PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 26, 1964
Closing Date
Nov 28, 1964
Performances
316
PlayOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
(Feb 26, 1964 - Nov 28, 1964)

Setting
1942-1943. Berlin and Rome.

Written by Rolf Hochhuth; Book adapted by Jerome Rothenberg
Directed by Herman Shumlin
Scenic Design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian; Costume Design by Edith Lutyens Bel Geddes; Lighting Design by John Harvey
Company Manager: Alex Baron
Stage Manager: Howard Whitfield; Assistant Stage Mgr: Paul Flores and Jerome H. Michael
Assistant to Mr. Ter-Arutunian: Peter Harvey
Press Representative: David Lipsky, Lawrence Witchel and Ted Goldsmith
Dedicated to the memory of Father Maximilian Kolbe (Internee No. 16670 at Auschwitz) and Provost Bernhard Lichtenberg (of St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin)
Father Riccardo Fontana, S.J.
Pope Pious XII
S.S. Lt. Kurt Gerstein
Cardinal
Father General
First Italian Militiaman
 
Guard
Brother Iranaeus
Second Italian Militiaman
 
Guard
Vittorio
Papal Nuncio in Berlin
Guard
Jacobson
A Prisoner
Little Girl
A Woman
Captain Salzer
Sergeant Witzel
Count Fontana
Officer of the Pope's Guard
 
The Scribe
Another Prisoner
Photographer
 
Officer of the Papal Guard
A Girl
Understudies: Victor Arnold (Jacobson, Brother Iranaeus), Richard Bengal (Monk, Vittorio, Another Prisoner, The Scribe), Ion Berger (Father Riccardo Fontana, S.J.), Roger Hamilton (Captain Salzer, Sergeant Witzel, Officer of the Papal Guard, Officer of the Pope's Guard), Jock Livingston (Cardinal), Gerald E. McGonagill (Doctor, S.S. Lt. Kurt Gerstein), Jerome H. Michael (Guard), Guy Repp (Count Fontana), Barbara Schneider (A Girl, A Woman) and David Thomas (Papal Nuncio in Berlin, Father General, A Prisoner)

Brooks Atkinson Theatre (Feb 26, 1964 - Nov 28, 1964)

Cast

Father Riccardo Fontana, S.J.
May 24, 1964 - ?
Pope Pious XII
Aug 10, 1964 - ?
S.S. Lt. Kurt Gerstein
 
Guard
Officer of the Pope's Guard
Victim
 
Guard
Victim
 
Guard
Sergeant Witzel
Victim
 
Guard
Captain Salzer
Victim
Little Girl
Victim
Victim
 
Guard
Victim
A Girl
Victim
Victim
Victim
 
Guard
A Woman
 
Guard
Understudies: Bianca Flores (Little Girl), Paul Flores (First Italian Militiaman, Photographer, Officer of the Papal Guard, Second Italian Militiaman) and David Thomas (Pope Pious XII)

Tony Award®

 

Best Director (Dramatic)

1964 Nominee
Directed by Herman Shumlin

Best Producer (Dramatic)

1964 Winner
Produced by Herman Shumlin
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