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Poor Murderer
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Oct 20, 1976
Closing Date
Jan 02, 1977
1st Preview
Oct 13, 1976
1st Preview
Oct 13, 1976
Previews
8
Performances
87
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Open Date: Oct 20, 1976
Close Date: Jan 02, 1977
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Oct 20, 1976 - Jan 02, 1977)
Setting
The great hall of the St. Elizabeth Institute for Nervous Disorders, St. Petersburgh, Russia, 1900.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by
Kermit Bloomgarden
,
John Bloomgarden
and
Ken Marsolais
; Produced in association with
Don-Mark Enterprises
Written by
Pavel Kohout
; Based on the 1902 short story "Msyl" ("Thought") by
Leonid N. Andreev
; Musical Director:
Stanley Wietrzychowski
; Translated from Kohout's Czech play and the German version of G. and A. Baumrucker by
Herbert Berghof
and
Laurence Luckinbill
Directed by
Herbert Berghof
Scenic Design by
Howard Bay
; Lighting Design by
Howard Bay
; Costume Design by
Patricia Zipprodt
; Hair Design by
Patrik Moreton
; Assistant Costume Design:
Hilary Rosenfeld
General Manager:
Max Allentuck
; Company Manager:
Milton Moss
Production Stage Manager:
Frederick A. De Wilde
; Stage Manager:
Harry Young
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Timothy Farmer
Musician:
Stanley Wietrzychowski
,
Brian Koonin
and
Alfonso Schiapano
Production Associate:
Dona D. Vaughn
; General Press Representative:
John Springer Associates
; Press Representative:
Louis Sica
; Assistant to the Director:
Marlene Mancini
; Assistant to the Producer:
Noel Gilmore
; Literary Advisor:
Micky Levy
; Casting:
Johnson-Liff Associates
; Advertising:
The Blaine Thompson Agency
and
Matthew Serino
; Graphic Design:
Gilbert Lesser
; Photographer:
Frederick Ohringer
Ruth Ford
Third Actress
also Voluptuous Mistress; Irina Pavlovna Kurganova; Countess Byelitskaya
Larry Gates
Professor Drzhembitsky
Laurence Luckinbill
Anton Ignatyevich Kerzhentsev
also Hamlet
Kevin McCarthy
First Actor
Alexey Konstantinovich Savelyov; also Polonius / Hamlet II
Maria Schell
Broadway debut
First Actress
Tatyana Nikolayevna; also Queen
Julie Garfield
Second Actress
also Servant Girl / Katya; Flower Vendor / Gypsy Roma; Marya Vassilyevna
Ernest Graves
Third Actor
also Dean / Lawyer / Major Count Byelitsky; Kurganov / King and others
Peter Maloney
Fourth Actor
also Cashier / Newspaper Vendor; Conductor / Gypsy / Francisco; Polonius II
Felicia Montealegre
Fourth Actress
also Slim Mistress; Duchess de Cliche-Turomel; Pro
Paul Sparer
Second Actor
also Ignat Antonovich Kerzhentsev / Rector; Waiter / Bernardo and others
James Carruthers
Attendant
Barbara Coggin
Apprentice
also Gypsy Girl
Timothy Farmer
Attendant
Seán Griffin
Attendant
Richard Vernon
Attendant
Understudies:
James Carruthers
(Second Actor),
Faith Catlin
(Second Actress, Apprentice),
Barbara Coggin
(Third Actress, Fourth Actress),
Ernest Graves
(First Actor),
Seán Griffin
(Anton Ignatyevich Kerzhentsev),
Felicia Montealegre
(First Actress),
Richard Vernon
(Fourth Actor) and
Harry Young
(Professor Drzhembitsky, Third Actor)
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by
Kermit Bloomgarden
,
John Bloomgarden
and
Ken Marsolais
; Produced in association with
Don-Mark Enterprises
Written by
Pavel Kohout
; Based on the 1902 short story "Msyl" ("Thought") by
Leonid N. Andreev
; Musical Director:
Stanley Wietrzychowski
; Translated from Kohout's Czech play and the German version of G. and A. Baumrucker by
Herbert Berghof
and
Laurence Luckinbill
Directed by
Herbert Berghof
Scenic Design by
Howard Bay
; Lighting Design by
Howard Bay
; Costume Design by
Patricia Zipprodt
; Hair Design by
Patrik Moreton
; Assistant Costume Design:
Hilary Rosenfeld
General Manager:
Max Allentuck
; Company Manager:
Milton Moss
Production Stage Manager:
Frederick A. De Wilde
; Stage Manager:
Harry Young
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Timothy Farmer
Musician:
Stanley Wietrzychowski
,
Brian Koonin
and
Alfonso Schiapano
Production Associate:
Dona D. Vaughn
; General Press Representative:
John Springer Associates
; Press Representative:
Louis Sica
; Assistant to the Director:
Marlene Mancini
; Assistant to the Producer:
Noel Gilmore
; Literary Advisor:
Micky Levy
; Casting:
Johnson-Liff Associates
; Advertising:
The Blaine Thompson Agency
and
Matthew Serino
; Graphic Design:
Gilbert Lesser
; Photographer:
Frederick Ohringer
Ruth Ford
Third Actress
also Voluptuous Mistress; Irina Pavlovna Kurganova; Countess Byelitskaya
Larry Gates
Professor Drzhembitsky
Laurence Luckinbill
Anton Ignatyevich Kerzhentsev
also Hamlet
Kevin McCarthy
First Actor
Alexey Konstantinovich Savelyov; also Polonius / Hamlet II
Maria Schell
Broadway debut
First Actress
Tatyana Nikolayevna; also Queen
Julie Garfield
Second Actress
also Servant Girl / Katya; Flower Vendor / Gypsy Roma; Marya Vassilyevna
Ernest Graves
Third Actor
also Dean / Lawyer / Major Count Byelitsky; Kurganov / King and others
Peter Maloney
Fourth Actor
also Cashier / Newspaper Vendor; Conductor / Gypsy / Francisco; Polonius II
Felicia Montealegre
Fourth Actress
also Slim Mistress; Duchess de Cliche-Turomel; Pro
Paul Sparer
Second Actor
also Ignat Antonovich Kerzhentsev / Rector; Waiter / Bernardo and others
James Carruthers
Attendant
Barbara Coggin
Apprentice
also Gypsy Girl
Timothy Farmer
Attendant
Seán Griffin
Attendant
Richard Vernon
Attendant
Understudies:
James Carruthers
(Second Actor),
Faith Catlin
(Second Actress, Apprentice),
Barbara Coggin
(Third Actress, Fourth Actress),
Ernest Graves
(First Actor),
Seán Griffin
(Anton Ignatyevich Kerzhentsev),
Felicia Montealegre
(First Actress),
Richard Vernon
(Fourth Actor) and
Harry Young
(Professor Drzhembitsky, Third Actor)
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