PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 23, 1955
Closing Date
Apr 23, 1955
Performances
69
PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
ANTA Playhouse
(Feb 23, 1955 - Apr 23, 1955)
Setting
A country house in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the Hungarian revolution in 1848-9.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The American National Theatre and Academy; ANTA Theatre Managing Director: Louis A. Lotito
Produced by Katharine Cornell and Roger L. Stevens; Produced by arrangement with H.M. Tennent, Ltd.
Written by Christopher Fry
Directed by Guthrie McClintic
Scenic Design by Oliver Messel; Costume Design by Oliver Messel; Assistant to Mr. Messel: Robert O'Hearn and Carl Toms; Hair Design by Barris
Business Manager: Gertrude Macy; Company Manager: Richard Horner
Production Stage Manager: Keene Curtis; Stage Manager: Ross Hertz
Press Representative: William Fields and Walter Alford; Press Assistant: Betty Burkhalter
Katharine Cornell
Countess Rosmarin Ostenburg
Tyrone Power
Richard Gettner
An Austrian in the Hungarian rebel army
Arnold Moss
Colonel Janik
A Hungarian rebel officer
John Williams
Belmann
Member of the Countess' Salon
Dario Barri
Fourth Soldier
Eva Condon
Bella
A Housekeeper
Jerome Gardino
Third Soldier
Ted Gunther
Beppy
A Hungarian corporal
Donald Harron
Jakob
Member of the Countess' Salon
Charles Macaulay
Willi
A Houseboy
Christopher Plummer
Count Peter Zichy
A Hungarian in the Austrian government
William Podmore
Kassel
A Doctor
Sydney Pollack
Rusti
A Hungarian corporal
Paul Roebling
Stefan
Son of the Countess
Marian Winters
Gelda
Daughter of the Countess

ANTA Playhouse (Feb 23, 1955 - Apr 23, 1955)

Cast

Tom Helmore
Belmann
Member of the Countess' Salon
Donald Harron
Stefan
Son of the Countess
Ross Hertz
Willi
A Houseboy
Charles Macaulay
Jakob
Member of the Countess' Salon

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1955 Recipient
Christopher Plummer
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