Too True to Be Good

PlayComedyRevivalBroadway

Opening Date

Mar 12, 1963

Closing Date

Jun 01, 1963

1st Preview

Mar 09, 1963

1st Preview

Mar 09, 1963

Previews

Performances

PlayComedyRevivalBroadway

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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres

54th Street Theatre
(Mar 12, 1963 - Jun 01, 1963)

Description

A play in three acts

Setting

A bedroom in a suburban villa in one of the richest cities in England. A sea beach in a mountainous country.

People
- Production Staff
- Opening Night Cast
Produced by Paul Vroom, Buff Cobb and Burry Fredrik; Associate Producer: Robert M. Newsom

Written by George Bernard Shaw; Incidental music by Mitch Leigh

Directed by Albert Marre

Scenic Design by Paul Morrison; Costume Design by Edith Lutyens Bel Geddes; Lighting Design by Paul Morrison; Transition sequences designed by Abner Dean; Assistant to Mr. Morrison: Richard Burns

General Manager: Paul Vroom

Production Stage Manager: James S. Gelb; Stage Manager: Ian Cadenhead

Production Assistant: Doris Blum and Jerry Zafer; Press Representative: David Lipsky and Fred Weterick

Lillian Gish

Mrs. Mopply

Cedric Hardwicke

The Elder
Mr. Bagot

Eileen Heckart

The Nurse
Sweetie

Glynis Johns

The Patient
Miss Mopply

Ray Middleton

Sergeant Fielding

Robert Preston

The Burglar
Aubrey

Cyril Ritchard

Colonel Tallboys

David Wayne

Private Meek

Standby: Ramon Bieri (Sergeant Fielding, The Burglar, Colonel Tallboys), Charles Gerald (Private Meek, The Elder) and DeAnn Mears (Mrs. Mopply, The Nurse, The Patient)
Awards

Tony Award®

Best Producer of a Play

1963 Nominee
Produced by Paul Vroom , Buff Cobb and Burry Fredrik

People
Awards

Production Staff
Opening Night Cast

Produced by Paul Vroom, Buff Cobb and Burry Fredrik; Associate Producer: Robert M. Newsom

Written by George Bernard Shaw; Incidental music by Mitch Leigh

Directed by Albert Marre

Scenic Design by Paul Morrison; Costume Design by Edith Lutyens Bel Geddes; Lighting Design by Paul Morrison; Transition sequences designed by Abner Dean; Assistant to Mr. Morrison: Richard Burns

General Manager: Paul Vroom

Production Stage Manager: James S. Gelb; Stage Manager: Ian Cadenhead

Production Assistant: Doris Blum and Jerry Zafer; Press Representative: David Lipsky and Fred Weterick

Lillian Gish

Mrs. Mopply

Cedric Hardwicke

The Elder

Mr. Bagot

Eileen Heckart

The Nurse

Sweetie

Glynis Johns

The Patient

Miss Mopply

Ray Middleton

Sergeant Fielding

Robert Preston

The Burglar

Aubrey

Cyril Ritchard

Colonel Tallboys

David Wayne

Private Meek

Standby: Ramon Bieri (Sergeant Fielding, The Burglar, Colonel Tallboys), Charles Gerald (Private Meek, The Elder) and DeAnn Mears (Mrs. Mopply, The Nurse, The Patient)

Tony Award®

Best Producer of a Play

1963 Nominee
Produced by Paul Vroom , Buff Cobb and Burry Fredrik

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