 Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden and directed by Sidney Lumet, "Night of the Auk"'s original production starred Martin Brooks (Lt. Jan Kephart), Wendell Corey (Colonel Tom Russell), Christopher Plummer (Lewis Rohnen), Claude Rains (Doctor Bruner) and Dick York (Lt. Mac Hartman).The play's world premiere took place at the Shubert Theatre in Washington, D.C., on November 12, 1956.Reviewing the play in "The Washington Star", Jay Carmody wrote