PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 03, 1955
Closing Date
Apr 07, 1956
Performances
217
PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Plymouth Theatre
(Oct 03, 1955 - Nov 19, 1955)
Helen Hayes Theatre
(Nov 21, 1955 - Apr 07, 1956)
Description
A drama in two acts
Setting
In and around the Palace of Troy.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by The Playwrights' Company; Produced in association with Henry M. Margolis
Originally produced by Robert Joseph
Written by Jean Giraudoux; Translated by Christopher Fry; Incidental music by Lennox Berkeley
Directed by Harold Clurman
Scenic Design by Loudon Sainthill; Costume Design by Loudon Sainthill; New York Production Supervising Designer: Paul Morrison
Business Manager: Victor Samrock; Company Manager: George Oshrin
Production Stage Manager: James Gelb; Stage Manager: Louis Criss; Assistant Stage Mgr: Joanne Taylor
Music Contractor: Meyer Davis
Press Representative: Karl Bernstein and Harvey B. Sabinson; Production Assistant: Jemison Hammond
Michael Redgrave
Hector
Jack Bittner
Second Old Man
 
Olpides
Sailor on Paris' Ship
Judith Braun
Laundress
Jacqueline Brookes
Lady in Waiting
Howard Caine
First Old Man
 
Abneos
A Senator
Morris Carnovsky
Priam
King of Troy, Father to Hector
Ellen Christopher
Polyxene
Young sister to Hector
Leo Ciceri
Paris
Brother to Hector
Diane Cilento
Helen
Louis Criss
Sailor
Walter Fitzgerald
Ulysses
Wyndham Goldie
Busiris
A Lawyer
Ernest Graves
Messenger
Barbara Jefford
Andromache
Wife to Hector
Peter Kerr
Troilus
Young brother to Hector
Catherine Lacey
Hecuba
Mother to Hector
John Laurie
Demekos
A Poet, Leader of the Senate
Leueen MacGrath
Cassandra
Sister to Hector
Tom McDermott
Senator
Felix Munso
Ajax
A Greek Captain
Nehemiah Persoff
A Topman
Officer on Paris' Ship
Milton Selzer
Mathematician

Plymouth Theatre (Oct 03, 1955 - Nov 19, 1955)

Press Representative: David Powers

Helen Hayes Theatre (Nov 21, 1955 - Apr 07, 1956)

Managing Director: Louis A. Lotito
Company Manager: Morry Efron

Cast

Jack Bittner
A Topman
Officer on Paris' Ship
Louis Criss
Messenger
Ernest Graves
Ajax
A Greek Captain
Michael Hogan
Priam
King of Troy, Father to Hector
Jeanne Jerrems
Laundress
John McLiam
Olpides
Sailor on Paris' Ship

Tony Award®

 

Best Play

1956 Nominee
Produced by The Playwrights' Company
Translated by Christopher Fry
Written by Jean Giraudoux ; Produced in association with Henry M. Margolis
Originally produced by Robert Joseph
 

Best Actor in Play

1956 Nominee
Michael Redgrave
 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1956 Nominee
Diane Cilento
 

Best Director

1956 Nominee
Directed by Harold Clurman

Theatre World

Award

1956 Recipient
Diane Cilento
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