Stage: Appeared (as "Oliver Brown"; Broadway debut) in "Battle Hymn" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Michael Blankfort and Michael Gold. Directed by Vincent Sherman. Experimental Theatre: 22 May 1936-25 Jul 1936 (72 performances). Cast: Katherine Arden, Mony Ash, Donald Barrie (as "Rev. Romney / Ensemble in Prologues and Epilogue"), Harry Bonnick, William Burbridge, Grover Burgess (as "John Brown"), Horace Casselberry, Margery Christian, Michael Cisney, Hattie Cline, Rose Cooper, James J. Coyle, Ora Day, Agnes Delano, Ruth Forst, Agnes Gildea, Georgia Graham, R. Henry Handon, Anthony Heathe, Lee Hillery, Philip Hilton, Richard Huett, Leslie Hunt, Lada Ladova, Lucia Lull, Gita Lurie, Alan MacAteer, Lida MacMillan, Manny Manisoff, Ruth Marcusson, Grant Mitchell, Mary Morrison, David Palmer, Curtis Parker, Lewis Paul, Ann Peters, Brandt Peters, Robin Radin, Cortell Ramey, Hilda Reis, Amelia Romano, Herbert Rudley, Edward Segal, Arthur W. Shackett, Alfreda Sill, Arthur Spencer, Arthur Spenser, Gerald Stone, Laura Strassman, Charles P. Thompson, William Triest, Sidney Vereker, Helen Wainright, George Ward, Jeffrey Warnick, Florence Warren, Ringgold Watts, Peter White, George Whittington, Aldeah Wise, Philip Woodward, George Yessner. Produced by The Federal Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).