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The Country Wife
Play
Comedy
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Nov 27, 1957
Closing Date
Jan 04, 1958
Performances
45
Play
Comedy
Revival
Broadway
Open Date: Nov 27, 1957
Close Date: Jan 04, 1958
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Adelphi Theatre
(Nov 27, 1957 - Dec 21, 1957)
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Dec 23, 1957 - Jan 04, 1958)
Description
A comedy in three acts and ten scenes
Setting
London. 1675.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
,
Malcolm Wells
and
Daniel Blum
; Associate Producer:
Don LaSusa
Originally produced by
The English Stage Company
Written by
William Wycherley
; Incidental music by
Tom Eastwood
Directed by
George Devine
Scenic Design by
Motley
; Costume Design by
Motley
; Assistant to Motley:
Betty Coe Armstrong
General Manager:
Victor Samrock
; Company Manager:
Leonard Field
Production Stage Manager:
Howard Whitfield
; Stage Manager:
Fred Baker
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Bill Penn
; Production Supervisor:
Motley
Pianist:
John Cooke
; Musical Personnel Manager:
Morris Stonzek
Press Representative:
William Fields
; Press Associate:
Walter Alford
,
Reginald Denenholz
and
John L. Toohey
; Production Assistant:
Edward H. Davis
; Press Assistant:
Mae Lyons
Pamela Brown
My Lady Fidget
Julie Harris
Mrs. Margery Pinchwife
Laurence Harvey
Mr. Horner
Ludi Claire
Mrs. Dainty Fidget
sister of Sir Jasper
Colleen Dewhurst
Mrs. Squeamish
Peter Donat
Mr. Dorilant
Richard Easton
Mr. Harcourt
John Moffatt
Mr. Sparkish
Maureen Quinney
Miss Alithea
sister of Pinchwife
Ernest Thesiger
Sir Jasper Fidget
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Mr. Pinchwife
Joan Hovis
Lucy
Alithea's maid
Cynthia Latham
Old Lady Squeamish
George Tyne
A Quack
David Vaughan
Parson
Willie Wade
Boy
Adelphi Theatre
(Nov 27, 1957 - Dec 21, 1957)
Cast
Douglas Watson
Mr. Harcourt
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Dec 23, 1957 - Jan 04, 1958)
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Costume Design
1958 Nominee
Costume Design by
Motley
Theatre World
Award
1958 Recipient
Richard Easton
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
,
Malcolm Wells
and
Daniel Blum
; Associate Producer:
Don LaSusa
Originally produced by
The English Stage Company
Written by
William Wycherley
; Incidental music by
Tom Eastwood
Directed by
George Devine
Scenic Design by
Motley
; Costume Design by
Motley
; Assistant to Motley:
Betty Coe Armstrong
General Manager:
Victor Samrock
; Company Manager:
Leonard Field
Production Stage Manager:
Howard Whitfield
; Stage Manager:
Fred Baker
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Bill Penn
; Production Supervisor:
Motley
Pianist:
John Cooke
; Musical Personnel Manager:
Morris Stonzek
Press Representative:
William Fields
; Press Associate:
Walter Alford
,
Reginald Denenholz
and
John L. Toohey
; Production Assistant:
Edward H. Davis
; Press Assistant:
Mae Lyons
Pamela Brown
My Lady Fidget
Julie Harris
Mrs. Margery Pinchwife
Laurence Harvey
Mr. Horner
Ludi Claire
Mrs. Dainty Fidget
sister of Sir Jasper
Colleen Dewhurst
Mrs. Squeamish
Peter Donat
Mr. Dorilant
Richard Easton
Mr. Harcourt
John Moffatt
Mr. Sparkish
Maureen Quinney
Miss Alithea
sister of Pinchwife
Ernest Thesiger
Sir Jasper Fidget
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Mr. Pinchwife
Joan Hovis
Lucy
Alithea's maid
Cynthia Latham
Old Lady Squeamish
George Tyne
A Quack
David Vaughan
Parson
Willie Wade
Boy
Adelphi Theatre
(Nov 27, 1957 - Dec 21, 1957)
Cast
Douglas Watson
Mr. Harcourt
Henry Miller's Theatre
(Dec 23, 1957 - Jan 04, 1958)
Tony Award®
Best Costume Design
1958 Nominee
Costume Design by
Motley
Theatre World
Award
1958 Recipient
Richard Easton
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