PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 26, 1947
Closing Date
Mar 13, 1948
Performances
126
PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Martin Beck Theatre
(Nov 26, 1947 - Mar 13, 1948)

Setting
Egypt, Italy, Syria, Greece.

Theatre Owned / Operated by Martin Beck Theatre Corporation
Produced by Katharine Cornell
Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by Paul Nordoff
Staged by Guthrie McClintic
Scenic Design by Leo Kerz; Women's costumes by Valentina; Men's costumes by John Boyt
General Manager: Gertrude Macy; Company Manager: William G. Tisdale
General Stage Manager: James Neilson; Stage Manager: Windsor Lewis; Assistant Stage Mgr: James Grudier
Press Representative: Lorella Val-Mery; Production Assistant: James Neilson
Octavius Caesar
triumvir
Cleopatra
Queen of Egypt
Lepidus
triumvir
Enobarbus
friend to Antony
Antony
triumvir
Charmian
attendant on Cleopatra
Ensemble
Varrius
friend to Pompey
Thyreus
a soldier of Caesar
Alexas
attendant on Cleopatra
 
Clown
Dolabella
a soldier of Caesar
Ensemble
Ventidius
a soldier to Antony
 
Old Soldier
Ensemble
Proculeius
a soldier of Caesar
Pompey
a pirate
Ensemble
Ensemble
Menas
friend to Pompey
 
Dercetas
a soldier of Antony
Octavia
sister to Caesar and wife to Antony
Canidius
lieutenant-general to Antony
Demetrius
a soldier of Antony
Silius
an officer in Ventidius' army
Agrippa
a soldier of Caesar
Ensemble
Scarus Dercetas
a soldier of Antony
Taurus
Ensemble
Euphronius
an ambassador from Antony to Caesar
Ensemble
Philo Canidius
a soldier of Antony
Iras
attendant on Cleopatra
Messenger
Diomedes
a soothsayer
Eros
a soldier to Antony
Mardian
a eunuch, attendant on Cleopatra

Martin Beck Theatre (Nov 26, 1947 - Mar 13, 1948)

Cast

Diomedes
a soothsayer
Messenger

Tony Award®

Best Actress in a Play

1948 Winner
Katharine Cornell

Theatre World

Award

1948 Recipient
Douglass Watson
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