Strange Interlude

At the 1985 Tony Awards this production received six nominations as follows:-

Outstanding Reproduction of a Play or Musical
Outstanding Actress in a Play – Glenda Jackson
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Edward Petherbridge
Outstanding Scenic Design – Voytek & Michael Levine
Outstanding Lighting Design – Allen Lee Hughes
Outstanding Director of a Play – Keith Hack

It won none of the nominations and the winners that year were:-

Outstanding Reproduction of a Play or Musical – “Joe Egg”
Outstanding Actress in a Play – Stockard Channing “Joe Egg”
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Barry Miller “Biloxi Blues”
Outstanding Scenic Design – Heidi Landesman “Big River”
Outstanding Lighting Design – Richard Riddell “Big River”
Outstanding Director of a Play – Gene Saks “Biloxi Blues”

Cast & Crew

Cast

Charles Marsden
Edmund Darrell
Gordon Evans (as a boy)
Gordon Evans (as a man)
Madeline Arnold
Mary, the maid
Mrs Amos Evans
Nina Leeds
Professor Leeds
Sam Evans

Crew

Co-Designer
Co-Designer
Costumes
Director
Lighting
Sound

Photographs

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Play description

O’Neill’s epic play consists of nine acts and lasts around five hours so it is usually played with a dinner break or on separate evenings.

On its premiere in 1928 it won the Pulitzer prize for Drama.

Observations

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