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Antony and Cleopatra
Play
Tragedy
Revival
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 20, 1951
Closing Date
Apr 13, 1952
Performances
66
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
This production played in repertory with
Caesar and Cleopatra
Theatres
Ziegfeld Theatre
(Dec 20, 1951 - Apr 13, 1952)
Setting
Alexandria, Rome, a Galley near Misenum, a Plain near Actium, between two opposing camps before Alexandria, and outside and inside Cleopatra's Monument.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Billy Rose
Produced by
Gilbert Miller
; Produced in association with
Laurence Olivier Productions, Ltd.
Written by
William Shakespeare
; Incidental music by
Herbert Menges
; Musical Director:
Jacques Singer
Directed by
Michael Benthall
Scenic Design by
Roger Furse
; Costume Design by
Audrey Cruddas
General Manager:
Morton Gottlieb
; Company Manager:
Ben Boyar
Production Manager:
David Kentish
; Stage Director:
Rosemary Hill
; Stage Manager:
Anthony Pelly
and
Terence Owen
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Jessie Barclay
Orchestra Manager:
Morris Stonzek
Swordplay by
Clement McCallin
Vivien Leigh
Cleopatra
Queen of Egypt
Laurence Olivier
Antony
triumvir
Ronald Adam
Agrippa
a soldier of Caesar
Harry Andrews
Enobarbus
friend to Antony
Jessie Barclay
Attendant to Cleopatra
Timothy Bateson
Clown
Pirate
Robert Beaumont
Diomedes
a soothsayer
Katharine Blake
Charmian
attendant on Cleopatra
Lyndon Brook
Eros
a soldier to Antony
Jan Carew
Attendant to Cleopatra
Noel Coleman
Soldier
Dan Cunningham
Dolabella
a soldier of Caesar
John Dearth
Soldier
Attendant to Cleopatra
John Dunbar
Sentry to Antony
Soldier
Max Gardiner
Menas
friend to Pompey
Renee Goddard
Attendant to Cleopatra
Cy Grant
Nubian Messenger
Attendant to Cleopatra
David Greene
Philo Canidius
a soldier of Antony
Robert Helpmann
Octavius Caesar
triumvir
Winnifred Hill
Attendant to Cleopatra
Paul Homer
Sentry to Antony
Soldier
Oliver Hunter
Soldier of Caesar
Sentry to Caesar
Soldier
Wilfred Hyde-White
Lepidus
triumvir
Harold Kasket
Mardian
a eunuch, attendant on Cleopatra
Colin Kemball
Soldier
Pirate
Elizabeth Kentish
Octavia
sister to Caesar and wife to Antony
Niall MacGinnis
Pompey
a pirate
Alec McCowen
Messenger
Sentry to Antony
Jack Melford
Maecenas
Teresa Moore
Attendant to Cleopatra
Pat Nye
Attendant on Octavia
David Orr
Soldier
Terence Owen
Attendant to Cleopatra
Pirate
Anthony Pelly
Old Soldier
Sentry to Antony
Donald Pleasence
Lemprius Euphronius
a soothsayer
Edmund Purdom
Thyreus
a soldier of Caesar
Mairhi Russell
Iras
attendant on Cleopatra
Patrick Troughton
Scarus Dercetas
a soldier of Antony
Jill Welchman
Attendant to Cleopatra
Clifford Williams
Sentry to Caesar
Soldier
Attendant to Cleopatra
Pirate
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Theatre Owned / Operated by
Billy Rose
Produced by
Gilbert Miller
; Produced in association with
Laurence Olivier Productions, Ltd.
Written by
William Shakespeare
; Incidental music by
Herbert Menges
; Musical Director:
Jacques Singer
Directed by
Michael Benthall
Scenic Design by
Roger Furse
; Costume Design by
Audrey Cruddas
General Manager:
Morton Gottlieb
; Company Manager:
Ben Boyar
Production Manager:
David Kentish
; Stage Director:
Rosemary Hill
; Stage Manager:
Anthony Pelly
and
Terence Owen
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Jessie Barclay
Orchestra Manager:
Morris Stonzek
Swordplay by
Clement McCallin
Vivien Leigh
Cleopatra
Queen of Egypt
Laurence Olivier
Antony
triumvir
Ronald Adam
Agrippa
a soldier of Caesar
Harry Andrews
Enobarbus
friend to Antony
Jessie Barclay
Attendant to Cleopatra
Timothy Bateson
Clown
Pirate
Robert Beaumont
Diomedes
a soothsayer
Katharine Blake
Charmian
attendant on Cleopatra
Lyndon Brook
Eros
a soldier to Antony
Jan Carew
Attendant to Cleopatra
Noel Coleman
Soldier
Dan Cunningham
Dolabella
a soldier of Caesar
John Dearth
Soldier
Attendant to Cleopatra
John Dunbar
Sentry to Antony
Soldier
Max Gardiner
Menas
friend to Pompey
Renee Goddard
Attendant to Cleopatra
Cy Grant
Nubian Messenger
Attendant to Cleopatra
David Greene
Philo Canidius
a soldier of Antony
Robert Helpmann
Octavius Caesar
triumvir
Winnifred Hill
Attendant to Cleopatra
Paul Homer
Sentry to Antony
Soldier
Oliver Hunter
Soldier of Caesar
Sentry to Caesar
Soldier
Wilfred Hyde-White
Lepidus
triumvir
Harold Kasket
Mardian
a eunuch, attendant on Cleopatra
Colin Kemball
Soldier
Pirate
Elizabeth Kentish
Octavia
sister to Caesar and wife to Antony
Niall MacGinnis
Pompey
a pirate
Alec McCowen
Messenger
Sentry to Antony
Jack Melford
Maecenas
Teresa Moore
Attendant to Cleopatra
Pat Nye
Attendant on Octavia
David Orr
Soldier
Terence Owen
Attendant to Cleopatra
Pirate
Anthony Pelly
Old Soldier
Sentry to Antony
Donald Pleasence
Lemprius Euphronius
a soothsayer
Edmund Purdom
Thyreus
a soldier of Caesar
Mairhi Russell
Iras
attendant on Cleopatra
Patrick Troughton
Scarus Dercetas
a soldier of Antony
Jill Welchman
Attendant to Cleopatra
Clifford Williams
Sentry to Caesar
Soldier
Attendant to Cleopatra
Pirate
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