Alan Ayckbourn: Plays Directed
The Caretaker (1962)
Production Details
Author:
New Play:
Venue:
Staging:
New Play:
Venue:
Staging:
Harold Pinter
No
Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Round
No
Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Round
First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
22 October 1962
22 October 1962
3 August 1963
22 October 1962
3 August 1963
Company Details
Director:
Stage Manager:
Stage Manager:
Assistant Stage Manager:
Stage Manager:
Stage Manager:
Assistant Stage Manager:
Alan Ayckbourn
Arnold Beck
David Wehner
Caroline Smith
Arnold Beck
David Wehner
Caroline Smith
Character
Mick
Aston
Davies
Mick
Aston
Davies
Actor
Peter King
Alan Ayckbourn
Stanley Page
Peter King
Alan Ayckbourn
Stanley Page
Notes
○ The Caretaker was a revival of Alan Ayckbourn's production at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, during the summer of 1962. When Studio Theatre Ltd moved to its first permanent home at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, in autumn 1962, a number of productions from that summer in Scarborough were revived.
○ For the revival of The Caretaker, the role of Aston was taken by Alan Ayckbourn as the original actor, Peter Gill, had not joined the company in Stoke-on-Trent.
○ The play was originally advertised as closing on 2 February 1963, but was actually presented for a week as a 'special revival' for the final week of the season from 29 July - 3 August 1963.
○ This production was also presented in Darlington Hall in June 1963.
Information for this page has been provided by The Michael T Mooney Archive.
○ For the revival of The Caretaker, the role of Aston was taken by Alan Ayckbourn as the original actor, Peter Gill, had not joined the company in Stoke-on-Trent.
○ The play was originally advertised as closing on 2 February 1963, but was actually presented for a week as a 'special revival' for the final week of the season from 29 July - 3 August 1963.
○ This production was also presented in Darlington Hall in June 1963.
Information for this page has been provided by The Michael T Mooney Archive.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.