The Fighting Cock
Originally known as Time's Fool
A New Play by Jean Anouilh
Adapted by Lucienne Hill
The General, who lives too much in the past, loses contact with the present, his children and particularly with his young second wife, nearly forfeiting her love. His daughter, Sophie, and her boyfriend, Tarquin Edward Mendigales, teach him a few deserved lessons, bringing him down to a certain actual reality.
Performances
| Walnut Theatre | Philadelphia, PA | Nov. 12 to 28, 1959 |
| ANTA Theatre Broadway | New York, NY | Dec. 8, 1959 to Feb. 20, 1960 (87 performances) |
Cast (In Order of Appearance)
The General ........................ Rex Harrison The Doctor ........................ Geoffrey Lumb Toto ............................. Claude Gersene Marie-Christine .................... Judy Sanford The Milkman's Son ............... Rhoden Streeter The Milkman ...................... Roger de Koven Father Gregory .................... Michael Gough Sophie ............................. Margo Anders Tarquin Edward Mendigales ........ Roddy McDowall Bise ................................ Jane Lillig Aglae ............................. Natasha Parry Lebelluc ........................ Arthur Treacher Michepain .......................... Gerald Hiken Baron Henri Belazor ............ Alan MacNaughtan
Broadway Premiere
Produced by Kermit BloomgardenDirected by Peter Brook
Settings and Costumes by Rolf Gerard
Lighting by Howard Bay
| Roddy McDowall won the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award in 1960 in the category Actor, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic) for his performance as Tarquin Mendigales |