PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 12, 1967
Closing Date
Dec 02, 1967
1st Preview
Jan 31, 1967
1st Preview
Jan 31, 1967
Previews
14
Performances
337
PlayOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

This production was composed of the following shows: White Lies, Black Comedy
Theatres
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Feb 12, 1967 - Dec 02, 1967)

White Lies

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: The Fortune Teller's Parlour of Sophie, Baroness Lemberg, on the promenade of a run-down seaside resort on the south coast of England. Mid-September around six o'clock in the evening.
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Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Alexander H. Cohen; Associate Producer: Sidney Lanier
Written by Peter Shaffer
Directed by John Dexter
Scenic Design by Alan Tagg; Costume Design by Alan Tagg; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher
General Manager: Roy A. Somlyo; Comptroller: Seymour Herscher; Business Manager: Jerry Arrow
Production Supervisor: Jerry Adler; Production Stage Manager: Randall Brooks; Stage Manager: Robert Borod; Assistant Stage Mgr: Michael Miller
Production Associate: Hildy Parks; General Press Representative: James D. Proctor; Press Representative: Max Gendel and Lawrence Belling; Advertising: Ingram Ash; Production Assistant: Jan Monkhouse and Gloria Banta; Casting: Linda Otto; Associate Press Representative: David Roggensack and Lila Glaser King
Michael Crawford
Tom
Donald Madden
Frank
Geraldine Page
Sophie: Baroness Lemberg
Standby: Alan Mixon (Frank) and Margaret Phillips (Sophie: Baroness Lemberg)
Understudy: John Horn (Tom)

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Feb 12, 1967 - Dec 02, 1967)

Cast

Jordan Christopher
Tom
Jun 26, 1967 - ?
Standby: Paula Laurence (Sophie: Baroness Lemberg)
Understudy: Leslie Redford (Frank)

Black Comedy

Category: Play, Farce, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Brindsley Miller's apartment in South Kensington, London. 9:30 on a Sunday night.
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Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Alexander H. Cohen; Associate Producer: Sidney Lanier
Written by Peter Shaffer
Directed by John Dexter
Scenic Design by Alan Tagg; Costume Design by Alan Tagg; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher
General Manager: Roy A. Somlyo; Comptroller: Seymour Herscher; Business Manager: Jerry Arrow
Production Supervisor: Jerry Adler; Production Stage Manager: Randall Brooks; Stage Manager: Robert Borod; Assistant Stage Mgr: Michael Miller
Production Associate: Hildy Parks; General Press Representative: James D. Proctor; Press Representative: Max Gendel and Lawrence Belling; Advertising: Ingram Ash; Production Assistant: Jan Monkhouse and Gloria Banta; Casting: Linda Otto; Associate Press Representative: David Roggensack and Lila Glaser King
Michael Crawford
Broadway debut
Brindsley Miller
Jan 31, 1967 - Jun 25, 1967
Donald Madden
Harold Gorringe
Geraldine Page
Clea
Lynn Redgrave
Broadway debut
Carol Melkett
Jan 31, 1967 - Apr 09, 1967
Camila Ashland
Miss Furnival
Peter Bull
Colonel Melkett
Pierre Epstein
Schuppanzigh
Michael Miller
Georg Bamberger
Standby: Alan Mixon (Harold Gorringe)
Understudies: John Horn (Brindsley Miller), Michael Miller (Colonel Melkett, Schuppanzigh) and Nancy Reardon (Carol Melkett, Clea, Miss Furnival)

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Feb 12, 1967 - Dec 02, 1967)

Cast

Jordan Christopher
Brindsley Miller
Jun 26, 1967 - ?
Martyn Green
Colonel Melkett
Jennifer Tilston
Carol Melkett
Apr 10, 1967 - ?
Understudy: Leslie Redford (Harold Gorringe)

Tony Award®

 

Best Play

1967 Nominee
Written by Peter Shaffer
Produced by Alexander H. Cohen
 

Best Actor in Play

1967 Nominee
Donald Madden
 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1967 Nominee
Camila Ashland
 

Best Scenic Design

1967 Nominee
Scenic Design by Alan Tagg
 

Best Direction of a Play

1967 Nominee
Directed by John Dexter

Theatre World

Award

1968 Recipient
Jordan Christopher
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