Cast

B
Bray Poor
as Narrator (voice)
D
Donald Buka
as Mister Eagle
C
Catherine Burns
as Patricia
J
J.D. Cannon
as Tom
G
George Grizzard
as Larry
E
Earl Hindman
as William
B
Barnard Hughes
as Jim
H
Harvey Keitel
as Jerry
T
Tony Lo Bianco
as Frank
E
Estelle Parsons
as Agnes
T
Tom Rosqui
as Unemployed Man
J
Jerry Stiller
as Mechanic
K
Kristoffer Tabori
as Bert
D
Dick Van Patten
as Raymond
G
Gundula Janowitz
as Self
H
Hertha Töpper
as Self
H
Horst Laubenthal
as Self
H
Hermann Prey
as Self
K
Karl Richter
as Self
G
George Bartenieff
M
MacIntyre Dixon
C
Cliff Gorman
as Kewpie
R
Rose Gregorio
S
Sam Groom
as Ben
F
Fred Gwynne
as Pike
D
David Hurst
as Schnable
D
Dorrie Kavanaugh
as Pearl
M
Mike Kellin
as Sam
R
Ric Mancini
B
Biff McGuire
as Foley
B
Bernadette Peters
as Libby
R
Roberts Blossom
as Judge / Preacher
K
K Callan
as Evelyn Jackson
C
Cliff Carpenter
as Peck Johnson
S
Sarah Cunningham
as Nelly Winrod
K
Kathleen Doyle
as Lena Truit
W
Will Hare
as Skelly Mannor
K
Kate Harrington
as Martha Truit
R
Rue McClanahan
as Cora
C
Clifford A. Pellow
as Trucker
J
Joanna Roos
as Mary Winrod
S
Susan Sarandon
as Patsy Johnson
J
James Staley
as Robert Conklin (Driver Jr.)
H
Helen Stenborg
as Mavis Johnson
F
Frances Sternhagen
as Wilma Atkins
G
George Pentecost
as Pologgy
W
Will Lee
as Kon
E
Ellis Rabb
as Yakov
J
Jane Rose
as Agrafena
S
Stefan Gierasch
as Mikhail
D
Daniel J. Sullivan
as Sintsov
F
Frances Sternhagen
as Paulina
J
Josef Sommer
as Nikolai
P
Peter Donat
as Zakhar
C
Carrie Nye
as Tatiana
R
Robert Phalen
as Grekov
K
Kate Reid
as Kleopatra
S
Sydney Walker
as Levshin
J
Jack Cassidy
as Paul Sears
B
Beatrice Colen
as Goldie
B
Barbara Dana
as Edna
M
Marshall Efron
as Window cleaner
T
Tom Fitzsimmons
as Fred Stevens
K
Kevin McCarthy
as Hart
L
Lee Meredith
as Miss Rixey
E
Estelle Parsons
as Lucille
A
Austin Pendleton
as Bennie
S
Susan Sarandon
as Eileen
S
Stephen Sondheim
as Maxie Schwartz
G
Geneviève Bujold
as Antigone
S
Stacy Keach
J
James Naughton
as Haemon
F
Fritz Weaver
as Creon
P
Peter Brandon
as Messenger
B
Betty Miller
as Eurydice
A
Aline MacMahon
as Nurse
L
Louis Zorich
as Jonas
F
Frederick Coffin
as Second Guard
D
Douglass Watson
as Kent
P
Paul Sorvino
as Gloucester
R
Raúl Juliá
as Edmund
J
James Earl Jones
as King Lear
R
Rosalind Cash
as Goneril
L
Lee Chamberlin
as Cordelia
E
Ellen Holly
as Regan
J
Jean-Pierre Stewart
as France
R
René Auberjonois
as Edgar
F
Frederick Coffin
as Oswald
T
Tom Aldredge
as Fool
G
George Dzundza
as Gentleman
D
Daniel Davis
as Moulineaux
K
Ken Jenkins
as Aubin
C
Charlotte Rae
as Madame Aigreville
P
Patrick Tovatt
as Bassinet
M
Max Wright
as Etienne
R
Richard Jenkins
as Warder
R
Richard Kneeland
as Oscar Wilde
G
George Martin
as Isaacson, Governor of Reading Goal Prison
D
Daniel von Bargen
as Wooldridge
V
Veronica Castang
as Laura
F
Frank Converse
as Blackmore
J
Joyce Ebert
as Mrs. Holroyd
G
