Alan Ayckbourn: Actor
Waiting For Godot (1963)
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Waiting For Godot
Samuel Beckett
4 March 1963
11 May 1963
Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Round
Arnold Beck
Christine Roland
Samuel Beckett
4 March 1963
11 May 1963
Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Round
Arnold Beck
Christine Roland
Character
Vladimir
Estragon
Lucky
Pozzo
Boy
Vladimir
Estragon
Lucky
Pozzo
Boy
Actor
Alan Ayckbourn
Stanley Page
Peter King
David Halliwell
Michael Chrystal
Alan Ayckbourn
Stanley Page
Peter King
David Halliwell
Michael Chrystal
Quotes & Notes
During 1962, the Studio Theatre Ltd company moved from its home at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, to a new permanent venue at the Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent. Alan Ayckbourn joined the move to the new venue, responsible for writing, directing and acting. Very little is held in Alan Ayckbourn's personal archive about the plays he was involved in during 1963 and there are no programmes, press cuttings or reviews of the shows held in archive.1963 marked the last year Alan did any substantial amount of acting prior to his retiring from acting to concentrate on writing and directing from 1964 onwards.
Review extract from The Guardian (5 March 1963)
"Stanley Page as Estragon handles the close-focus playing with huge assurance and great sensitivity, and Alan Ayckbourn as Vladimir, although he allows his style to slip occasionally from the spry into the fey, has some truly moving movements."
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.