 On Broadway, Katharine Hepburn (qv) played opposite  Joseph Cotten (I) (qv) (in the role played by Cary Grant (qv) in  the film), Van Heflin (qv) (the James Stewart (I) (qv) role) and  Shirley Booth (qv) (the Ruth Hussey (qv) role).  Anne Baxter (qv) played the younger sister. The play ran for 415  performances, making nearly $1 million at the box office. It then  went on tour for another 250 performances and an additional $750,000  in box