Stage Play: The Pleasure of His Company. Comedy. Written by
Samuel A. Taylor. Written in collaboration with
Cornelia Otis Skinner [final Broadway credit]. Production Design by
Donald Oenslager. Costume Design by
Edith Head. Directed by
Cyril Ritchard. Longacre Theatre (moved to The Music Box Theatre from 15 Jun 1959- close): 22 Oct 1958- 21 Nov 1959 (474 performances). Cast: Cyril Ritchard (as "Biddeford Poole"),
Charles Ruggles (as "Mackenzie Savage"), Cornelia Otis Skinner (as "Katharine Dougherty"),
Walter Abel (as "Jim Dougherty"),
Dolores Hart (as "Jessica Poole") [Nominated for Tony Award as Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Musical],
George Peppard (as "Roger Henderson") [final Broadway role],
Jerry Fujikawa (as "Toy"). Understudies: Jeff Killion (as "Roger Henderson/Toy"), Melville Ruick (as "Jim Dougherty/Mackenzie Savage"), Sandy Smith (as "Jessica Poole"), Ann Summers (as "Katharine Dougherty") and
Patrick Waddington (as "Biddeford Poole"). Replacement actors [during Longacre Theatre run]: Charles Robinson (as "Roger Henderson"). [During Music Box Theatre run]: None. Produced by Frederick Brisson and The Playwrights' Company (
Maxwell Anderson,
S.N. Behrman,
Elmer Rice,
Robert E. Sherwood,
Sidney Howard). Notes: (1) Filmed by Perlsea Productions [distributed by Paramount Pictures] as
Mon séducteur de père (1961). (2) Music Box Theatre Owned and operated by
Irving Berlin who had no direct involvement in production.
