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Richard III (1953)

Broadway, Play

PlaywrightCarlyle Brown

PlaywrightWilliam Shakespeare

Playwright • AdaptationNathan Weinberger

VenueNew York City Center - Mainstage131 W. 55th St. (between 6th and 7th Ave.s) New York, NY

Licensed ByPublic Domain

Opening DateDec 9th 1953

Closing DateDec 20th 1953

Creative Team
Direction
Margaret Webster
Original
Production Design
Richard Whorf
Original
Costume Design
Emeline Roche
Original
Production Stage Management
Buford Armitage
Original
Jess Kimmel
Original
Cast
Richard Iii
Jose Ferrer
Original
Sir Richard Ratcliff
Jay Barney
Original
Lord Hastings
William Post
Original
Duke of Buckingham
Vincent Price
Original
Duke of Norfolk
Charles Summers
Original
Edward (King Edward Iv)
Norman Roland
Original
Lady Anne
Maureen Stapleton
Original
Richard, Son of Edward Iv
Charles Taylor
Original
Sir William Brackenbury
Paul Ballantyne
Original
George (Duke of Clarence)
Staats Cotsworth
Original
Queen Margaret
Florence Reed
Original
Sir James Tyrell
Kendall Clark
Original
Queen Elizabeth
Jessie Royce Landis
Original
Dutchess of York
Viola Roache
Original
Lord Rivers
Philip Huston
Original
Edward, Prince of Wales
John Connoughton
Original
Sir William Catesby
Eugene Stuckmann
Original
Ensemble
Jack Fletcher
Original
Robert Lansing
Original
Bill Butler
Original
Tom Tryon
Original
Will Davis
Original
Sandy Campbell
Original
Wallace Widdecombe
Original
Stanley Carlson
Original
Benedict MacQuarrie
Original
Robinson Stone
Original
Dehl Berti
Original
John Straub
Original
James Arenton
Original
G Wood
Original
Peter Harris
Original
Second Murderer
Jack Bittner
Original
Child of Clarence
John Glennon
Original
First Murderer
Martin Kingsley
Original
The Lord Mayor of London
Leopold Badia
Original
Orchestra
Music Conductor
Alex North
Original

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