PlayOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Nov 15, 1970
Closing Date
Dec 19, 1970
1st Preview
Oct 11, 1970
1st Preview
Oct 11, 1970
Previews
30
Performances
40
PlayOriginalBroadway
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

The credits for this production have not yet been completed or verified.
Theatres
Longacre Theatre
(Nov 15, 1970 - Dec 19, 1970)
Setting
A Mission compound and the Matoseh hut in Africa
Produced by Konrad Matthaei
Written by Lorraine Hansberry; Final Text adapted by Robert Nemiroff
Directed by John Berry
Scenic Design by Peter Larkin; Costume Design by Jane Greenwood; Lighting Design by Neil Peter Jampolis; Sound Design by Jack Shearing
General Manager: Paul B. Berkowsky; Company Manager: Edward A. Blatt
Staff Associate: Stephanie Bass; Production Stage Manager: Martin Gold; Stage Manager: Charles Briggs
Ritual: Louis Johnson; African Language Consultant: Josiah Ade Ilori; General Advisor: Abe Enklewitz; Script Associate: Charlotte Zaltzberg; Press Representative: Max Eisen, Warren Pincus and Milly Schoenbaum
Marie Andrews
Dr. Marta Gotterling
Humbert Allen Astredo
Dr. Willy Dekoven
Gregory Beyer
African Child
Ladji Camara
Drummers
Lili Darvas
Madame Neilsen
Joan Derby
Witch Doctor
Gwyllum Evans
Second Soldier
George Fairley
Second African
Clebert Ford
Peter
Earle Hyman
Abioseh Matoseh
James Earl Jones
Tshembe Matoseh
Cameron Mitchell
Charlie Morris
Garry Mitchell
First Soldier
Charles Moore
Warrior
Charles Payne
Drummers
Ralph Purdom
Major George Rice
Harold Scott
Eric
Dennis Tate
First African
William Ware
Third African
Understudies: Charles Briggs (First African, Second African, Third African), Gwyllum Evans (Dr. Willy Dekoven), George Fairley (Peter), Clebert Ford (Abioseh Matoseh), Earle Hyman (Tshembe Matoseh), Butch Jackson (Drummers), Garry Mitchell (Charlie Morris, Major George Rice) and Dennis Tate (Eric)

Longacre Theatre (Nov 15, 1970 - Dec 19, 1970)

Cast

Joan Derby
role added after opening
Woman Dancer
George Fairley
role added after opening
Ngago
Charles Moore
Witch Doctor
William Ware
Second African

Tony Award®

 

Best Featured Actress in a Play

1971 Nominee
Lili Darvas
 

Best Costume Design

1971 Nominee
Costume Design by Jane Greenwood

Drama Desk Award

Outstanding Performance

1971 Winner
James Earl Jones
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