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Plymouth Theatre, (10/24/1974 - 9/11/1976)
Helen Hayes Theatre, (10/5/1976 - 10/2/1977)
Preview:Oct 14, 1974 Total Previews:
Opening:Oct 24, 1974   
Closing:Oct 2, 1977 Total Performances:1209


Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: The Present. Rokeby Psychiatric Hospital in Southern England.





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Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden and Doris Cole Abrahams; Produced in association with Frank Milton

Written by Peter Shaffer; Cinema Music: Cy Coleman

Directed by John Dexter

Scenic Design by John Napier; Costume Design by John Napier; Lighting Design by Andy Phillips; Sound Design by Marc Wilkinson

General Manager: Max Allentuck

Production Stage Manager: Robert L. Borod; Stage Manager: Nicholas Russiyan; Assistant Stage Mgr: Michael Wieben

Mime: Claude Chagrin; American supervision of scenery and lighting: Howard Bay; American supervision of costumes: Patricia Adshead; General Press Representative: John Springer Associates; Press Representative: Louis Sica; Graphic Design: Gilbert Lesser; Advertising: The Blaine Thompson Company and Matthew Serino; Assistant to Mr. Bloomgarden: John Bloomgarden; Assistant to the Director: Gabriel Oshen; Production Assistant: Scott Rudin


Opening Night Cast

Peter Firth Alan Strang  
Anthony Hopkins Martin Dysart  
Michael Higgins Frank Strang   
Roberta Maxwell Jill Mason   
Marian Seldes Hesther Saloman   
Frances Sternhagen Dora Strang   
Mary Doyle Nurse  
Gus Kaikkonen Horse  
Philip Kraus Horse  
Walter Mathews Harry Dalton  
Everett McGill Young Horseman  
 Nugget  
Gabriel Oshen Horse  
David Ramsey Horse  
John Tyrrell Horse  

Standby: Alan Mixon (Martin Dysart).

Understudies: Mary Doyle (Dora Strang, Hesther Saloman), Dale Hodges (Jill Mason, Nurse), Thomas Hulce (Alan Strang), Philip Kraus (Harry Dalton, Nugget, Young Horseman), Walter Mathews (Frank Strang), Michael Wieben (Horse).