PlayDrama HistoryOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 08, 1948
Closing Date
Oct 08, 1949
Performances
288
PlayDrama HistoryOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Shubert Theatre
(Dec 08, 1948 - Oct 08, 1949)

Setting
England. Between the years 1526 and 1536.

Comments
Anne of the Thousand Days was on hiatus from 6/26/1949 through 8/21/1949. When the production re-opened on August 22, 1949, the character of "Madge Shelton" was cut from the show.

Written by Maxwell Anderson; Incidental music by Lehman Engel
Staged by H. C. Potter
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Motley; Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey; Miss Redman's Hairstyle by Eugene Orosz; Make-Up Design by Maurice Siederman; Miss Redman's Make-up designed by William H. Zauder
Business Manager: Victor Samrock
Production Stage Manager: Walter Wagner; Stage Manager: Scott Jackson, Maury Tuckerman and Terence Anderson
Press Representative: William Fields and Walter Alford; Press Assistant: Arthur Cantor
Henry
Anne Boleyn
 
Royal Servant
Serving Woman
Servant
 
Prior Houghton
Singer
Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Musician
 
Royal Servant
Thomas Boleyn
Sir Thomas More
Madge Shelton
Dec 08, 1948 - Jun 25, 1949
Bishop Fisher
Elizabeth Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Dec 08, 1948 - Jun 25, 1949
Singer
Servant
Bailiff
 
Musician
 
Royal Servant
Mark Smeaton
Singer
Thomas Cromwell
Mary Boleyn
Messenger
Henry Norris
Cardinal Wolsey
Dec 08, 1948 - Jun 25, 1949
Musician
 
Royal Servant
Duke of Norfolk

Shubert Theatre (Dec 08, 1948 - Oct 08, 1949)

Cast

Royal Servant
Prior Houghton
Jane Seymour
Aug 22, 1949 - Oct 08, 1949
Servant
 
Royal Servant
Mary Boleyn
? - Jun 11, 1949
Mary Boleyn
Jun 13, 1949 - Oct 08, 1949
Cardinal Wolsey
Aug 22, 1949 - ?

Tony Award®

Best Actor (Dramatic)

1949 Winner
Rex Harrison

Best Scenic Design

1949 Winner
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner
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