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Opening Date
Mar 22, 1970
Closing Date
Mar 22, 1970
1st Preview
Mar 05, 1970
1st Preview
Mar 05, 1970
Previews
20
Performances
1
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
John Golden Theatre
(Mar 22, 1970 - Mar 22, 1970)
Setting
1854-55. Britain, the Crimean Peninsula, during the Crimean War.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Seymour Vall and Louis S. Goldman; Produced in association with Rick Mandell and Bjorn I. Swanstrom
Music by Michael Valenti; Lyrics by John Lewin; Book by John Lewin; Musical Director: Milton Setzer; Music orchestrated by Julian Stein and Abba Bogin
Directed by Alan Schneider; Musical Staging by Larry Fuller; Assistant Director: Joan Thorne
Scenic Design by Ed Wittstein; Costume Design by Deirdre Cartier; Lighting Design by Tharon Musser; Assistant to Mr. Wittstein: Joel Cook; Assistant to Miss Musser: Ken Billington
General Manager: Diana Shumlin; Company Manager: Paul Groll
Production Stage Manager: Richard Thayer; Assistant Stage Mgr: Louis Pulvino
Music Preparation: Jack Hansen
General Press Representative: Abby Hirsch; Assistant to the Director: Rhoda Grauer; Asst. to the Choreographer: Merry Lynn Katis; Press Representative: Ellen Rosenberg; Advertising: Mike Mones
Charles Abbott
Russian Soldier
Philip Bruns
Private John Smalls
Jeanie Carson
Queen Victoria
 
Bessie Bellwood
 
Florence Nightingale
 
Alice Crabbe
a Bawd
Keene Curtis
Napoleon III
Ronald Drake
Prince Albert
Bill Gibbens
Grenadier Guard
Jay Gregory
W. H. Russell
Correspondent for the London Times
Lowell Harris
Cornet Edwin May
4th Light Dragoons
Jess Richards
Private William Cockroft
William Tost
Grenadier Guard
 
Evans
Sydney Walker
Fitzroy Somerset Lord Raglan
Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty's Forces, the Crimea
Standby: Frances Sternhagen (Queen Victoria, Bessie Bellwood, Florence Nightingale, Alice Crabbe)
Understudies: Charles Abbott (Private John Smalls), Bill Gibbens (Fitzroy Somerset Lord Raglan, Private William Cockroft), Jay Gregory (Prince Albert), Lowell Harris (Napoleon III, W. H. Russell) and William Tost (Cornet Edwin May, Russian Soldier)
music by Michael Valenti; lyrics by John Lewin
Act 1
Sung By
The Cream of English Youth
British Army
A Garden in the Sun
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and Fitzroy Somerset Lord Raglan
In the Country Where I Come From
Private William Cockroft
The Cream of English Youth (Reprise)
Private John Smalls and Private William Cockroft
Black Dog Rum
Fusiliers
How Fucked up Things Are
Private John Smalls and Private William Cockroft
The English Rose
Private John Smalls and Private William Cockroft
O Rock Eternal
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Soldiers Anthem
Fusiliers
Act 2
Sung By
Prelude
Fusiliers
Blood Red Roses
Private William Cockroft
The Fourth Light Dragoons
Cornet Edwin May
The English Rose (Reprise)
Private John Smalls
Song of Greater Britain
Bessie Bellwood
Song of the Fair Dissenter Lass
Alice Crabbe
Finale
Entire Company
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