PlayRomantic ComedyOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 03, 1954
Closing Date
Mar 12, 1955
Performances
150
PlayRomantic ComedyOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Coronet Theatre
(Nov 03, 1954 - Mar 12, 1955)
Setting
The Buffet de la Gare, Boulogne; Serena's Sitting Room in Herondon House, Belgrave Square; The Villa Zodiaque, St. Guillame des Fleurs, France. Time: 1873-1874.
Theatre Owned / Operated by City Playhouses, Inc. (Louis A. Lotito, President)
Produced by John C. Wilson and H.M. Tennent, Ltd.
Written by Noël Coward
Directed by Alfred Lunt
Scenic Design by Cecil Beaton; Costume Design by Cecil Beaton; Setting Supervised by Charles Elson; Costumes Supervised by Stanley Simmons; Lighting Design by Jean Rosenthal
General Manager: C. Edwin Knill; Company Manager: Lawrence Farrell
Stage Manager: William Chambers; Assistant Stage Mgr: Rhoderick Walker
Orchestra supervision by Jack Eaton
General Press Representative: Willard Keefe; Press Representative: David Tebet; Casting Assistant: Byron Mitchell
Brian Aherne
The Marquis of Heronden (Hubert)
Edna Best
Mrs. Axel Diensen (Charlotte)
Lynn Fontanne
The Marchioness of Heronden (Serena)
Alfred Lunt
Axel Diensen
Brenda Forbes
Lady Harriet Ripley
Jerome Kilty
The Rev. Edgar Spevin
Dorothy Sands
Octavia, Countess of Bonnington
Mildred Clinton
Foster
 
Second French Woman
Madeleine Clive
First French Woman
Phyllis Connard
Sarah
The Rev. Edgar Spevin's wife
Harold Crane
Catchpole
Michael Lewis
Second French Man
Richard Longman
Courier
Byron Mitchell
First French Man
Patricia Quinn O'Hara
Buffet Manageress
Nina Reader
Gwendolyn
The Rev. Edgar Spevin's daughter
Rhoderick Walker
Footman
Bruce Webster
Waiter

Tony Award®

Best Actor in Play

1955 Winner
Alfred Lunt

Best Costume Design

1955 Winner
Costume Design by Cecil Beaton
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