PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 07, 1957
Closing Date
Jan 11, 1958
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Performances
388
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Booth Theatre
(Feb 07, 1957 - Jan 11, 1958)
Description
A comedy in three acts and four scenes
Setting
The house of Roger Spelding outside Manassas, Virginia. The time is next next summer.
Theatre Operated by Affiliated Theatre Building Co., Inc.; Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization
Produced by George Axelrod and Clinton Wilder
Written by Gore Vidal
Directed by Cyril Ritchard
Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Lighting Design by Feder; Sound Design by Masque Sound Engineering Company; Assistant to Oliver Smith: Robert O'Hearn
General Manager: Sylvia Herscher; Business Manager: Michael Goldreyer
Production Stage Manager: Pat Chandler; Stage Manager: Pat Fowler
The Emotional and Rather Alarming Vibrations Electronically Created by Louis Barron and Bebe Barron
Costume Supervisor: Patricia Zipprodt; Press Representative: William Fields and Walter Alford
Cyril Ritchard
Kreton
Eddie Mayehoff
General Tom Powers
Feb 07, 1957 - Jun 29, 1957
Francis Bethencourt
A Friend
Sibyl Bowan
Reba Spelding
Philip Coolidge
Roger Spelding
Bob Gothie
Aide
Martyn Green
Kreton
Alternate
John Hallow
Sound Man
Conrad Janis
Conrad Mayberry
Feb 07, 1957 - Jan 04, 1958
Sarah Marshall
Ellen Spelding
Feb 07, 1957 - Sep 14, 1957
Earl Montgomery
Cameraman
Grenadier Saadi
Rosemary
Understudies: Pat Fowler (Ellen Spelding, Reba Spelding), Genevieve Frizzell (Reba Spelding), Bob Gothie (Conrad Mayberry), John Hallow (A Friend, Aide) and Earl Montgomery (Roger Spelding, General Tom Powers)

Booth Theatre (Feb 07, 1957 - Jan 11, 1958)

Cast

Martyn Green
Kreton
John Alexander
General Tom Powers
Jan 06, 1958 - Jan 11, 1958
Edward Andrews
General Tom Powers
Jul 01, 1957 - Jan 04, 1958
Rory Harrity
Conrad Mayberry
Jan 06, 1958 - Jan 11, 1958
Diana van der Vlis
Ellen Spelding
Sep 16, 1957 - Jan 11, 1958

Tony Award®

 

Best Actor in Play

1957 Nominee
Cyril Ritchard
 

Best Featured Actor in a Play

1957 Nominee
Eddie Mayehoff
 

Best Scenic Design

1957 Nominee
Scenic Design by Oliver Smith
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