Hop, Step & Jump (1967)

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Alan Plater
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Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre
Concert Room, Scarborough Library
Round

10 July 1967
10 July 1967
16 September 1967

Alfred Bradley
Catriona Trevelyan
Trevor Holroyd
Kathy Holroyd
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Ian Watson
Catriona Trevelyan
Stephen Armstrong
Character
Charlie
Sam
Reuben
Hopkins
Sandra
Dora
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Douglas Fielding
Colin Bell
Robert Powell
John Nettles
Pamela Craig
Heather Stoney

Why is this play significant?

Alan Plater's second world premiere at Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre and notable for its cast of Robert Powell and John Nettles.

Notes

○ Hop, Step & Jump marked the second - and final - world premiere of a play by noted northern playwright Alan Plater for the Scarborough company.
○ The 1966 summer season at the Library Theatre, Scarborough, was notable for having in its company, two young actors who would go on to considerable stage and screen success in Robert Powell and John Nettles; this season marked the professional acting debut of John Nettles who would go on to work with the RSC, the National Theatre and find considerable success on television in the series Bergerac and Midsomer Murders.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.