PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 20, 1951
Closing Date
Apr 13, 1952
Performances
66
PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

This production played in repertory with Caesar and Cleopatra

Theatres
Ziegfeld Theatre
(Dec 20, 1951 - Apr 13, 1952)

Setting
Alexandria, Rome, a Galley near Misenum, a Plain near Actium, between two opposing camps before Alexandria, and outside and inside Cleopatra's Monument.

Theatre Owned / Operated by Billy Rose
Produced by Gilbert Miller; Produced in association with Laurence Olivier Productions, Ltd.
Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by Herbert Menges; Musical Director: Jacques Singer
Directed by Michael Benthall
Scenic Design by Roger Furse; Costume Design by Audrey Cruddas
General Manager: Morton Gottlieb; Company Manager: Ben Boyar
Production Manager: David Kentish; Stage Director: Rosemary Hill; Stage Manager: Anthony Pelly and Terence Owen; Assistant Stage Mgr: Jessie Barclay
Orchestra Manager: Morris Stonzek
Swordplay by Clement McCallin
Cleopatra
Queen of Egypt
Antony
triumvir
Agrippa
a soldier of Caesar
Enobarbus
friend to Antony
Attendant to Cleopatra
 
Pirate
Diomedes
a soothsayer
Charmian
attendant on Cleopatra
Eros
a soldier to Antony
Attendant to Cleopatra
Soldier
Dolabella
a soldier of Caesar
Soldier
 
Attendant to Cleopatra
Sentry to Antony
 
Soldier
Menas
friend to Pompey
Attendant to Cleopatra
Nubian Messenger
 
Attendant to Cleopatra
Philo Canidius
a soldier of Antony
Octavius Caesar
triumvir
Attendant to Cleopatra
Sentry to Antony
 
Soldier
Soldier of Caesar
 
Sentry to Caesar
 
Soldier
Lepidus
triumvir
Mardian
a eunuch, attendant on Cleopatra
Soldier
 
Pirate
Octavia
sister to Caesar and wife to Antony
Pompey
a pirate
Messenger
 
Sentry to Antony
Maecenas
Attendant to Cleopatra
Attendant on Octavia
Soldier
Attendant to Cleopatra
 
Pirate
Old Soldier
 
Sentry to Antony
Lemprius Euphronius
a soothsayer
Thyreus
a soldier of Caesar
Iras
attendant on Cleopatra
Scarus Dercetas
a soldier of Antony
Attendant to Cleopatra
Sentry to Caesar
 
Soldier
 
Attendant to Cleopatra
 
Pirate
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