PlayDrama HistoryOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 08, 1948
Closing Date
Oct 08, 1949
Performances
288
PlayDrama HistoryOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Shubert Theatre
(Dec 08, 1948 - Oct 08, 1949)
Setting
England. Between the years 1526 and 1536.
Comments
Anne of the Thousand Days was on hiatus from 6/26/1949 through 8/21/1949. When the production re-opened on August 22, 1949, the character of "Madge Shelton" was cut from the show.
Theatre Owned by The Shubert Organization; Theatre Operated by the Central Theatres Leasing & Construction Company
Produced by The Playwrights' Company and Leland Hayward
Written by Maxwell Anderson; Incidental music by Lehman Engel
Staged by H. C. Potter
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner; Lighting Design by Jo Mielziner; Costume Design by Motley; Assistant to Mr. Mielziner: John Harvey; Miss Redman's Hairstyle by Eugene Orosz; Make-Up Design by Maurice Siederman; Miss Redman's Make-up designed by William H. Zauder
Business Manager: Victor Samrock
Production Stage Manager: Walter Wagner; Stage Manager: Scott Jackson, Maury Tuckerman and Terence Anderson
Press Representative: William Fields and Walter Alford; Press Assistant: Arthur Cantor
Rex Harrison
Henry
Joyce Redman
Anne Boleyn
Terence Anderson
Clerk
 
Royal Servant
Kathleen Bolton
Serving Woman
Cecil Clovelly
Servant
 
Prior Houghton
Donald Conrad
Singer
Fred Ayers Cotton
Bailiff
Robert Duke
Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Charles Ellis
Musician
 
Royal Servant
Charles Francis
Thomas Boleyn
Russell Gaige
Sir Thomas More
Margaret Garland
Madge Shelton
Dec 08, 1948 - Jun 25, 1949
Harry Irvine
Bishop Fisher
Viola Keats
Elizabeth Boleyn
Monica Lang
Jane Seymour
Dec 08, 1948 - Jun 25, 1949
Richard Leone
Singer
Ludlow Maury
Servant
Harold McGee
Bailiff
 
Musician
 
Royal Servant
John Merivale
Mark Smeaton
Frank Myers
Singer
Wendell K. Phillips
Thomas Cromwell
Louise Platt
Mary Boleyn
Harry Selby
Messenger
Allan Stevenson
Henry Norris
Percy Waram
Cardinal Wolsey
Dec 08, 1948 - Jun 25, 1949
Malcolm Wells
Musician
 
Royal Servant
John Williams
Duke of Norfolk

Shubert Theatre (Dec 08, 1948 - Oct 08, 1949)

Cast

Francis Bethencourt
Royal Servant
George Collier
Prior Houghton
Margaret Garland
Jane Seymour
Aug 22, 1949 - Oct 08, 1949
Walter Matthau
Servant
 
Royal Servant
Polly Rowles
Mary Boleyn
? - Jun 11, 1949
Janet Ward
Mary Boleyn
Jun 13, 1949 - Oct 08, 1949
Frederic Worlock
Cardinal Wolsey
Aug 22, 1949 - ?

Tony Award®

Best Actor (Dramatic)

1949 Winner
Rex Harrison

Best Scenic Design

1949 Winner
Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner
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