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Billy Budd
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Feb 10, 1951
Closing Date
May 12, 1951
Performances
105
Play
Drama
Original
Broadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Biltmore Theatre
(Feb 10, 1951 - May 12, 1951)
Setting
Aboard the H.M.S. Indomitable at sea. August, 1798, the year following the Naval mutinies at Spithead and the Nore.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned by
Warner Brothers
; Theatre Operated by
Bernard Klawans
Produced by
Chandler Cowles
and
Anthony B. Farrell
Written by
Louis O. Coxe
and
Robert Chapman
; Based on the novel by
Herman Melville
Directed by
Norris Houghton
Scenic Design by
Paul Morrison
; Costume Design by
Ruth Morley
; Assistant to Mr. Morrison:
Richard Burns
; Wig Design by
Alfred Barris
General Manager:
Paul Groll
General Stage Manager:
Bob Margulies
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
William Armitage
; Production Supervisor:
David Kanter
Production Associate:
Benet Segal
; Press Representative:
George Ross
and
Dorothy Ross
; Assistant to the Director:
Ruth Bedford
; Costumes by
Brooks Costume Company
Dennis King
Edward Fairfax Vere
Captain, Royal Navy
Torin Thatcher
John Claggart
Master-at-Arms
Martin Brandt
Byren
Relief Helmsman
Walter Burke
O'Daniel
Maintopman
Charles Carshon
Stoll
Helmsman
James Daly
Talbot
Maintopman
Robert Dudley
Sailor
Norman Ettlinger
Boardman Wyatt
Sailing Master
George Fells
The Dansker
Mainmast Man
Bill Froelich
2nd Marine
Henry Garrard
Rea
Midshipman
Preston Hanson
John Ratcliffe
First Lieutenant
Charles Hudson
Messboy
Bernard Kates
Squeak
Master-at-Arms Man
David Long
Drummer
Jack Manning
Gardiner
Midshipman
Lee Marvin
Hallam
Marine
Robert McQueeney
Duncan
Mate of the Main Deck
Jeff Morrow
Jenkins
Captain of the Maintop
Charles Nolte
Billy Budd
Foretopman
Kenneth Paine
Kincaid
Maintopman
Judson Pratt
Payne
Maintopman
Winston Ross
Surgeon
Guy Spaull
Philip Michael Seymour
First Officer
Bertram Tanswell
Jackson
Maintopman
Leonard Yorr
Butler
Maintopman
Biltmore Theatre
(Feb 10, 1951 - May 12, 1951)
Cast
Charles Carshon
Payne
Maintopman
Robert Dudley
Stoll
Helmsman
Bill Froelich
Sailor
Judson Pratt
Talbot
Maintopman
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned by
Warner Brothers
; Theatre Operated by
Bernard Klawans
Produced by
Chandler Cowles
and
Anthony B. Farrell
Written by
Louis O. Coxe
and
Robert Chapman
; Based on the novel by
Herman Melville
Directed by
Norris Houghton
Scenic Design by
Paul Morrison
; Costume Design by
Ruth Morley
; Assistant to Mr. Morrison:
Richard Burns
; Wig Design by
Alfred Barris
General Manager:
Paul Groll
General Stage Manager:
Bob Margulies
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
William Armitage
; Production Supervisor:
David Kanter
Production Associate:
Benet Segal
; Press Representative:
George Ross
and
Dorothy Ross
; Assistant to the Director:
Ruth Bedford
; Costumes by
Brooks Costume Company
Dennis King
Edward Fairfax Vere
Captain, Royal Navy
Torin Thatcher
John Claggart
Master-at-Arms
Martin Brandt
Byren
Relief Helmsman
Walter Burke
O'Daniel
Maintopman
Charles Carshon
Stoll
Helmsman
James Daly
Talbot
Maintopman
Robert Dudley
Sailor
Norman Ettlinger
Boardman Wyatt
Sailing Master
George Fells
The Dansker
Mainmast Man
Bill Froelich
2nd Marine
Henry Garrard
Rea
Midshipman
Preston Hanson
John Ratcliffe
First Lieutenant
Charles Hudson
Messboy
Bernard Kates
Squeak
Master-at-Arms Man
David Long
Drummer
Jack Manning
Gardiner
Midshipman
Lee Marvin
Hallam
Marine
Robert McQueeney
Duncan
Mate of the Main Deck
Jeff Morrow
Jenkins
Captain of the Maintop
Charles Nolte
Billy Budd
Foretopman
Kenneth Paine
Kincaid
Maintopman
Judson Pratt
Payne
Maintopman
Winston Ross
Surgeon
Guy Spaull
Philip Michael Seymour
First Officer
Bertram Tanswell
Jackson
Maintopman
Leonard Yorr
Butler
Maintopman
Biltmore Theatre
(Feb 10, 1951 - May 12, 1951)
Cast
Charles Carshon
Payne
Maintopman
Robert Dudley
Stoll
Helmsman
Bill Froelich
Sailor
Judson Pratt
Talbot
Maintopman
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