PlayHistoryRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Jun 14, 1979
Closing Date
Jul 15, 1979
1st Preview
May 10, 1979
1st Preview
May 10, 1979
Previews
28
Performances
31
PlayHistoryRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Cort Theatre
(Jun 14, 1979 - Jul 15, 1979)
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)
Produced by The Shubert Organization, Victor Potamkin and Moe Septee; Associate Produced by Porter Van Zandt
Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by Charles Gross
Directed by David Wheeler
Scenic Design by Tony Straiges; Costume Design by Jeanne Button; Lighting Design by Thomas Skelton; Hair Design by Steve Atha; Wig Design by Bob Kelly
General Manager: Marvin A. Krauss; Company Manager: Mary Ellyn Devery
Production Supervisor: Porter Van Zandt; Production Stage Manager: Nicholas Russiyan; Stage Manager: Bigelow Green
Management Associate: Gary Gunas and Eric Angelson
General Press Representative: Max Eisen; Press Representative: Robert Ganshaw; Diction Coach: Dr. Julia Cummings Wing; Fight Direction: Jake Turner
Al Pacino
Richard, Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III (brother to the King)
Penelope Allen
Lady Anne (widow of Edward, son to King Henry VI; afterward married to Richard)
Gary Bayer
Henry Tudor (Earl of Richmond, afterwards King Henry VII)
Richard Bright
First Murderer
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Larry Bryggman
Lord Stanley (Earl of Derby)
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Dominic Chianese
Thomas Rotherham (Archbishop of York)
 
Sir John (a Priest)
 
Sir James Tyrrel
 
Sir William Brandon
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Judson Earney
Lord Grey (son to Queen Elizabeth by her first marriage to John Grey)
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
 
Captain
Keith Gordon
Edward, Prince of Wales, afterwards Edward V (son to the King)
Paul Guilfoyle
Sir William Catesby
Laura Harrington
Broadway debut
Lady Margaret Plantagenet (daughter of Clarence)
 
Mistress Jane Shore
Richard Jamieson
George, Duke of Clarence (brother to the King)
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Frederic Kimball
Lord Mayor of London
 
John Morton (Bishop of Ely)
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
John Mahon
Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers (brother to Queen Elizabeth)
 
John Howard (Duke of Norfolk)
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Dan Monahan
Page
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Bill Moor
King Edward the Fourth
 
Second Priest, Friar Penker
 
Thomas Howard (Earl of Surrey)
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Frederick C. Neumann
Sir Thomas Vaughan (cousin to Queen Elizabeth)
 
Sir William Lovel
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Rex Robbins
Henry Stafford (Duke of Buckingham)
Harriet Rogers
Duchess of York (mother to Edward IV, Gloucester and Clarence)
Jaime Sanchez
Sir Richard Ratcliffe
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Glenn Scarpelli
Richard, Duke of York (younger son to the King)
Linda Selman
Elizabeth (Queen to Edward IV)
Barry Snider
Lord Hastings (Lord Chamberlain to Edward IV)
Bruce Waite
Broadway debut
Sir James Blunt
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
J. T. Walsh
Sir Robert Brackenbury (Lieutenant of the Tower)
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Max Wright
Second Murderer
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Daniel Zippi
Marquis of Dorset (son to Queen Elizabeth by her first marriege to John Grey)
 
Messenger
 
Alderman, Bearer, Citizen, Lord, Soldier
Standby: Nada Rowand (Elizabeth, Duchess of York)
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