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The Pleasure of His Company   

 
Longacre Theatre , (10/22/1958 - 6/13/1959)
Music Box Theatre , (6/15/1959 - 11/21/1959)
First Preview: Total Previews:
Opening Date:Oct 22, 1958   
Closing Date:Nov 21, 1959 Total Performances:474

Category: Play, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Description: A comedy in two acts
Setting: The living room of a house on a hill in San Francisco, overlooking the Golden Gate. The present.


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Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Frederick Brisson and The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
Written by Samuel Taylor; Written in collaboration with Cornelia Otis Skinner
Directed by Cyril Ritchard
Production Design by Donald Oenslager; Costume Design by Edith Head; Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager; Assistant to Mr. Oenslager: Klaus Holm
Company Manager: Ben Rosenberg; Business Manager: Victor Samrock
Production Stage Manager: Fred Hebert; Stage Manager: Gerald O'Brien
Press Representative: William Fields and Mae Lyons; Press Associate: Walter Alford and Reginald Denenholz; Wardrobe Consultant: Suzanne Taylor
Cast
Cyril Ritchard Biddeford Poole
Charlie Ruggles Mackenzie Savage
Cornelia Otis Skinner Katharine Dougherty
Walter Abel Jim Dougherty
Dolores Hart Jessica Poole
George Peppard Roger Henderson
Jerry Fujikawa Toy
Understudies: Jeff Killion (Roger Henderson, Toy), Melville Ruick (Jim Dougherty, Mackenzie Savage), Sandy Smith (Jessica Poole), Ann Summers (Katharine Dougherty) and Patrick Waddington (Biddeford Poole)
1959 Tony Award® Best Actor in Play
 Performer: Cyril Ritchard [nominee]
1959 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
winnerCharlie Ruggles [winner]
1959 Tony Award® Best Featured Actress in a Play
 Dolores Hart [nominee]
1959 Tony Award® Best Direction
 Cyril Ritchard [nominee]
1959 Theatre World Award
winnerDolores Hart [winner]