Nicholas Nickleby
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Novel By Charles Dickens |
Click here for a photo gallery of this production.Nicholas Nickleby was an 8½ hour long adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel, performed in 2 parts. Part 1 was 4 hours in length with one interval of 15 minutes. Part 2 was 4½ hours in length with two intervals of 12 minutes. The opening night was on the 5th June 1980. The show ran for an 8 week season at the Aldwych Theatre, playing Part 1 on some nights and Part 2 on others with both parts playing together on matinée and evening performances. It was revived for 2 further 8 week runs at the Aldwych in the autumn season of 1980 and the spring season of 1981 before being filmed for Primetime TV at the Old Vic Theatre and transferring to Broadway for the autumn season of 1981. The creative team was the same for all the revivals. The cast changed a little from one revival to the next. The list below is for the first performance in 1980 with notes below it denoting the subsequent changes at the Aldwych. The cast that filmed the show and went to Broadway is listed on a separate page. A further revival with a substantially different cast played at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford and toured to Los Angeles and Broadway in 1985. The creative team and cast for that production are also listed on a separate page. |
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Creative TeamNovel by Charles Dickens Stage Manager – Phil Bassett |
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CastThe characters and the actors who played them are only named in the sections of the play in which they first appear. The Nickleby Family London Sir Matthew Pupker – David Lloyd Meredith Mr Snawley – William Maxwell Mr Mantalini – John McEnery Yorkshire Boys London Again Benjamin – Teddy Kempner Portsmouth Mr Senellicci – John McEnery London Again Sir Mulberry Hawk – Bob Peck Brooker – Clyde Pollitt Mr Wititterley – Roderick Horn Charles Cheeryble – David Lloyd Meredith The Man Next Door – Patrick Godfrey Frank Cheeryble – Christopher Ravenscroft Nurse – Thelma Whiteley Madeline Bray – Juliet Hammond-Hill Hawks’ Rival – Edward Petherbridge Policemen – Andrew Hawkins/Mark Tandy All other parts played by members of the company.
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MusiciansMusic Director/Keyboards – Mike Steer Wedding Anthem sung by Choristers from St Paul’s Cathedral |
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THE SECOND RUN AT THE ALDWYCHIn the second run of the play, in the autumn of 1980, the creative team obviously stayed the same but the cast and orchestra changed as follows: |
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CastThe Nickleby Family London Sir Matthew Pupker – David Lloyd Meredith Mr Snawley – William Maxwell Mr Mantalini – John McEnery Yorkshire Boys London Again Benjamin – Teddy Kempner Portsmouth Mr Senellicci – John McEnery London Again Sir Mulberry Hawk – Bob Peck Brooker – Clyde Pollitt Mr Wititterley – Roderick Horn Charles Cheeryble – David Lloyd Meredith The Man Next Door – Patrick Godfrey Frank Cheeryble – Christopher Ravenscroft Nurse – Thelma Whiteley Madeline Bray – Harriet Walter Hawks’ Rival – Edward Petherbridge Policemen – Andrew Hawkins/Mark Tandy All other parts played by members of the company |
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MusiciansMusic Director/Keyboards – Alan Gout Wedding Anthem sung by Choristers from St Paul’s Cathedral
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