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Grandmother
R
Roberta Maxwell
as Clara
R
Rex Robbins
as Holroyd
W
William Swetland
as Mine manager
R
Rosemary De Angelis
as Louise Amber
J
Jean De Baer
as Betty Todd
B
Blythe Danner
as Nina
F
Frank Langella
as Konstantin Treplev
L
Lee Grant
as Irina Arkadina
K
Kevin McCarthy
as Trigorin
M
Marian Mercer
as Masha
O
Olympia Dukakis
as Pauline
G
George Ede
as Shamrayev
D
David Clennon
as Medvedenko
L
Louis Zorich
as Dorn
T
Timothy Crowe
as Townsman
K
Kim Delgado
as slave
R
Richard Jenkins
as Sheriff
J
Joseph Maher
as Frank
D
Donald Moffat
as Charles Bisley
G
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Amy Bisley
J
Joyce Ebert
as Ursula
T
Tom Hulce
as young Frank
B
Betsy Slade
as young Ursula
B
Bruce Kimmel
as Ivor
B
Bernard Behrens
as Sir Peter Teazle
I
Ivar Brogger
as Snake
B
Blair Brown
as Lady Taezle
B
Barbara Bryne
as Mrs. Candour
P
Patricia Conolly
as Lady Sneerwell
L
Larry Gates
as Sir Oliver Surface
N
Nicholas Kepros
as Joseph Surface
M
Mark Lamos
as Backbite
K
Kenneth Welsh
as Charles Surface
G
Glenn Close
as Neighbor
D
David Dukes
as Guido Venanzi
J
Joel Fabiani
as Barelli
C
Clarence Felder
P
Peter Friedman
C
Charles Kimbrough
as Dr.Spiga
J
John McMartin
as Leone Gala
F
Fred Morsell
J
Joan Van Ark
as Silvia Gala
J
John Fiedler
as Taylor
B
Betty Garrett
as Mary Hallen
A
Alice Ghostley
as Mrs.Taylor
H
Hal Holbrook
as Self - Host
R
Rue McClanahan
as Faye Precious
G
Guy Raymond
as Pop
J
John Ritter
as Richard
A
Albert Salmi
as Horse Hallen
R
Richard Backus
as Robert Mayo
K
Kate Wilkinson
as Kate Mayo
J
John Randolph
as James Mayo
M
Maria Tucci
as Ruth Atkins
J
James Broderick
as Captain Scott
G
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Mrs.Atkins
J
John Houseman
as Dr.Fawcett
A
Alan Bates
as James
M
Malcolm McDowell
as Bill
H
Helen Mirren
as Stella
L
Laurence Olivier
as Harry
E
Ethel Ayler
as Hattie
C
Charles Brown
as Nate Edwards
B
Bebe Drake
as Gloria Townes
F
Frances Foster
as Gremmar
M
Moses Gunn
as Milton Edwards
J
Janet League
as Lucretia
B
Barbara Montgomery
as Edna
L
Lou Myers
as Reverend Mosely
M
Myra Carter
as The Mistress
A
Ann Lynn
as The daughter
W
William Prince
as The Best Friend
R
Ritch Brinkley
as Frontiersman
R
Ralph Clanton
as George Washington
C
Catherine Ann Jones
as Patsy Jefferson
P
Philip LeStrange
as Alexander Hamilton
B
Blythe Danner
as Alma Winemiller
F
Frank Langella
as John Buchanan
T
Tim O'Connor
as Rev. Winemiller
L
Louise Latham
as Mrs. Winemiller
N
Neva Patterson
as Mrs. Buchanan
G
Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Essie Miller
W
William Swetland
as Nat Miller
V
Victor Garber
as Arthur
J
Joyce Ebert
as Lilly Miller
R
Richard Backus
as Richard Miller
R
Ralph Drischell
as David McComber
L
Linda Hunt
as Nora
S
Stephen Mendillo
as Bartender
D
Donald Gantry
as Salesman
S
Swoosie Kurtz
as Muriel McComber
L
