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A Case of Libel   

 
Longacre Theatre , (10/10/1963 - 5/09/1964)
First Preview:Oct 07, 1963 Total Previews:4
Opening Date:Oct 10, 1963   
Closing Date:May 09, 1964 Total Performances:242

Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: Robert Sloane's law office and a court room of the New York State Supreme Court.


Production Staff
Produced by Roger L. Stevens and Joel W. Schenker
Written by Henry Denker; Based on the book "My Life in Court" by Louis Nizer
Directed by Sam Wanamaker
Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager; Costume Design by Ann Roth; Lighting Design by Donald Oenslager; Assistant to Donald Oenslager: Klaus Holm and Richard Casler; Assistant to Miss Roth: Albert Wolsky
General Manager: Victor Samrock; Company Manager: John Larson
Production Stage Manager: Henri Caubisens; Stage Manager: Jack Woods
Press Representative: Nat Dorfman and Irvin Dorfman; Casting: Terry Fay
Cast
Sidney Blackmer Paul Cleary
Larry Gates Boyd Bendix
Van Heflin Robert Sloane
Camila Ashland Claire Marshall
Philip Bourneuf Colonel Douglas
Alexander Clark James Baldwin
Joel Crothers David Strong
M'el Dowd Anita Corcoran
Tom Hammond Cleary's Assistant
William Hindman Court Stenographer
Joseph Julian Abner Coles
Douglas McLean Court Clerk
Richard McMurray Fred Alston
Keith Parnell Foreman of the Jury
John Randolph Dennis Corcoran
Lesley Woods Miss Brand
Wynn Wright Judge
Understudies: Alexander Clark, Jr. (Colonel Douglas), Tom Hammond (David Strong), William Hindman (Abner Coles, Fred Alston, James Baldwin), Douglas McLean (Judge), Richard McMurray (Dennis Corcoran), Wendell K. Phillips (Boyd Bendix, Paul Cleary) and Lesley Woods (Anita Corcoran, Claire Marshall)
1964 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Play
 Larry Gates [nominee]