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The Dark Is Light Enough
Play
Comedy
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Feb 23, 1955
Closing Date
Apr 23, 1955
Performances
69
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Original
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Open Date: Feb 23, 1955
Close Date: Apr 23, 1955
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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.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
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
; Assistant to Mr. Messel:
Robert O'Hearn
and
Carl Toms
; 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
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
Awards
Theatre World
Award
1955 Recipient
Christopher Plummer
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
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
; Assistant to Mr. Messel:
Robert O'Hearn
and
Carl Toms
; 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
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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