Production Information
Previews: November 16, 1960 (2 previews) Opening: November 17, 1960 Closing: June 20, 1961 # Performances: 212 Theatres: Cort Theatre (11/16/1960 - 6/20/1961) Production Type: Original Production Production Status: Closed Run Type: Unknown Market: Broadway Intermissions:
Production Staff
Masque Sound Engineering Company
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Sound Designer
John Boxer
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Costume Designer
Klaus Holm
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Lighting Designer
Ronald De Mann
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Hair Designer
Franklin Schaffner
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Director
Rouben Ter-Arutunian
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Scenic Designer
Original Cast Replacements
Conrad Bain
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Winthrop
(Senator from Massachusetts)
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Bob Munson
(Understudy)
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William A. Huntington
(Understudy)
Ed Begley
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Orrin Knox
(Senator from Illinois)
John Boyd
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Newsman Three
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Senate Clerk
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Danta
(Understudy)
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Winthrop
(Understudy)
Wilson Brooks
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Calloway
(Senator from Utah)
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The President of the U.S.
(Understudy)
Dan Charles
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Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Staats Cotsworth
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William A. Huntington
Richard Dickens
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Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
David Elliot
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Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
William Farmer
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Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Peggy Fenn
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Secretary
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Claire Munson
(Understudy)
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Liz
(Understudy)
Joan Hotchkis
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Liz
(Brig's Sec.)
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Mabel Anderson
(Understudy)
Barnard Hughes
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August
(Senator from Minnesota)
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Orrin Knox
(Understudy)
Henry Jones
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Seab Cooley
(Senator from So. Carolina)
Al Kavanagh
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Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Clarence Kavanaugh
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Danta
(Senator from Connecticut)
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August
(Understudy)
Sally Kemp
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Mabel Anderson
Richard Kiley
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Brig Anderson
(Senator from Utah)
Judson Laire
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The President of the U.S.
Leslie Litomy
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Richardson
(Senator from Arkansas)
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Herbert Gelman
(Understudy)
Kevin McCarthy
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Van Ackerman
(Senator from Wyoming)
Ed Moroney
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Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Chester Morris
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Bob Munson
(Senator from Michigan)
Kayton Nesbitt
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Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Vince O'Brien
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Newsman One
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Rally Speaker
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Calloway
(Understudy)
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Richardson
(Understudy)
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Van Ackerman
(Understudy)
Woodrow Parfrey
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Herbert Gelman
Hack Rightor
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Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Frank Roberts
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De Wilton
(Understudy)
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Newsman One
(Understudy)
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Newsman Three
(Understudy)
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Newsman Two
(Understudy)
Michael Ryan
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Newsman Two
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Brig Anderson
(Understudy)
Garrison P. Sherwood
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Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Tom Shirley
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Vice President
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Seab Cooley
(Understudy)
James P. Truax
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Senator, Guard, Page, Aide, etc.
Joan Wetmore
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Claire Munson
Wynn Wright
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De Wilton
(Senator from Vermont)
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Vice President
(Understudy)
[Full Cast & Staff ]
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