The Passion of Josef D.
| The Passion of Josef D | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Paddy Chayefsky |
| Characters | Josef Stalin Lenin |
| Date premiered | 11 February 1964 |
| Place premiered | New York |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Russian history |
| Setting | Russia, 1917-24 |
The Passion of Josef D is a play by Paddy Chayefsky based on the life of Josef Stalin. It only had a short run on Broadway in 1964 despite being directed by Chayefksy himself and featuring a cast including Luther Adler and Peter Falk.[1] This experience scarred Chayefsky from having his plays produced on Broadway for the rest of his career.[2]
Original Cast
- Luther Adler as Lenin
- Peter Falk as Stalin
- Alvin Epstein as Constable Kentinov/ Alexander Lomov/ Trotsky
- Elizabeth Hubbard as Nadezhda
- Milt Kamen (making his Broadway debut) as Kamenev /Grigori Nikitin
- Betty Walker as Olga Evgeyevna/ Krupskaya
- Sean Allen as Ensemble
- Robert Berdeen as Ensemble
- Ramon Bieri as Alliluyev
- Frank Bouley as Second Sailor/Ensemble
- John Carver as First Sailor/Ensemble
- John A. Coe as Rykov/Ensemble
- Carole Crook as Ensemble
- Michael Enserro as Zinoviev/Ensemble
- Janet Frank as Ensemble
- Richard Frisch as Ensemble
- Rico Froehlich as Brustein /Cheidze
- Gene Gross as Muranov/Sverdlov
- Bruce Kimes as Bronsky/Ensemble
- Simm Landres as Molotov/Ensemble
- Penelope Laughton as Ensemble
- Royce Lenelle as Ensemble
- Michael McGuire as Kapinsky/Ensemble
- Sylvia O'Brien as Ensemble
- Anthony Palmer as Mirsky/Ensemble
- Gedda Petry as Ensemble
- Richard Robbins as Ensemble
- Nicholas Saunders as Sukhanov/Orjonikidze/Ensemble
- Jon Silo Klurman as General Kornilov
- Peggy Steffans as Ensemble
- Elaine Sulka as Ensemble
- Don Wesley as Chugurin
- Carol Wilder as Soloist/Ensemble
- Mervyn Williams as Rusikov/Skobelov/Ensemble
- Stafford Wing as Ensemble
References
- ^ The Passion of Josef D at Playbill
- ^ Paddy Chayefsky obituary New York Times accessed 29 Oct 2013