Fiddler on the Roof
As well as taking over the Tevye role in June 1967 (while Topol went to Israel to fight in the Six-Day War), George Little also covered for Topol in October 1967 and for Alfie Bass in September 1968.
Having taken over from Topol, Alfie Bass was subsequently replaced by Lex Goudsmit. Bass then returned so Goudsmit could star in the show’s national tour, starting in April 1970 (qv). Bass was later replaced by Goudsmit again, and the role was then handed onto Barry Martin, who had previously replaced Goudsmit on the tour.
Hy Hazell, who replaced Avis Bunnage as Golde, died on Sunday 10th May 1970. Avis Bunnage returned to the role to replace her.
Cast & Crew
Cast
Anya | Heather Clifton |
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Avram | George Little |
Berille | Norma Dunbar |
Bielke | Diane Robillard |
Bluma | Sally Mates |
Chaim | Peter Johnston |
Chava | Caryl Little |
Constable | Derek Birch |
Duvidel | Louis Godfrey |
Fruma-Sarah / Fredel | Susan Paule |
Fyedka | Tim Goodman |
Golde | Miriam Karlin |
Grandma Tzeitel / Sima | Terry Callahan |
Hershel | Chris Blackwell |
Hodel | Linda Gardner |
Label | Austin Kent |
Lazar Wolf | Paul Whitsun-Jones |
Mendel | Brian Hewitt-Jones |
Mirala | Vanessa Harris |
Mischa | Maurice Lane |
Moishe | Michael Jones |
Mordcha | Tony Sympson |
Motel | Jonathan Lynn |
Nachum | Stanley Fleet |
Perchik | Sandor Eles |
Rabbi | Terence Soall |
Rivka | Avril Fane |
Sasha | Marc Urquhart |
Schmeril | Barry Moreland |
Shandel | Anna Tzelniker |
Shloime | Geoff L’Cise |
Shprintze | Joy Measures |
Tevye | Topol |
The Fiddler | Peter Ardran |
Tzeitel | Rosemary Nichols |
Vladimir | Timothy Hext |
Yakov | Jamie Fraser |
Yente | Cynthia Grenville |
Yitzuk | Gerard Hunt |
Yusse | Barrie Irwin |
Tevye (temporary replacement) | George Little
(5th – 12th June 1967) |
Hodel (replacement) | Dilys Watling
(started August 1967) |
Golde (temporary replacement) | Anna Tzelniker
(9th – 14th October 1967) |
Bielke (replacement) | Sue Mornie
(started 19th February 1968) |
Golde (replacement) | Avis Bunnage
(started 19th February 1968) |
Tevye (replacement) | Alfie Bass
(started 19th February 1968) |
Tzeitel (replacement) | Norma Dunbar
(started 19th February 1968) |
Lazar Wolf (replacement) | Gabor Baraker
(started 20th May 1968) |
Motel (replacement) | Geoff L’Cise
(started 20th May 1968) |
Perchik (replacement) | Harvey Sokolov
(started 20th May 1968) |
Avram | Barry Martin
(started 17th February 1969) |
Bluma (replacement) | Doreen Croft
(started 17th February 1969) |
Chava (replacement) | Mia Nadasi
(credited as Mia Nardi) (started 17th February 1969) |
Fruma-Sarah / Fredel (replacement) | Liza Marti
(started 17th February 1969) |
Hodel (replacement) | Jill Martin
(started 17th February 1969) |
Sasha (replacement) | Richard Morris
(started 17th February 1969) |
Schmeril (replacement) | Jess Whitfield
(started 17th February 1969) |
Shprintze (replacement) | Darlene Kozinuk
(started 17th February 1969) |
The Fiddler (replacement) | Antonio Vargas
(started 17th February 1969) |
Yitzuk (replacement) | Mark Moser
(started 17th February 1969) |
Golde (temporary replacement) | Anna Tzelniker
(19th – 24th May 1969) |
Golde (replacement) | Hy Hazell
(started 18th August 1969) |
Tevye (replacement) | Lex Goudsmit
(started 18th August 1969) |
Anya (replacement) | Gemma Craven
(credited as Rita Craven) (started 16th February 1970) |
Berille (replacement) | Wendy Smith
(started 16th February 1970) |
Bielke (replacement) | Amber Thomas
(started 16th February 1970) |
Chava (replacement) | Lynn Dalby
(started 16th February 1970) |
Mirala (replacement) | Valerie Griffiths
(started 16th February 1970) |
Tevye (replacement) | Alfie Bass
(started 16th February 1970) |
Golde (replacement) | Avis Bunnage
(started May 1970) |
Tevye (temporary replacement) | Barry Martin
(31st August – 11th September 1970) |
Golde (replacement) | Stella Moray
(started 23rd November 1970) |
Lazar Wolf (replacement) | Austin Kent
(started 1971) |
Tevye (replacement) | Lex Goudsmit
(started 15th March 1971) |
Tevye (replacement) | Barry Martin
(started 26th April 1971) |
Crew | |
Choreography | Jerome Robbins |
Costumes | Patricia Zipprodt |
Dance Arrangements | Betty Walberg |
Designer | Boris Aronson |
Director | Jerome Robbins |
Lighting | Richard Pilbrow |
Musical and Dance Numbers staged by | Tom Abbott |
Musical Direction | Gareth Davies |
Orchestrations | Don Walker |
Sound Design | David Collison |
Stage Manager | Thomas Elliott |
Staged by | Richard Altman |
Vocal Arrangements | Milton Greene |
Assistant Conductor | Dennis Holloway |
Lighting Assistant | John Harrison |
Presented by | Richard Pilbrow |
Presented by | Harold Prince |
Press Representative | Theo Cowan |
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Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Dairyman) and other tales by Sholem Aleichem. The story centers on Tevye, a milkman in the village of Anatevka, who attempts to maintain his Jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon his family’s lives. He must cope with the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters who wish to marry for love; their choices of husbands are successively less palatable for Tevye. An edict of the tsar eventually evicts the Jews from their village.
The original Broadway production of the show, which opened in 1964, had the first musical theatre run in history to surpass 3,000 performances. Fiddler held the record for the longest-running Broadway musical for almost 10 years until Grease surpassed its run. The production was extraordinarily profitable and highly acclaimed. It won nine Tony Awards, including best musical, score, book, direction and choreography. It spawned five Broadway revivals and a highly successful 1971 film adaptation and has enjoyed enduring international popularity. It has also been a popular choice for school and community productions.[1]
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