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Much Ado About Nothing - Cast
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John Gielgud
Signior Benedick of Padua
Margaret Leighton
Beatrice
Hurd Hatfield
Don John
Barrie Ingham
Count Claudio of Florence
Malcolm Keen
Leonato
David King-Wood
Friar Francis
Michéal MacLiammóir
Don Pedro
Nancy Marchand
Ursula
Jean Marsh
Hero
George Rose
Dogberry
Betsy von Furstenberg
Margaret
Jonathan Anderson
Balthasar
Donald Barton
Captain
Richard Buck
Captain
Peter De Visé
An Acolyte
Howard Fischer
First Watch
Allessandro Giannini
Lord
D.F. Gilliam
Page
Joan Hackett
Lady
Martin Herschberg
Lord
Joseph Hoover
Captain
Juliete Hunt
Lady
Graham Jarvis
Second Watch
Mark Lenard
Conrade
Barry Macollum
Sexton
Donald Moffat
Messenger
Verges
Edward Moor
Page
Louis Negin
Page
Arthur Teno Pollick
Page
Joe Ponazecki
Watch
Herbert Ranson
Antonio
Virginia Robinson
Lady
Paul Sparer
Borachio
Theodore Tenley
Watch
David Thurman
Lord
Fay Tracey
Lady
John Valva
Page
Neil Vipond
Lord
Willie Wade
Boy
Ralph Williams
Page
Elizabeth Winship
Lady
Much Ado About Nothing - Production Team
William Shakespeare
Playwright
John Gielgud
Director
Pauline Grant
Dances by
Mariano Andreu
Scenery from the designs of
Costumes from the designs of
Paul Morrison
Supervision and lighting
Ray Diffen
Costumes executed by
Leslie Bridgewater
Incidental Music
Keene Curtis
Production Stage Manager
Howard Fischer
Assistant Stage Manager
Terry Fay
Casting
Oscar E. Olesen
General Manager
Morton Gottlieb
Business Manager for The Cambridge Drama Festival
Barry Hyams
General Press Representative
Lila Glaser King
Associate Press Representative
Edith L. Kean
Press Secretary
Michael Wager
Artistic Supervision for The Cambridge Drama Festival
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Producer
The Producers Theatre
Produced by Arrangement with
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
This production first produced during the 1949 season at