PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 10, 1959
Closing Date
Jan 30, 1960
Performances
375
PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Martin Beck Theatre
(Mar 10, 1959 - Jan 30, 1960)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
Royal Palms Hotel somewhere on the Gulf Coast and the terrace of Boss Finley's house in St. Cloud. Modern, an Easter Sunday, from morning till late at night.
Media
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Theatre Owned / Operated by City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Produced by Cheryl Crawford
Written by Tennessee Williams; Incidental music by Paul Bowles
Directed by Elia Kazan
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Anna Hill Johnstone; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Assistant Scenic Design: Hugh Hardy; Associate Designer to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey
General Manager: Robert Rapport; Company Manager: James Awe
Production Stage Manager: David Pardoll; Stage Manager: Guy Thomajan and Bernard Pollack
"Firefly" used with permission of Edwin H. Morris & Co.
Press Representative: Sol Jacobson and Lewis Harmon; Advertising: Fred Golden
Sidney Blackmer
Boss Finley
Paul Newman
Chance Wayne
Mar 10, 1959 - Jan 02, 1960
Geraldine Page
Princess Kosmonopolis
Martine Bartlett
Aunt Nonnie
Kenneth Blake
Man in Bar
Hilda Brawner
Edna
Bruce Dern
Stuff
Duke Farley
Man in Bar
Ron Harper
Man in Bar
Diana Hyland
Heavenly Finney
James Jeter
Bud
Monica May
Violet
Charles McDaniel
Scotty
John Napier
Hatcher
Logan Ramsey
George Scudder
Patricia Ripley
Maid
Madeleine Sherwood
Miss Lucy
Mar 10, 1959 - Jan 02, 1960
Glenn Stensel
Page
Earl Sydnor
Charles
Rip Torn
Tom Junior
Mar 10, 1959 - Jan 02, 1960
Charles Tyner
Heckler
Milton J. Williams
Fly
Understudies: M'el Dowd (Princess Kosmonopolis) and Rip Torn (Chance Wayne)

Martin Beck Theatre (Mar 10, 1959 - Jan 30, 1960)

Stage Manager: Edward Shelton

Cast

Rip Torn
Chance Wayne
Jan 04, 1960 - Jan 30, 1960
Jack Betts
Page
Norman Burton
Bud
Duke Farley
Hatcher
John Karlen
Tom Junior
Kip McArdle
Miss Lucy
Jan 04, 1960 - Jan 30, 1960
Anne Ramsey
Maid
Robert Readick
Tom Junior
Jan 04, 1960 - Jan 30, 1960
Hack Rightor
Scotty
Patricia Sales
Violet
 
Maid
Glenn Stensel
Stuff

Tony Award®

 

Best Actress in a Play

1960 Nominee
Geraldine Page
 

Best Featured Actor in a Play

1960 Nominee
Rip Torn
 

Best Direction of a Play

1960 Nominee
Directed by Elia Kazan

Theatre World

Award

1959 Recipient
Rip Torn
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