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A Shot in the Dark

Booth Theatre, (10/18/1961 - 9/22/1962)
Preview:Oct 17, 1961 Total Previews:1
Opening:Oct 18, 1961   
Closing:Sep 22, 1962 Total Performances:389


Category: Play, Farce, Comedy, Original, Broadway
Setting: The chamber of an examining magistrate (Juge d'Instruction) in Paris. The present.





by opening date


Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization

Produced by Leland Hayward

Written by Marcel Achard; Adapted by Harry Kurnitz

Directed by Harold Clurman

Scenic Design by Ben Edwards; Costume Design by Noel Taylor; Lighting Design by Ben Edwards; Assistant to Mr. Edwards: Richard Burns

General Manager: Herman Bernstein; Company Manager: Richard Skinner

Production Stage Manager: David Gray, Jr.; Stage Manager: Pierre Epstein

Press Representative: Frank Goodman and Ben Washer; Press Assistant: David Rothenberg


Opening Night Cast

Julie Harris Josefa Lantenay  
Walter Matthau Benjamin Beaurevers   
William Shatner Paul Sevigne   
Pierre Epstein Guard  
Hugh Franklin Lablache  
Gene Saks Morestan  
Louise Troy Dominique Beaurevers  
Diana van der Vlis Antoinette Sevigne  

Standby: J.D. Cannon (Morestan, Paul Sevigne).

Understudies: Jeanne Jerrems (Antoinette Sevigne, Dominique Beaurevers, Josefa Lantenay), Joel Thomas (Benjamin Beaurevers, Lablache).