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Poor Bitos
Play
Original
Broadway
Opening Date
Nov 14, 1964
Closing Date
Nov 28, 1964
Performances
17
Play
Original
Broadway
Open Date: Nov 14, 1964
Close Date: Nov 28, 1964
Closed Flag: n
Is Final Week:
ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Cort Theatre
(Nov 14, 1964 - Nov 28, 1964)
Setting
A French provincial town. Ten years after the last war.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Harold Prince
; Produced in association with
Michael Codron
and
Pledon, Ltd.
Written by
Jean Anouilh
; Translated by
Lucienne Hill
Directed by
Shirley Butler
Foreign Production Designed by
Timothy O'Brien
; American Production Supervised by
Jean Rosenthal
; Costume Design by
Donald Brooks
; Lighting Design by
Jean Rosenthal
; Hair Styles by
D. Rusty Bonaccorso
General Manager:
Carl Fisher
; Assistant to Mr. Fisher:
Larry Alpert
Production Stage Manager:
Ruth Mitchell
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Stephen Rich
Assistant to Miss Rosenthal:
Richard Burns
; Production Assistant to Miss Rosenthal:
Maxine S. Taylor
Casting Director:
Shirley Rich
; Press Representative:
Mary Bryant
and
Louise Weiner
; Advertising Representative:
Ingram Ash
C. K. Alexander
Vulturne (Mirabeau)
Norman Barrs
Phillippe (Jesuit Father)
Gino Conforti
Joseph
Kitchen Boy
John Devlin
Brassac (Tallien)
Bryant Fraser
Robespierre as a Child
Charles D. Gray
Maxime (Saint-Just)
Michael Lombard
Deschamps (Camille Desmoulins)
Jane Lowry
Lila (Marie Antoinette)
Diana Muldaur
Victoire (Lucille Desmoulins)
Donald Pleasence
Bitos (Robespieere)
Roy Poole
Julien (Danton)
Nancy Reardon
Amanda (Madame Tallien)
Marco St. John
Delanoue (Merda)
Bernie West
Charles
Maxime's Butler
Understudies:
James Antonio
(Maxime (Saint-Just), Deschamps (Camille Desmoulins), Delanoue (Merda), Joseph),
Charles Durning
(Julien (Danton), Vulturne (Mirabeau), Charles, Brassac (Tallien), Phillippe (Jesuit Father)) and
Dixie Marquis
(Victoire (Lucille Desmoulins), Amanda (Madame Tallien), Lila (Marie Antoinette))
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Actor in Play
1965 Nominee
Donald Pleasence
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
Harold Prince
; Produced in association with
Michael Codron
and
Pledon, Ltd.
Written by
Jean Anouilh
; Translated by
Lucienne Hill
Directed by
Shirley Butler
Foreign Production Designed by
Timothy O'Brien
; American Production Supervised by
Jean Rosenthal
; Costume Design by
Donald Brooks
; Lighting Design by
Jean Rosenthal
; Hair Styles by
D. Rusty Bonaccorso
General Manager:
Carl Fisher
; Assistant to Mr. Fisher:
Larry Alpert
Production Stage Manager:
Ruth Mitchell
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Stephen Rich
Assistant to Miss Rosenthal:
Richard Burns
; Production Assistant to Miss Rosenthal:
Maxine S. Taylor
Casting Director:
Shirley Rich
; Press Representative:
Mary Bryant
and
Louise Weiner
; Advertising Representative:
Ingram Ash
C. K. Alexander
Vulturne (Mirabeau)
Norman Barrs
Phillippe (Jesuit Father)
Gino Conforti
Joseph
Kitchen Boy
John Devlin
Brassac (Tallien)
Bryant Fraser
Robespierre as a Child
Charles D. Gray
Maxime (Saint-Just)
Michael Lombard
Deschamps (Camille Desmoulins)
Jane Lowry
Lila (Marie Antoinette)
Diana Muldaur
Victoire (Lucille Desmoulins)
Donald Pleasence
Bitos (Robespieere)
Roy Poole
Julien (Danton)
Nancy Reardon
Amanda (Madame Tallien)
Marco St. John
Delanoue (Merda)
Bernie West
Charles
Maxime's Butler
Understudies:
James Antonio
(Maxime (Saint-Just), Deschamps (Camille Desmoulins), Delanoue (Merda), Joseph),
Charles Durning
(Julien (Danton), Vulturne (Mirabeau), Charles, Brassac (Tallien), Phillippe (Jesuit Father)) and
Dixie Marquis
(Victoire (Lucille Desmoulins), Amanda (Madame Tallien), Lila (Marie Antoinette))
Tony Award®
Best Actor in Play
1965 Nominee
Donald Pleasence
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