Digital Archive:Programme, The Chances (1962)

Listing cast and production team and show dates

THE CHANCES

a comedy by JOHN FLETCHER

adapted by the Duke of Buckingham

 

Characters in order of presentation

Peter……………………………………………………….. Lawrence Davidson

Anthony……………………………………………………David Futcher

Don John………………………………………………… Keith Michell

Don Frederick………………………………………….. John Neville

Antonio…………………………………………………… Arthur Brough

Lucentio………………………………………………….. William Hobbs

Hortensio………………………………………………… Terence Knapp

Petruchio…………………………………………………. Robert Lang

Duke of Ferrara………………………………………… Alan Howard

Valentine…………………………………………………. Richard Hampton

Curio……………………………………………………….. Robin Phillips

Thurio…………………………………………………….. Adam Rowntree

Gentlewoman…………………………………………… Gene Anderson

Constantia……………………………………………….. Rosemary Harris

A Singer…………………………………………………… Beth Boyd

Landlady………………………………………………….. Kathleen Harrison

Francisco………………………………………………….. Danvers Walker

Vecchio…………………………………………………….. Peter Woodthorpe

Surgeon…………………………………………………….. Timothy Bateson

Another Constantia…………………………………….. Joan Plowright

Mother……………………………………………………… Athene Seyler

A Constable……………………………………………….. Timothy Bateson

Kinswoman……………………………………………….. Daphne Goddard

Singers/Dancers/Whores/Citizens………………. Polly Adams   Elizabeth Burger   Patricia Conolly

Rowena Cooper   Janet Henfrey   Josephine Stuart

 

Director…………………………………………………….. Laurence Olivier

Designer……………………………………………………. Malcolm Pride

Music……………………………………………………….. Herbert Menzies

Dances ……………………………………………………… Eleanor Fazan

Lighting Consultant……………………………………. Peter Jay

Fight Arranger…………………………………………… William Hobbs

Orchestra Director……………………………………… Herbert Menges

Assistant to Director…………………………………… Laurier Lister

 

Stage Manager…………………………………………… Diana Boddington

Deputy Stage Manager……………………………….. Gerald Holmes

Assistant Stage Managers……………………… Terence Banks, Richard Broke, Eileen Norris, Nicola Scott

 

 

July:                   Tue 3F, Wed 4, Thu 5, Fri 6, Sat 7, Fri 13, Sat 14m, Sat 21m, Mon 23, Wed 25e, Fri 27

 

August:              Thu 2m, Sat 4m, Wed 8m, Thu 9e, Sat 11e, Mon 13, Wed 15e, Fri 17, Tue 21, Thu 23m,

Sat 25m, Wed 29m, Thu 30e

 

September:       Sat 1e, Mon 3, Wed 5e, Fri 7L

 

 

F = First Night

m = matinee

e = evening

L = Last Night

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