Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1975)
Directed by Malcolm Saunders
Performances: Sun 7th – Sat 13th September 1975, Theatre
Contents
Introduction
Malcolm Scrawdyke, expelled from his Huddersfield art college, persuades fellow students Ingham, Wick and Nipple to join him in forming the Party of Dynamic Erection. Confident that the youth of the nation will rush to join them, their only worry, as expressed by Ingham, is whether they will have enough chairs.
The play is, in many ways, a period piece with its timely warning of how revolutionary ideals often stem from baser, selfish motives and can soon shade into fascism. It can be no accident that its student revolutionaries display, apparently unconscious, admiration for Hitler's organizational abilities. The success of Denis Lawson's production at the Hampstead Theatre lies in his decision to play up the comic aspects of the piece. The audience never imagines for a minute that Malcolm Scrawdyke and his ragged band of followers will succeed in their aims. Instead, Lawson concentrates on the motives behind Scrawdyke's apparent thirst for political change which boil down to little more than his own sense of inadequacy - an area still worthy of exploration in today's ever increasingly cynical political climate.
Cast
- Malcolm Scrawdyke - Robert Holden
- Irwin Ingham - Michael Mawbey
- John "Wick" Blagdon - Lawrence Staig
- Dennis Nipple - Malcolm Archer
- Ann Gedge - Vivienne Miles
Crew
- Stage Manager - Bill Curd
- Production Assistant - Deirdre Shaw
- Lighting Design - Paul Hillditch
- Lighting Operator - G Dillon
- Sound - Geoff Potter
- Set Design - Lawrie Kenton
- Set Construction - Charles Cheetham
- Props - Chris Hammond
- Box Office Manager - Frank Howcutt
- Front of House Manager - Helen Bouchell
Reviews
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Gallery
Reminiscences and Anecdotes
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