Alan Ayckbourn: Plays Directed

The Breadwinner (1974)

Production Details

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Somerset Maugham
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Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre
Concert Room, Scarborough Library
Round

12 August 1974
12 August 1974
11 September 1974

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Alan Ayckbourn
Christine Welch

David Millard
Trevor John-Smith
Helga Wood
Kevin Wood
Character
Charles Battle
Margery, his wife
Patrick
Judy
Alfred Granger
Dorothy, his wife
Diana
Timothy
Actor
Stanley Page
Heather Stoney
Stephen Mallatratt
Christine Welch
Ronald Herdman
Janet Dale
Eileen O'Brien
Christopher Godwin

Notes

The Library Theatre's production of The Breadwinner was recorded for the BBC Radio Repertory In Britain (Afternoon Theatre) series. The production was produced by Alfred Bradley, directed by Alan Ayckbourn and adapted for the radio by Kay Jamieson. The production was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 14 December 1974.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust.