Alan Ayckbourn: Plays Directed
Wife Swapping - Italian Style (1970)
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Leon Katz
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Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre
Concert Room, Scarborough Library
Round
15 June 1970
15 June 1970
12 August 1970
No
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre
Concert Room, Scarborough Library
Round
15 June 1970
15 June 1970
12 August 1970
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Alan Ayckbourn
Philip Randell
Graham Phoenix
Gillian Davidson
Philip Randell
Graham Phoenix
Gillian Davidson
Character
Arlecchino
Coviello
Flamina
Pantalone
Zanni
Franceschina
Leandro
Cintia
Arlecchino
Coviello
Flamina
Pantalone
Zanni
Franceschina
Leandro
Cintia
Actor
Robert Peck
Piers Rogers
Elisabeth Sladen
Joe Dunlop
Ronald Herdman
Stephanie Turner
Richard Derrington
Jane Douglas
Robert Peck
Piers Rogers
Elisabeth Sladen
Joe Dunlop
Ronald Herdman
Stephanie Turner
Richard Derrington
Jane Douglas
Notes
○ Wife-Swapping: Italian Style was loosely based on the anonymous Commedia dell'Arte scenario The Three Cuckolds.
○ The play was toured to Hull Prison; the actor Richard Derrington has very vivid memories of performing in pink tights at the show!
○ The play was toured to Hull Prison; the actor Richard Derrington has very vivid memories of performing in pink tights at the show!
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust.