PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway
Opening Date
Mar 10, 1951
Closing Date
Apr 21, 1951
Performances
49
PlayTragedyRevivalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Broadhurst Theatre
(Mar 10, 1951 - Apr 21, 1951)

Setting
Verona and Mantua

Theatre Owned / Operated by Affiliated Theatre Building Co., Inc.
Produced by Dwight Deere Wiman
Written by William Shakespeare; Incidental music by David Diamond; Musical Director: Robert Stanley
Directed by Peter Glenville
Scenic Design by Oliver Messel; Costume Design by Oliver Messel; Hair styling and coiffures by Ronald De Mann; Assistant to Mr. Messel: Charles Lisanby
Business Manager for Dwight Deere Wiman: Forrest C. Haring and J.H. Del Bondio
Production Stage Manager: John E. Sola; Stage Manager: Arthur Marlowe and Edmund Bayliss
Orchestra Personnel Manager: Sol Gusikoff
Fencing choreographies by Edward F. Lucia; Assistant to the Director: Hardy William Smith; Press Representative: Willard Keefe and David Tebet
For his assistance in arranging the pavana, the management gratefully acknowledges George Balanchine
Olivia de Havilland
Broadway debut
Juliet
daughter to Capulet
Lady Capulet
wife to Capulet
Mercutio
kinsman to the prince and friend to Romeo
Friar Laurence
a Franciscan
Capulet
Nurse to Juliet
Romeo
son of Montague
Chorus
Chorus
Gregory
servant to Capulet
Chorus
Paris
a young nobleman, kinsman to the prince
Peter
servant to Juliet's nurse
Watchman
 
Chorus
Apothecary
Chorus
James Greene
Broadway debut
Chorus
Friar John
a Franciscan
Benvolio
nephew to Montague and friend to Romeo
Page to Paris
Sampson
servant to Capulet
Balthasar
servant to Romeo
An Old Man
of the Capulet family
Escalus
prince of Verona
Lady Montague
wife to Montague
Abraham
servant to Montague
Chorus
Chorus
Chorus
Montague
Chorus
William Smithers
Broadway debut
Tybalt
nephew to Lady Capulet
Chorus
Chorus

Broadhurst Theatre (Mar 10, 1951 - Apr 21, 1951)

Cast

Balthasar
servant to Romeo

Theatre World

Award

1951 Recipient
William Smithers
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