The Cocktail Party
Play - Original
Henry Miller's Theatre
Data not verified
- First Preview:
- Opening Date: January 21, 1950
- Closing Date: January 13, 1951
- Previews:
- Performances: 409
Playwright: T.S. Eliot
Synopsis
The guests at a fashionable cocktail party discover that the hostess is missing and a strange guest has taken over her flat, in T.S. Eliot's dissection of London society.
Opening Night Cast
| Robert Flemyng | Edward Chamberlayne | |
 |
Alec Guinness | An Unidentified Guest |
| Cathleen Nesbitt | Julia | |
| Donald Bain | A Caterer's Man | |
| Grey Blake | Peter Quilpe | |
| Ernest Clark | Alexander MacColgie Gibbs | |
| Avril Conquest | A Nurse - Secretary | |
| Eileen Peel | Lavinia Chamberlayne |
Opening Night Production Credits
| E. Martin Browne | Director | |
| Raymond Sovey | Scenic Design | |
| Raymond Sovey | Lighting Design | |
| Harry Fleischman | General Manager | |
| Harry Essex | Company Manager | |
| Richard Maney | Press Representative |
Awards
New York Drama Critics' Circle
| Year | Category | Name | Winner/Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Best Foreign Play | T.S. Eliot | Winner |
Outer Critics Circle
| Year | Category | Name | Winner/Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Outstanding Play | Winner |
Tony Award
| Year | Category | Name | Winner/Nominee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Author of a Play | T.S. Eliot | Winner |
| 1950 | Play | Winner | |
| 1950 | Producer of a Play | Gilbert Miller | Winner |
