Abstract
Text of The Play of Daniel was translated from the Latin by Jean Misrahi.
Joel Cohen, music director ; Andrea von Ramm, stage director ; Carol Pharo, choreographer and assistant stage director ; Don Beaman, scenic designer ; Roland Guidry, costme designer ; Nancy Goldstein, lighting designer ; Karen L. Carpenter, stage manager ; Jennifer Foster, make-up assistant ; Wendy Desmonde, tour manager.
Cast in order of appearance: Nicholas Linfield, Reader ; Roberta Anderson, Anne Azema, Sharon Kelly, Students of Beauvais ; David Ripley, Belshazzar, King of Babylon ; Kenneth Fitch, Edmund Brownless, John Clarke, Fred Raffensperger, Mark Kagan, Satraps ; Bruce Lancaster, Frank Albinder, Wise Men ; Nancy Armstrong, Queen ; Andrea von Ramm, Daniel ; Kenneth Fitch, Fred Raffensperger, Evil Courtiers ; Mark Kagan, Darius, King of Persia ; Nancy Armstrong, Angel Voice ; Joel Cohen, The Prophet Habakkuk. Dancers: Roberta Kjelgaard, Susanna Lembeck, Carol Pharo. Instrumentalists: Jane Hershey (vielle, psaltery, recorder) ; Laura Jeppesen (vielle, rebec) ; Alice Robbins (vielle, rebec -- first two Boston performances only) ; John Tyson (recorders, shawm, bamboo flute) ; Larry Zukof (recorders, shofar) ; Joel Cohen (citole, percussion). Hymn singers (East Coast performances only): Heidi Broner, Larry Gordon, Melissa Weaver. Children from the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, Dorchester (East Coast performances only).