PlayComedy FarceOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Jan 14, 1965
Closing Date
May 22, 1965
Performances
74
PlayComedy FarceOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

This production played in repertory with After The Fall, The Changeling, Incident at Vichy
Theatres
ANTA Washington Square Theatre
(Jan 14, 1965 - May 22, 1965)
Setting
Middle of Winter, 1665. Orgon's Estate in France.
Theatre operated for ANTA by City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan); Executive Consultant: Harold Clurman
Written by Molière; Translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur; Incidental music by Lee Hoiby; Musical Director: David Amram
Directed by William Ball
Scenic Design by David Hays; Costume Design by Jane Greenwood; Lighting Design by John Gleason
Assistant Manager: James Walsh
Production Stage Manager: Frederic de Wilde, Robert Downing, Howard Fischer, Jake Hamilton, Jay Harnick and Don McGovern
Press Representative: Barry Hyams; Advertising: Lawrence Weiner and Associates
Daniel Ades
Sergeant
Mariclare Costello
Midwife
Joyce Ebert
Mariane
Orgon's daughter, Elmire's stepdaughter
Larry Gates
Orgon
Elmire's husband
James Greene
Servant
Hal Holbrook
M. Loyal
a bailiff
Graham Jarvis
Clerk
 
Sergeant
Salome Jens
Elmire
Orgon's wife
John Phillip Law
King's Officer
Brad Leigh
Child
Tony Lo Bianco
Sergeant
Laurence Luckinbill
Damis
Orgon's son, Elmire's stepson
Deidre Moore
Child
Michael O'Sullivan
Tartuffe
a hyprocrite
Alek Primrose
Laurent
Tartuffe's servant
Patricia Roe
Mme. Pernelle
Orgon's mother
Roy R. Scheider
Clerk
 
Sergeant
Diane Shalet
Flipote
Mme. Pernelle's maid
Paul Shenar
Valère
in love with Mariane
Sada Thompson
Dorine
Mariane's lady's-maid
Jack Waltzer
Servant
Claude Woolman
Cléante
Orgon's brother-in-law

Tony Award®

 

Best Costume Design

1965 Nominee
Costume Design by Jane Greenwood
 

Best Direction of a Play

1965 Nominee
Directed by William Ball
 

Best Producer of a Play

1965 Nominee
Produced by Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center (under the direction of Robert Whitehead and Elia Kazan)

Theatre World

Award

1965 Recipient
Michael O'Sullivan
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