Opening Date

Aug 02, 1965

Closing Date

Dec 18, 1965

MusicalRevivalNational Tour

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Setting
Baghdad

Book by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis; Music by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Based on themes by Alexander Borodin; Lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest; Based on the play by Edward Knoblock; Orchestral and Choral Arrangements by Arthur Kay; Musical Director: Jonathan Anderson
Directed by Edward Greenberg; Choreography and Musical Staging by Jack Cole
Production Design by Lemuel Ayers; Costume Design by Frank Thompson; Lighting Design by Peter Hunt
Production Stage Manager: Bill Ross
Public Poet, later called Hajj
The Caliph
The Wazir of Police
Lalume
Aug 02, 1965 - Oct 30, 1965
Marsinah
Haji's Daughter
Aug 02, 1965 - Sep 11, 1965
Ayah to Zubbediya
 
The Widow Yussef
Attendant
 
Singer
Princess of Ababu
Omar
Dervish
 
Akbar
Hassan-Ben
 
Singer
Dancer
Slave Girl
Mullah
 
Dancer
 
Akbar
 
Assiz
Jawan
Slave Girl
Muezzin
 
Singer
Dancer
Dancer
Dancer
Dervish
 
Assiz
Muezzin
 
Singer
Singer
Slave Girl
Slave Girl
Princess Samaris of Bangalore
Second Beggar
Wazir's Guard
 
Singer
First Beggar
 
Prosecutor
A Merchant
 
Singer
Wazir's Guard
Street Dancer
 
Princess Zubbediya of Damascus
Second Policeman
 
Singer
Princess of Ababu
Singer
Princess of Ababu
Singer
Dancer
Dancer
Muezzin
 
Singer
Third Beggar
 
Dancer
Chief Policeman
Muezzin
 
A Servant
Imam
 
The Bangle Man
Attendant
Understudies: Joanne DiVito (Princess of Ababu), Truman Gaige (Omar), Richard Khan (First Beggar), Ingeborg Kjeldsen (Lalume), Robert Lamont (Jawan), Nick Littlefield (Second Policeman), Earle MacVeigh (Public Poet, later called Hajj), Joyce McDonald (Marsinah), Neil McNelis (Hassan-Ben), Allen Peck (Chief Policeman), Susan Sanders (Ayah to Zubbediya), Bette Scott (Princess Samaris of Bangalore), Bonnie Ellen Spark (The Widow Yussef), Andre St. Jean (Second Beggar), Alfred Toigo (The Wazir of Police) and Rudy Vejar (The Caliph)
Production Stage Manager: Ben Strobach

Cast

Lalume
Nov 01, 1965 - Dec 18, 1965
Marsinah
Haji's Daughter
Sep 13, 1965 - Dec 18, 1965
A Servant
Slave Girl
Muezzin
 
Singer
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