Rhinoceros

Roles and original casts

Role Odéon

Paris 1960

Royal Theatre

Bristol 1960

Royal Court TheatreWest End 1960 Strand TheatreWest End 1960 Longacre TheatreBroadway 1961
Bérenger Jean-Louis Barrault Richard Gale Laurence Olivier Eli Wallach
Jean William Sabatier Michael Mellinger Duncan Macrae Zero Mostel
Daisy Simone Valére Annette Crosbie Joan Plowright Maggie Smith Anne Jackson
Dudard Gabriel Cattand Peter Birrel Alan Webb Michael Gough Mike Kellin
Botard Ewan Hooper Peter Sallis Michael Strong
Papillon Michel Bertay Michael Kilgarriff Miles Malleson Philip Coolidge
Mrs. Bœuf Simone Paris Margaret Jones Gladys Henson Jean Stapleton
The Logician Jean Parédès Leonard Rossiter Geoffrey Dunn Morris Carnovsky
The Old Gentleman Robert Lombard Norman Tyrell Michael Bates Leslie Barrett
The Housewife Marie-Hélène Dasté Josephine Tewson Hazel Hughes Jane Hoffman
The Café Proprietor Michael Lynch Will Stampe Joseph Bernard
The Waitress Jane Martel Claire Pollock Monica Evans Flora Elkins
The Grocer Terence Davies Henry Woolf Dolph Sweet
The Grocer's Wife Stephanie Cole Margery Caldicott Lucille Patton
The Fireman Robin Phillips Philip Anthony Dolph Sweet

Notable Broadway Replacements

Bérenger: Ralph Meeker, Alfred Ryder

Daisy: Dolores Sutton

Dudard: Salem Ludwig

Mrs. Bœuf: Camila Ashland

Logician: Dolph Sweet

Café Proprietor: C. K. Alexander


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