Stage Play: Five Finger Exercise. Written by
Peter Shaffer [earliest Broadway credit]. Directed by
John Gielgud. Music Box Theatre: 2 Dec 1959- 1 Oct 1959 (337 performances). Cast:
Roland Culver (as "Stanley Harrington"),
Jessica Tandy (as "Louise Harrington"),
Brian Bedford (as "Clive Harrington") [Broadway debut], Michael Bryant (as "Walter Langer"),
Juliet Mills (as "Pamela Harrington") [Broadway debut]. Replacement actors:
Pinkie Johnstone (as "Pamela Harrington"). Understudies: Jared Allen (as "Walter Langer"), Linda Libera (as "Pamela Harrington"), Nigel McKeand (as "Clive Harrington"),
Guy Spaull (as "Stanley Harrington"). Produced by
Frederick Brisson and The Playwrights' Company (
Maxwell Anderson,
S.N. Behrman,
Elmer Rice,
Robert E. Sherwood,
Sidney Howard). Produced by arrangement with H.M. Tennent Ltd. Note: Filmed by Columbia Pictures as _Five Finger Exercise_(1962).