Lenny Baker
as Henry Dumont
F
Frederick Coffin
as Lt. Maxwell
A
Alice Drummond
as Mrs. Varney
J
Joe Grifasi
as Cpl. Matson
D
David Harris
as Jonas
M
Mary Beth Hurt
as Caroline Mitford
J
Jeffrey Jones
as Sgt. Wilson
C
Charles Kimbrough
as Benton Arrelsford
J
John Lithgow
as Capt. Thorne
R
Roy Poole
as Maj. Gen. Randolph
A
Arthur Rubinstein
as Self
F
Frank Langella
as The Prince of Homburg
G
George Morfogen
as Count Hohenzollern
R
Randy Danson
as Princess Natalia
R
Roger De Koven
as Colonel Kottwitz
G
Geoffrey Bayldon
A
Anne Francis
as Winnie
C
Cathleen Nesbitt
J
John Nettleton
Z
Zena Walker
as Iris
S
Sissy Spacek
as Verna Vane
H
Howard Da Silva
as Eddie
S
Sally Kellerman
as Maureen
W
William Hurt
as Walter
J
Joseph Turrin
as Pete
J
Jackie Burroughs
as Maria Mitchell
C
Carol Kane
as Eliza Southgate
K
Kaiulani Lee
J
Jan Miner
D
Dianne Wiest
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
E
Ed Asner
R
Richard Chamberlain
as Anton Chekhov
B
Bob Dishy
L
Lee Grant
M
Marsha Mason
J
Jill Eikenberry
as Kate Quin
A
Ann McDonough
as Samantha Stewart
A
Alma Cuervo
as Holly Kaplan
E
Ellen Parker
as Muffet DiNicola
S
Swoosie Kurtz
as Rita Altabel
M
Meryl Streep
as Leilah
A
Anna Thomson
as Carter
A
Alexander Scourby
G
Giorgio Tozzi
as Tony
R
Richard Muenz
as Joe
G
George Voskovec
as Willie
I
Irene Worth
as Winnie
R
Robert Lansing
as Horace Bixby
D
David Knell
as Sam Clemens
J
James Keane
as Mr. Ealer
D
Donald Madden
as Mr.Brown
J
John Pankow
as George Richie
M
Marcy Walker
as Emmeline
B
Beverly Sills
as Self
K
Kitty Carlisle
as Self
E
Eileen Farrell
as Self
J
James Galway
as Self
C
Cynthia Gregory
as Self
P
Peter Martins
as Self
Z
Zubin Mehta
as Self
E
Ethel Merman
as Self
S
Sherrill Milnes
as Self
L
Leontyne Price
as Self
R
Renata Scotto
as Self
D
Dinah Shore
as Self
J
Jeff Bridges
as Michael Loomis
C
Carol Kane
as Francis Loomis
C
Charles Durning
as McMahon
B
Brian Dennehy
as Grimmet
C
Claudine Auger
as Ginette Beauchurch
R
Robert B. Sherman
as Tom
P
Pierre Santini
as Claude Morin
J
Joan Sutherland
as Norma
T
Tatiana Troyanos
as Adalgisa
J
Justino Díaz
as Oroveso
Ã
Éric Tappy
as Tito
T
Tatiana Troyanos
as Sesto
A
Anne Howells
as Annio
K
Kurt Rydl
as Publio
C
Catherine Malfitano
as Servilia
D
Diane Lane
as Charity Royall
J
John Cullum
as Lawyer Royall
M
Michael Ontkean
as Lucius Harney
J
Jacqueline Brookes
as Verena
J
Jarlath Conroy
as Gaunt Man
E
Edith Meiser
as Miss Hatchard
P
Pippa Pearthree
as Ally Hawes
R
Roy Poole
as Reverand Miles
S
Stephen Collins
as Morton Fullerton
J
John Cullum
as Walter
J
John McMartin
as Teddy Wharton
K
Kathleen Widdoes
as Edith Wharton
B
Blythe Danner
as Self
J
John Cullum
as Self
J
Joan Hackett
as Self
E
Edward Herrmann
as Self
J
John Houseman
as Self
J
Jeremy Irons
as Self
S
Sally Kellerman
as Self
K
Karen Akers
as Self
A
André De Shields
as Self
T
Tammy Grimes
as Self
C
Carly Simon
as Self
T
