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A Man for All Seasons

ANTA Playhouse, (11/22/1961 - 6/1/1963)
Preview:Nov 21, 1961 Total Previews:1
Opening:Nov 22, 1961   
Closing:Jun 1, 1963 Total Performances:637


Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: England. 16th Century.

 Awards and nominations



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Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by ANTA (Robert Whitehead, Managing Director); ANTA Theatre Managing Director: Louis A. Lotito

Presented by ANTA (Robert Whitehead, Managing Director); Produced by Robert Whitehead and Roger L. Stevens; Produced by arrangement with H.M. Tennent, Ltd.

Written by Robert Bolt

Directed by Noel Willman

Scenic Design by Motley; Costume Design by Motley; Lighting Design by Paul Morrison

General Manager: Oscar Olesen

Production Stage Manager: Frederic de Wilde; Stage Manager: Howard Fischer; Assistant Stage Mgr: Lesley Hunt

Press Representative: Barry Hyams; Casting: Terry Fay; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner and Associates

Opening Night Cast

George Rose The Common Man  
Paul Scofield Sir Thomas More  
Albert Dekker The Duke of Norfolk   
Leo McKern Thomas Cromwell   
Keith Baxter King Henry VIII  
Olga Bellin Margaret More  
Peter Brandon William Roper  
Sarah Burton Catherine Anger  
John Colenback Attendant to Signor Chapuys  
Jack Creley Cardinal Wolsey  
Carol Goodner Alice More  
Lester Rawlins Thomas Cranmer
Archbishop of Canterbury 		 
William Redfield Richard Rich  
David J. Stewart Signor Chapuys
the Spanish Ambassador 		 

Understudies: Philip Bosco (Attendant to Signor Chapuys, King Henry VIII, The Duke of Norfolk), John Colenback (Richard Rich, William Roper), Howard Fischer (Cardinal Wolsey, The Common Man), Lesley Hunt (Catherine Anger, Margaret More), Len Wayland (Sir Thomas More, Thomas Cranmer).
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