PlayDramaOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 24, 1958
Closing Date
Dec 13, 1958
Performances
24
PlayDramaOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
46th Street Theatre
(Nov 24, 1958 - Dec 13, 1958)
Description
A play in three acts
Setting
1851-1893. America, London, Elsinore, Dunsinane, Bosworth Field, Venice, Mantua, Verona, Rome, and in the mind of Edwin Booth.
Produced by José Ferrer and The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
Written by Milton Geiger; Incidental music by Paul Bowles
Directed by José Ferrer
Scenic Design by Zvi Geyra; Costume Design by Edith Head; Lighting Design by Zvi Geyra; Associate Costume Design: Leah Rhodes
General Manager for Mr. Ferrer: Milton Baron; Business Manager for the Playwrights' Company: Victor Samrock
Production Stage Manager: Bernard Gersten; Stage Manager: Thomas Toner; Assistant Stage Mgr: Dale Duffy
Press Representative for The Playwrights' Company: William Fields; Press Associate: Walter Alford and Reginald Denenholz; Press Assistant: Mae Lyons; Assistant to Mr. Ferrer: Vincent Donahue
José Ferrer
Edwin Booth
Lorne Greene
William Winter
Ian Keith
Junius Brutus Booth, the elder
Lois Smith
Mary Devlin
Richard Waring
John Wilkes Booth
Stephen Franken
Edwin Booth, the boy
Anne Helm
Edwina Booth
Marion Ross
Asia Booth
Sydney Smith
Junius Brutus Booth, the younger
Understudies: Robert Carroll (John Wilkes Booth), Dale Duffy (Edwina Booth, Asia Booth), José Ferrer (Junius Brutus Booth, the elder), Marion Ross (Mary Devlin), Sydney Smith (William Winter) and Thomas Toner (Junius Brutus Booth, the younger, Edwin Booth, the boy)
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