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The Matchmaker   

 
Royale Theatre , (12/05/1955 - 11/10/1956)
Booth Theatre , (11/12/1956 - 2/02/1957)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Dec 05, 1955   
Closing Date:Feb 02, 1957 Total Performances:486

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A comedy in two acts and four scenes
Setting: Yonkers and New York City. The early 'Eighties.


Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by Magoro Operating Corporation
Produced by The Theatre Guild, David Merrick, The Theatre Guild and David Merrick
Written by Thornton Wilder and Thornton Wilder; Based on "Einen Jux Will Sich Machen" by Johann Nestroy and Johann Nestroy; Nestroy's play based on "A Day Well Spent" by John Oxenford and John Oxenford
Directed by Tyrone Guthrie and Tyrone Guthrie; Production Supervised by David Merrick and David Merrick
Scenic Design by Tanya Moiseiwitsch and Tanya Moiseiwitsch; Costume Design by Tanya Moiseiwitsch and Tanya Moiseiwitsch
General Manager: Jack Schlissel; Company Manager: Tom Powers and Harold Kusell; Assistant Co. Mgr: Roy A. Somlyo
Production Stage Manager: Samuel Liff; Stage Manager: Rex Partington
General Press Representative: Dick Weaver; Press Representative: Max Eisen; Advertising: Fred Golden, Fred Golden, Blaine-Thompson and Blaine-Thompson
Cast
Ruth Gordon Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi
a Friend of Vandergelder's Late Wife
Eileen Herlie Irene Molloy
a Milliner
Loring Smith Horace Vandergelder
a Merchant of Yonkers
Peter Bayliss A Cabman
Esme Church Miss Flora Van Husen
a Friend of Vandergelder's Late Wife
Rosamund Greenwood Minnie Fay
Mrs. Molloy's Assistant
Arthur Hill Cornelius Hackl
Clerk in Vandergelder's Store
Patrick McAlinney Malachi Stack
Alexander Davion Ambrose Kemper
Artist
Charity Grace Gertrude
Vandergelder's Housekeeper
William Lanteau Rudolf
Waiter
Philip Leeds Joe Scanlon
a Barber
A Musician
John Milligan August
Waiter
Robert Morse Barnaby Tucker
Apprentice in Vandergelder's Store
Prunella Scales Ermengarde
Vandergelder's Niece
Christine Thomas Miss Van Huysen's Cook
Understudy: C. K. Alexander (Horace Vandergelder)
1956 Tony Award® Best Actress in a Play
 Ruth Gordon [nominee]
1956 Tony Award® Best Director
winnerDirected by Tyrone Guthrie [winner]