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Five Finger Exercise
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 02, 1959
Closing Date
Oct 01, 1960
Performances
337
Play
Original
Broadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Theatres
Music Box Theatre
(Dec 02, 1959 - Oct 01, 1960)
Description
A play in two acts
Setting
Stanley Harringtons' weekend country house in Suffolk, England.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Estate of Sam H. Harris
and
Irving Berlin
Produced by
Frederick Brisson
and
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
; Produced by arrangement with
H.M. Tennent, Ltd.
Written by
Peter Shaffer
Directed by
John Gielgud
Production Design by
Oliver Smith
; Lighting Design by
Tharon Musser
; Miss Tandy's clothes executed by
Ray Diffen
Company Manager:
Morton Gottlieb
Production Stage Manager:
Fred Hebert
; Stage Manager:
William Dodds
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
William Bruce
Assistant to Mr. Smith:
William Pitkin
Press Representative:
William Fields
; Press Associate:
Walter Alford
,
Reginald Denenholz
and
Mae Lyons
; Secretary to Mr. Brisson:
Mary Ann Goldsmith
; Secretary to The Playwrights' Co.:
Jane Gilliland
; Secretary to Mr. Gielgud:
Ben Morse
; Production Assistant:
Michael Mabry
; Press Secretary:
Jane Tupper
Roland Culver
Stanley Harrington
Jessica Tandy
Louise Harrington
Brian Bedford
Clive Harrington
Michael Bryant
Walter Langer
Juliet Mills
Broadway debut
Pamela Harrington
Dec 02, 1959 - Jul 1960
Music Box Theatre
(Dec 02, 1959 - Oct 01, 1960)
Cast
Judith Evelyn
During Jessica Tandy's vacation
Louise Harrington
Jul 04, 1960 - Aug 13, 1960
Pinkie Johnstone
Broadway debut
Pamela Harrington
Jul 1960 - Oct 01, 1960
Understudies:
Jared Allen
(Walter Langer),
Linda Libera
(Pamela Harrington),
Nigel McKeand
(Clive Harrington) and
Guy Spaull
(Stanley Harrington)
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Featured Actress in a Play
1960 Nominee
Juliet Mills
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Theatre Owned / Operated by
The Estate of Sam H. Harris
and
Irving Berlin
Produced by
Frederick Brisson
and
The Playwrights' Company (Maxwell Anderson; S.N. Behrman; Elmer Rice; Robert E. Sherwood; Sidney Howard)
; Produced by arrangement with
H.M. Tennent, Ltd.
Written by
Peter Shaffer
Directed by
John Gielgud
Production Design by
Oliver Smith
; Lighting Design by
Tharon Musser
; Miss Tandy's clothes executed by
Ray Diffen
Company Manager:
Morton Gottlieb
Production Stage Manager:
Fred Hebert
; Stage Manager:
William Dodds
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
William Bruce
Assistant to Mr. Smith:
William Pitkin
Press Representative:
William Fields
; Press Associate:
Walter Alford
,
Reginald Denenholz
and
Mae Lyons
; Secretary to Mr. Brisson:
Mary Ann Goldsmith
; Secretary to The Playwrights' Co.:
Jane Gilliland
; Secretary to Mr. Gielgud:
Ben Morse
; Production Assistant:
Michael Mabry
; Press Secretary:
Jane Tupper
Roland Culver
Stanley Harrington
Jessica Tandy
Louise Harrington
Brian Bedford
Clive Harrington
Michael Bryant
Walter Langer
Juliet Mills
Broadway debut
Pamela Harrington
Dec 02, 1959 - Jul 1960
Music Box Theatre
(Dec 02, 1959 - Oct 01, 1960)
Cast
Judith Evelyn
During Jessica Tandy's vacation
Louise Harrington
Jul 04, 1960 - Aug 13, 1960
Pinkie Johnstone
Broadway debut
Pamela Harrington
Jul 1960 - Oct 01, 1960
Understudies:
Jared Allen
(Walter Langer),
Linda Libera
(Pamela Harrington),
Nigel McKeand
(Clive Harrington) and
Guy Spaull
(Stanley Harrington)
Tony Award®
Best Featured Actress in a Play
1960 Nominee
Juliet Mills
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