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Version 1

Importance (The) (1984-05-Ambassadors Theatre-London)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Ambassadors Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Flop
Durée : 2 semaines
Nombre : 29 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : Thursday 31 May 1984
Dernière : Saturday 16 June 1984
Mise en scène : Tony Craven •
Chorégraphie : Sheila O'Neill •
Producteur :
Avec : Patrick Ryecart (Jack Worthing), David Firth (Algernon), Judy Campbell (Lady Bracknell), Ruth Mayo (Gwendolen), Karen Lancaster (Cecily), Sheila Bernette (Miss Prism), Robert Doming (Dr Chasuble)
Commentaires : Oscar Wilde’s “Importance of Being Earnest”, had previously been adapted into a musical on several occasions, but never with any real success. This 1984 version by Sean O’Mahoney was the only one to date to reach the West End , though it only managed a very short run. Earlier attempts included “Found in a Handbag” (1957), with music by Allon Bacon, staged at Margate and “Half in Ernest” (1958), with music by Vivian Ellis which ended its pre-West End tour out of town (although it did get a later production in the USA). Other attempts included “Ernest in Time, or My Dark Gentleman” (1958) with music by John de Gray, staged at Canterbury, and “Ernest” (1959) with music by Malcolm Sircom, staged at Farnham. It was said the play is so perfect that the songs seemed like intrusions into the familiar and much-loved dialogue.

Version 2

Let the Good Stones Roll (1978-03-Ambassadors Theatre-London)

Type de série: Original
Théâtre: Ambassadors Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Flop
Durée :
Nombre : 42 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : Wednesday 29 March 1978
Dernière : Inconnu
Mise en scène : Tony Craven •
Chorégraphie : Albin Pahernik •
Producteur :
Avec : Louis Selwyn (Mick), James Bath (Charlie), Joss Buckley (Bill), Colin Copperfield (Keith), David Gretton (Brian), Sara Coward (Girl), Martin Smith (Boy)
Commentaires : Staged in the pretty and ornately decorated Ambassadors Theatre, in a shoestring production, with token attention paid to the story, and with all the surrounding characters treated as unpleasant caricatures, the show did not go down well with the critics, though many Stones fans were vociferous in their approval.

Version 3

Mr Cinders (1982-12-King's Head Theatre-London)

Type de série: Revival
Théâtre: King's Head Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 2 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 60 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : Friday 31 December 1982
Dernière : Saturday 26 March 1983
Mise en scène : Tony Craven •
Chorégraphie : Kenn Oldfield •
Producteur :
Avec : Denis Lawson (Jim Lancaster), Christina Matthews (Jill Kemp), Philip Bird (Guy Lancaster), Graham Hoadley (Lumley Lancaster), Oliver Pierre (Henry Kemp), Angela Vale (Lady Lancaster), Derek Smee (Sir George Lancaster)
Commentaires : The original London production was at the Adelphi in February 1929, and played 529 performances (including a transfer to the Hippodrome). This was its first revival. Later in the run the leading role was taken over by skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan.

Version 4

Mr Cinders (1983-04-Fortune Theatre-London)

Type de série: West End Transfer
Théâtre: Fortune Theatre (Londres - Angleterre)
Durée : 1 an 2 mois 3 semaines
Nombre : 527 représentations
Première Preview : Inconnu
Première : Wednesday 27 April 1983
Dernière : Sunday 22 July 1984
Mise en scène : Tony Craven •
Chorégraphie : Kenn Oldfield •
Producteur :
Avec : Denis Lawson (Jim Lancaster), Christina Matthews (Jill Kemp), Philip Bird (Guy Lancaster), Graham Hoadley (Lumley Lancaster), Oliver Pierre (Henry Kemp), Angela Vale (Lady Lancaster), Derek Smee (Sir George Lancaster)
Commentaires : The original London production was at the Adelphi in February 1929, and played 529 performances (including a transfer to the Hippodrome). This was its first revival. Later in the run the leading role was taken over by skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan.