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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead   

 
Alvin Theatre , (10/16/1967 - 1/06/1968)
Eugene O'Neill Theatre , (1/08/1968 - 10/19/1968)
First Preview:Oct 09, 1967 Total Previews:8
Opening Date:Oct 16, 1967   
Closing Date:Oct 19, 1968 Total Performances:420

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Within and around the action of Shakespeare's Hamlet.


Production Staff
Produced by David Merrick Arts Foundation; Produced by arrangement with The Royal National Theatre (Laurence Olivier, Director); Associate Producer: Samuel Liff
Written by Tom Stoppard; Incidental music by Marc Wilkinson
Directed by Derek Goldby; Associate Director: Claude Chagrin
Scenic Design by Desmond Heeley; Costume Design by Desmond Heeley; Lighting Design by Richard Pilbrow; Tragedians Masks by Randy Echols; Production Sound: Bob Maybaum; Production Assistant to Mr. Heeley: Andre St. John
General Manager: Jack Schlissel; Company Manager: Richard Osorio
Production Stage Manager: Mitchell Erickson; Stage Manager: Andre St. John; Assistant Stage Mgr: John Handy
Musician: Bruce Levine, Bernard Karl, Jack Knitzer and Don Arol; Musical Supervisor: Robert Mandell
Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson, Lee Solters and Robert Larkin; Advertising: Fred Golden; Casting: Michael Shurtleff; Assistant to Mr. Merrick: Helen Nickerson; Production Associate: Sylvia Schwartz, Lynn Middleton and Linda Patton
Cast
Paul Hecht The Player
Brian Murray Rosencrantz
John Wood Guildenstern
Alexander Courtney Soldier
Noel Craig Hamlet
B.J. DeSimone A Spy
Tragedian
Ralph Drischell Polonius
Roger Hamilton Claudius
Michael Holmes Horatio
Carl Jacobs Ambassador
Roger Kemp The King
Tragedian, aka "The Player King"
Dino Laudicina The Poisoner
Tragedian
Roy Lozano A Spy
Tragedian
Patricia McAneny Ophelia
Anne Meacham Gertrude
Douglas Norwick Alfred
Tragedian
Walter Beery Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
Stephen Bernstein Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
Gaetano Bongiovanni Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
Margaret Braidwood Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
Esther Buffler Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
Elizabeth Eis Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
Elizabeth Franz Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
William Grannell Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
John Handy Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
Mary Hara Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
Edward Marshall Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
Ted Pezzulo Courtier, Ambassador, Soldier, Attendant
Standbys: William Countryman (The Player, The Player), Jonathan Reynolds (Rosencrantz) and Garnett Smith (Guildenstern, Guildenstern)
1968 Tony Award® Best Play
winnerWritten by Tom Stoppard; Produced by David Merrick Arts Foundation [winner]
1968 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
 Paul Hecht [nominee]
 Brian Murray [nominee]
 John Wood [nominee]
1968 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design
winnerDesmond Heeley [winner]
1968 Tony Award® Best Costume Design
winnerDesmond Heeley [winner]
1968 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Play
 Derek Goldby [nominee]
1968 Tony Award® Best Producer of a Play
winnerDavid Merrick Arts Foundation [winner]