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Romeo and Juliet (1940)

Broadway, Play

Playwright • WritingWilliam Shakespeare

Venue51st Street Theatre1655 Broadway & 237 W. 51st St New York, NY

Licensed ByPublic Domain

Opening DateMay 9th 1940

Closing DateJun 8th 1940

Creative Team
Assistant Direction
Robert Ross
Original
Musical Staging
Ernst Matray
Original
Lighting Design
Robert Edmond Jones
Original
Production Stage Management
Albert Ward
Original
Assistant Production Stage Management
Ralph Simone
Original
Ted Huish
Original
Cast
Sampson
William Barrows
Original
Abraham
Robert Busch
Original
Friar John
Morton L Stevens
Original
Tybalt
Cornel Wilde
Original
Rosaline
Hazel Brown
Original
Peter
Raymond Johnson
Original
Benvolio
Wesley Addy
Original
Balthasar
Jack Merivale
Original
Romeo
Laurence Olivier
Original
Gregory
Joseph Tomes
Original
Church-Going Woman
Clara Speer
Original
Nan Merriman
Original
Juliet
Vivien Leigh
Original
Lady Capulet
Katherine Warren
Original
Friar Laurence
Alexander Knox
Original
Lady Montague
Barbara Horder
Original
Paris
Frank Downing
Original
Mercutio
Edmond O'Brien
Original
A Child
Virginia Burchfield
Original
A Collier
Oliver Cliff
Original
A Cook
Nancie B Marsland
Original
A Fourth Woman
Mary Kane
Original
A Third Woman
Patricia Knight
Original
Chief Officer of The Town
Walter Brooke
Original
Soldier
H Robert Edwards
Original
Charles Martin
Original
John Straub
Original
Tileston Perry
Original
Chorus
Wilton Graff
Original
Second Peace Officer
Howard Stark
Original
Capulet
Halliwell Hobbes
Original
Montague
Ben Webster
Original
First Peace Officer
Charles Prescott
Original
Page To Mercutio
Ted Huish
Original
Watchman
Ralph Brooke
Original
Ensemble
Joan Shepard
Original
Page To Benvolio
Ralph Grayson
Original
Page To Paris
Brant Gorman
Original
Nurse To Juliet
Dame May Whitty
Original
Apothecary
Earle Grey
Original
Artistic Production
Production
Laurence Olivier
Original
General Management
General Management
Lewis J Deak
Original
Production Staff
Press Representation
John L Toohey
Original

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