First performed at the Théâtre Pigalle on 4 November 1931 and produced by Louis Jouvet.
First presented in London by Roger L. Stevens, William Zeekendorf and H. M. Tennent Ltd at Her Majesty's Theatre on 20 June 1962 with the following cast:
JOSEPH
Derek Birch
FIRST SERVANT
Michael Culver
SECOND SERVANT
Alastair Speed
JOHN
Gary Watson
FIRST PROPHET
Alan Downer
JOACHIM
Michael Gough
PAUL
Peter Russell
JUDITH
Ruth Meyers
JACOB
Richard Dean
SUSANNAH
Vivien Merchant
OTTA
Tim Parkes
EGON
Peter Bayliss
SARA
Eileen Way
URI
Michael Culver
ASSUR
Simon Oates
YAMI
Roy Stewart
HOLOFERNES
Sean Connery
DARIA
Hira Talfrey
GUARD
Barry Foster
FIRST JEW
Andrew Kane
SECOND JEW
George Harland
FIRST JEWESS
Josephine Lindsay
SECOND JEWESS
Maria Lawton
FIRST CHANTER
Alan Downer
SECOND CHANTER
Simon Oates
THIRD JEWESS
Hira Talfrey
SECOND PROPHET
James Keen
GUARDS
Andrew Kane, Simon Martin
JEWS
Michael Culver, Alastair Speed
SERVANTS
George Harland Simon Martin
Directed by HAROLD CLURMAN
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Publication Information: Book Title: Plays. Volume: 1. Contributors: Christopher Fry - transltr, Jean Giraudoux - author. Publisher: Oxford University Press. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1963. Page Number: 2.
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