After opening at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe auditorium on 9th August 2001 this production transferred to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End, where it opened on 5th February 2002 and played, with two cast changes, until 17th August 2002.
Click here for the National Theatre cast.
It subsequently opened at Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) on Broadway with a largely American cast.
Creative Team
Director – John Caird
Designer – Tim Hatley
Associate Costume Designer – Lucy Roberts
Lighting Designer – Paul Pyant
Music – Joe Cutler
Sound Designer – Christopher Shutt
Company Voice Work – Patsy Rodenburg
Cast 1
Felix Humble – Simon Russell Beale
Mercy Lott – Marcia Warren
Flora Humble – Felicity Kendal
Jim – William Gaunt
George Pye – Denis Quilley
Rosie Pye – Cathryn Bradshaw
CAST 2
Felix Humble – Adrian Scarborough
Mercy Lott – Anna Calder-Marshall
Flora Humble – Maria Aitken
Jim – Peter Blythe
George Pye – William Gaunt
Rosie Pye – Sophie Duval
UNDERSTUDIES
Felix – Paul Cawley
Flora/Mercy – Lynette Edwards
George/Jim – Chris Johnston
Rosie – Sarah Rutherford
Band
Music Director/Saxophone – Charlotte Bradburn
Piano – Adam Caird
Cello – Zoë Martlew
Humbleboy was commissioned and developed by Matthew Byam Shaw & Anna Mackmin
PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS
Catherine Ashmore