PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 16, 1965
Closing Date
Jan 08, 1966
1st Preview
Nov 03, 1965
1st Preview
Nov 03, 1965
Previews
12
Performances
63
PlayDramaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Broadway Theatre
(Nov 16, 1965 - Jan 08, 1966)

Setting
In and near the town of Loudun, and briefly at Paris, between the years 1623 and 1634.

Comments
THE DEVILS was first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, in February, 1961. John Whiting revised the play just prior to his untimely death in 1963. The revised version was presented on Broadway in 1965. During a performance late in the run of this production, Anne Bancroft fell off a ladder onstage. She ended up hospitalized for back pain and spams. Zoe Caldwell assumed her role for the remainder of the run.

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Alexander H. Cohen
Written by John Whiting; Based upon "The Devils of Loudun" by Aldous Huxley
Directed by Michael Cacoyannis
Scenic Design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian; Costume Design by Motley; Lighting Design by Jules Fisher; Assistant to Motley: Don Foote; Assistant to Mr. Ter-Artunian: Klaus Holm; Hair Design by Phil Leto; Sound Consultant: Robert Liftin
General Manager: Roy A. Somlyo; Company Manager: Seymour Herscher
Production Stage Manager: Jean Barrere; Stage Manager: Jake Hamilton; Assistant Stage Mgr: Harry Clark and Frank Rowley
Assistant to the Director: Peter Goldfarb; General Press Representative: James D. Proctor and Max Gendel; Press Associate: Louise Weiner; Advertising: Ingram Ash; Production Associate: Hildy Parks and Milton Chwasky; Production Assistant: Davina Crawford
Sister Jean of the Angels
the Prioress of St. Ursula's Convent
Urbain Grandier
the Vicar of St. Peter's Church
Guillame De Cerisay
the Chief Magistrate
A Sewerman
De Laubardemont
the Cardinal's Special Emissary to Loudun
Father Barre
Jean D'Armagnac
the Governor of Loudun
Father Mignon
Mannoury
a surgeon
Father Rangier
Father Ambrose
De La Rochepozay
the Bishop of Poitiers
Ensemble
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Ninon
a widow
Phillipe Trincant
Louis Trincant's daughter
Ensemble
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Adam
a chemist
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Richelieu
Ensemble
Ensemble
Sister Claire
Louis XIII
King of France
Sister Louise
Louis Trincant
the Public Prosecutor
 
Clerk
Bontemps
a jailer
Ensemble
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Sister Gabrielle
Ensemble
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Prince Henri De Conde
Ensemble
 
Old Man
Standby: Jenny Egan (Sister Jean of the Angels)
Understudies: Jonathan Fox (Guillame De Cerisay, De La Rochepozay, Richelieu, Bontemps), Linda Geiser (Sister Gabrielle), Tom Klunis (Jean D'Armagnac, De Laubardemont, Prince Henri De Conde), Michael Lombard (Father Barre), Erin Martin (Phillipe Trincant), John Milligan (Father Mignon), Alan Mixon (Mannoury, A Sewerman, Urbain Grandier), George Morse (Adam, Sewerman #2, Father Rangier, Clerk), Frank Rowley (Louis XIII), Anna Shaler (Ninon), Roy Shuman (Guillame De Cerisay, De La Rochepozay, Richelieu, Bontemps), Lucretia Simmons (Sister Claire), Holland Taylor (Sister Louise) and Eugene R. Wood (Louis Trincant, Father Ambrose)

Broadway Theatre (Nov 16, 1965 - Jan 08, 1966)

Cast

Sister Jean of the Angels
the Prioress of St. Ursula's Convent
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