PlayComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 23, 1955
Closing Date
Apr 23, 1955
Performances
69
PlayComedyOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
ANTA Playhouse
(Feb 23, 1955 - Apr 23, 1955)
Setting
A country house in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the Hungarian revolution in 1848-9.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The American National Theatre and Academy; ANTA Theatre Managing Director: Louis A. Lotito
Produced by Katharine Cornell and Roger L. Stevens; Produced by arrangement with H.M. Tennent, Ltd.
Written by Christopher Fry
Directed by Guthrie McClintic
Scenic Design by Oliver Messel; Costume Design by Oliver Messel; Hair Design by Barris
Business Manager: Gertrude Macy; Company Manager: Richard Horner
Production Stage Manager: Keene Curtis; Stage Manager: Ross Hertz
Press Representative: William Fields and Walter Alford; Press Assistant: Betty Burkhalter
Assistant to Mr. Messel: Robert O'Hearn and Carl Toms
Katharine Cornell
Countess Rosmarin Ostenburg
Tyrone Power
Richard Gettner (An Austrian in the Hungarian rebel army)
Arnold Moss
Colonel Janik (A Hungarian rebel officer)
John Williams
Belmann (Member of the Countess' Salon)
Dario Barri
Fourth Soldier
Eva Condon
Bella (A Housekeeper)
Jerome Gardino
Third Soldier
Ted Gunther
Beppy (A Hungarian corporal)
Donald Harron
Jakob (Member of the Countess' Salon)
Charles Macaulay
Willi (A Houseboy)
Christopher Plummer
Count Peter Zichy (A Hungarian in the Austrian government)
William Podmore
Kassel (A Doctor)
Sydney Pollack
Rusti (A Hungarian corporal)
Paul Roebling
Stefan (Son of the Countess)
Marian Winters
Gelda (Daughter of the Countess)

ANTA Playhouse (Feb 23, 1955 - Apr 23, 1955)

Cast

Tom Helmore
Belmann (Member of the Countess' Salon)
Donald Harron
Stefan (Son of the Countess)
Ross Hertz
Willi (A Houseboy)
Charles Macaulay
Jakob (Member of the Countess' Salon)

Theatre World

Award

1955 Recipient
Christopher Plummer
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