PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Apr 03, 1942
Closing Date
Apr 18, 1942
Performances
28
PlayOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Belasco Theatre
(Apr 03, 1942 - Apr 18, 1942)
Description
A drama in two acts
Setting
Courtyard of Nathan's house; Palace of Sultan. The Third Crusade.
Produced by Erwin Piscator and Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)
Written by Ferdinand Bruckner; Based on the play by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Directed by James Light
Scenic Design by Cleon Throckmorton; Costume Design by Rose Bogdanoff and H.A. Condell
Company Manager: J.J. Garrity
Stage Manager: Seymour Milbert
General Press Representative: C. P. Greneker; Special Representative: Edwin A. Relkin
Herbert Berghof
Nathan
a wealthy Jew
Olive Deering
Rahel
Nathan's adopted daughter
Alfred Ryder
A Knight Templar
Jack Bittner
Monk
Bettina Cerf
Daja
a Christian, companion to Rahel
Ross Matthew
A Lay Brother
Gregory Morton
The Patriarch
Bram Nossen
The Sultan Saladin
Liebert Wallerstein
Monk
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