PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 12, 1970
Closing Date
Feb 14, 1971
1st Preview
Sep 28, 1970
1st Preview
Sep 28, 1970
Previews
16
Performances
144
PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(Oct 12, 1970 - Feb 14, 1971)
Setting
India in the late Eighteen Hundreds. The Ante-room to the Officers' Mess of a regiment in the Indian Army.
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization
Produced by Donald Albery and Roger L. Stevens; Associate Producer: Nobuko Morris
Written by Barry England
Directed by Val May
Production Design by Finlay James
General Manager: Victor Samrock
Technical Director: Ian B. Albery; Production Supervisor: Paul Morrison; Production Stage Manager: Frederic de Wilde; Stage Manager: Howard Fischer; Assistant Stage Mgr: James Leggi
General Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and Lee Solters; Press Representative: Ted Goldsmith; Casting: Terry Fay; Assistant to Mr. Stevens: Jean Bankier; Advertising: Hy Jacobs; Assistant Production Assistant: Doris Blum; Production Assistant: William E. Becker
Michael Barrington
Colonel Strang
The Colonel
Jeremy Clyde
2nd Lt. Edward Millington
Paul Jones
2nd Lt. Arthur Drake
Donald Pickering
Capt. Rupert Harper
The Adjutant
Elizabeth Shepherd
Broadway debut
Mrs. Marjorie Hasseltine
Michael Bradshaw
Major Lionel Roach
The Second in Command
Richard Clarke
Lt. Frank Hart
Thomas Cover
Mess Head Waiter
Noel Craig
2nd Lt. Edward Winters
Ronald Drake
Pradah Singh
The Mess Major Domo
Vanya Franck
Lady at the Ball
Dan Hamilton
Waiter
Nicholas Hammond
2nd Lt. John Truly
Paul Harding
Major Alastair Wimbourne, V. C.
Robert Hewitt
Lt.-Col. Dr. Maurice Pratt
The Doctor
Jean Hogan
Lady at the Ball
Madhur Jaffrey
Mrs. Bandanai
James Leggi
Waiter
Pandora Bronson Lupino
Lal
an Indian Servant Woman
 
Lady at the Ball
Richard Lupino
Lt. Richard Fothergill
Senior Subaltern
Robert Murch
2nd Lt. Simon Boulton
Sylvia O'Brien
Mrs. Mem Strang
The Colonel's Wife
Edwin Owens
2nd Lt. Frank Hutton
James Tripp
Waiter
Understudies: Richard Clarke (Capt. Rupert Harper), Ronald Drake (Major Lionel Roach), Howard Fischer (Lt.-Col. Dr. Maurice Pratt), Vanya Franck (Mrs. Marjorie Hasseltine, Mrs. Mem Strang), Nicholas Hammond (2nd Lt. Arthur Drake), Pandora Bronson Lupino (Mrs. Bandanai), Edwin Owens (Major Alastair Wimbourne, V. C., Pradah Singh) and Rex Thompson (2nd Lt. Edward Millington)

Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Oct 12, 1970 - Feb 14, 1971)

Cast

Carl Jessop
Waiter
Standby: Noel Craig (2nd Lt. Edward Millington)
Understudies: Thomas Cover (2nd Lt. John Truly), Jean Hogan (Lal), Carl Jessop (Lt. Frank Hart), James Leggi (2nd Lt. Edward Winters), Robert Murch (Lt. Richard Fothergill) and James Tripp (2nd Lt. Frank Hutton, 2nd Lt. Simon Boulton)

Tony Award®

 

Best Featured Actor in a Play

1971 Nominee
Donald Pickering
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