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The Entertainer   

 
Royale Theatre , (2/12/1958 - 5/10/1958)
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Opening Date:Feb 12, 1958   
Closing Date:May 10, 1958 Total Performances:97

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Description: A drama in three acts and fifteen scenes
Setting: A seaside resort in the north of England during the Suez Crisis, fall of 1956.


Production Staff [See More]
Produced by David Merrick; Produced by arrangement with The English Stage Company and L. O. P. Ltd.
Written by John Osborne; Incidental music by John Addison; Musical Director: Gershon Kingsley; Laurence Olivier's numbers arranged by Honor Blair
Directed by Tony Richardson
Scenic Design by Alan Tagg; Costume Design by Clare Jeffrey; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser
General Manager: Jack Schlissel; Company Manager: Vince McKnight
Production Stage Manager: Neil Hartley; Stage Manager: Ben Janney, Don Wilson and Roland Bull
General Press Representative: Harvey Sabinson; Press Representative: Sol Jacobson and Lewis Harmon; Advertising: Fred Golden and Blaine-Thompson
Cast
Laurence Olivier Archie Rice
Brenda De Banzie Phoebe Rice
Archie's second wife
Joan Plowright Jean Rice
Archie's daughter by first marriage
George Relph Billy Rice
Archie's father
Jeri Archer Britannia
Peter Donat Graham
Jean's financé
Richard Pasco Frank Rice
Archie & Phoebe's son
Guy Spaull William Rice
Arcie's older brother
Standby: Alfred Ryder (Archie Rice)
Understudies: Roland Bull (Graham), MacGregor Gibb (William Rice), Hazel Jones (Phoebe Rice) and Carol Teitel (Jean Rice)
1958 Tony Award® Best Actor in Play
 Performer: Laurence Olivier [nominee]
1958 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
 George Relph [nominee]
1958 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Play
 Brenda De Banzie [nominee]