Agamemnon

Vivian Beaumont Theatre, (5/18/1977 - 6/19/1977)

First Preview:	Apr 29, 1977	Total Previews:	14
Opening Date:	May 18, 1977
Closing Date:	Jun 19, 1977	Total Performances:	39

Category: Play, Drama, Revival, Broadway

Setting: Argos, the palace of Agamemnon.

Comments: Moved to the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park from July 28 - August 28, 1977 for the Shakespeare in the Park festival. The role of Watchman/Herald was played interchangeably by members of the chorus.

Opening Night Credits

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
Produced by Joseph Papp; Associate Producer: Bernard Gersten
Originally produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer)
Written by Aeschylus; Using fragments of the original Greek and the translation by Edith Hamilton; Music composed by Elizabeth Swados
Conceived by Andrei Serban and Elizabeth Swados; Directed by Andrei Serban
Scenic Design by Douglas W. Schmidt; Costume Design by Santo Loquasto; Lighting Design by Jennifer Tipton; Assistant to Mr. Schmidt: Woods Mackintosh; Assistant to Mr. Loquasto: Hilary Rosenfeld and Tom McKinley; Assistant to Miss Tipton: Tom Rowe
NYSF General Manager: Robert Kamlot; Managerial Assistant: Roger Gindi
NYSF Production Manager: Andrew Mihok; Production Stage Manager: Julia Gillett; Stage Manager: Richard Jakiel; NYSF Production Supervisor: Jason Steven Cohen; NYSF Technical Director: Mervyn Haines, Jr.
Woodwinds: Richard Centalonza; Flute: Dan Erkkila; Percussion: William Ruyle and Andrew Schloss
NYSF General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; NYSF Casting: Rosemarie Tichler; NYSF Director of Play Development: Gail Merrifield; Assistant to the Director: Maude Dinand; NYSF at Lincoln Center Press Representative: Faith Geer; Graphics Design: Susan Frank; Poster Design by Paul Davis; Photographer: George E. Joseph; Advertising: Case & McGrath

Cast

Stuart Baker-Bergen	Chorus
Suzanne Collins	Chorus
Gretel Cummings	Chorus
Jerry Cunliffe	Chorus
Jon De Vries	Chorus
Helena D. Garcia	Chorus
Natalie Gray	Chorus
Kathleen Harris	Chorus
C. S. Hayward	Chorus
Rodney Hudson	Chorus
Onni Johnson	Chorus
Paul Kreppel	Chorus
Diane Lane	Iphigenia
Paula Larke	Chorus
Roger Lawson	Chorus
Esther Levy	Chorus
Mimi Locadio	Chorus
Tom Matsusaka	Chorus
Valois Mickens	Chorus
Joseph Neal	Chorus
William Parry	Chorus
Justin Rashid	Chorus
Peter Schlosser	Chorus
Priscilla Smith	Clytemnestra
	Cassandra
Jai Oscar St. John	Chorus
Eron Tabor	Chorus
George Voskovec	Chorus Leader
John Watson	Chorus
Beverly Wideman	Chorus
Jamil Zakkai Replaced John Cazale after the first preview	Agamemnon	(Apr 30, 1977 - Jun 19, 1977)
	Aegisthus	(Apr 30, 1977 - Jun 19, 1977)

Standby: Natalie Gray (Clytemnestra) and Valois Mickens (Cassandra)

Understudy: George Touliatos (Chorus Leader)