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

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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