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Becket   

 
St. James Theatre , (10/05/1960 - 12/17/1960)
Royale Theatre , (12/19/1960 - 3/25/1961)
First Preview:Oct 03, 1960 Total Previews:2
Opening Date:Oct 05, 1960   
Closing Date:Mar 25, 1961 Total Performances:193

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: The time is between 1155 and 1170 A.D.


Production Staff
Produced by David Merrick
Written by Jean Anouilh; Translated by Lucienne Hill; Incidental music by Laurence Rosenthal
Directed by Peter Glenville
Scenic Design by Oliver Smith; Costume Design by Motley; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal
General Manager: Jack Schlissel
Production Stage Manager: Lucia Victor; Stage Manager: Alan Shayne; Production Supervisor: Neil Hartley; Assistant Stage Mgr: Tom Leith, Julian Miller and Val Wrenne
Press Representative: James D. Proctor; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company and Fred Golden; Technician: Teddy Van Bemmel; Casting Director: Michael Shurtleff; Press Assistant: Judith S. Davidson
Cast
Laurence Olivier Thomas Becket
Anthony Quinn Henry II
Duke of Normandy and King of England
Marie Powers The Queen Mother
Edward Atienza The Pope
Hilary Beckett His Daughter
Mel Berger Third English Baron
First Monk from Hastings
Brian Crowe A Young Monk
Kit Culkin Henry's Younger Son
Peter De Firis A Servant
Robert Duke Henry's Page
Robert Eckles Louis
King of France
Margaret Hall The Queen
Wife to Henry
Ferdi Hoffman Fourth English Baron
Will Hussung The Bishop of Oxford
William of Corbeil
First French Baron
Tom Leith His Son
A Monk
Secretary to Becket
Julian Miller Second Servant
A Young Footsoldier
Earl Montgomery Gilbert Folliot
Bishop of London
Madeline Morgan A French Girl
Dennis Rosa Henry's Elder Son
Dran Seitz Gwendolen
Dino Terranova A French Priest
Cardinal Zambelli
Victor Thorley The Bishop of York
The Provost Marshall
Sydney Walker The Archbishop of Canterbury
Second French Baron
A Priest
Robert Weil A Saxon Peasant
Ronald Weyand Second English Baron
Second Monk from Hastings
Claude Woolman A Soldier
The Duke of Arundel
Louis Zorich First English Baron
An Old Footsoldier
1961 Tony Award® Best Play
winnerWritten by Jean Anouilh; Translated by Lucienne Hill; Produced by David Merrick [winner]
1961 Tony Award® Best Actor in Play
 Performer: Anthony Quinn [nominee]
1961 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design (Dramatic)
winnerScenic Design by Oliver Smith [winner]
1961 Tony Award® Best Costume Design (Dramatic)
winnerCostume Design by Motley [winner]
1961 Tony Award® Best Stage Technician
winnerTeddy Van Bemmel [winner]