PlayDrama Play with musicOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Dec 27, 1965
Closing Date
Apr 30, 1966
1st Preview
Dec 21, 1965
1st Preview
Dec 21, 1965
Previews
2
Performances
145
PlayDrama Play with musicOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Martin Beck Theatre
(Dec 27, 1965 - Apr 30, 1966)
Theatre Owned / Operated by The Martin Beck Estate
Produced by David Merrick Arts Foundation; Produced by arrangement with The Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Written by Peter Weiss; English version by Geoffrey Skelton; Verse adaptation by Adrian Mitchell; Music by Richard Peaslee; Lyrics by Peter Weiss; Musical Director: Patrick Gowers
Directed by Peter Brook; Choreographed by Malcolm Goddard; Assistant Director: Ian Richardson
Scenic Design by Sally Jacobs; Costume Design by Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss; Lighting Design by Lloyd Burlingame; Original Lighting by David Read; Wig Maker: Alan Boyle
General Manager: Jack Schlissel; Company Manager: David Payne and Hal Rogers
Production Stage Manager: Christine Staley; Deputy Stage Manager: Diana Seaney; Assistant Stage Mgr: Lynne Holmes; Production Supervisor: Samuel Liff
Harmonium / Tuba: Patrick Gowers; Percussion: Richard Callinan; Trumpet: Michael Gould; Guitar / Harmonium: Nicholas Moes; Flute / Piccolo / Alto Flute: Rainer Schuelein
Assistant to the Director: Ian Richardson; Press Representative: David Powers; General Press Representative: Harvey B. Sabinson and Lee Solters; Advertising: Fred Golden
Mary Allen
Patient
Ruth Baker
Mlle. Coulmier
Jonathan Burn
Polpoch
Heather Canning
Nun
Michael Farnsworth
Patient
Maroussia Frank
Patient
Tamara Fuerst
Patient
Guy Gordon
Patient
Sheila Grant
Patient
Timothy Hardy
Guard
John Harwood
Voltaire
Ian Hogg
The Military Representative
John Hussey
A newly-rich lady
Glenda Jackson
Charlotte Corday
Freddie Jones
Cucurucu
Mark Jones
Abbot
 
Mother
Brenda Kempner
Mme. Coulmier
Jeanette Landis
Rossignol
Leon Lissek
Lavoisier
Robert Lloyd
Jacques Roux
Patrick Magee
Marquis de Sade
James Mellor
Schoolmaster
Michael Percival
Patient
Lyn Pinkney
Patient
Carol Raymont
Patient
Ian Richardson
Jean-Paul Marat
Clifford Rose
M. Coulmier
Morgan Sheppard
A mad animal
John Steiner
Duperret
Hugh Sullivan
Kokol
Stanford Trowell
Guard
Jennifer Tudor
Nun
Michael Williams
Herald
Susan Williamson
Simonne Evrard
Henry Woolf
Father
Understudies: Maroussia Frank (Simonne Evrard), Sheila Grant (Charlotte Corday), John Hussey (M. Coulmier), Mark Jones (Duperret), Robert Lloyd (Jean-Paul Marat), Morgan Sheppard (Marquis de Sade) and John Steiner (Herald)

Tony Award®

Best Play

1966 Winner
Produced by David Merrick Arts Foundation
Written by Peter Weiss
Translated by Geoffrey Skelton

Best Featured Actor in a Play

1966 Winner
Patrick Magee
 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1966 Nominee
Glenda Jackson

Best Costume Design

1966 Winner
Costume Design by Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss

Best Direction of a Play

1966 Winner
Directed by Peter Brook
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