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Troilus and Cressida
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Tragedy
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 26, 1956
Closing Date
Jan 12, 1957
Performances
14
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Open Date: Dec 26, 1956
Close Date: Jan 12, 1957
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
This production played in repertory with
King Richard II
,
Romeo and Juliet
,
Macbeth
Theatres
Winter Garden Theatre
(Dec 26, 1956 - Jan 12, 1957)
Setting
Inside and outside besieged Troy.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization
Produced by
Old Vic Trust, Ltd.
and
Arts Council of Great Britain
; Produced under the management of
S. Hurok
; Administrative Director
Alfred Francis
Originally produced by
The Old Vic Company
Written by
William Shakespeare
; Incidental music by
Frederick Marshall
Directed by
Tyrone Guthrie
Scenic Design by
Frederick Crooke
; Costume Design by
Frederick Crooke
; Scenic Supervisor:
Mordecai Gorelik
Tour Manager:
Douglas Morris
; Company Manager:
Roy Jones
Production Stage Manager:
John Murphy
; Stage Manager:
Elizabeth Butterfield
and
John Wayne
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Joe Scott-Parkinson
Fight direction by
Bernard Hepton
and
John Greenwood
; General Press Representative:
Patrick Ide
and
Martin Feinstein
; Press Representative:
Michael Sweeley
; Costume Supervisor:
Elizabeth Montgomery
; Advertising:
Lawrence Weiner
Ronald Allen
Paris
Priam's son
Peter Bowles
Ensemble
Jeremy Brett
Troilus
Priam's son
Coral Browne
Helen
formerly wife of Menelaus
Graeme Campbell
Ensemble
Margaret Courtenay
Cassandra
daughter of Priam
Rupert Davies
Agamemnon
in command of the Greek expedition to Troy
John Flint
Ensemble
Charles Gray
Achilles
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
John Greenwood
Troilus' Servant
Jack Gwillim
Hector
Priam's son
Ernest Hare
Ajax
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
Rosemary Harris
Cressida
daughter of Calchas
Edward Harvey
Menelaus
Agamemnon's brother
Denis Holmes
Aeneas
a Trojan officer
Donald Homer
Diomedes
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
Fraser Kerr
Ensemble
Tom Kneebone
Ensemble
Aubrey Morris
Cressida's Groom
Greek Officer
Daniel Moynihan
Ensemble
Peter Needham
Greek Officer
John Neville
Thersites
a civilian attached to the Greek expeditionary force
Derek New
Patroclus
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
Timothy Parkes
Deiphobus
Priam's son
Alan Penn
Ensemble
Bryan Pringle
Helenus
Priam's son
Ensemble
Paul Rogers
Pandarus
uncle to Cressida
Job Stewart
Nestor
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
Keith Taylor
Priam
King of Troy
James Villiers
Antenor
a Trojan captured by the Greeks, returned to Troy in exchange for Cressida
Charles West
Ensemble
Jennifer Wilson
Andromache
wife of Hector
John Woodvine
Calchas
a refugee from Troy
Richard Wordsworth
Ulysses
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization
Produced by
Old Vic Trust, Ltd.
and
Arts Council of Great Britain
; Produced under the management of
S. Hurok
; Administrative Director
Alfred Francis
Originally produced by
The Old Vic Company
Written by
William Shakespeare
; Incidental music by
Frederick Marshall
Directed by
Tyrone Guthrie
Scenic Design by
Frederick Crooke
; Costume Design by
Frederick Crooke
; Scenic Supervisor:
Mordecai Gorelik
Tour Manager:
Douglas Morris
; Company Manager:
Roy Jones
Production Stage Manager:
John Murphy
; Stage Manager:
Elizabeth Butterfield
and
John Wayne
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Joe Scott-Parkinson
Fight direction by
Bernard Hepton
and
John Greenwood
; General Press Representative:
Patrick Ide
and
Martin Feinstein
; Press Representative:
Michael Sweeley
; Costume Supervisor:
Elizabeth Montgomery
; Advertising:
Lawrence Weiner
Ronald Allen
Paris
Priam's son
Peter Bowles
Ensemble
Jeremy Brett
Troilus
Priam's son
Coral Browne
Helen
formerly wife of Menelaus
Graeme Campbell
Ensemble
Margaret Courtenay
Cassandra
daughter of Priam
Rupert Davies
Agamemnon
in command of the Greek expedition to Troy
John Flint
Ensemble
Charles Gray
Achilles
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
John Greenwood
Troilus' Servant
Jack Gwillim
Hector
Priam's son
Ernest Hare
Ajax
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
Rosemary Harris
Cressida
daughter of Calchas
Edward Harvey
Menelaus
Agamemnon's brother
Denis Holmes
Aeneas
a Trojan officer
Donald Homer
Diomedes
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
Fraser Kerr
Ensemble
Tom Kneebone
Ensemble
Aubrey Morris
Cressida's Groom
Greek Officer
Daniel Moynihan
Ensemble
Peter Needham
Greek Officer
John Neville
Thersites
a civilian attached to the Greek expeditionary force
Derek New
Patroclus
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
Timothy Parkes
Deiphobus
Priam's son
Alan Penn
Ensemble
Bryan Pringle
Helenus
Priam's son
Ensemble
Paul Rogers
Pandarus
uncle to Cressida
Job Stewart
Nestor
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
Keith Taylor
Priam
King of Troy
James Villiers
Antenor
a Trojan captured by the Greeks, returned to Troy in exchange for Cressida
Charles West
Ensemble
Jennifer Wilson
Andromache
wife of Hector
John Woodvine
Calchas
a refugee from Troy
Richard Wordsworth
Ulysses
officer in the Greek expeditionary force
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