PlaySatireOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 09, 1988
Closing Date
Feb 20, 1988
1st Preview
Jan 20, 1988
1st Preview
Jan 20, 1988
Previews
21
Performances
15
PlaySatireOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Royale Theatre
(Feb 09, 1988 - Feb 20, 1988)
Setting
London and New York. Between October 1986 and June 1987.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by Joseph Papp; Produced in association with The Shubert Organization; Associate Produced by Jason Steven Cohen
Written by Caryl Churchill; Featuring songs by Mickey Gallagher and Chas Jankel; Featuring songs with lyrics by Ian Dury; Choral Director: Allan Corduner; Scene from "The Volunteers or The Stock Jobbers" by Thomas Shadwell; Music arranged by Colin Sell
Directed by Max Stafford-Clark
Scenic Design by Peter Hartwell; Costume Design by Peter Hartwell; Lighting Design by Rick Fisher; Miss Nelligan's wig by Paul Huntley
General Manager: Bob MacDonald; Company Manager: Steven H. David; Associate Company Manager: Mary C. Miller
Production Stage Manager: James Bernardi; Stage Manager: Pat Sosnow
Casting: Rosemarie Tichler and James Mulkin; General Press Representative: Richard Kornberg; Photographer: Martha Swope; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Assistant to the Director (New York): Bonnie Mark; Assistant to the Director (London): Hettie Macdonald; Dialect Coach: Elizabeth Himelstein
Originally produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer) and The Royal Court Theatre
Valerie Bahakel
LIFFE Member and Trader
Alec Baldwin
Grimes (a gilts dealer)
 
Billy Corman (corporate raider)
Allan Corduner
Durkfeld (a trader, co-chief executive of Klein Merrick)
 
Greville Todd (Jake and Scilla's father, a stockbroker)
 
Duckett (chairman of Albion)
 
Soat (President of Missouri Gumballs)
 
Gleason (a Cabinet Minister)
Christine Dunford
LIFFE Member and Trader
Cordelia González
Jacinta Condor (a Peruvian businesswoman)
Gregory Jbara
LIFFE Member and Trader
Melinda Mullins
Scilla Todd (a LIFFE dealer)
 
Ms. Biddulph (a white knight)
Olivia Negrón
LIFFE Member and Trader
Kate Nelligan
Marylou Baines (an American arbitrageur)
 
Mrs. Etherington (a stockbroker)
 
Dolcie Starr (a PR consultant)
John Pankow
Zackerman (a banker with Klein Merrick)
Liann Pattison
LIFFE Member and Trader
Wendell Pierce
Merrison (a banker, co-chief executive of Klein Merrick)
 
T. K. (personal assistant to Marylou Baines)
 
Nigel Ajibala (an importer from Ghana)
Stephen Rowe
LIFFE Member and Trader
Michael Rudko
LIFFE Member and Trader
Harold J. Surratt
LIFFE Member and Trader
Michael Wincott
Jake Todd (Scilla's brother, a commercial paper dealer)
 
Frosby (a jobber)
 
Grevett (a DTI inspector)
Understudies: Christine Dunford (Scilla Todd, Ms. Biddulph), Gregory Jbara (Zackerman), Olivia Negrón (Jacinta Condor), Liann Pattison (Marylou Baines, Mrs. Etherington, Dolcie Starr), Stephen Rowe (Grimes, Billy Corman), Michael Rudko (Durkfeld, Greville Todd, Duckett, Soat, Gleason, Jake Todd, Frosby, Grevett) and Harold J. Surratt (Merrison, T. K., Nigel Ajibala)

Tony Award®

 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1988 Nominee
Kate Nelligan
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