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The Norman Conquests: Major Productions

       

World Premiere

First performance: 18 June 1973 (Fancy Meeting You)

World premiere: (press night): 18 June 1973

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First performance: 25 June 1973 (Make Yourself at

Home)
World Premiere (press night): 25 June 1973

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First performance: 2 July 1973 (Round and Round the

Garden)

World premiere (press night): 2 July 1973

Venue: Library Theatre, Scarborough
Staging: Round
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Director: Alan Ayckbourn

Design: David Price

Costumes: Christine Welch

Character:
Reg
Sarah
Ruth
Norman
Annie
Tom
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Actor:
Stanley Page
Alex Marshall
Janet Dale
Christopher Godwin
Rosalind Adams
Ronald Herdman

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London Premiere

Premiere: 9 May 1974 (Table Manners)
Premiere: 21 May 1974 (Living Together)
Premiere: 6 June 1974 (Round and Round the Garden)
Closed: 29 June 1974

Venue: Greenwich Theatre, London
Staging: End-stage
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Director: Eric Thompson
Design: Alan Pickford
Lighting: Nick Chelton

Character:
Reg
Sarah
Ruth
Norman
Annie
Tom

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Actor:
Mark Kingston
Penelope Keith
Penelope Wilton
Tom Courtenay
Felicity Kendal
Michael Gambon

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London Transfer

Premiere: 1 August 1974 (Table Manners)
Premiere: 5 August 1974 (Living Together)
Premiere: 8 Aug. 1974 (Round and Round the Garden)
Closed: 13 March 1976

Venue: Globe Theatre, London
Staging: End-stage
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Director: Eric Thompson
Design: Alan Pickford
Lighting: Nick Chelton

Character:
Reg
Sarah
Ruth
Norman
Annie
Tom
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Actor:
Mark Kingston
Penelope Keith
Bridget Turner
Tom Courtenay
Felicity Kendal
Michael Gambon

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Broadway Premiere

Premiere: 7 December 1975
Closed: 19 June 1976
Performances: 68 (per play)
Venue: Morosco Theatre
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Director: Eric Thompson
Design: Robert Randolph
Lighting: Robert Randolph

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Character:
Norman
Tom
Reg 
Sarah
Annie
Ruth
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Actor:
Richard Benjamin
Ken Howard
Barry Nelson
Estelle Parsons
Paula Prentiss
Carole Shelley

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1993 Revival

Premiere: 21 April 1993 (Table Manners)
Premiere: 28 April 1993 (Living Together)
Premiere: 12 May 1993 (Round and Round the Garden)
Venue: Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Staging: Round
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Director: Alan Ayckbourn
Design: Roger Glossop
Lighting: Jackie Staines
Music: John Pattison

Character:
Reg
Sarah
Ruth
Norman
Annie
Tom

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Actor:
Adrian McLoughlin
ane Maud
Buffy Davis
Peter Lindford
Dariel Pertwee
TAndrew Charleson

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The Norman Conquests 1993 revival poster (copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust)

     
 
       

2008 London Revival & Broadway Transfer

Premiere: 6 October 2008
Closed: 20 December 2008

Venue: The Old Vic, London
Staging: Round

 

Premiere: 7 April 2009
Closed: 25 July 2009

Venue: Circle In The Square, New York
Staging: Round
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Director: Matthew Warchus
Design: Rob Howell
Sound: Simon Baker
Lighting: David Howe
Music: Gary Yershon

Character:
Reg
Sarah
Ruth
Norman
Annie
Tom
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Actor:
Paul Ritter
Amanda Root
Amelia Bullmore
Stephen Mangan
Jessica Hynes
Ben Miles

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