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Opening Date
May 08, 1961
Closing Date
May 27, 1961
Performances
27
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Hudson Theatre
(May 08, 1961 - May 27, 1961)
This production is a return engagement of Becket (Oct 05, 1960 - Mar 25, 1961)
Setting
The time is between 1155 and 1170 A.D.
Produced by David Merrick
Written by Jean Anouilh; Translated by Lucienne Hill; Incidental music by Laurence Rosenthal
Staged by Peter Glenville
Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal; Costume Design by Motley
General Manager: Jack Schlissel; Company Manager: Oliver W. Nicoll
Production Supervisor: Neil Hartley; Production Stage Manager: Lucia Victor; Stage Manager: Frank Dudley; Assistant Stage Mgr: Val Wrenne
Assistant to Oliver Smith: Jack Brown; Production Assistant to Miss Rosenthal: Marian Kinsella
Casting Director: Michael Shurtleff; Press Representative: James D. Proctor; Press Assistant: Judith S. Davidson
Arthur Kennedy
Thomas Becket
Laurence Olivier
Henry II
Duke of Normandy and King of England
Marie Powers
The Queen Mother
Hilary Beckett
His Daughter
Mel Berger
Third English Baron
 
First Monk from Hastings
Marshall Breeden
Second Servant
Nat Burns
A Saxon Peasant
 
The Pope
Nicolas Coster
A Soldier
 
The Duke of Arundel
Brian Crowe
A Young Monk
Kit Culkin
Henry's Younger Son
 
A Young Footsoldier
Robert Duke
Henry's Page
Robert Eckles
Louis
King of France
James Frawley
Second Monk from Hastings
 
Second English Baron
Margaret Hall
The Queen
Wife to Henry
Ferdi Hoffman
Fourth English Baron
Will Hussung
The Bishop of Oxford
 
William of Corbeil
 
First French Baron
Edith Lebok
A French Girl
Tom Leith
His Son
 
A Monk
Secretary to Becket
Joanna Merlin
Gwendolen
Earl Montgomery
Gilbert Folliot
Bishop of London
Al Rand
A Servant
Dennis Rosa
Henry's Elder Son
Dino Terranova
A French Priest
 
Cardinal Zambelli
Victor Thorley
The Bishop of York
 
The Provost Marshall
Sydney Walker
The Archbishop of Canterbury
 
Second French Baron
 
A Priest
Ronald Weyand
Second English Baron
Louis Zorich
First English Baron
 
An Old Footsoldier
Standby: Nicolas Coster (Henry II) and Robert Duke (Thomas Becket)
Understudy: Rose Ostro (Gwendolen)
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