Plymouth Theatre, (10/4/1981 - 1/3/1982)

Category: Play, Original, Broadway
Setting: England in the first half of the Nineteenth Century.

Comments: 49 performances each of Parts I and II.

Opening Night Production Credits [see more]

Theatre Owned / Operated by The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President)

Produced by James M. Nederlander, The Shubert Organization (Gerald Schoenfeld: Chairman; Bernard B. Jacobs: President), Elizabeth I. McCann and Nelle Nugent; Produced by arrangement with The Royal Shakespeare Company (Trevor Nunn and Terry Hands, Joint Artistic Directors)

Originally produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company (Trevor Nunn and Terry Hands, Joint Artistic Directors); First produced on June 6, 1980 at the Aldwych Theatre

Written by Charles Dickens; Adapted by David Edgar; Music: Stephen Oliver; Lyrics: Stephen Oliver; Musical Director: Donald Johnston; RSC Musical Director: Alan Gout

Directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird; Assistant Director: Leon Rubin

Scenic Design by John Napier and Dermot Hayes; Costume Design by John Napier; Lighting Design by David Hersey; American Production (Sets and Costumes) Designed in Association with Neil Peter Jampolis; American Production (Lighting) Designed in Association with Beverly Emmons; American Production (Sound) Designed in Association with Richard Fitzgerald; Wig Master: Leon Gagliardi

General Manager: McCann & Nugent Productions, Inc.; Company Manager: Robert H. Wallner; RSC Company Manager: Harold Rogers

Production Stage Manager: Robert Bennett; Stage Manager: Sally Greenhut; RSC Stage Manager: Michael Townsend, David Proctor, Simon Hooper and Hilary Groves

Conducted by Donald Johnston; Music Contractor: Mel Rodnon

Playbill cover design by Ginni Moo Young; Special Effects by Chic Silber

Production Coordinator: Brent Peek; General Press Representative: Solters / Roskin / Friedman, Inc.; Speech Consultant: Liz Smith; Advertising: Serino, Coyne & Nappi; Production Photographer and Playbill Cover Photograph by Chris Davies; Production Photographer: John Napier; Additional Production Photographs by George Whitear; RSC Voice Director: Cicely Berry; RSC Casting: Joyce Nettles

Alun Armstrong	Mr. Squeers
	Mr. Wagstaff
Christopher Benjamin	Mr. Vincent Crummles
	Walter Bray
Suzanne Bertish	Milliner
	Fanny Squeers
	Miss Snevellicci
	Peg Sliderskew
Sharon Bower	Waitress
	Rich Lady
	Milliner
	Pitcher
	Mrs. Kenwigs' Sister
	Miss Bravassa
	Opera Singer
Janet Dale	Snawley Major
	Miss Knag
	Mrs. Cutler
	Miss Belvawney
	Mrs. Wititterley
	Mrs. Snawley
Jeffery Dench	Mr. Cutler
	Landlord
	Mr. Blightey
	Arthur Gride
Ian East	Milliner
	Roberts
	Mr. Crowl
Nicholas Gecks	Jackson
	Lord Frederick Verisopht
Alan Gill	Graymarsh
	George
	Keeper
	Westwood
Patrick Godfrey	Irate Gentleman
	Jennings
	Mr. Kenwigs
	The Man Next Door
	Casino Proprietor
Lucy Gutteridge	Milliner
	Sprouter
	Young Fiancée
	Miss Ledrock
	Madeline Bray
Cathryn Harrison	Milliner
	Tilda Price
	Miss Henrietta Petowker
Andrew Hawkins	Mr. Bonney
	Coates
	Mr. Hetherington
	Opera Singer
	Captain Adams
	Policeman
Rose Hill	Miss La Creevy
	Lady From Downstairs
	Mrs. Grudden
Roderick Horn	Pugstyles
	Mr. Wititterley
	Umpire
Lila Kaye	Mrs. Squeers
	Mrs. Crummles
Teddy Kempner	Peters
	Benjamin
	Master Percy Crummles
	Tix
	Mr. Pluck
Timothy Kightley	Flunkey
	Mr. Lillyvick
	Colonel Chowser
	Surgeon
Shirley King	Rich Lady
	Mrs. Kenwigs
	Mrs. Lenville
William Maxwell	Mr. Snawley
	Milliner
	Tomkins
	Mr. Pailey
John McEnery	William
	Mr. Mantalini
	Cobbey
	Mr. Snevellicci
Ian McNeice	Young Wackford Squeers
	Scaley
	Croupier
David Lloyd Meredith	Sir Matthew Pupker
	Charles Cheeryble
Priscilla Morgan	Mrs. Nickleby
	Miss Green
Sally Nesbitt	Waitress
	Milliner
	Phib
	Miss Ganzingi
Bob Peck	John Browdie
	Sir Mulberry Hawk
Edward Petherbridge	Newman Noggs
	Hawk's Rival
Clyde Pollitt	Coachman
	Mr. Folair
	Brooker
Stephen Rashbrook	Belling
	Milliner
	Mr. Bane
	Alphonse
Christopher Ravenscroft	Mobbs
	Mr. Lenville
	Mr. Snobb
	Frank Cheeryble
Hubert Rees	Mr. Curdle
	Ned Cheeryble
Roger Rees	Nicholas Nickleby
Emily Richard	Kate Nickleby
	Mrs. Curdle
Richard Simpson	Flunkey
	Old Lord
	Mr. Fluggers
	Tim Linkinwater
Mark Tandy	Bolder
	Master Crummles
	Mr. Pyke
	Policeman
David Threlfall	Smike
Hilary Townley	Hannah
	Snawley Minor
	Milliner
	Morleena Kenwigs
	The Infant Phenomenon
	Young Woman
Thelma Whiteley	Mrs. Snevellicci
	Nurse
	Madame Mantalini
John Woodvine	Ralph Nickleby
	Opera Singer

Understudies: Catherine Brandon , Wilfred Grove , Katherine Levy .