, 1941, and closed January 17, 1942, after a total of 477 performances. Cast Rhys Williams as John Goronwy Jones Mildred Dunnock Miss Ronberry Charles S. Pursell as Idwal Morris Gwyneth Hughes as Sarah Pugh George Bleasdale as Groom Edmund Breon as Squire Rosalind Ivan as Mrs. Watty Thelma Schnee as Bessie Watty Ethel Barrymore as Miss Moffat Thomas Lyons as Robbart Robbatch Richard Waring as Morgan Evans Kenneth Clarke as Glyn Thomas Merritt O'Duel as John Owen Terence Morgan as Will Hughes Sayre Crawley as Old Tom Boys, girls and parents were played by Julia Knox, Amelia Romano, Betty Conibear, Rosalind Carter, Harda Normann, Joseph McInerney, Marcel Dill, Gwilym Williams and Tommy Dix. Broadway production (return engagement) Barrymore and Waring reprised their roles in a return engagement—again produced and directed by Herman Shumlin—that ran May 3 – June 19, 1943 at the Martin Beck Theatre. Cast Ethel Barrymore as Miss Moffat Kenneth Clarke as Idwal Morris Peter Harris as John Owen Gwyneth Hughes as Sarah Pugh Bert Kalmar as Will Hughes Eva Leonard-Boyne as Mrs. Watty Esther Mitchell as Miss Ronberry Patrick O'Connor as Robbart Robbatch Gene Ross as Glyn Thomas Lewis L. Russell as The Squire Richard Waring as Morgan Evans Tom E. Williams as John Goronwy Jones J.P. Wilson as Old Tom Perry Wilson as Bessie Watty George Bleasdale A Groom Reception Revivals Olney Theater in Maryland presented The Corn Is Green in 1949, and it was in this production that Disney and Hawaii-Five-O star James MacArthur (adopted son of Actor Helen Hayes) first appeared on stage. It was James' sister Mary who got young James his part, pleading with their parents for James to accompany her to Maryland for the summer. See Wikipedia