The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew (1973)

Poster by Poster Designer

by Robert Bolt

Produced by Victor S. Shaw

Performances: (Dates not in archive book) December 1973, Theatre

Introduction

Text about the play

Cast

• Storyteller - Laurence Staig
• The Duke - Brian Collins
• Sir Digby Vayne-Trumpington - Geoff Kenton
• Sir Graceless Strongbody - Roy Savage
• Sir Percival Smoothely-Smoothe - Terry Barden
• Sir Oblong fitz Oblong - Dennis Packham
• Miss Juniper - Myra Craig
• Captain Asquith - George McGillivray
• Baron Bollogrew - Charles Cheetham
• Squire Blackheart - Tony Dunstan
• 1st Peasant - George McGillivray
• 2nd Peasant - Geoff Kenton
• Man-at-Arms - Bernie Bullbrook
• Lord Mayor - Roy Savage
• Esmeralda Bobblenob - Brenda Maughen
• Maggie Magpie - Christine WIlson
• A Secretary - Myra Craig
• Dr Molock - Malcolm Saunders
• Mazeppa - Marjorie Stead
• The Dragon - John Davis

Crew

• Stage Manager - Christine Crow
• Assistant Stage Managers - Diana Hawkesworth, Sally Davies, Ginny Kybert
• Designed by - Deirdre Shaw & Charles Cheetham
• Lighting Design - Doug McKee
• Technical ASM's - Paul Newman & Tony Rapson
• Sound - Adrian Towler
• Wardrobe - Iris Lenny, Sue Withers & HJildea Corner
• Front of House & Box Office - Frank Howcutt
• Programme - David Marchant

Reviews

Some review quotes go here

Reminiscences and Anecdotes

In one of his many stories Malcolm Saunders said that John Davis (voicing the dragon from the flyloft) dropped his script onto the stage one night, making him possibly the only person ever in our theatre who had to take a prompt when reading the part from a script.

Brian Fretwell

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