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Six Characters in Search of an Author
Play
Revival
Off-Broadway
Opening Date
Dec 11, 1955
Closing Date
Feb 05, 1956
Performances
65
Play
Revival
Off-Broadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Phoenix Theatre
(Dec 11, 1955 - Feb 05, 1956)
Description
A play in two acts
Setting
The entire action takes place in this theatre in the spring of 1922.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
The Phoenix Theatre (T. Edward Hambleton: Co-Founder and Managing Director; Norris Houghton: Co-Founder)
; Produced in association with
Clinton Wilder
Written by
Luigi Pirandello
; New adaptation by
Tyrone Guthrie
and
Michael Wager
; Based on a translation by
Frank Tauritz
Staged by
Tyrone Guthrie
; Assistant Staging:
Robert Wunsch
Scenic Design by
Klaus Holm
; Costume Design by
Alvin Colt
; Lighting Design by
Klaus Holm
; Assistant to the Costume Designer:
Stanley Simmons
Company Manager:
Nathan Parnes
Production Stage Manager:
Robert Woods
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Stark Hesseltine
General Press Representative:
Ben Kornzweig
and
Robert Ganshaw
Dario Barri
Supporting Cast
Francis Bethencourt
The Leading Man
Mildred Chandler
The Wardrobe Mistress
Whitfield Connor
The Father
William Cottrell
The Second Man
Hale Gabrielson
The Ingenue
John Glennon
The Character Juvenile
Shirley Grayson
The Second Woman
Betty Lou Holland
The Stepdaughter
Kurt Kasznar
The Director
James Lacirignola
The Boy
Russell Morrison
The Stagehand
Aileen Poe
The Character Woman
Natalie Schafer
The Leading Lady
Maud Scheerer
Mme. Pace
Katherine Squire
The Mother
Marilyn Stevens
Supporting Cast
Karen Sue Trent
The Little Girl
Michael Wager
The Son
Frederic Warriner
The Stage Manager
William Whitman
The Juvenile
Mervin Williams
Supporting Cast
Awards
Tony Award®
Best Director
1956 Nominee
Staged by
Tyrone Guthrie
People
Awards
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Produced by
The Phoenix Theatre (T. Edward Hambleton: Co-Founder and Managing Director; Norris Houghton: Co-Founder)
; Produced in association with
Clinton Wilder
Written by
Luigi Pirandello
; New adaptation by
Tyrone Guthrie
and
Michael Wager
; Based on a translation by
Frank Tauritz
Staged by
Tyrone Guthrie
; Assistant Staging:
Robert Wunsch
Scenic Design by
Klaus Holm
; Costume Design by
Alvin Colt
; Lighting Design by
Klaus Holm
; Assistant to the Costume Designer:
Stanley Simmons
Company Manager:
Nathan Parnes
Production Stage Manager:
Robert Woods
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Stark Hesseltine
General Press Representative:
Ben Kornzweig
and
Robert Ganshaw
Dario Barri
Supporting Cast
Francis Bethencourt
The Leading Man
Mildred Chandler
The Wardrobe Mistress
Whitfield Connor
The Father
William Cottrell
The Second Man
Hale Gabrielson
The Ingenue
John Glennon
The Character Juvenile
Shirley Grayson
The Second Woman
Betty Lou Holland
The Stepdaughter
Kurt Kasznar
The Director
James Lacirignola
The Boy
Russell Morrison
The Stagehand
Aileen Poe
The Character Woman
Natalie Schafer
The Leading Lady
Maud Scheerer
Mme. Pace
Katherine Squire
The Mother
Marilyn Stevens
Supporting Cast
Karen Sue Trent
The Little Girl
Michael Wager
The Son
Frederic Warriner
The Stage Manager
William Whitman
The Juvenile
Mervin Williams
Supporting Cast
Tony Award®
Best Director
1956 Nominee
Staged by
Tyrone Guthrie
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