PlayDramaRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 16, 1984
Closing Date
Jan 19, 1985
1st Preview
Oct 06, 1984
1st Preview
Oct 06, 1984
Previews
5
Performances
59
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

This production played in repertory with Much Ado About Nothing
Theatres
Gershwin Theatre
(Oct 16, 1984 - Jan 19, 1985)
Setting
Hotel de Bourgogne, Paris. Ragueneau's pastry shop. Courtyard outside Roxanne's house. Battlefield at the siege of Arras. Garden of a convent. 1640 - 1655.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Nederlander Organization and Gerald Oestreicher
Produced by James M. Nederlander, Elizabeth I. McCann, Nelle Nugent, Cynthia Wood, Dale Duffy and Allan Carr; Produced by arrangement with The Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Originally produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company (Trevor Nunn and Terry Hands, Joint Artistic Directors); First performance of this production at the Barbican Theatre
Written by Edmond Rostand; Newly translated and adapted for the RSC by Anthony Burgess; Incidental music by Nigel Hess; Musical Director: Donald Johnston
Directed by Terry Hands; Assistant Director: Brigid Larmour; Choreographed by Doreen Hermitage
Scenic Design by Ralph Koltai; American production settings designed in association with John Kasarda; Costume Design by Alexander Reid; Lighting Design by Terry Hands; American production lighting designed in association with Jeffrey Beecroft; Sound Supervision: T. Richard Fitzgerald; Associate Sound Design: John A. Leonard; Cyrano's nose by Christopher Tucker
General Manager: McCann & Nugent Productions, Inc.; Company Manager: Susan Gustafson
Company Stage Manager: Jane Tamlyn; Production Stage Manager: Alan Hall; Stage Manager: Michael Dembowicz; Production Manager: Simon Opie; Deputy Stage Manager: Hilary Groves; Assistant Stage Mgr: Stephen Dobbin
Music Contractor: Mel Rodnon; Associate Conductor: Dennis Elliott; Flute/Recorder: Jacqueline Giat; Oboe: Harriet Orenstein; Clarinet: Mathew Goodman; Trumpet: Richard Henly and Robert Zottola; Horn: Brooks Tillotson and Richard Hagen; Trombone: Dennis Elliott; Cello: Joan Spergel; Double Bass: Gregory Maker; Guitar: Bruce Uchitel; Percussion: Michael Hinton and Jan Hagiwara
Fight Arranger: Ian McKay; General Press Representative: Solters / Roskin / Friedman, Inc., Joshua Ellis, Adrian Bryan-Brown, Keith Sherman and Cindy Valk; New York Casting Consultant: Johnson-Liff Associates; Advertising: Ash / LeDonne / Fisher; Photographer: Martha Swope, Chris Davies, Nobby Clark and John Brown
Penelope Beaumont
Précieus
 
Lise
Ragueneau's wife
 
Mother Marguerite
Christopher Benjamin
Montfleury
a tragic actor
Ken Bones
Carbon de Castel Jaloux
Captain of the Gascony Cadets
John Bowe
Le Bret
Christopher Bowen
Le Vicomte de Valvert
 
Gascony Cadet
Raymond Bowers
Jodelet
the comedian
 
Théophraste Renaudot
a journalist
Alexandra Brook
A Flower Girl
 
Sister Claire
John Carlisle
Le Comte de Guiche
Amy Chang
A Page
Alternate
Robert Clare
D'Artagnan
 
Gascony Cadet
Simon Clark
A Citizen
Richard Clifford
A Cavalryman
 
Gascony Cadet
Dennis Clinton
Cuigy
Sinéad Cusack
Roxane
Cyrano's cousin
Jeffery Dench
A Marquis
Philip Dennis
A Flunkey
 
Gascony Cadet
Cathy Finlay
A Food Seller
 
Sister Marthe
Alex Flagg
A Page
Geoffrey Freshwater
A Musketeer
Jimmy Gardner
The Doorkeeper
 
A Capuchin
David Glover
A Marquis
Derek Jacobi
Cyrano de Bergerac
a Gascon
Edward Jewesbury
Brisaille
Ray Llewellyn
A Pickpocket
Tom Mannion
Baron Christian de Neuvillette
a Norman
Samuel Schieffelin Nordberg
A Page
Alternate
Niall Padden
An Eater
 
Gascony Cadet
George Parsons
Lignière
the poet
Brenda Peters
Roxane's Duenna
Pete Postlethwaite
Ragueneau
a pastry cook
Clare Byam Shaw
Précieus
David Shaw-Parker
Bellerose
leader of the acting company
 
Gascony Cadet
Jayne Tottman
Citizen's Son
John Tramper
A Flunkey
 
Gascony Cadet
Phillip Walsh
A Drinker
 
Gascony Cadet
Understudies: Penelope Beaumont (Roxane's Duenna), Ken Bones (Cyrano de Bergerac), Christopher Bowen (Baron Christian de Neuvillette), Raymond Bowers (Ragueneau), Alexandra Brook (Lise), Robert Clare (Le Bret, Le Vicomte de Valvert), Simon Clark (Carbon de Castel Jaloux, Montfleury), Richard Clifford (Le Comte de Guiche), Ray Llewellyn (A Citizen, A Capuchin), Niall Padden (A Musketeer), Brenda Peters (Mother Marguerite), Clare Byam Shaw (Roxane), David Shaw-Parker (The Doorkeeper, Théophraste Renaudot), Jayne Tottman (Sister Marthe, Sister Claire), John Tramper (D'Artagnan, Jodelet, Bellerose) and Phillip Walsh (Lignière, A Pickpocket, A Cavalryman)

Gershwin Theatre (Oct 16, 1984 - Jan 19, 1985)

Bassoon/Bamboo Flute: Ethan Bauch

Cast

Robert Clarke
Gascony Cadet
Niall Padden
First Cadet

Tony Award®

 

Best Costume Design

1985 Nominee
Costume Design by Alexander Reid
 

Best Lighting Design

1985 Nominee
Lighting Design by Terry Hands
 

Best Reproduction (Play or Musical)

1985 Nominee
Produced by James M. Nederlander , Elizabeth I. McCann , Nelle Nugent , Cynthia Wood , Dale Duffy and Allan Carr

Drama Desk Award

 

Outstanding Actor in a Play

1985 Nominee
Derek Jacobi

Outstanding Sound Design/Music in a Play

1985 Winner
Incidental music by Nigel Hess
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