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The Devil's Advocate
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 09, 1961
Closing Date
Jun 17, 1961
1st Preview
Mar 08, 1961
1st Preview
Mar 08, 1961
Previews
1
Performances
116
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Original
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Open Date: Mar 09, 1961
Close Date: Jun 17, 1961
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Billy Rose Theatre
(Mar 09, 1961 - Jun 17, 1961)
Setting
The study of Eugenio Cardinal Marotta in Rome and the homes of the Bishop of Valenta, Dr. Aldo Meyer, the Contesa de Sanctis and Nina Sanduzzi, in and around the village of Gemello Minore in Calabria, Italy. The present, with glimpses of the past.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Billy Rose
Produced by
Dore Schary
; Associate Producer:
Walter Reilly
Written by
Dore Schary
; Based on the novel by
Morris L. West
Directed by
Dore Schary
Scenic Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Costume Design by
Theoni V. Aldredge
; Associate designer to Mr. Mielziner:
John Harvey
; Assistant Scenic Design:
Richard Casler
; Assistant to Miss Aldredge:
Gordon Micunis
and
Domingo Rodriguez
General Manager:
Peter Davis
; Company Manager:
Jesse Long
Production Stage Manager:
Jean Barrere
; Stage Manager:
Harry Young
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Steve Karmen
Press Representative:
Richard Maney
,
Martin Shwartz
and
Anne Woll
; Casting:
Susan Slade
Leo Genn
Monsignor Blaise Meredith
Sam Levene
Dr. Aldo Meyer
Edward Mulhare
Giacomo Nerone
Eduardo Ciannelli
Aurelio
Bishop of Valenta
Olive Deering
The Contessa
Anne Louise De Sanctis
Tresa Hughes
Nina Sanduzzi
Michael Kane
Nicholas Black
Margaret Aldrich
Signora Angeli
Diane Collins
Signora Martino
Lynn Forman
Teresina
Win Forman
Partisan
Steve Karmen
Partisan
Allen Leaf
Father Anselmo
Fred J. Scollay
Il Lupo
Dennis Scroppo
Broadway debut
Paolo Sanduzzi
Maurice Shrog
Mario
Boris Tumarin
Eugenio Cardinal Marotta
Understudies:
Maggie Aldrich
(Nina Sanduzzi),
Diane Collins
(The Contessa),
Lynn Forman
(Signora Martino),
Win Forman
(Il Lupo),
Ivor Francis
(Monsignor Blaise Meredith, Eugenio Cardinal Marotta),
Steve Karmen
(Paolo Sanduzzi),
Fred J. Scollay
(Dr. Aldo Meyer) and
Maurice Shrog
(Father Anselmo)
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Play
1961 Nominee
Produced by
Dore Schary
Written by
Dore Schary
Best Actor in Play
1961 Nominee
Sam Levene
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1961 Nominee
Eduardo Ciannelli
Best Featured Actress in a Play
1961 Nominee
Tresa Hughes
Best Scenic Design (Dramatic)
1961 Nominee
Scenic Design by
Jo Mielziner
Best Costume Design (Dramatic)
1961 Nominee
Costume Design by
Theoni V. Aldredge
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Billy Rose
Produced by
Dore Schary
; Associate Producer:
Walter Reilly
Written by
Dore Schary
; Based on the novel by
Morris L. West
Directed by
Dore Schary
Scenic Design by
Jo Mielziner
; Costume Design by
Theoni V. Aldredge
; Associate designer to Mr. Mielziner:
John Harvey
; Assistant Scenic Design:
Richard Casler
; Assistant to Miss Aldredge:
Gordon Micunis
and
Domingo Rodriguez
General Manager:
Peter Davis
; Company Manager:
Jesse Long
Production Stage Manager:
Jean Barrere
; Stage Manager:
Harry Young
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Steve Karmen
Press Representative:
Richard Maney
,
Martin Shwartz
and
Anne Woll
; Casting:
Susan Slade
Leo Genn
Monsignor Blaise Meredith
Sam Levene
Dr. Aldo Meyer
Edward Mulhare
Giacomo Nerone
Eduardo Ciannelli
Aurelio
Bishop of Valenta
Olive Deering
The Contessa
Anne Louise De Sanctis
Tresa Hughes
Nina Sanduzzi
Michael Kane
Nicholas Black
Margaret Aldrich
Signora Angeli
Diane Collins
Signora Martino
Lynn Forman
Teresina
Win Forman
Partisan
Steve Karmen
Partisan
Allen Leaf
Father Anselmo
Fred J. Scollay
Il Lupo
Dennis Scroppo
Broadway debut
Paolo Sanduzzi
Maurice Shrog
Mario
Boris Tumarin
Eugenio Cardinal Marotta
Understudies:
Maggie Aldrich
(Nina Sanduzzi),
Diane Collins
(The Contessa),
Lynn Forman
(Signora Martino),
Win Forman
(Il Lupo),
Ivor Francis
(Monsignor Blaise Meredith, Eugenio Cardinal Marotta),
Steve Karmen
(Paolo Sanduzzi),
Fred J. Scollay
(Dr. Aldo Meyer) and
Maurice Shrog
(Father Anselmo)
Tony Award®
Best Play
1961 Nominee
Produced by
Dore Schary
Written by
Dore Schary
Best Actor in Play
1961 Nominee
Sam Levene
Best Featured Actor in a Play
1961 Nominee
Eduardo Ciannelli
Best Featured Actress in a Play
1961 Nominee
Tresa Hughes
Best Scenic Design (Dramatic)
1961 Nominee
Scenic Design by
Jo Mielziner
Best Costume Design (Dramatic)
1961 Nominee
Costume Design by
Theoni V. Aldredge
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