By John Arden

Directed by Jane Howell

ROYAL

COURT

The English Stage Company

First performance on April 4, 1965

(John Castle as Private Hurst,

with Ronald Pickup)

The play is set in a mining town in the north of England in the 19th century.

CAST

Private Sparky…………....……… Private Hurst…………….……..… Private Attercliffe……….…..….. Bludgeon, a bargee…….….….. Serjeant Musgrave….…….……. The Parson……………….….……. Mrs. Hitchcock…..…….…..……. Annie………………………….…….. The Constable…………….…..…. The Mayor………..…………...…. A Slow Collier……………..…..….. A Pugnacious Collier……......... Walsh, an earnest collier.….... A Trooper of Dragoons…..….. An Officer of Dragoons…..…..

Victor Henry John Castle Sebastian Shaw Joseph Greig Iain Cuthbertson George Howe Avril Elgar Gillian Martell Roger Booth Roger Booth William Stewart Bernard Gallagher John Shepherd Dennis Waterman Jeffry Wickham

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