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Version 1

Cavalcade (1995-08-Sadler's Wells Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: Sadler's Wells (Londres - Angleterre)
Salle : Theatre
Durée : 2 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : Wednesday 16 August 1995
Première : Wednesday 16 August 1995
Dernière : Saturday 02 September 1995
Mise en scène : Dan Crawford •
Chorégraphie : Elizabeth Blake •
Producteur :
Avec : Gabrielle Drake (Jane Marryott), Jeremy Clyde (Robert Marryott), Nicky Goldie (Mrs Bridges), Scott Morgan (Alfred Bridges), Rosalind Bailey, Lisa Bowerman, Steffan Boje, Jon Peterson, Caroline Oliver, Penelope Woodman, Ian McLarnon, Siv Klynderud, Virginia Courtney, Terri Lewis, Nigel Denham
Commentaires : The original premiere in 1931 at Drury Lane involved great spectacle, massive sets and a professional cast of over 200 including Mary Claire, Edward Sinclair, John Mills, Irene Browne, Una O’Connor, Arthur McCrae and Moyra Nugent. The show was very successful and ran for almost a year. Because of its size and enormous production costs, it has never been revived on anything like its original scale. The work provided the idea for the 1970s television series “Upstairs Downstairs”.
This revival had started at Bromley and was part of an extensive UK tour. In each city the basic professional cast of 15 people would be augmented by hundreds of local amateurs and a large number of children, with several teams of children in each venue because of licensing restrictions. It required an extremely complex system of rehearsals dealing with the ever-changing cast of supernumaries. The Sadler’s Wells production used 275 extras.

Version 2

Fantasticks (The) (1996-08-King's Head Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: King's Head Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 1 mois 1 semaine
Nombre :
Première Preview : Wednesday 07 August 1996
Première : Wednesday 07 August 1996
Dernière : Sunday 15 September 1996
Mise en scène : Dan Crawford •
Chorégraphie : Elizabeth Blake •
Producteur :
Avec : Jonathan Morris (El Gallo), Katey Crawford Kastin (Luisa), Joseph Millson (Matt), John Walters (Bellamy), Roger Bingham (Hucklebee), Michael Cotterill (Henry), Kim Joyce (Mortimer), Tim Eagle (The Mute)
Commentaires : Generally it was felt this show - still running off-Broadway after 36 years - was a timid, milk-soppy, sugary-sweet and fragile thing, not really worth the bother of staging. However, the critics were very impressed with newcomer Joseph Millson.

Version 3

Spread a little happiness (1992-01-King's Head Theatre-London)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: King's Head Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée :
Nombre : 40 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : Tuesday 14 January 1992
Dernière : Inconnu
Mise en scène : Dan Crawford •
Chorégraphie : David Toguri •
Producteur :
Avec : Thelma Ruby, Frank Thornton, Maurice Clarke, Ray C. Davis, Rachel Robertson, Fiona Sinnott, Sheridan Morley
Commentaires : For some it was a “delightful nostalgic evening recalling a time when romance was compatible with wit, irony and fun.” For others, it recalled the “reactionary, snobbish and sexually repressed and
juvenile theatre when censorship ensured our stage was as wholesome as a Monday wash and rather less interesting”.

Version 4

Spread a little happiness (1992-06-Whitehall Theatre-London)

Type de série: West End Transfer
Théâtre: Trafalgar Studios (Londres - Angleterre)
Salle : Studio 1
Durée : 2 semaines
Nombre : 24 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : Monday 29 June 1992
Dernière : Saturday 18 July 1992
Mise en scène : Dan Crawford •
Chorégraphie : Irvin Davies •
Producteur :
Avec : Thelma Ruby, Simon Shepherd, Jimmy Thompson, Clare Burt, Maurice Clark, Rachel Robertson, Andrew Newey, Sheridan Morley (alternating with Dillie Keane)
Commentaires : For some it was a “delightful nostalgic evening recalling a time when romance was compatible with wit, irony and fun.” For others, it recalled the “reactionary, snobbish and sexually repressed and
juvenile theatre when censorship ensured our stage was as wholesome as a Monday wash and rather less interesting”.

Version 5

Stairway to Heaven (1994-11-King's Head Theatre-London)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: King's Head Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 3 semaines
Nombre :
Première Preview : Monday 21 November 1994
Première : Monday 21 November 1994
Dernière : Sunday 18 December 1994
Mise en scène : Dan Crawford •
Chorégraphie : Irvin Davies •
Producteur :
Avec : Gary Cady (Peter Carter), Fiona Sinnott (June), Martin Connor (Conductor), Simon Clark (Abraham Farlan), Michael Medwin (Dr Reeves), Brogden Miller (Bob Trubshaw), Godfrey Kenton (Judge)
Commentaires : Based on the film “A Matter of Life and Death” by Michael Power and Emeric Pressburger which originally starred David Niven and Marius Goring, this show won the 1994 Vivian Ellis Best New Musical Award.