PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Feb 26, 1964
Closing Date
Nov 28, 1964
Performances
316
PlayOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
(Feb 26, 1964 - Nov 28, 1964)
Setting
1942-1943. Berlin and Rome.
Written by Rolf Hochhuth; Book adapted by Jerome Rothenberg
Directed by Herman Shumlin
Scenic Design by Rouben Ter-Arutunian; Costume Design by Edith Lutyens Bel Geddes; Lighting Design by John Harvey
Company Manager: Alex Baron
Stage Manager: Howard Whitfield; Assistant Stage Manager: Paul Flores and Jerome H. Michael
Press Representative: David Lipsky, Lawrence Witchel and Ted Goldsmith
Assistant to Mr. Ter-Arutunian: Peter Harvey
Dedicated to the memory of Father Maximilian Kolbe (Internee No. 16670 at Auschwitz) and Provost Bernhard Lichtenberg (of St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin)
Jeremy Brett
Father Riccardo Fontana, S.J.
Emlyn Williams
Pope Pious XII
Philip Bruns
S.S. Lt. Kurt Gerstein
James Mitchell
Doctor
Fred Stewart
Cardinal
Ian Wolfe
Father General
Victor Arnold
First Italian Militiaman
 
Guard
Richard Bengal
Brother Iranaeus
Ion Berger
Second Italian Militiaman
 
Guard
Idwal Bowen
Vittorio
Reynolds Evans
Papal Nuncio in Berlin
Paul Flores
Guard
Stefan Gierasch
Jacobson
Roger Hamilton
Guard
Ben Hammer
A Prisoner
Denise Joyce
Little Girl
Pepa Kantor
A Woman
Ron Leibman
Captain Salzer
Jock Livingston
Sergeant Witzel
Carl Low
Count Fontana
Gerald E. McGonagill
Officer of the Pope's Guard
 
The Scribe
Albert M. Ottenheimer
Another Prisoner
Guy Repp
Photographer
 
Officer of the Papal Guard
David Thomas
Monk
Maria Tucci
A Girl
Understudies: Victor Arnold (Jacobson, Brother Iranaeus), Richard Bengal (Monk, Vittorio, Another Prisoner, The Scribe), Ion Berger (Father Riccardo Fontana, S.J.), Roger Hamilton (Captain Salzer, Sergeant Witzel, Officer of the Papal Guard, Officer of the Pope's Guard), Jock Livingston (Cardinal), Gerald E. McGonagill (Doctor, S.S. Lt. Kurt Gerstein), Jerome H. Michael (Guard), Guy Repp (Count Fontana), Barbara Schneider (A Girl, A Woman) and David Thomas (Papal Nuncio in Berlin, Father General, A Prisoner)

Brooks Atkinson Theatre (Feb 26, 1964 - Nov 28, 1964)

Cast

David Carradine
Father Riccardo Fontana, S.J.
May 24, 1964 - ?
Robert Harris
Pope Pious XII
Aug 10, 1964 - ?
Thomas A. Carlin
S.S. Lt. Kurt Gerstein
David Ajootian
Victim
 
Guard
Gene Anthony
Officer of the Pope's Guard
Leonard Brook
Victim
 
Guard
Jack Delmonte
Victim
 
Guard
Jerome Dempsey
Sergeant Witzel
Joel Fredrick
Victim
 
Guard
Roger Hamilton
Captain Salzer
Julie Herrod
Victim
Charles Joyce
Little Girl
Julia Knox
Victim
Maxton Latham
Victim
 
Guard
Roberta Lean
Victim
Karen Ludwig
A Girl
Gina MacClay
Victim
Carol Martin
Victim
George Morse
Victim
 
Guard
Gina Petrushka
Victim
Sharon Shayne
A Woman
Theodore Story
Victim
 
Guard
Understudies: Bianca Flores (Little Girl), Paul Flores (First Italian Militiaman, Photographer, Officer of the Papal Guard, Second Italian Militiaman) and David Thomas (Pope Pious XII)

Tony Award®

 

Best Director (Dramatic)

1964 Nominee
Directed by Herman Shumlin

Best Producer (Dramatic)

1964 Winner
Produced by Herman Shumlin
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