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Caesar and Cleopatra   

 
This production played in repertory with Antony and Cleopatra
 
Ziegfeld Theatre , (12/19/1951 - 4/12/1952)
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Opening Date:Dec 19, 1951   
Closing Date:Apr 12, 1952 Total Performances:67

Category: Play, Comedy, Revival, Broadway
Description: A play in five acts
Setting: Palace courtyard on the Syrian border of Egypt, 48 B.C.; The Sphinx in the desert; The Throne-room in the Palace


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Billy Rose
Produced by Gilbert Miller; Produced by arrangement with Laurence Olivier Productions, Ltd.
Written by Bernard Shaw; Incidental music by Herbert Menges; Musical Director: Jacques Singer
Directed by Michael Benthall
Scenic Design by Roger Furse; Costume Design by Audrey Cruddas; Assistant to the Designer: Roger Ramsdell
General Manager: Morton Gottlieb; Company Manager: Ben Boyar
Stage Director: Rosemary Hill; Stage Manager: Anthony Pelly and Terence Owen; Assistant Stage Mgr: Jessie Barclay
Orchestra Manager: Jessie Barclay
Swordplay by Clement McCallin; Press Representative: Richard Maney, Frank Goodman and Arthur Cantor
Cast
Vivien Leigh Cleopatra
Laurence Olivier Julius Caesar
Ronald Adam Musician
Harry Andrews Lucius Septimus
Jessie Barclay Woman of the Palace
Ensemble
Timothy Bateson Theodotus
Robert Beaumont Bel Affris
Katharine Blake Charmian
Lyndon Brook Egyptian Guardsman
Ensemble
Porter
Noel Coleman Roman Soldier
1st Roman Auxiliary
Dan Cunningham Achillas
John Dearth Egyptian Guardsman
Ensemble
Porter
Official at Dinner
John Dunbar Roman Soldier
Dawson France Ptolemy
Max Gardiner Roman Soldier
2nd Roman Auxiliary
Renee Goddard Woman of the Palace
Ensemble
Cy Grant Nubian Sentinel
David Greene Belzanor
Robert Helpmann Apollodorus
Winnifred Hill Ensemble
Paul Homer Roman Soldier
Oliver Hunter Roman Soldier
Wilfred Hyde-White Britannus
Harold Kasket Pothinus
Colin Kemball Roman Soldier
Roman Sentinel
Elizabeth Kentish Woman of the Palace
Harpist
Niall MacGinnis Rufio
Alec McCowen Egyptian Guardsman
Ensemble
Jack Melford Wounded Soldier
Teresa Moore Woman of the Palace
Ensemble
Pat Nye Ftatateeta
Chief Nurse to Cleopatra
David Orr Roman Soldier
Terence Owen Egyptian Guardsman
Ensemble
Porter
Priest
Anthony Pelly Centurion
Donald Pleasence Major Domo
Edmund Purdom Persian
Mairhi Russell Iris
Patrick Troughton Egyptian Guardsman
Ensemble
Boatman
Jill Welchman Woman of the Palace
Ensemble
Clifford Williams Ensemble
Porter
Egyptian Guardsman
Official at Dinner