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Antony and Cleopatra   

 
Martin Beck Theatre , (11/26/1947 - 3/13/1948)
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Opening Date:Nov 26, 1947   
Closing Date:Mar 13, 1948 Total Performances:126

Category: Play, Tragedy, Revival, Broadway
Setting: Egypt, Italy, Syria, Greece.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Martin Beck Theatre Corporation
Produced by Katharine Cornell
Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by Paul Nordoff
Staged by Guthrie McClintic
Scenic Design by Leo Kerz; Women's costumes by Valentina; Men's costumes by John Boyt
General Manager: Gertrude Macy; Company Manager: William G. Tisdale
General Stage Manager: James Neilson; Stage Manager: Windsor Lewis; Assistant Stage Mgr: James Grudier
Press Representative: Lorella Val-Mery; Production Assistant: James Neilson
Cast
Ralph Clanton Octavius Caesar
triumvir
Katharine Cornell Cleopatra
Queen of Egypt
Ivan Simpson Lepidus
triumvir
Kent Smith Enobarbus
friend to Antony
Godfrey Tearle Antony
triumvir
Lenore Ulric Charmian
attendant on Cleopatra
Peter Barno Ensemble
Barnett Biro Varrius
friend to Pompey
Robert Carricart Thyreus
a soldier of Caesar
Oliver Cliff Alexas
attendant on Cleopatra
Clown
Robert Duke Dolabella
a soldier of Caesar
Drummond Erskine Ensemble
Bruce Gordon Ventidius
a soldier to Antony
Old Soldier
James Grudier Ensemble
Charlton Heston Proculeius
a soldier of Caesar
Joseph Holland Pompey
a pirate
Charles Holt Ensemble
Milfred Hull Ensemble
Martin Kingsley Menas
friend to Pompey
Dercetas
a soldier of Antony
Betty Low Octavia
sister to Caesar and wife to Antony
Dayton Lummis Canidius
lieutenant-general to Antony
Theodore Marcuse Demetrius
a soldier of Antony
Charles Nolte Silius
an officer in Ventidius' army
David Orrick Agrippa
a soldier of Caesar
Lawrence Perron Ensemble
Anthony Randall Scarus Dercetas
a soldier of Antony
Gilbert Reade Taurus
Orrin Redfield Ensemble
Ernest Rowan Euphronius
an ambassador from Antony to Caesar
Marc Russo Ensemble
Alan Shayne Philo Canidius
a soldier of Antony
Maureen Stapleton Iras
attendant on Cleopatra
David J. Stewart Messenger
Eli Wallach Diomedes
a soothsayer
Douglass Watson Eros
a soldier to Antony
Rudulph Justice Watson Gallus
Joseph Wiseman Mardian
a eunuch, attendant on Cleopatra
1948 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
 Katharine Cornell [nominee]
1948 Theatre World Award
winnerDouglass Watson [winner]