Treat Williams
as Self
C
Craig Wasson
as Mark Twain
B
Brooke Adams
as Julia Newell
D
David Ogden Stiers
as Doc
G
Gigi Proietti
as Ferguson
B
Barry Morse
as Captain Duncan
A
Andréa Ferréol
as Mary
J
Jess Hahn
as Blucher
G
Gianni Bonagura
A
Andrea Occhipinti
as Charlie
C
Carlo Giuffrè
C
Charles Kimbrough
as Editor
J
John Stacy
as Dr.Andrews
C
Cindy Leadbetter
as Kate
E
Eve Arden
as Queen of Hearts
K
Kaye Ballard
as Duchess
K
Kate Burton
as Alice
R
Richard Burton
as White Knight
J
James Coco
as King of Hearts
A
André De Shields
as Tweedledum
C
Colleen Dewhurst
as Red Queen
A
Andre Gregory
as Mad Hatter
G
Geoffrey Holder
as Cheshire Cat
Z
Zeljko Ivanek
as March Hare
N
Nathan Lane
as Mouse
D
Donald O'Connor
as Mock Turtle
A
Austin Pendleton
as White Rabbit
M
Maureen Stapleton
as White Queen
L
Laurence Olivier
as Self
M
Melvyn Bragg
as Self
P
Peggy Ashcroft
as Self
D
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Self
J
Joan Crawford
as Self
J
Joan Plowright
as Self
J
John Osborne
as Self
R
Ralph Richardson
as Self
W
William Wyler
as Self
L
Lena Horne
as Self
L
Lorna Luft
as Self
R
Rex Harrison
as Captain Shotover
A
Amy Irving
as Ellie Dunn
R
Rosemary Harris
as Hesione Hushabye
D
Dana Ivey
as Lady Ariadne Utterword
G
George Martin
as Boss Mangan
T
Tom Aldredge
as Mazzini
R
Remak Ramsay
as Hector Hushabye
T
Tom Bosley
as Self - Host
B
Barry Bostwick
as Self
S
Susan Browning
as Self
N
Nell Carter
as Self
M
Morgan Freeman
as Messenger
J
Jevetta Steele
as Ismene
C
Carl Lumbly
as Theseus
C
Clarence Fountain
as Oedipus
M
Martin Balsam
as Jack
C
Charles Grodin
as Jake
M
Marilu Henner
as Louise
J
Jean Stapleton
as Helen
J
Jim Henson
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
F
Frank Oz
as Miss Piggy (voice)
D
Doc Cheatham
as Self
C
Chuck Green
as Self
A
Adelaide Hall
as Self
M
Max Roach
as Self
M
Mary Cleere Haran
as Self
S
Sandy Duncan
as Self
N
Nanette Fabray
as Self
A
Alice Faye
as Self
S
Stanley Greene
as Self
B
Bob Hope
as Self
M
Mary Martin
as Self
H
Howard Keel
as Self
M
Maureen McGovern
as Self
D
Donald O'Connor
as Self
R
Ronald Reagan
as Self
G
Ginger Rogers
as Self
A
Andre Gregory
as Dimitri
S
Stephen Sondheim
as Self
A
Arthur Rubin
as Roscoe
B
Barbara Cook
as Sally Durant Plummer
G
George Hearn
as Benjamin Stone
H
Herbert Ross
as Self
H
Howard McGillin
as young Ben
M
Mandy Patinkin
as Buddy Plummer
L
Lee Remick
as Phyllis Rogers Stone
L
Liz Callaway
as Young Sally
B
Betty Comden
as Emily Whitman
M
Miles Davis
as Self
K
Keith Jarrett
as Self
P
Plácido Domingo
as Francisco Goya
V
Victoria Vergara
as Duchess of Alba
W
Walter Cronkite
as Self - Host
A
Anne-Maree McDonald
as Clorinda
S
Suzanne Johnston
as Tisbe
D
Don Shanks
as Don Magnifico
B
Bernadette Cullen
as Angelina
A
Alec Guinness
as Father Quixote
L
Leo McKern
as Sancho Zancas
I
Ian Richardson
as Bishop of Motopo
G
Graham Crowden
as The Bishop
M
Maurice Denham
