Ziegfeld Theatre, (12/3/1953 - 4/23/1955)

Category: Musical, Original, Broadway
Setting: Baghdad

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by Billy Rose

Produced by Charles Lederer

Originally produced by Edwin Lester

With Music From Alexander Borodin; Musical Adaptation by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis; From the play by Edward Knoblock; Music orchestrated by Arthur Kay; Choral arrangements by Arthur Kay; Musical Director: Louis Adrian

Directed by Albert Marre; Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Jack Cole

Scenic Design by Lemuel Ayers; Costume Design by Lemuel Ayers; Lighting Design by Peggy Clark; Assistant to Mr. Ayers: Robert O'Hearn and Frank Thompson

Company Manager: Harry Essex

Production Manager: Peter Bronte; Stage Manager: Phil Friedman

Choral Director: Christine Ell and William Ellfeldt; Orchestra Manager: Morris Stonzek

Scenic Artist: Phil Raiguel

Press Representative: Barry Hyams and Martin Shwartz; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner

Alfred Drake	Public Poet, later called Hajj
Henry Calvin	The Wazir of Police
Joan Diener	Lalume
Richard Kiley	The Caliph
Doretta Morrow	Marsinah Haji's Daughter
Neile Adams	Diwan Dancer
Lucy Andonian	Ayah to Zubbediya
Gerald Cardoni	Muezzin
	Singer
Tom Charlesworth	Chief Policeman
Philip Coolidge	Omar
Anita Coulter	Singer
Patricia Dale	Dancer
Thelma Dare	Ayah to Samaris
	Singer
Jack Dodds	Dervish
	Akbar
	Diwan Dancer
Patricia Dunn	Princess of Ababu
Bonnie Evans	Princess of Ababu
Stephen Ferry	Wazir's Guard
Truman Gaige	Jawan
Hal Hackett	Hassan-Ben
	Second Policeman
Lila Jackson	Slave Girl
	Singer
Devra Kline	Dancer
Beatrice Kraft	Princess Samaris of Bangalore
Mario Lamm	Attendant
Robert Lamont	Second Beggar
	Singer
Florence Lessing	Street Dancer
	Princess Zubbediya of Damascus
Earle MacVeigh	First Beggar
	A Peddler
	Prosecutor
Jack Mei Ling	Doorman
Jo Ann O'Connell	Street Woman
	Singer
Carol Ohmart	Slave Girl
Richard Oneto	Imam of the Mosque
	The Bangle Man
	Singer
Joyce Palmer	Slave Girl
Louis Polacek	Muezzin
	Singer
Steve Reeves	Wazir's Guard
Ania Romaine	Dancer
George E. Romaine	Dancer
Reiko Sato	Princess of Ababu
Rodolfo Silva	Third Beggar
Barbara Slate	The Widow Yussef
	Singer
Kirby Smith	Muezzin
	A Merchant
	Singer
Vida Ann Solomon	Dancer
Sandra Stahl	Slave Girl
Roberta Stevenson	Dancer
Ralph Strane	Muezzin
	Singer
Lynne Stuart	Street Woman
	Singer
Erica Twiford	Singer
Richard Vine	A Servant
	Singer
John Weidemann	Attendant
Marc Wilder	Dervish
	Assiz
	Diwan Dancer
George Yarick	Singer

Understudies: Earle MacVeigh (Public Poet, later called Hajj), Jo Ann O'Connell (Marsinah), Roberta Stevenson (Princess of Ababu), Richard Vine (Omar).