PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 17, 1960
Closing Date
May 20, 1961
1st Preview
Nov 16, 1960
1st Preview
Nov 16, 1960
Previews
2
Performances
212
PlayDramaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Cort Theatre
(Nov 17, 1960 - May 20, 1961)

Setting
Washington, D.C., sometime in the future

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr; Produced in association with John Herman; Associate Producer: Theatrical Interests Plan, Inc.
Written by Loring Mandel; Based on the Pulitzer Prize Novel by Allen Drury
Directed by Franklin Schaffner
Scenic Design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian; Costume Design by John Boxer; Lighting Design by Klaus Holm; Hair Design by Ronald De Mann; Assistant to Mr. Ter-Arutunian: Klaus Holm; Sound Design by Masque Sound Engineering Company
General Manager: Ben F. Stein; Company Manager: David Lawlor; Assistant to General Manager: Sam Pagliaro
Production Stage Manager: Ross Bowman; Assistant Stage Mgr: Arnold Margolin and Frank Roberts
Press Representative: Betty Lee Hunt; Production Associate: Robert Linden; Advertising: Fred Golden; Photographer: Friedman-Abeles
Orrin Knox
Senator from Illinois
Seab Cooley
Senator from So. Carolina
Brig Anderson
Senator from Utah
Van Ackerman
Senator from Wyoming
Bob Munson
Senator from Michigan
William A. Huntington
August
Senator from Minnesota
Mabel Anderson
The President of the U.S.
Herbert Gelman
Vice President
Claire Munson
Winthrop
Senator from Massachusetts
Newsman Three
 
Senate Clerk
Calloway
Senator from Utah
Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Secretary
Liz
Brig's Sec.
Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Danta
Senator from Connecticut
Richardson
Senator from Arkansas
Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Newsman One
 
Rally Speaker
Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Newsman Two
Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
De Wilton
Senator from Vermont
Understudies: Conrad Bain (Bob Munson, William A. Huntington), John Boyd (Winthrop, Danta), Wilson Brooks (The President of the U.S.), Peggy Fenn (Claire Munson, Liz), Joan Hotchkis (Mabel Anderson), Barnard Hughes (Orrin Knox), Clarence Kavanaugh (August), Leslie Litomy (Herbert Gelman), Vince O'Brien (Van Ackerman, Richardson, Calloway), Frank Roberts (De Wilton, Newsman One, Newsman Two, Newsman Three), Michael Ryan (Brig Anderson), Tom Shirley (Seab Cooley) and Wynn Wright (Vice President)

Cort Theatre (Nov 17, 1960 - May 20, 1961)

Cast

Claire Munson
Jessica Walter
Broadway debut
Liz
Brig's Sec.

Tony Award®

 

Best Scenic Design (Dramatic)

1961 Nominee
Scenic Design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian
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