Present Laughter, 1982

The run closed January 2, 1983

Opened

July 15, 1982

Closed

January 2, 1983

Performances

179

Previews

27

Theatre

Circle in the Square Theatre

Of the 464 productions we hold that opened in the 1980s and carry a performance count, this is the 99th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.

Other stagings of Present Laughter 5 more that season

1946	Plymouth Theatre Original	158 perf.
1958	Belasco Theatre Revival	6 perf.
1996	Walter Kerr Theatre Revival · Scott Elliott	175 perf.
2010	American Airlines Theatre Revival · Nicholas Martin	69 perf.
2017	St James Theatre Revival · Moritz von Stuelpnagel	101 perf.

Who was in it15 named

Edward Conery
Georgine Hall
Bette Henritze
Elizabeth Hubbard
Christine Lahti
Jim Piddock
Richard Woods
Myra Carter
Harriet Hall
Barbara Lester
John Newton
Anne Swift

3 of these 15 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 12 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name, so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.

Creative team

Director

George C. Scott

Producer

Circle in the Square (Theodore Mann: Artistic Director; Paul Libin: Managing Director)

A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.

What this page does not know

• No photograph of this staging.
• No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
• No recording is held for Present Laughter at all.
• Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.