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Black Comedy / White Lies   

 

This production was composed of the following shows:

Ethel Barrymore Theatre , (2/12/1967 - 12/02/1967)
First Preview:Jan 31, 1967 Total Previews:14
Opening Date:Feb 12, 1967   
Closing Date:Dec 02, 1967 Total Performances:337

Category: Play, Farce, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Brindsley Miller's apartment in South Kensington, London. 9:30 on a Sunday night.


Black Comedy

Category: Play, Farce, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: Brindsley Miller's apartment in South Kensington, London. 9:30 on a Sunday night.

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Alexander H. Cohen; Associate Producer: Sidney Lanier
Written by Peter Shaffer
Directed by John Dexter
Scenic Design by Alan Tagg; Costume Design by Alan Tagg; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher
General Manager: Roy A. Somlyo; Comptroller: Seymour Herscher; Business Manager: Jerry Arrow
Production Supervisor: Jerry Adler; Production Stage Manager: Randall Brooks; Stage Manager: Robert Borod; Assistant Stage Mgr: Michael Miller
Production Associate: Hildy Parks; General Press Representative: James D. Proctor; Press Representative: Max Gendel and Lawrence Belling; Advertising: Ingram Ash; Production Assistant: Jan Monkhouse and Gloria Banta; Casting: Linda Otto; Associate Press Representative: David Roggensack and Lila Glaser King
Cast
Michael Crawford
Broadway debut		 Brindsley Miller (Jan 31, 1967 - Jun 25, 1967)
Donald Madden Harold Gorringe
Geraldine Page Clea
Lynn Redgrave
Broadway debut		 Carol Melkett (Jan 31, 1967 - Apr 09, 1967)
Camila Ashland Miss Furnival
Peter Bull Colonel Melkett
Pierre Epstein Schuppanzigh
Michael Miller Georg Bamberger
Standby: Alan Mixon (Harold Gorringe)
Understudies: John Horn (Brindsley Miller), Michael Miller (Colonel Melkett, Schuppanzigh) and Nancy Reardon (Carol Melkett, Clea, Miss Furnival)

White Lies

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: The Fortune Teller's Parlour of Sophie, Baroness Lemberg, on the promenade of a run-down seaside resort on the south coast of England. Mid-September around six o'clock in the evening.

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Alexander H. Cohen; Associate Producer: Sidney Lanier
Written by Peter Shaffer
Directed by John Dexter
Scenic Design by Alan Tagg; Costume Design by Alan Tagg; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher
General Manager: Roy A. Somlyo; Comptroller: Seymour Herscher; Business Manager: Jerry Arrow
Production Supervisor: Jerry Adler; Production Stage Manager: Randall Brooks; Stage Manager: Robert Borod; Assistant Stage Mgr: Michael Miller
Production Associate: Hildy Parks; General Press Representative: James D. Proctor; Press Representative: Max Gendel and Lawrence Belling; Advertising: Ingram Ash; Production Assistant: Jan Monkhouse and Gloria Banta; Casting: Linda Otto; Associate Press Representative: David Roggensack and Lila Glaser King
Cast
Michael Crawford Tom
Donald Madden Frank
Geraldine Page Sophie: Baroness Lemberg
Standbys: Alan Mixon (Frank) and Margaret Phillips (Sophie: Baroness Lemberg)
Understudy: John Horn (Tom)
1968 Theatre World Award
winnerJordan Christopher [winner]
1967 Tony Award® Best Play
 Written by Peter Shaffer; Produced by Alexander H. Cohen [nominee]
1967 Tony Award® Best Actor in Play
 Performer: Donald Madden [nominee]
1967 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Play
 Camila Ashland [nominee]
1967 Tony Award® Best Scenic Design
 Alan Tagg [nominee]
1967 Tony Award® Best Direction of a Play
 John Dexter [nominee]