PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 02, 1958
Closing Date
Jun 13, 1959
Performances
284
PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Helen Hayes Theatre
(Oct 02, 1958 - Jun 13, 1959)
Description
A play in four acts
Setting
The dining room of Melody's Tavern, in a village a few miles from Boston. July 27, 1828.
Comments
A Touch of the Poet was on hiatus 3/22/1959 - 3/29/1959.
Produced by The Producers Theatre
Originally produced by Robert Whitehead
Written by Eugene O'Neill
Staged by Harold Clurman
Scenic Design by Ben Edwards; Assistant Designer: Richard Burns; Assistant Costume Design: Betty Coe Armstrong
General Manager: Oscar Olesen; Company Manager: Thomas V. Bodkin; Managing Director of the Helen Hayes Theatre: Louis A. Lotito
Production Stage Manager: Joseph Brownstone; Assistant Stage Mgr: Norman Kean
Press Representative: Barry Hyams, Bob Ullman and Lila Glaser; Casting: Terry Fay; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner and Associates; Press Secretary: Edith L. Kean
Betty Field
Deborah
Mrs. Henry Harford
Helen Hayes
Nora Melody
Eric Portman
Cornelius Melody
John Call
Dan Roche
Tom Clancy
Mickey Maloy
Curt Conway
Jamie Cregan
Farrell Pelly
Patch Riley
Art Smith
Paddy O'Dowd
Kim Stanley
Sara Melody
Oct 02, 1958 - Mar 20, 1959
Luis Van Rooten
Nicholas Gadsby
Understudy: Nancy Malone (Sara Melody)

Helen Hayes Theatre (Oct 02, 1958 - Jun 13, 1959)

Cast

Cloris Leachman
Sara Melody
Apr 13, 1959 - Jun 13, 1959
Nancy Malone
Sara Melody
Mar 30, 1959 - Apr 11, 1959
Dermot McNamara
Mickey Maloy
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Mickey Maloy

Tony Award®

 

Best Play

1959 Nominee
Produced by The Producers Theatre
Written by Eugene O'Neill
Originally produced by Robert Whitehead
 

Best Actress in a Play

1959 Nominee
Kim Stanley
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