as Senor Diego
P
Philip Stone
as Father Leopoldo
R
Rosalie Crutchley
as Teresa
V
Valentine Pelka
as Father Herrera
D
Don Fellows
as Professor Pilbeam
C
Clive Merrison
as Shop Assistant
C
Carl Forgione
as Second Guardia
J
James Stewart
as Self
P
Peter Bogdanovich
as Self
R
Richard Dreyfuss
as Self
S
Sally Field
as Self
K
Katharine Hepburn
as Self
G
Gene Kelly
as Self
W
Walter Matthau
as Self
N
Nancy Reagan
as Self
C
Carol Channing
as Self
J
Jack Klugman
as Self
P
Plácido Domingo
as Radamès
M
Mirella Freni
as Aida
N
Nicolai Ghiaurov
as Ramfis
D
David Langan
as King of Egypt
S
Stefania Toczyska
as Amneris
I
Ingvar Wixell
as Amonasro
N
Nick Ashford
as Self
P
Patti Austin
as Self
T
Tony Bennett
as Self
S
Sammy Cahn
as Self
C
Cy Coleman
as Self
J
Judy Collins
as Self
C
Clamma Dale
as Self
S
Sammy Fain
as Self
J
Johnny Green
as Self
R
Robert Guillaume
as Self
B
Burton Lane
as Self
M
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Natica Jackson
H
Héctor Elizondo
as Morris King
G
George Murdock
as Bud Loring
H
Holland Taylor
as Ernestine King
B
Bryan Montgomery
as Young Soldier
D
David Ackroyd
as Reginald Broderick
B
Brian Kerwin
as Hal Graham
M
Madeline Kahn
as Self
N
Nigel Kennedy
as Self
J
Julia Migenes
as Self
D
Drew Barrymore
as Self
M
Mikhail Baryshnikov
as Self
G
Gregg Burge
as Self
B
Bob Dylan
as Self
D
Damon Evans
as Self

Crew

K
Kirk Browning
Director
Y
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Conductor
V
Valerie Thomas
Writer
G
Gary Halvorson
Director
D
David Horn
Director
L
Leigh Silverman
Director
C
Conor McPherson
Writer
A
Anne-Kathrin Peitz
Director
H
Holger Preuße
Director
B
Bartlett Sher
Director
S
Susan Froemke
Director
S
Sam Wrench
Director
A
Arvin Brown
Director
O
Oscar Wilde
Writer
T
Todd Decker
Director
P
Philipp Quiring
Director
J
Jennifer Lin
Director
R
Ross MacGibbon
Director
M
Michael Longhurst
Director
N
Newton Thomas Sigel
Director of Photography
J
Joana Mallwitz
Conductor
K
Kirk Browning
Director
S
Simon Godwin
Director
N
Nicholas Hytner
Director
R
Ryan Healey
Lighting Director
M
Max Lewkowicz
Director
M
Michael Mayer
Director
Y
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Conductor
D
David Wild
Writer
M
Michael Attenborough
Director
L
Lee Breuer
Book
M
Marco Armiliato
Conductor
J
John J. Desmond
Director
S
Sharon Mullally
Director
B
Brian Yorkey
Writer
R
Richard Bean
Writer
C
Conor McPherson
Writer
C
Conor McPherson
Director
W
William Shakespeare
Original Story
K
Kathy Dougherty
Director
D
David Henry Hwang
Writer
R
Ring Lardner
Writer
H
Holger Preuße
Director
T
Tom Kitt
Music
L
Lee Breuer
Lyricist
M
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Director
G
George S. Kaufman
Writer
M
Max Lewkowicz
Writer
K
Kevin Adams
Lighting Design
B
Burt Shevelove
Director
B
Bob Telson
Music
D
David Frost
Music Producer
R
Ring Lardner
Original Story
B
Burt Shevelove
Adaptation