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Requiem for a Nun   

 
John Golden Theatre , (1/30/1959 - 3/07/1959)
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Opening Date:Jan 30, 1959   
Closing Date:Mar 07, 1959 Total Performances:43

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Description: A play in three acts
Setting: The present time in Mississippi.


Production Staff
Produced by The Theatre Guild, Richard Meyers and Julius Fleischmann
Written by Ruth Ford and William Faulkner; Adapted from the novel by William Faulkner
Staged by Tony Richardson
Scenic Design by Motley; Costume Design by Motley; Lighting Design by Motley; American production supervised and lighted by Marvin Reiss
General Manager: Charles Mooney
Stage Manager: John Cornell and Alan North
Press Representative: Nat Dorfman, Irvin Dorfman, Jane Randall and Anne Sloper
Cast
John Dorman Mr. Tubbs
Christian Flanders Pete
Ruth Ford Mrs. Gowan Stevens
née Temple Drake
House Jameson Governor
Scott McKay Gowan Stevens
Bertice Reading Nancy Mannigoe
Zachary Scott Gavin Stevens
Understudies: Christian Flanders (Gowan Stevens), Carol Gustafson (Mrs. Gowan Stevens), House Jameson (Gavin Stevens), Alan North (Governor, Mr. Tubbs, Pete) and Royce Wallace (Nancy Mannigoe)
1959 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Play
 Bertice Reading [nominee]