A funny thing happened on the way to the forum

National Theatre, Louis A. Lotito, managing director, Harold Prince presents Zero Mostel in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," a 2,000 year old musical comedy, book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, with Jack Gilford, David Burns, Ruth Kobart, Brian Davies, Preshy Marker, Ronald Holgate, Eddie Phillips, George Reeder, David Evans, also Raymond Walburn and John Carradine, choreography and musical staging by Jack Cole, settings and costumes by Tony Walton, lighting by Jean Rosenthal, musical direction Harold Hastings, orchestrations by Irwin Kostal and Sid Ramin, dance music arranged by Hal Shaefer, production directed by George Abbott.