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LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS38/2403
Title'The Balcony' by Jean Genet
Extent1 file
Date1957-1960
DescriptionPress and magazine cuttings of reviews of 'The Balcony', translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman; with photographs of members of the cast and cast lists; includes magazine extract photographs of cast members in scenes from the play; also includes press articles on the controversy surrounding the play and the disagreement between the author and the producer over the London production

Performed at The Arts Theatre Club, Great Newport Street, London, 22 Apr 1957; produced by Peter Zadek; settings by Joan and David de Bethel; costumes by Morris Angel
America: The Circle in the Square Theatre, New York, Jul 1960; presented by Lionel Lortel; directed by Jose Quintero; scenery by David Hays; costumes by Patricia Zipprodt

Casts: Selma Vaz Dias, Robert Bernal, Dierdre White, Eric House, Maria Lennard, Derry Nesbitt, Richard Dare, April Olrich, Diana Potter, David Maxwell, Helena Hughes, Alec Mango, Hazel Penwarden, Barry Foster, Patrick Ludlow, Sean Lynch, Robert Hartley, James McLoughlin, Roy Poole, F. M. Kimball, Salome Jens, Arthur Malet, John S. Dodson, Sylvia Miles, Betty Miller, Nancy Marchand
Access StatusOpen

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