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Abelard and Heloise

Brooks Atkinson Theatre, (3/10/1971 - 4/24/1971)
Preview:Mar 4, 1971 Total Previews:6
Opening:Mar 10, 1971   
Closing:Apr 24, 1971 Total Performances:53


Category: Play, Drama, Original, Broadway
Setting: First half of the Twelfth Century in France





by opening date


Produced by Elliot Martin, James M. Nederlander and George M. Steinbrenner III; Produced by arrangement with John Gale


Written by Ronald Miller; Inspired by "Peter Abelard" by Helen Waddell

Directed by Robin Phillips

Scenic Design by Christopher Morley; Costume Design by Daphne Dare; Lighting Design by H. R. Poindexter

General Manager: Al Goldin; General Manager for Brooks Atkinson Theatre: Elizabeth I. McCann

Production Stage Manager: Norman Grogan; Stage Manager: Dom Salinaro

Press Representative: Mary Bryant, Stanley F. Kamkinsky and Sadie Stein; Assistant to Mr. Martin: Joanne Atkins; Assistant to the Director: John Handy; Casting: Michael Montel; Advertising: Ingram Ash; Musical Coach: Ernest St. John Metz


Opening Night Cast

Keith Michell Peter Abelard  
Diana Rigg Heloise  
Jacqueline Brookes Abbess of Argenteuil   
Peter Coffield Robert de Montboissier   
Beulah Garrick Sister Godric   
Barnard Hughes Fulbert   
Barbara Lester Belle Alys   
 Sister Laura   
DeAnn Mears Denise   
Ronald Radd Gilies de Vannes   
Robert H. Rovin Guilbert   
Byron Webster Alberic of Rheims   
Dirk Benedict Alain  
Nora Coppola Gisela  
Samantha Doane Mariella  
Kelly Fitzpatrick Hugh  
Ronald Hale Gerard  
Barney McFadden Philippe  
Jennifer Moore Sister Constance  
Christopher Pennock Jehan  
John Tremain Bernard  

Standby: DeAnn Mears (Heloise).

Understudies: Dirk Benedict (Robert de Montboissier), Samantha Doane (Belle Alys), Kelly Fitzpatrick (Fulbert), Ronald Hale (Alberic of Rheims, Fulbert, Hugh), Barbara Lester (Sister Godric), Barney McFadden (Peter Abelard), Jennifer Moore (Denise, Heloise), Christopher Pennock (Hugh, Peter Abelard, Robert de Montboissier), John Tremain (Guilbert, Robert de Montboissier), Byron Webster (Gilies de Vannes).