The Complete Plays: The Chimes (1975)

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The Chimes
Stephen Mallatratt
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Library Theatre
Large Lecture Room
Three-sided
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The Chimes
Charles Dickens

18 December 1975
18 December 1975
10 January 1976
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Alan Ayckbourn
Helga Wood

David Millard
Peter Chadwick
Stephen Lowe
Wendy Murray
Kevin Wood
Character
Will Fern, a blacksmith
Meg , daughter of Toby
Mr Tugby, a shopkeeper
Mrs Tugby
Alderman Cute, a magistrate
Mrs Cute
Toby Veck, a street porter
The Spirit Of The Chimes
Actor
Stephen Mallatratt
Alison Skilbeck
Malcolm Hebden
Wendy Murray
Christopher Godwin
Janet Dale
Bob Eaton
Polly Warren
Notes
○ This was a new adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic tale by Stephen Mallatratt, who would go on to adapt Susan Hill's novella The Woman In Black to much success in 1987.
○ An insert found in surviving programmes indicates that Stephen Mallatratt dropped out of a number of performances due to a 'sudden indisposition' and his role was taken by Christopher Grey on the book.
○ During the 1974 and 1975 winter seasons at The Library Theatre, Scarborough, the Library Committee did not make the venue's Concert Room available; this room being where The Library Theatre had been based since 1955. In its place, a smaller room on the same floor - the Large Lecture Room - was offered but which could not incorporate theatre-in-the-round with productions performed three-sided.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust