Ian McKellen Stage
Full Cast List
Written by Arthur Wing Pinero
Directed by Desmond O'Donovan
Ian McKellen in the role of Capt. de Foenix
Chichester Festival, Bristol; Nottingham; Chichester
13 July 1965
CAST
James Telfer
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Gerald James
Augustus Colpys
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Graham Crowden
Ferdinand Gadd
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Edward Petherbridge
Tom Wrench
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Robert Stephens
Mrs Telfer (Miss Violet Sylvester)
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Wynne Clark
Avonia Bunn
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Billie Whitelaw
Rose Trelawny
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Louise Purnell
Imogen Parrott
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Pauline Taylor
O'Dwyer
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John Savident
Miss Brewster
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Chloe Ashcroft
Mr Mortimer
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Michael Byrne
Mr Denzil
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Ronald Pickup
Mr Hunston
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Neil Fitzpatrick
Hall-keeper at the Pantheon
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John Hallam
Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gowe, Knt.
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Paul Curran
Arthur Gower
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Michael York
Capt. de Foenix
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Ian McKellen
Miss Trafalgar Gower
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Jeanne Watts
Mrs Mossop
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Doris Hare
Mr Ablett
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Ron Pember
Charles
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Frank Wylie
Sarah
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Jennie Heslewood
Footmen
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Alan Collins, Roger Kemp, Denis de Marne, David Ryall
OTHER CREDITS
Scenery by Alan Tagg, Costumes by Motley, Lighting designed by Robert Ornbo, Music by Marc Wilkinson